Stories from Thursday, May 30, 2019

Forrest faced the Sequatchie County Indians in the winner’s bracket finals during the Spring Fling XXVI Spring Sports Championships 2A baseball Tournament at Smyrna on Thursday with a win sending the Rockets to the championship and loss meaning the two teams face off again for a chance to face Covington for the title at MTSU on Friday.

With their backs to the wall, the Forrest Rockets met the Sequatchie Indians in the final loser’s bracket contest of the Class 2A Spring Fling XXVI Spring Sports Championships at Smyrna High School on Thursday night. It was a win or go home proposition and the Rockets rode the arm of Ethan Mealer, some timely hitting, and were helped by sloppy fielding from the Indians in a big sixth inning that propelled the boys from Chapel Hill to a 4-2 win and a spot in the Class 2A title game on Friday at Middle Tennessee State University versus Covington.

The Forrest Rockets (19-16-1) and the Covington Chargers (34-7) squared off in the TSSAA Class 2A Spring Fling XXVI Spring Sports Championship title game at Reese Smith Jr. Field on the campus of MTSU with the Chargers winning the title via an 11-1 five-inning, run-rule win. It was the third state title for the Charger (1999, 2006) while the Rockets finished runnerup for the second time (2006-Class A).

The Forrest Lady Rockets finished off a clean sweep of the Class 2A field at the Spring Fling XXVI Spring Sports Championships with a gut wrenching 3-1 win over Lexington in the title game on Friday at Murfreesboro. “This feels amazing, I give the girls all the credit for this,” Forrest coach Shelby Stinnett said. “I’ve been coaching them I guess it feels like since they were in diapers.”