By Matthew Lutey MURFREESBORO — A freshman earning the win at pitcher and hitting a home run in a state tournament game? Kind of a big Deal. Unless you’re Alcoa freshman Jayde Deal, who seemed unrattled through it all in the Lady Tornadoes’ 9-7 … [Read more...]

By Matthew Lutey MURFREESBORO — It was all about community for the Cocke County softball team in the Class 3A state tournament. First time. Two wins. Hundreds of memories. The run came to an end on Thursday afternoon with a 5-0 loss to … [Read more...]

By Matthew Lutey MURFREESBORO — It hasn’t been an easy go of it for the Maryville softball team. But playing for a state championship shouldn’t necessarily be easy. And that’s exactly what the Lady Rebels will be doing. A pair of 4-3 … [Read more...]

By Matthew Lutey MURFREESBORO — A four-and-a-half hour rain and lightning delay took away much of the day for TSSAA state softball play. The delay was even longer for Maryville. Originally set to start its Class 4A second-round contest with … [Read more...]

By Matthew Lutey MURFREESBORO — In an introductory video this offseason, first-year Maryville softball coach Michael Spain talked about the goal of reaching the state tournament and winning state tournament games. He made it clear it wasn’t a … [Read more...]

By Matthew Lutey MURFREESBORO — Not a bad way to start for Cocke County in its first-ever state softball tournament appearance. The Lady Red walked it off on a sacrifice fly by Jaylee Lane to score Brookelyn Strange for a 2-1 victory over Stone … [Read more...]

By Matthew Lutey MURFREESBORO — Alcoa softball can’t seem to get away from back-to-back state champion Liberty Creek. Despite the move up from Class 2A to 3A, the Lady Tornadoes began state tournament play on Tuesday against the very same … [Read more...]

BY MATTHEW LUTEY Farragut softball has a few different ways it can get the job done. Right now, West softball only has one way — or at least one group of players — to get the job done. … [Read more...]