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“Extra”ordinary Effort: Bradley Claims 5AAA Title In 11 Vasquez delivers Walk Off To Back Burnette, Flowers Pitching Monday, May 10, 2021 - by James Beach Everyone knew what McMinn County had coming into Monday night’s District 5AAA title bout against Bradley. The Cherokees were armed and dangerous with head coach David Ray having his choice among the four horsemen who had carried the pitching load to choose.   With all four of his DI pitchers ready and available thanks to Ray’s ...

Bears, Cherokees Roll Into 5AAA Finals Season Comes To A Close For Hurricanes, Blue Raiders Saturday, May 8, 2021 - by James Beach The McMinn County Cherokees incorporated a little bit of the Bradley Bears playbook and now the Bears will need to utilize a part of the Cherokee scheme as both teams took care of business on Saturday to close out best-of-3 5AAA semifinals season extenders.   Third-seeded McMinn dropped second-seeded Cleveland, 11-3, and top seed Bradley was 5-1 better than s...

Bears, Cherokees Win 5AAA Semis Openers Record Shutouts Over Hurricanes, Blue Raiders Friday, May 7, 2021 - by James Beach An ace and an ace-in-the-hole did their jobs Friday night and because of it, the Bradley Bears and McMinn County Cherokees find themselves on the brink of a region berth.   Bradley’s ace Cooper Casteel and McMinn’s closer-turned-starter Ollie Akens both twirled two-hit masterpieces as the Bears shutout East Hamilton, 2-0, and the Cherokees blanked Cleveland, 5-0,...

Frank Foils Bradley As Cherokees Get Sweep McMinn Wins Another One-Run Game Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - by James Beach CLEVELAND, Tenn. – While it seems there may be tension and drama all around these days pretty much every time the McMinn Cherokees take the field, Tribe baseball skipper Mike Ray barely even breaks a sweat anymore. He might as well be coaching from his sofa, such is his comfort level.   The Cherokees got caught up in another one-run District 5AAA battle outing last night ...