From Diary of a Mad Baseball Coach: Random Magnolia Academy Baseball Memories 26 championships in six seasons....unprecedented. The Raiders became the first Mississippi high school team to win 40 games in a season in 1981 (40-5). Spuds (Billy Williams) pinch-hit, squeeze bunt to beat Lamont Echols Brandon Academy Rebels 7-6 in 1977 to tie for the conference championship and force a best-of-three playoff. Stan Prewitts solo home run in the top of the seventh to win the Parklane series and send us to our first state championship series against Greenville Christian in 1979. Stans line drive off Brandon pitchers Tim Schutz head that ended up in left field. That 17-0 win over Parklane in the 79 playoffs. The heartbreaking loss to Parklane in game 3 of the South Mississippi playoffs at Natchez in 1978. The Pioneers Mike Minton hit a pitch down and out of the strike zone for a game winning home run off Ricky Chisolm. Ricky Chisolm walking three Brandon hitters in a row with a one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh (at Brandon) so he could pitch to Mike Chambliss who was heckling him. He struck him out on three pitches. Rod Hudsons monster home run over the lights at Brandon Academy. Winning 14 of 15 games, including twelve games in a row against arch-rival Brandon Academy from 1978-80. Raider pitchers Ricky Chisolm, Tim McMillian, and Shannon Rast pitching four consecutive shutouts in the State Championship series against Greenville Christian in 1979 and Humphreys in 1980. The 18-17 win over Manhattan in the Brandon Tournament in 1977 after trailing early in the game 9-0. Chuck Atkins singled home Rod Hudson with the winning run in the seventh. Rob Harrell drove in six runs, Richard Kelly hit a three-run homer, Hudson hit a two-run bomb, and Ricky Chisolm struck out the side the bottom of the seventh. Three state championships from 1979-1981. And I think everybody believes we should have won it in 1978, as well. I do, too. Any many, many more.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:57:42 +0000
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