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1950
Clarksville HS vs Cumberland City 5/5
Dover tops Clarksville 5/9
NIL Roundup 5/10
WT Thomas beats Woodlawn 5/10
Scuttlebutt - baseball talk 5/12
Dover beats Clarksville 5/12
Prep Battle of the Year: North vs Ryan 5/12
North beats Ryan Western Division champs 5/19
Mont. Central no hitter 5/20
NIL final preview 5/21
North DuPont clash for title 5/21
Cumberland City knocks off Central 5/24
Clarksville beats WT Thomas 5/25
Columbia and Dover are in with wins 5/26
North v DuPont midstate playoff preview 5/26
Pic of DuPont players 5/26
North beats DuPont 5/27
Midstate Playoff Preview 5/31
North and DuPont win p1 6/1
North and DuPont wins p2 6/1
North eliminates Dover in regional 6/1
North meets DuPont for third time 6/2
Southside qualifies for state 6/2
Dupont upsets North 2-0 6/3
Dupont upset - game pics 6/3
All City Eastern and Western Division 6/4
State tourney preview 6/4
Chattanooga HS team pic before state tourney 6/6
Southside Team pic at state 6/6
State tourney preview Memphis and Chatt 6/6
State tourney preview - Pardue named Nashville MVP 6/7
State semifnals - DuPont and North lose 6/8
Memphis Southside pic of players 6/8
Evans leads City to title game 6/8
State tourney - Southside falls in 11 6/8
City wins championship in 11 innings 6/9
Long hits give Chattanooga state crown 6/9
1951
TSSAA Not Perfect, But Good 2/11
Cumberland City beats Central 5/11
Clarksville loses to Dover 5/12
Central beats Clarksville 22-11 5/15
Ashland City beats Central 5/16
South Christian beats Clarksville 5/18
Atwood's no hitter 5/18
Clarksville loses to Central 5/19
Howell School Team Pic 5/22
Centerville beats Central advances to district final 5/24
Regional Tourney pairings 5/29
Midstate playoff: North beats Hartsville 5/31
Game pic: North vs Hartsville 5/31
Litton beats Fayetteville in Midstate semifinals 6/1
Litton vs Fayetteville game pic 6/1
Litton joins North in finals 6/1
North beats Litton, wins Midstate 6/2
North State Tourney Preview 6/3
NIL Batting Leaders 6/5
NIL
Stat Leaders 6/5
JC wins; in finals of state 6/8
JC falls in state title game 6/9
Southside beats Johnson City, wins state title 6/9
All Nashville Player Headshots 6/17
All Nashville Team 6/17
1952
Clarksville falls to Mont Central 5/15
All Nashville 5/17
Division Champ preview: Mont Central vs Hartsville 5/19
Hartsville denies Central a region berth 5/22
Midstate: Lipscomb, Hartsville preview 5/26
Midstate: Lipscomb 10 Hartsville 7 5/27
Midstate; DuPont beats Franklin 1-0 5/28
Midstate: DuPont 11 Lipscomb 5 5/29
DuPont wins Midstate crown 5/29
Final Nashville Prep Batting Avg 6/1
Final Nashville Prep Pitching Stats 6/1
State Tournament Preview 6/2
Dobyns-Bennett beats DuPont 1-0 no hitter 6/3
Headline: Collette hurls no hitter 6/3
Kingsport 1-0 over DuPont (no hitter) 6/3
Pic - Team holding up Collette after no hitter 6/3
Dobyns-Bennett wins state title 6/4
Kingsport wins state p1 6/4
Kingsport wins state p2 6/4
Pic - Kingsport accepting trophy 6/4
White Sox want unrestricted draft 6/19
1953
All Sports Almanac 2/15
Cumberland beats Lipscomb 5/12
Litton, West capture NIL crowns 5/13
Baseball Cartoon 5/14
Jays vs Lions playoff 5/17
Litton beats West for NIL crown 5/21
Litton wins first NIL crown 5/22
Montgomery Central beats Hartsville in group 1 playoff 5/23
Montgomery Central beats Hartsville, gets regional berth 5/23
Baseball Cartoon 5/25
Litton vs Columbia preview 5/26
Litton eliminates Columbia in Midstate 5/27
West beats Montgomery Central for state berth 5/28
West wins midstate title 5/29
Memphis Central wins state berth 5/29
Litton, West await state finals 5/31
State
finals preview 6/3
State finals preview 6/4
State finals open today 6/4
State semifinal scores and
stories 6/5
Litton falls in state tourney, West wins 6/5
Memphis Central beats West for state title 6/6
Wild throw gives Memphis state title 6/6
Pic: Mem Central coach takes trophy from AF Bridges 6/6
Pic - State finals winning run 6/6
Nashville All City 6/7
Chattanooga All City 6/8
SE Regional: Preview, Ga goes for third straight title 6/17
SE Regional: Central loses 24-2 6/18
SE Regional: Semifinal scores and stories 6/19
SE Regional: GA school wins third straight 6/21
1954
NIL Scores and boxes 5/12
NIL divisions to be decided this week 5/16
West best hope for state tourney 5/16
Nashville All City Team 5/18
Baseball Cartoon - Knox News Sentinel 5/18
West wins crown, Goodlettsville shocks DuPont 5/18
East beats Madison, wins division 5/20
Montgomery Central beats Columbia Group 1 playoffs 5/20
West takes game 1 of NIL playoff 5/21
West vs Cohn for title 5/21
West beats East for NIL crown 5/22
Game pic: East vs West 5/22
Midstate playoff preview: West, East,Tullahoma, Mont. Central 5/25
Tullahoma beats West in Midstate playoff 5/26
East wins, in finals 5/27
Tullahoma, midstate champs 5/28
Tullahoma team pic 5/28
State Tourney Preview 6/2
State Tourney Preview #2 6/2
Elizabethton eliminated in state tourney 6/3
State tourney results 6/3
Chattanooga All City Team 6/3
Memphis Southside beats Covington in state finals 6/4
1955
NIL game scores/article 5/6
Litton wins 9th in a row 5/12
Franklin beats Hillsboro 5/14
Franklin's Warren throws no hitter 5/17
East whips Litton for NIL East title 5/18
Lions Tillman clinches title 5/17
Lions Tillman clinches title p2 5/17
Roosevelt beats Mont. Central 5/20
Indians whip North 5/21
Pic of Cumberland HS players before game 5/23
Cohn wins Western Division of NIL 5/24
Pic: Cohn wins division 5/24
Litton takes on Cohn at Sulphur Dell tonight 5/25
Litton tips Cohn in game one 5/26
Litton v Cohn game 2 at Sulphur Dell 5/27
Litton whips Cohn for championship 5/28
Litton whips Cohn p2 5/28
Midstate playoff: Cohn wins, Litton upset by Mont Central 6/1
East Region: Tournament Roundup 6/1
Cohn beats Mont. Central w/ game pic 6/2
East Region: Central falls 6/2
Nashville All City 6/5
Chattanooga All City 6/6
State Tournament Articles
State Tournament Preview 6/7
Chatt Central beats Cohn 6/8
Chatt beats Cohn p1 6/8
Chatt beats Cohn p2 6/8
Rain stops play in state tourney 6/9
Rain wipes out play in state 6/9
State Tournament - side note 6/9
Chatt Central trips Memphis, reach finals 6/10
Cohn ousted from state tournament 6/10
Pounders win state title 6/11
Chatt wins title 6/11
All State Tournament Team 6/11
1956
All Nashville (Banner) 5/10
DuPont beats Antioch 5/18
Litton beats DuPont for division title 5/19
Game pic: Litton vs DuPont 5/19
Lions and Indians tangle tonight 5/22
NIL playoff: Cumberland wins game 1 5/23
NIL playoff Litton evens series g2 5/24
NIL playoff g3 preview article 5/25
NIL Playoff g3 Cumberland 19 Litton 4 5/26
Knoxville: County smashes City 5/29
Midstate playoff preview 5/29
East Region: Rule makes finals 5/30
Midstate playoff: Lions, Cats reach finals 5/30
Midstate playoff: Litton beats Clarksville 5/31
East Region: Rules wins, make state 5/31
State Tournament
Litton to meet tough foe 6/3
State Tournament Preview 6/4
State Tourney Day 1 Recap 6/5
Central wins state opener 6/5
Litton falls in state baseball tourney p1 6/6
Litton falls in state baseball tourney p2 6/6
Game Pic: Litton vs Treadwell - out at home 6/6
Chatt Central defeats Rule, in finals 6/6
Rule 29 game win streak broken in loss 6/6
State baseball semifinals game article 6/7
Treadway knocks off Rule 6/7
Rule eliminated from state 6/7
Central wins state crown 6/8
Central retains title 6/8
Pic: Central with state champ trophy 6/8
1957
NIL: Smith hurls 7th no hitter of 1957 5/1
All Nashville team Banner 5/14
1957 KIL PLAYOFF DAY 1 5/18
KIL PLAYOFF DAY 2 LOSERS BRACKET 5/21
Madison, West to play for NIL title 5/21
NIL Playoff: G1 Madison 4 West 0 5/22
NIL Playoff: G2 Madison wins title 5/24
Rule wins KIL 5/24
Midstate Playoff: 2 games kickoff tournament 5/28
Midstate playoff: Madison and West win semifinals 5/29
Midstate finals game pic: stealing home 5/30
Midstate Playoff finals -West rallies to beat Madison 5/30
East Region: Knoxville area Roundup 5/30
CITY COUNTY ALL STARS Knoxville News Sentinel 5/30
CITY RIPS COUNTY AGAIN 5/31
State Tournament
Kingsport State Tournament Preview 6/3
State baseball rained out 6/4
Rain halts play in Chattanooga 6/4
State tourney rained out again 6/5
State will try again today 6/5
Kingsport 9 in finals 6/6
West wins first, drops second state game 6/7
West eliminated by CBHS in rematch 6/7
West vs Memphis in LBF 6/7
CBHS wins 4 hour marathon game 6/8
DB drops first game in 11 innings 6/8
DB set or broke 19 school records this year 6/9
CBHS's Grilli better than Crone at this stage 6/9
Full page State champs - Kingsport 6/9
Kingsport wins game 2 and title 6/9
State Champs Team Pic celebrating 6/9
Kingsport recieves championship trophy 6/9
Kingsport Coach Crawford all wet after winning title 6/9
1958
NIL: Triples featured in games 4/15
NIL: Roundup 5/13
NIL: West gains tie 5/15
NIL: West shares title 5/16
NIL: West, Hillsboro tangle for title p1 5/20
NIL: West and Hillsboro tangle p2 5/20
NIL: West wins division title 5/21
NIL: Game pic from West vs Hillsboro 5/21
KIL: District final preview 5/21
NIL Playoff: Antioch beats West 5/22
KIL: Fulton wins title 5/22
NIL Playoff game pic of Antioch's Gene Smith
NIL Playoff: West evens series with Antioch 5/23
NIL Playoff: Game pic - Gene Smith pitching 5/24
NIL Playoff: Antioch wins NIL title 5/24
Midstate region preview 5/27
Midstate region West and Clarksville advance 5/28
Midstate region Clarksville wins title 12-6 5/29
All Nashville 5/31
State Tournament
State Tourney preview Nashville 6/1
State Tourney preview Knoxville 6/1
State Tourney Day 1 6/3
Clarksville falls 2-0 6/3
Betsy wins over Clarksivlle 6/3
State Tourney Day 2 6/4
Betsy falls to Memphis 6/4
Memphis Central unbeaten, Clarksville eliminated 6/4
State Tourney Day 3 6/5
Betsy wins 9-8, in finals 6/5
Elizabethton eliminates Chatt Central, reach finals 6/5
State Tourney Day 4 6/6
Memphis wins title , takes two games 6/6
Betsy acceptrs runner-up trophy 6/6
Elizabethton team pic from state tourney 6/6
1959
NIL Baseball Master Schedule 3/29
West, Hillsboro vie for NIL West crown 5/12
(Nashville) West Belts Burro's 5/15
Game pic - West vs Hillsboro 5/15
Knox area District playoff Day 1 5/19
Knox area District playoff Day 2 5/20
NIL playoff rained out in game 2 5/21
Game Pic: Staying Dry in The Dugout 5/21
Knox area District playoff Day 3 5/22
NIL Playoffs - Litton wins NIL over West 5/22
NIL Playoff - game pic 5/22
Knox area District playoff Day 4: 2nd game forced for title
5/23
Baseball Sporting Goods Ad from Knoxville 5/24
Knox area District playoff - West wins title 5/24
Knox West coach Bill Wright with catcher Jim Goolsby pic 5/24
Pic East TN stars in regional next week 5/24
Region 1 Preview 5/24
Midstate Regiopal Preview 5/24
Knoxville All Stars City and County 5/26
Region 1 playoff - Jefferson in region finals with win 5/27
East Region 2 - Carthage wins semifinal game 5/27
Midstate Region 3 - Clarksville, BGA win 5/27
Midstate Regional - Pic of catcher being flipped in the air
5/27
Midstate Regional rained out 5/28
East Region 1 rainout helps West 5/28
Midstate Regional - Litton, Wildcats face long road 5/29
East Region 1 - West falls 1-0 in 11 innings 5/29
Bristol tops Jeff for region title + Knox area City-County game
5/30
Midstate Regional - Litton wins 3 to gain title 5/30
All Nashville (Banner) 5/30
Midstate Regional - All Region Team 5/30
East Region 2 - Carthage wins 4-3 5/30
State Tournament
State Tourney Preview 5/31
Litton beats Carthage in opener, CBHS beats Bristol 6/3
Litton and CBHS open with wins 6/3
CBHS's Martin Steals Home - 3 pic sequence 6/3
CBHS and Carthage win in state 6/4
Litton vs CBHS game pic/State 6/4
Litton eliminates Carthage, will meet CBHS in finals 6/5
State - game pic Litton vs Carthage 6/5
Lions hand CBHS the state title 6/6
State finals pic - Litton vs CBHS 6/6
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