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The Commerce Tigers are hoping for good things next spring, as Steve Cottrell will take the helm of the Tiger baseball program.

Cottrell, a CHS graduate, has coached at Liberty County for the last nine years. Last year, the Panthers had a 14-14 overall record, and went 6-4 in the region, finishing second in 3S-AAA. [ Full Story » ] 

East Jackson’s new baseball coach is already moving into his new job.

Josh Gandy, a former college and minor league pitcher, has accepted the position to lead the East Jackson Eagles baseball team coming from his high school alma mater, Ringgold High School in northwest Georgia, where he served as assistant coach and pitching coach.

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The Commerce 12-under all-star Tigers’ bid in the Dizzy Dean state baseball tournament ended last Wednesday night, as Jefferson bested Commerce 7-5.

After losing in their opening game to New Georgia Elite on July 5, the Tigers worked their way back through the losers’ bracket, defeating the Hobgood Heat in their first game on Sunday morning, then moving on to best Jackson County Sunday afternoon to reach the elite eight.

Commerce was originally slated to face Jefferson on Monday, but the game was eventually pushed back to Wednesday due to rain.

After two rain outs, tournament officials allowed the teams to play in Jefferson rather than make a third trip to Alpharetta with the possibility of another rain out.

Commerce had hoped being closer to home would spark some tournament magic, but Jefferson instead used their home field advantage to pull off the win.
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