Soddy Daisy baseball coach Jim Higgins is well aware of the difficulty of making a district tournament final as well as the prize for doing so: more baseball.
The 6-3A regular season champs punched a ticket to next week's Region tourney with a convincing 13-2 win to complete a two-game sweep of rival Hixson Thursday night in the semifinals.
"Two years in a row we fell short at this juncture and it hurts. It's such a good feeling to punch that ticket, and I'm really happy for these kids," said Higgins, who will play in a region tourney for the first time since his first year at the Trojan helm in 2019.
And then there is Signal Mountain, who has to plan vacations around the region ... (click for more)