Top performers from the final day of Spring Fling

The Tennessean

CPA’s Philip Clarke (3) is congratulated by Johnny Dodd after scoring against CAK during the Class AA Baseball State Championship game during Spring Fling on Friday, May 26, 2017.

Here’s a look at some of the top Nashville-area performers from the fifth and final day of the TSSAA Spring Fling Championships in Murfreesboro:

Baseball

Ryan Weathers, Loretto, Jr.: The Vanderbilt commitment registered 12 of his state tournament record 28 strikeouts in the Mustangs’ 4-0 Class A championship win over Goodpasture. For the tournament, the Vanderbilt commitment gave up just four hits in 14 scoreless innings on the mound, and the Class A Mr. Baseball winner also went 9-for-11 from the plate with eight runs, six extra-base hits and five RBIs.

Philip Clarke, CPA, Sr.: After tallying just two hits in his first 10 tournament at bats, the Vanderbilt signee went 2-for-2 with home run off Class AA Mr. Baseball Spencer Stryder of CAK, helping lead the Lions to their second state title in three seasons.

Luke Reidy, Brentwood, Sr: Reidy, who homered in Thursday’s semifinal win over Dobyns-Bennett, went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs, helping lead the Bruins to their first state baseball championship in school history with a 5-3 win over Stewarts Creek.

Station Camp's Chase Freeman (22) and Tyler Jessen (14) react after Jessen scored against Houston during the second half of the Class AAA championship game at the Richard Siegel Soccer Complex in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Friday, May 26, 2017.

Soccer

Tyler Jessen, Station Camp, So.: Jessen scored the game-winning goal in Friday’s 1-0 Class AAA championship win over Houston — the Bison’s first TSSAA team title in school history — burying a 53rd-minute assist from teammate Chase Freeman.

Andrew Metkler, Page, Sr.: Metkler spotted his squad an early advantage with a seventh-minute in Friday’s Class A/AA title match. Unfornately for the Patriots, they were unable to hold on, falling to Greeneville 2-1.

Softball

Madison Woodard, Creek Wood, So.: Woodard provided her team’s only run in Lady Red Hawks’ season-ending loss to CAK, launching a second-inning solo shot in the 2-1 defeat.

Brice Dabbs, Friendship Christian, Sr.: Dabbs went 3-for-4 with a double and a run in Friendship Christian’s 13-4 Division II-A championship defeat to The King’s Academy.

Carson Warner, Forrest, Jr.: Warner went 2-for-3 with a triple in the Lady Rockets’ 11-5 Class A championship loss to Meigs County.

Jalen Tate of West Creek High School competes in the Class AAA long jump event during the State Track and Field Championships at Middle Tennessee State University Friday, May 26, 2017, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Track & Field

Jeremy McDowell, Maplewood, Sr.: McDowell won both the 100-meter (11.08) and 200-meter (22.0) dashes at Friday’s Class A/AA state meet.

Jalen Tate, West Creek, Sr.: Tate won the Class AAA triple jump with a distance of 48 feet, 3 1/2 inches, and he also finished runner-up in the long jump (22-6.5).

Donovan Whitmore, Siegel, Sr.: Whitmore won the Class AAA 200-meter dash with a time of 21.83, and he also finished runner-up in the 100-meter dash (10.97).

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