Photo Gallery: Tallulah Academy wins MAIS 1A baseball title
Published 10:12 pm Saturday, May 15, 2021
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Tallulah Academy senior third baseman Marsh Wood walks off the field with the championship trophy and banner after the Trojans beat Calhoun Academy to win the MAIS Class 1A title on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy pitcher Dee Morgan throws in the second inning of Saturday's Class 1A championship series game against Calhoun Academy. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy third baseman Marsh Wood (28) tags out Calhoun Academy's Noah Ozbun (10) in the second inning of Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Hayes Hopkins warms up on deck during Saturday's MAIS Class 1A championship series game against Calhoun Academy. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Hayes Hopkins slides into third as Calhoun Academy's Connor McCormick dives and applies a late tag. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy students celebrate behind the left field fence after watching the Trojans beat Calhoun Academy in the MAIS Class 1A baseball championship series on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Wyatt Bedgood (11) collides with Calhoun Academy catcher Seth Walker on a play at the plate in the fifth inning Saturday, during Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Wyatt Bedgood (11) collides with Calhoun Academy catcher Seth Walker on a play at the plate in the fifth inning Saturday, during Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Wyatt Bedgood (11) collides with Calhoun Academy catcher Seth Walker on a play at the plate in the fifth inning Saturday, during Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Wyatt Bedgood (11) collides with Calhoun Academy catcher Seth Walker on a play at the plate in the fifth inning Saturday, during Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series. Walker dropped the ball and Bedgood was safe on the play. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy pitcher Dee Morgan is greeted at the dugout by his teammates after finishing an inning against Calhoun Academy on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy catcher Kayne Romero celebrates with teammates and coaches at the end of the sixth inning Saturday against Calhoun Academy. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy pitcher Paul Michael Machen throws during Saturday's Class 1A championship series game against Calhoun Academy. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball players Todd Etheridge (15) and Paul Michael Machen (7) celebrate after Etheridge hit a game-winning double in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday against Calhoun Academy. Tallulah beat Calhoun 2-1 to win the MAIS Class 1A championship. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Calhoun Academy players collect themselves after they lost 2-1 to Tallulah Academy in Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball players dogpile in the infield after beating Calhoun Academy 2-1 on Saturday to win the MAIS Class 1A championship. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Walker Sullivan (4) jumps onto his teammates to complete their dogpile after they beat Calhoun Academy 2-1 on Saturday to win the MAIS Class 1A baseball championship. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball players dogpile in the infield after beating Calhoun Academy 2-1 on Saturday to win the MAIS Class 1A championship. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball players dogpile in the infield after beating Calhoun Academy 2-1 on Saturday to win the MAIS Class 1A championship. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy players mob Todd Etheridge (15) after they beat Calhoun Academy 2-1 on Saturday to win the MAIS Class 1A championship. Etheridge delivered the game-winning hit, an RBI double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Todd Etheridge (15) and Walker Sullivan (4) celebrate after their 2-1 victory over Calhoun Academy to win the MAIS Class 1A championship on Saturday. Etheridge hit an RBI double that brought Sullivan home with the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball players lift the MAIS Class 1A championship trophy on Saturday. The Trojans swept Calhoun Academy in two games two in the first baseball state title in school history. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Baseball players from Tallulah Academy and Calhoun Academy shake hands at the end of the MAIS Class 1A championship series on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball coach Kelvin Martin, left, hugs shortstop Todd Etheridge after Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series on Saturday. Etheridge hit an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Tallulah a 2-1 victory and its first-ever state title. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball coach Kelvin Martin, left, hugs Walker Sullivan after Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series on Saturday. Sullivan scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Tallulah a 2-1 victory and its first-ever state title. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy baseball players pose for a team photo in front of the scoreboard after winning the MAIS Class 1A championship on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
TALLULAH — Tallulah Academy defeated Calhoun Academy 2-1 on Saturday in Game 2 of the MAIS Class 1A championship series, completing a two-game sweep and giving Tallulah the first baseball state title in school history.
Todd Etheridge had two hits, including a game-winning RBI double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Walker Sullivan also had two hits and scored the winning run.
Tallulah finished the season with a 26-1 record. It won its last 25 games, including nearly half of them by the mercy rule.
Enjoy these photos from Saturday’s championship game, and congratulations to the Trojans!
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About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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