Starting pitcher Dylan Loy (14) and the Pigeon Forge Tigers faced the Alcoa Tornadoes in a TSSAA District 2-2A contest on Allen Grubb Field on Monday, March 28, 2022, in Alcoa, Tennessee. Pigeon Forge won 11-1. (Danny Parker/Four Seam Images)
BY JESSE SMITHEY
ALCOA – Even as a 145-pounder, Dylan Loy seemingly dominated opponents with relative ease last spring. He went 13-1, struck out 164 hitters, posted a 0.42 ERA and earned 2021 5Star Preps Pitcher of the Year honors.
But the left-handed Loy, a University of Tennessee commitment, knew that slight frame couldn’t carry him throughout his upperclassman years and ultimately into the college ranks.
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