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Thank you. It's cool. I know why our guy was not nominated for Player of the Year ... Our district record was 3-5 and yours was 7-1. I still can't believe we lost to C.B. Anyway, Wallace Foster is no doubt a great player. He is tearing it up in the tournament. Brooks Thedford is a solid ball player too. I'm fine with playing two games Thursday, as long as we each win one game. Ha Ha.

Yes, 2seamfastball ... it is the same freshman (#22) who led off the game with a 2B vs. Lookout Valley and was 2-3 that game. He is very consistent and plays hard. He had several multi-hit games this year. Iroot4vols, please don't question the integrity of the coaches at SBA. Why would we pad the stats? I have the book to prove his average if you would like to take a look. I can tell you this ... he was 6-6 vs. Howard (DH) and 4-4 vs. Richard Hardy. If you want to call his BA "shady" then say it's because we played some bad teams and #5 would be leading the city if he played against Richard Hardy and Howard instead of Ooltewah and Oak Ridge. Now that's a legitimate argument, but to say that we don't know how to keep a scorebook is weak. I respect Grace's baseball program and have for years. Ruston is a friend of mine and I am glad SBA vs. Grace is finally a rivalry now. I too am a big Tennessee fan. I have compared the Grace/SBA games to the Tennessee/Vanderbilt football games. We finally beat you guys in something and it felt pretty good. I look forward to the game Thursday. I hope we come ready to play because I know it will be the toughest game of the year. Honestly, if you told me before the season that our team would finish 2nd to Grace in the District Tournament and go to Region Tournament for the first time in school history, I would be elated. We were 4-16 last year and now we have a winning record (yes, some of the wins were cupcakes ... but we were the cupcake last year!) I think we have earned a little respect this week. I pray that we keep it a friendly rivalry because there are way more important things in life than sports. By the way, you guys played great tonight. I want to congratulate David Brainerd for an awesome season too! The future looks bright in our district. Maybe one of us will knock off L.V. in a few years.

Great baseball game tonight! Silverdale 9 David Brainerd 6 Was anyone there to see it? In the other game, Grace beat Copper Basin 11-0. I agree that the championship is now a three-team race and it wouldn't shock me to see Grace in the Championship game. Tuesday's schedule: 4:30 Grace vs. Temple 7:00 Winner vs. D.B.

David Brainerd is definitely the favorite to win it now. Here is the schedule: Saturday Copper Basin 7 Temple 8 Silverdale 18 Grace 5 David Brainerd 11 Temple 1 Monday 4:30 Copper Basin vs. Grace 7:00 Silverdale vs. David Brainerd Tuesday 4:30 Copper Basin/Grace Winner vs. Temple 7:00 Winner of 4:30 game will play SBA/DB Loser Thursday 4:30 Championship Game 7:00 Game 9 if Necessary