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Commerce’s Lady Tigers are one week into the softball season and are 2-2 after opening at Banks County last Tuesday and hosting the Commerce Invitational over the weekend.

Looking to this week, the Lady Tigers are on the road, playing Hart County today (Wednesday) before heading over to Jefferson on Thursday.

This weekend, the Commerce club will compete in the Towns County/Young Harris Invitational before returning to host Towns County on Sept. 1. [Full Story »] 

Results from the Commerce Lady Tigers softball season opener Tuesday afternoon at Banks County were unavailable at press time, but Coach Pam Canup said she’d use the game to firm up her lineup before the Commerce Invitational Tournament this weekend.

The Lady Tigers will host Towns County, Banks County, Athens Christian, East Hall and Gainesville for the tourney which starts at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park.

By then, based on Tuesday’s game in Homer, Canup hoped to solidify her outfield.

“We are replacing the whole outfield, and figuring out exactly who is where and who the backup is,” said Canup. “We have some good speed and have been working on some base-running.”

For more on this story see the Aug. 19 edition of The Commerce News.

With only three weeks left before the Commerce 2009 cross country schedule gets under way, coach Mark Hale is excited about the first few weeks of practice.

He’s particularly curious about how his girls’ squad will do.

The Lady Tiger are starting from scratch. They have no runners returning from 2008, but Hale said that a number of newcomers have come out for the team.
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There are only two weeks separating the Commerce Tigers from the start of another football season.

The Tigers have already completed their first week of practice in helmets and pads and, according to head coach Steve Savage, the players have demonstrated dedication in practice.

“I think our attention to detail has been real good and we have shown good enthusiasm,” Savage said. “We have gone hard in long practice sessions. We have been going a lot longer, three to three-and-half hours, and our kids have done well with it.” [Full Story »] 

While the Commerce gridiron Tigers prepare to hit the field, the sidelines are also getting in order as the Commerce cheerleaders are preparing for another season.

During football games the cheerleaders will encourage the team and the fans, but the cheerleaders also have competitions of their own.
The competitive cheerleading squad is made up of 20 JV and varsity football cheerleaders. Last year, the Commerce squad finished as the state runner-up in Class A.

The goals for this year are to improve the team’s stunting and tumbling performances.
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Commerce head coach Steve Savage wasn’t wasting any time as the Tigers began practice Saturday morning.

Commerce is coming off a 5-5 regular season and a loss in the first round of the Class A playoffs to begin a fresh season.

Once again, Commerce will kindle the fire against rival Jefferson in the season opener, Aug. 28 at Jefferson. Last year, the AA Dragons won 35-13 for their second consecutive victory in the cross-river rivalry. [Full Story »] 

A trip to Mississippi yielded results for the two Commerce softball teams competing in the Dizzy Dean World Series last week.

Playing in Southaven, MS, the Commerce 14-under and 10-under teams each ended the series with top-10 finishes. [Full Story »]