Cascade Athletics

Champs no-hit Nashville Christian, will face Eagleville yet again (05/15/12)
When it comes to postseason baseball, everyone has the hopes of playing and winning on as many Friday nights as they can. The Cascade Champions have secured at least one more Friday night with an impressive 11-0 opening round victory in the region tournament over Nashville Christian on Monday night...

Cascade claims 9-A tournament crown (05/10/12)
EAGLEVILLE -- Heading into Tuesday's game one of the District 9-A championship series Cascade coach Brandon Bassham knew the winner might take two games to decide. He was right. But it was his Cascade Champions who showed the heart and vigor to emerge as the District 9-A champions with a 10-5 win over Eagleville on Wednesday...

Lady Champs' postseason cut short by Raiderettes (05/10/12)
CHAPEL HILL -- Everything appeared to be going the Cascade Lady Champions' way heading into the seventh inning against the Moore County Raiderettes in Wednesday's elimination matchup. Despite being up 3-2 heading into the last inning, the Lady Champs had their season cut short with a three-run Moore County rally, as they were defeated 5-3...

Eagleville rally forces Game 2 vs. Cascade (05/09/12)
EAGLEVILLE -- The Cascade Champions got the start they wanted, but struggled to maintain the momentum once the Eagleville Eagles rallied for the lead in Tuesday's District 9-A showdown. Eagleville capitalized on two, two-run innings, which proved to be enough to force a 4-3 victory over the Champs in game one of the 9-A District tournament championship...

Lady Champs can't sustain hot start in 9-A semifinals (05/09/12)
CHAPEL HILL -- The Cascade Lady Champs had the Forrest Lady Rockets right where they wanted them in Tuesday's semifinal match up in the District 9-A tournament. The Lady Champs took a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning and appeared to have momentum on their side...

Defense keys Champion win, will play for 9-A championship (05/08/12)
EAGLEVILLE -- Between starting Cascade pitcher Gavin Elmore, and the Champion defense backing him up, the Champions strung together one of their best defensive performances of the season in Monday's district semifinal match up against the Moore County Raiders...

Eaglettes explode at plate, take 20-5 victory (05/08/12)
LAWRENCEBURG -- In one of their most productive offensive efforts in recent history, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes rolled to a 20-5 win over host Lawrence County in second round action of the District 8-AAA Tournament on Saturday night. The Eaglettes (13-13) banged out 20 hits in five innings in a game that was highlighted by a 14-run fifth inning by the winners...

Lady Champs stay unbeaten in tourney (05/08/12)
CHAPEL HILL -- The Cascade Lady Champions got a solo home run from Kelsey Parker and a two-run homer from Courtnie Carter in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Moore County Raiderettes in the second round of the District 9-A tournament. The Lady Champs took the lead in the top of the first inning on Parker's solo homer, and added to that lead with an RBI double by first baseman Cari Brown...

Late rally keys amazing Cascade win (05/06/12)
EAGLEVILLE -- When Cascade needed hits most, two seniors answered the call. An RBI single by Jared Carkuff and an RBI double by Gavin Elmore in the top of the seventh inning gave Cascade the spark needed to lift the Champs to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over district top dog, Eagleville...

Champs open 9-A tourney with big win over Vikes (05/04/12)
The Cascade Champions utilized a four-run first inning to jump-start the offense against arch-rival Community in Thursday's District 9-A tournament opener. The Champs piled on six more runs to force a 10-run mercy rule to advance within the winners bracket...

Carter pitches gem in 9-A opener (05/04/12)
The Cascade Lady Champions had four different players drive in multiple RBI's in their opening round win of the District 9-A tournament on Thursday afternoon. Kelsey Parker, Cari Brown, and Summer Carter each drove in a pair of runners, while Alyssa Hoover pushed three runs across the plate...

Solid pitching lifts Cascade Middle past Community in extras (05/02/12)
Cascade Middle needed a miracle in order to pull off a huge comeback win on Tuesday afternoon against its arch-rival Community Middle in order to keep the post-season alive. What they got was Trent Sutton's six inning, one-hit performance on the hill. The Champs took advantage of Sutton's exceptional night, and skated past the Vikings 7-6 in 10 innings to advance to the round of the season-ending baseball tournament...

1 inning lifts Lady Champs (05/02/12)
T-G STAFF REPORT Cascade took advantage of one big inning in their regular season finale against MTCS on Tuesday evening. While the Lady Cougars took the early lead, Cascade exploded for 10 runs in the fifth inning to cruise to the 10-4 victory. "They had a couple of errors that allowed us to break it open. It was a tune up for the district tournament. We've hit the ball well in the last two games," said Cascade coach Ralph Edwards...

Senior night marks 102nd win for Champion seniors (05/01/12)
Carson Tapley made the most of his senior night on Monday in Cascade's 3-2 win over Culleoka. He went 1-3, driving in two of three runs to give the Champs the boost they needed to close out the regular season on a high note. "We played really well Saturday and beat them 12-0. They had several errors and we took advantage of those errors," said Cascade coach Brandon Bassham...

Rally not enough for Lady Champs (04/26/12)
The Cascade Lady Champions had every reason to throw in the towel heading into the bottom of the seventh inning against the Forrest Lady Rockets on Wednesday night. The Lady Rockets had built an impressive early lead, and held a commanding 10-2 advantage heading into the bottom of the final frame...

Forrest outlasts Champs on special night (04/25/12)
On a night honoring their seniors, the Cascade Champions gave everything they had and then some against the visiting Forrest Rockets on Tuesday night. Forrest, however, had every intention of spoiling the night for the Champions, and they did just that with a second half goal to slip past Cascade 1-0...

Champs' bats go cold in loss (04/25/12)
It's been a mixed bag of results as of late for the Cascade Champions. In the last week, the Champions have only won two of their last seven games. But after three games against non-district opponents in the Walking Horse Classic over the weekend, the Champions started to click and the little things started to pile up...

Errors damage Cascade in loss (04/25/12)
LYNCHBURG--Errors hurt. And when the Lady Champs committed four against the Moore County Raiderettes in the fifth inning on Monday afternoon, Moore County made Cascade pay. "We just couldn't get any timely hits and we had that one bad inning. It seemed like when we made the four errors, they got up four or five to nothing. We didn't have any life after that," said Cascade coach Ralph Edwards...

Champion seniors mark 100th win (04/24/12)
It's been a long road filled with highs and lows for the six four-year starters on the Cascade Champion roster. Those seniors can mark one more down in the high column as they celebrated their 100th win at Cascade High with an impressive 10-2 victory at Moore County on Monday evening...

Champs find silver lining in losses (04/23/12)
Generally, it's tough to see the positives in a loss. But Cascade coach Brandon Bassham was able to see several his club accomplished in a pair of tough games in the Walking Horse Classic on Friday afternoon. Although Cascade (17-9-1, 6-4) dropped a pair of close games to the Middle Tennessee Monarchs and the Friendship Christian Commanders, the Champions still did a lot of little things right, according to Bassham...

Champs walk off on Elmore's RBI double (04/20/12)
All Gavin Elmore could think about when he stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning of Cascade's opener in the Walking Horse Classic was making contact and giving courtesy baserunner Nick Perry a chance to score the game-winning run. After playing catch-up to the Mt. Pleasant Tigers in the first seven innings, that's exactly what happened and the Champs were able to hold off Mt. Pleasant for the 4-3 win...

Forrest halts Lady Champs for district lead (04/20/12)
Knowing the district lead was on the line, the Lady Champs traveled to Chapel Hill to face the Lady Rockets on Thursday afternoon. Despite their best efforts, the Lady Rockets outlasted Cascade, 4-3, for sole lead of the district, The Lady Rockets took the lead in the bottom of the second inning, but Cascade rallied for runs in the third and the fifth to tie the game at two apiece...

Rockets shrug off late Cascade rally (04/17/12)
If there's one statistic no team likes a high number in, it's errors. Unfortunately for the Cascade Champions, that's the one column on the stats sheet that continued to grow in Monday's 5-4 loss to the Forrest Rockets. "The game ended that way because we didn't make plays. We're just not clicking right now. We've got to get back to playing good baseball," said Cascade coach Brandon Bassham...

Late Cascade goals not enough vs. MTCS (04/17/12)
For 51 minutes, the MTCS Cougar defense held the Cascade Champions scoreless, all the while piling up the goals. That quick-strike effort powered the Cougars in a 5-2 win over the Champs on Monday afternoon. The Cougars banked three in the first half alone...

Friday 13th great for Champs (04/15/12)
It's almost fitting that Friday brought a pair of unconventional and bizarre games to the diamond in Cascade's doubleheader against visiting Cornersville, especially considering it was Friday the 13th. In game one of the Freaky Friday doubleheader, Cascade (16-5-1) pounded out a 21-0 win. Cascade had to grind out the game two 3-2 win thanks to some savvy baserunning by Nolan Barnes...

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