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Baylor senior Landie McBrayer fell just short of a state tennis singles championship Friday, falling to Maggie Cannata of Ensworth in three sets 6-1, 2-6, 6-1.
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Baylor senior Benji Taverne and junior Hunter Smith successfully defended their 2018 state doubles championship Friday, defeating McCallie's team of John Knight and Charlie Park 6-3, 6-1, and becoming the first back-to-back Baylor doubles champion in 44 years.
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Benji Taverne and Hunter Smith will be playing to defend their 2018 state doubles title in the TSSAA boys' tennis tournament Friday while Landie McBrayer has advanced to the championship match in girls' singles.
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Freshman Syd Berzon was the winning pitcher and provided the game-winning RBIs to lead the Baylor softball team to a 2-1 win over GPS and a fifth straight state championship Thursday.
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The Baylor baseball team jumped out to a 4-0 lead and held on for a 4-2 win over Christian Brothers Thursday, earning the team's second consecutive state championship.
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Baylor senior Jack Holcombe cleared 13' 6" to take the state pole vault championship and help the Baylor boys' track and field team to a sixth place finish at the TSSAA D-IIAA state meet Wednesday.
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Baylor junior Makayla Packer repeated as 200 meter champion, was second in the 100 meter dash, and anchored the second place 4 X 100 relay team to lead the Baylor girls' track and field team to a fourth place team finish at the TSSAA D-IIAA state championships Wednesday.
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The top five batters in the Raiders' lineup went 11-for-17 and knocked in all three runs as Baylor shut out Christian Brothers 3-0 in the semifinal round of the state baseball tournament Wednesday. Baylor will play for the title Thursday.
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Baylor will play for a fifth consecutive softball state championship Thursday, after Sophie Piskos' walk-off, two-out double in the bottom of the seventh gave the Raiders a 4-3 win over GPS in the semifinal round Wednesday.
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The Baylor girls' tennis team won its ninth straight state championship Wednesday, rallying for four singles match wins after losing the doubles point.
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Best of Preps picks show why a youthful Baylor athletics program is tops and may stay on top.
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Based on their individual performances during the 2018-19 season, eight Baylor fencers have been awarded either second team or honorable mention High School All-American status by USA Fencing.
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Baylor sophomore swimmer Ellie Waldrep qualified for the 2020 Olympic Team Trials in the 100 meter backstroke at the Atlanta Classic, May 17-19.
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Here is important information for rising sixth through eighth grade students interested in trying out for the Middle School Football Cheer squad for the 2019-2020 school year.
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Baylor wrestling coach Ben Nelson was named Coach of the Year in the Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of Preps series, highlighting a list of a dozen Baylor athletes, including three freshmen and an eighth grader, who have received the honor so far this year.
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Baylor alum Crosby Huckabay '16, now an outfielder at Georgia Tech, has been named the ACC Softball Player of the Week by collegesportsmadness.com, a popular website for college sports coverage.