Tennessee High School Sports News

History will be made this week when the Pope John Paul II High baseball team goes in search of its first state title at Spring Fling.

Ravenwood's Sean Karl and Brentwood's Maxx Lipman grew up together on tennis courts.

Northeast's Brittany Kelly and East Nashville's Jada Curbeam qualified to compete in the state pentathlon championship at the top of their respective classes.

There's nothing like the first time, and the Hendersonville Spartans boys' lacrosse team certainly soaked in their first state championship victory on Saturday afternoon.

Laura Morse's busy week of track and field got off to a rousing start Monday at the state Class A/AA pentathlon.

The Ravenwood Lady Raptors captured their fifth straight Region 6-AAA softball title Wednesday, beating Overton 11-0 in five innings.

The Clarksville Wildcats scored three runs in the 10th inning to break away with a 4-1 win against the resilient Ravenwood Raptors in the Class AAA softball sectionals.

BY DARREN REESE Sports Editor GREENEVILLE - A solid postseason run came to an end for the Greeneville High School boys' tennis team Friday afternoon.

The North Greene baseball team wrapped up a light batting practice early Thursday, so head coach Tim Lady decided he would go out and play in the weekly scramble at Baileyton Golf Course.

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association announced brackets for the Spring Fling tourney as soon as all the sectional results were in, and the Seahawks drew Rockwood .

With help from a hole-in-one, Davin White shot a 7-under 64 on Saturday and took the lead in the Signal Mountain Invitational at the Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club.

Led by two-time defending state champion Baylor girls, six Chattanooga teams will compete this week in the BlueCross Spring Fling XX state tennis tournament at Old Fort Park in Murfreesboro.

Rainey Gaffin hit a walk-off triple in the bottom of the 11th inning Saturday as the Tennessee softball team reached the finals of the NCAA Knoxville Regional with a 1-0 victory over N.C. State.

Katelyn McEvoy of Franklin, a senior at Ensworth High School, has been selected as a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar, as announced by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

The East Hamilton boys soccer team punched their ticket to the Class A/AA state tournament in Murfreesboro next week for the second time in school history.

East Hamilton pitcher Maria Walshe already knew she would have to face Bledsoe County in Saturday's Class AA sectional game with an aching back.

The rain was sporadic Saturday afternoon during the Christian Academy of Knoxville boys' soccer game against visiting University School of Johnson City, but the Warrior scoring was quite steady.

All the Farragut High School soccer team needed for motivation Saturday was to check a result from earlier in the season.

The Father Ryan Lady Irish softball team never really had much of a chance against two-time defending state champion Baylor on Friday afternoon.

While the JCHS Varsity baseball team had a rough start and an even rougher finish to their season this year, the Longhorns had a hidden gem in their Junior Varsity, who did exceptionally well and performed far above the expectations set for them.