Team Georgia will be looking to extend their winning streak to a third straight year when Jay Smith Field at Ridgeland High School hosts the 22nd Annual Stump Martin Memorial Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Baseball Classic on Tuesday, June 3.
The annual border battle pits some of the top recent graduates from southeast Tennessee against their counterparts from northwest Georgia in a nine-inning clash.
First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. Tickets will be $8 at the gate, $6 for senior citizens, while kids under 12 will get in for free.
Many noteworthy names have played in the Classic over the years, including Major League pitcher Dakota Hudson (Sequatchie County), who was the game’s MVP back in 2013.
This will be the eighth time the Classic will be played at Ridgeland, which hosted the inaugural game in 2002 and hosted again in 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024.
It was played for two years at Engel Stadium before a seven-year run at BellSouth Park/AT&T Field.
McCallie, Ooltewah and Lookout Valley High Schools have also hosted the game over the years. The Classic was not played in 2020 or 2022.
The game is named in honor of its founder, the late Marvin "Stump" Martin, who served for many years as a sportswriter in the Tri-State Area and as host of "Stump On Sports Late Nite", which ran on cable in the north Georgia and Chattanooga market for nearly 35 years. Martin passed away in 2018.
Last year's Classic saw a Ringgold Tiger take home the MVP Award for a second straight year as Sebastian Haggard helped lead Team Georgia to a 9-4 victory, though Team Tennessee still leads the overall series, 16-5.
Bradley Central's Hank Adams was last year's Tennessee Player of the Game, while Cartersville's Luke Miller was the Georgia Player of the Game.
TEAM TENNESSEE
Chris Renegar - Baylor
Jax Bishop - Baylor
Brodie Lowe - Boyd-Buchanan
Griffin Philips - East Hamilton
Peyton Harris - East Hamilton
Sean Besley - Howard
Devon McKinney - Howard
Chris Moore - McCallie
Drew Wood - Ooltewah
Brock Smallen - Ooltewah
Gavin Fields - Ooltewah
Asa McMillon - Ooltewah
Anyer Alvarez - Red Bank
Jack Barkeloo - Red Bank
Cash Keene - Signal Mountain
Cooper Poe - Soddy-Daisy
Stephen (Sai) Vickers - Soddy-Daisy
Jake Jackson - Soddy-Daisy
Jordan Smith - Walker Valley
Titus Torbett - Walker Valley
Head Coach - Ben Wharton - CCS
Assistant Coach - Wes Anderson - Walker Valley
Assistant Coach - Jon Johnson - Howard
Assistant Coach - Matt Roberson - Red Bank
TEAM GEORGIA
Jarrett Scott - Adairsville
Jack Scott - Adairsville
David (Tucker) Woody - Chattooga
David Person - Christian Heritage
Jose Orellanes - Dalton
B.B. Coleman - Dalton
Jackson Scali - Gordon Lee
Ty Thompson - Gordon Lee
Maddox Henry - Heritage
Isaiah McKenzie - LaFayette
Caden Carpenter - LaFayette
Addison McGuire - LaFayette
Carson Goff - LFO
Hunter Medrano - Ridgeland
Lincoln Platt - Ridgeland
Head Coach - Chris Base - LaFayette
Assistant Coach - Drew Walker - Ringgold
Assistant Coach - Matt Montgomery - Calhoun
Assistant Coach - Grant Sane - North Murray
UMPIRES
Randall Flowers and Jeff Keen