BY JESSE SMITHEY Basketball season is over. And baseball season has commenced. Per normal, the East Tennessee waters of baseball talent are deep again. Four area teams won state titles last May. And dozens of area players have signed or … [Read more...]
Massive lot of Farragut High School baseball players sign National Letters of Intent; 12 with Division I programs
BY DAVE LINK Farragut baseball coach Matt Buckner was a proud father Friday morning. Buckner watched his son, senior shortstop Lukas Buckner, sign scholarship papers to play for Mississippi State during a ceremony at … [Read more...]
Farragut baseball standout Lukas Buckner flips from UCF to Mississippi State after UCF coaching change
BY DAVE LINK Farragut shortstop Lukas Buckner has spent years watching televised games at Mississippi State’s Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium, the nation’s largest on-campus baseball facility. The rising senior dreamed about playing there … [Read more...]
How did Mississippi State baseball get a commitment from Gibbs LHP Reilly Byers
By JESSE SMITHEY The decision wasn't a hard one for Reilly Byers when it came down to it. Sure there were some big names in college baseball talking to him about possibly joining them someday, but Byers knew what he wanted. Or where he … [Read more...]