FCS FACES KNOX GRACE WEDNESDAY
MURFREESBORO -- Friendship Christian rode another dominating performance from Brennan Swindoll for a 5-0 win over Scotts Hill Tuesday in the BlueCross Spring Fling opener at Riverdale's Jones Field.

Swindoll (9-2) threw a complete game two-hitter, striking out 13, including seven of the last eight batters he faced. No Scotts Hill runner reached base after the third inning.

"I thought Brennan was throwing harder as he got deeper into the game," said FCS head coach John McNeal, "with him on the mound, I felt pretty good."

Class AAA sectional baseball
Mt. Juliet baseball’s streak of consecutive state tournament appearances come to an end Saturday after a 3-2 loss to Brentwood in the sectional game.  Saturday's loss marks the first time in six years that the bears will not be participating in Spring Fling.

"We're very proud of our guys," said MJ coach Jim Carter. "They competed every pitch. The breaks just didn't go our way, but that's what makes postseason baseball so fun. Twenty-six wins, along with district and region championships are accomplishments our guys should be very proud of."

MT. JULIET -- Ravenwood scored a pair of first half goals in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Mt. Juliet in a Class AAA soccer sectional.

With the victory, the Raptors reached the BlueCross SpringFling for the third consecutive season.

HEADED TO CHATTANOOGA STATE
LEBANON -- Friendship Christian School senior ace Brennan Swindoll signed an NJCAA National Letter of Intent Friday morning, May 17 to continue his baseball career at junior college power Chattanooga State. Swindoll, a tall, lanky lefty, chose CSCC over scholarship offers from Cumberland University and NCAA Division I Lipscomb University.

Ranked second in his graduating class, Swindoll has thrown 53.2 innings in 2013 and has piled up a record of 7-2 with one save. He sports an ERA of 0.65 with team-high 82 strikeouts and just 18 walks. Opposing hittings are batting a meager .133 against Swindoll.

CU baseball camps
Cumberland baseball has announced dates for its 2013 summer camps, which run throughout the month of June at Ernest L. Stockton Field-Woody Hunt Stadium and the Benton Jennings Indoor Facility on campus.

Hitting Camp runs June 3-6, with Session I from 9 a.m.-Noon for ages 6-9 and Session II from 1-4 p.m. for ages 10-12. Cost of the Hitting Camp is $95 per player and emphasizes techniques of hitting with devices used to help teach proper mechanics.