Tennessee highschool baseball playoffs are again within the nationwide information cycle for lower than favorable circumstances after two groups had the season minimize quick because of an on-field battle.
The TSSA reprimanded Elizabethton and Unicoi County for the incident that occurred on Saturday’s Division 1-3A playoffs.
Based on TVA Credit score Union Ballpark experiences, the battle started throughout the shut sport when a Unicoi County participant and an Elizabethton participant had a quick altercation at third base following successful. Inside seconds, a punch was thrown, which led to the benches clearing and the scuffle escalating.
Grainy video of the battle made its method onto social media.
The sport was suspended within the seventh inning after the umpires and coaches broke up the brawl, which meant Sunday’s District 1-3A championship sport needed to be postponed.
Within the aftermath, the faculties said a “unified” proposal was made to the TSSA’s Gene Menes relating to the punishment, whereas the affiliation reviewed the occasions and experiences earlier than continuing.
By Monday, the destiny of each faculties had been decided:
Unicoi County was fined $1,250
The baseball staff was positioned on restrictive probation for the rest of the 2022-23 faculty 12 months.
The staff can also be on probation for the 2023-2024 faculty 12 months.
Elizabethton was fined $1,750
The baseball staff is on restrictive probation for the remainder of this faculty 12 months as nicely
Elizabethton is underneath two years of probation till the 2024-2025 faculty 12 months.
Based on experiences, Unicoi County will enchantment the ruling.
The ruling marks the second time throughout the 2023 playoffs the TSSA wanted to make a judgment on a staff that resulted in a untimely finish to the season.
However this state of affairs was not as trivial as going one pitch over the allotted pitch depend—which occurred final week within the sport between Ensworth and Father Ryan.
As a substitute, the character of the altercation was extra extreme and the punishment handed down appeared to match the violation of the TSSAA’s unsportsmanlike conduct by-laws.