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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |Jeff Neal
JEFF [email protected] fans celebrate the team’s fourth straight state baseball title. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GIGLIOSpring Fling XXXII bid adieu to Rutherford County and with it another prep sports season in the books across Tennessee. Competition was delayed for a day as rainstorms pushed through the area. It had then TSSAA scrambling and rescheduling, making fans, players and coaches wait for their first assignment on their respective fields.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale
Three former prep Rutherford County baseball players earned all-TCCAA honors for their play on the diamond at the junior college level this past season. Sophomores Cade Hitson, formerly of Riverdale, and Devyn McEachron, formerly of Stewarts Creek, both earned first-team accolades. Tyler Casserly, a former MTCS Cougar and a freshman earned, second-team honors. Casserly starred at Southwest Tennessee and played in 52 games hit .348 with three home runs and 23 runs batted in.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
MATTHEW [email protected]’s Lauren Brewer throws a pitch against Oakland Tuesday at Riverdale. MICHAEL GIGLIOThe Oakland Lady Patriots softball team wrapped up an undefeated district season Tuesday on the road with a 6-3 win over crosstown rival Riverdale Tuesday night. “Good teams find a way and that’s what we did tonight,” Oakland coach Charlotte Peay said. “We’re excited to be undefeated in the district, which was one of our goals.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale
Goetzinger named CCS Rookie of WeekGoetzingerJacey Goetzinger, former Central Magnet Tiger softball pitcher now a freshman at Maryville College, was named Rookie of the Week by the Collegiate Conference of the South. She has made nine starts this season as she was limited by an arm injury but went 6-3 with a 3.11 ERA to lead the team. Goetzinger also leads the Scots with three complete games.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |Jeff Neal
Oakland goalie Ryeden Chapman stops a Rockvale attempt at Oakland Friday night. JIM DAVISRockvale’s soccer team came out sluggish in the opening half at Oakland on Friday night but scored a pair of goals late in the second half in a period of three to four minutes to win 2-1. The Rockets closed out district play 6-1-1 and go to 11-4-1 overall.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale
Blackman seventh grader McKenzie Grove earned All-American honors at the Twin River Girls Nationals AAU tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, recently. SUBMITTEDBlackman seventh grader Mckenzie Grove took home All-American honors at the recent Twin River Girls Nationals AAU tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Grove, who won the TMSAAA state individual championship this season, defeated four wrestlers from Iowa, one from North Dakota, one from Missouri and one from Missouri.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |Jeff Neal
JEFF [email protected]’s Abimilek Tapia and Riverdale’s Khalil Arman each want control of the ball Friday at Siegel. Arman scored with 20 seconds left to give Riverdale a 1-0 victory. JIM DAVISRiverdale’s Khalil Arman shocked Siegel with a goal with 20 seconds remaining as he raced past the midfield through two Stars defenders and put it past keeper Cristian Lara for a 1-0 Warrior victory and first district win over the season Friday night at Siegel.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |Jeff Neal
JEFF [email protected]–The Stewarts Creek’s softball team had their hitting shoes on Thursday Night as they pounded out 17 hits that included three triples and a long ball in a 12-3 road win over the Smyrna Bulldogs. Both teams are tied atop District 7-4A, and after games with Cookeville, will close out district play at Stewarts Creek on April 29 at 6:30 p.m.“It was just one of those nights for us,” Smyrna coach Lonnie Drayton said. “They jumped all over (Adaeze) Nwogbo.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale
Sherman named C-USA Athlete of WeekSHERMANFormer La Vergne track star and MTSU sophomore John Sherman was named Conference USA after his performance at the Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Sherman took the 100- and 200- meter races with personal best times of 10.21 and 20.50 seconds, respectively. His 200 meters time is the ninth fastest in the outdoor season, according to athletic.net.
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mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Rockvale’s softball team picked up a much-needed district win Tuesday night, April 15, at Siegel with a 5-4 victory over the Lady Stars. Rockvale held off a seventh-inning rally that saw the Stars get within one as two runs came across on a dropped fly ball with the bases loaded. “We’ve been in every game but for some reason have had trouble in the seventh (inning),” Rockvale coach Perry Lyons said.
