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Farragut rookie’s 1st Bassmasters Tourney nets a 4th-place finish
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Farragut rookie’s 1st Bassmasters Tourney nets a 4th-place finish
4th Irish boys basketball boss in 4 years
KNOXVILLE — Some seventh-inning heroics propelled Knoxville Catholic High School baseball into the win column for the first time this season late last week.
A one-out walk-off RBI single from senior Grant Tallent plated pinch runner Harrison Vieira to lift the defending Division II-AA state champ Irish to a 3-2 win over Knox Central Thursday, March 7, at KCHS’s Gaylor Field. Catholic bounced back from an opening-season home loss to local power Farragut March 4.
Tallent’s seventh-inning heroics followed a two-out, two-run rally by the Bobcats in the top of the seventh inning. The senior, who played both left field and center field for the Irish against Central (1-1), said he had an idea what to expect on what proved to be the game’s final pitch.
“Coach (Caleb) Moore told me what to expect and I got it, put the bat on it and what happened, happened,” Tallent said. “It feels great to win this game.”
Catholic first baseman Nate O’Donnell opened the game-winning rally with a leadoff single and was lifted for Veira, who promptly moved into scoring position on an errant pickoff throw. He would advance to third on a single by Cooper Williamson.