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CLASS AAA  REGION ONE

District 1

Daniel Boone (Gray)
David Crockett (Jonesborough)
Sullivan South (Kingsport)
Tennessee High (Bristol)
Dobyns Bennett (Kingsport)
Science Hill (Johnson City)
Sullivan Central (Blountville)
Volunteer (Church Hill)

District 2

Morristown East (Morristown)
Morristown West (Morristown)
Jefferson County (Dandridge)
Seymour
South Doyle (Knoxville)
Sevier County (Sevierville)
Cherokee (Rogersville)
Cocke County (Newport)

CLASS AAA REGION TWO

District 3

Knoxville Central (Knoxville)
Knoxville Halls (Knoxville)
Powell
Hardin Valley (Knoxville)
Karns (Knoxville)
Anderson County (Clinton)
Campbell County (Jacksboro)
Clinton
Oak Ridge

District 4

Knoxville Catholic (Knoxville)
Knoxville West (Knoxville)
Bearden (Knoxville)
Farragut (Knoxville)
Heritage (Maryville)
Maryville
William Blount (Maryville)
Lenoir City

The Jefferson County High School Patriots are ready to begin their 2012 March to Murfreesboro this season. In the team’s second season under Head Coach Josh Warner, and joined by two new assistants: Zach Reese and Chris Shockley, the team looks to build off of their successful 2011 campaign in which they finished at 32-5. Inspired by their District Championship and driven by their hunger for a State Championship, this team has dedicated itself in off-season workouts and will be looking to take the program to the next level. The schedule the team will face this year will challenge them to be at their best every game as they will face at least 10 teams that were in the hunt for the state title in 2011 during the regular season. Last year’s sub state appearance was the first in the school’s 36-year history. Also, the 32 wins set the school’s single season record. The Patriot’s fell just short of a trip to the State Tournament as they were eliminated from the postseason by eventual State Champion, Farragut.  

Offense- At the plate, the Patriots will be a senior dominated lineup, but relatively inexperienced. Coming off a year that set multiple school records, including a .412 BA, 43 HR’s, and 380 runs scored. Colton Bales (.474 BA, 6 HR, 49 RBI), Blake Paschal (.466 BA, 7 HR, 60 RBI) and Jake Farr (.420BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI) all return for their senior season with a goal of continuing the team’s success and setting new records.  Bristoe Bible, Brent Livesay, Taylor Long, and Andrew Sanford will be looked to in picking up the slack left by the 6 seniors who graduated from last year’s squad.

Pitching- On the mound, the Patriots have a multitude of strong arms that could produce a big year. The team returns 17 of its 32 wins including Jake Farr (4-1, 3.57 ERA), Brandon Leonard (5-1, 3.78), Bristoe Bible (3-0, 4.94 ERA) and Blake Ballinger (2-0, 5.42 ERA). Also, Austin Hutchinson and Casey Henshaw are looking to be prominent forces in the rotation.

   Jefferson County enters the 2012 baseball season on the heels of the most successful season in school history. The Patriots shattered nearly every offensive school record on their way to a 32-5 finish and a District 2-AAA Championship. Last season’s sub-state appearance was the first in the schools 36-year history. The 32 wins was a school record, but the team was eliminated in the sub-state game by four-time defending state champion, Farragut. The 2012 Patriots return 10 players from the 2011 squad as well as six starters. 2012 will provide a new set of challenges. District 2-AAA should be greatly improved this season as several teams have a lot of returning players. The Patriots will have 10 seniors, 6 junior, and 2sophomores that make up the 2012 team. The 2012 team faces an extremely difficult schedule that features. Hopefully this schedule will benefit the team in May. The success this team is able to achieve will depend on the leadership of our older players as well as the development of some younger players that will see playing time for us this season.

The 2012 Admirals will be a young team with only 2 seniors. However this team does return about 9 contributors from last year.  The offense and defense will be lead by all state Sr. SS AJ Simcox. Simcox, Nick Senzel/ Jr/2b, and Chase Chambers/1b/So will anchor an infield that should be very consistent.  3b and LF are positions we will search for in the preseason.  The other two outfield positions should be strong with returnees Jammer Strickland/CF/Jr, and Anthony El Chabani RF/Jr. The catching duties will be handled by returnee Brett Hagenow/Jr and also newcomer David Logan/Jr.  The 2012 pitching staff suffered a big blow this off season with our #1 pitcher Xander Taylor/Sr going down for the season with a torn labrum. Even with this loss I believe this staff has the potential to be very strong and deep. The pitching staff returns 3 pitchers who saw significant innings last year and has added some guys that should contribute immediately; those pitchers include Jordan Newby/RHP/Sr, Eric Freeman RHP/Jr, Chase Chambers LHP/So, Kyle Serrano RHP/Jr, and Patrick Raby RHP/Fresh. "Our team will play a challenging schedule and hopefully this will get us ready for the post season. If we have some players raise their level of play and we commit to the team, I think we will have a chance to compete at a high level."  Coach Buckner