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Brighton baseball ends Munford’s season, advances to todays’s district title game

By Jeff Ireland on May 11, 2021

The ramifications of Monday's Brighton-Munford baseball district tournament game in Savannah were simple: The winner would move on to the title game and qualify for the region tournament and the season was over for the loser. After a half inning it was pretty clear how things were going to go. Five of the first six Brighton batters reached in the top of the first as the … [Read more...] about Brighton baseball ends Munford’s season, advances to todays’s district title game

Baseball roundup: Munford, Covington pick up district sweeps

By Jeff Ireland on April 21, 2021

The Munford and Covington baseball teams swept two-game district sets Monday and Tuesday to stay at the top of their league standings. Munford (14-10 overall, 5-1 District 13-AAA) got complete-game shutouts from Chase Spears and Garrett McKinney to beat Dyer County on consecutive days. A week after pitching a no-hitter vs. Brighton, McKinney hurled a one-hitter Monday at home … [Read more...] about Baseball roundup: Munford, Covington pick up district sweeps

Brighton and Munford baseball teams win district openers

By Jeff Ireland on April 6, 2021

[metaslider id=8541] Brighton and Munford got their District 13-AAA schedules off to a great start Monday. The Cardinals used a dominant pitching performance from Kaleb Baskin to defeat Dyer County, 4-1, at home. Baskin struck out six, walked just one and allowed only three hits over seven innings in a complete-game win. He also doubled in the third inning to spark a … [Read more...] about Brighton and Munford baseball teams win district openers

Munford’s Shane Cox signs baseball scholarship with University of Memphis

By Jeff Ireland on December 21, 2020

[metaslider id=7478] When Shane Cox joined the Munford High School baseball program in the fall of 2017, he was a skinny freshman, but it was obvious he had potential. The Cougars were coming off an appearance in the 2017 state tournament and graduating several senior starters. Cox was named the starting shortstop and lead-off hitter in the spring of 2018 and never left the … [Read more...] about Munford’s Shane Cox signs baseball scholarship with University of Memphis

Munford High pitcher Balfour Roe signs with Bethel University

By Jeff Ireland on June 12, 2020

[metaslider id=5746] Munford High pitcher Balfour Roe was getting some attention from college coaches heading into his senior season. As we know now, COVID-19 wiped out all but the first week of the 2020 season, which made recruiting much more challenging. It all worked out well for Roe, though. In front of 25 or so friends, teammates, coaches and family members on Thursday … [Read more...] about Munford High pitcher Balfour Roe signs with Bethel University

The top five high school baseball games of 2019

By Jeff Ireland on April 3, 2020

[metaslider id=4987] With the 2020 high school baseball season on pause, for now or forever, let's rank the best games of 2019 from the Tipton County area. Covington finishes off magical season with program's third state title The title game itself, an 11-1 win May 24 over Forrest at Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, had very little drama, but it could not have been any more … [Read more...] about The top five high school baseball games of 2019

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