I talked to Tattnall baseball coach Joey Hiller before the baseball season started and he had some question marks as to just how good his team could be.
I mean this is Tattnall and Joey Hiller and he and we figured he would be pretty good. He had a shortstop that has already signed with Georgia Tech with Simmons, and he had a lot of guys coming back that had pretty good years a year ago.
But who was going to pitch behind Garrett Houston?
That question has been answered by a senior who threw about 20 innings over the previous three years of varsity baseball.
This kid is a pitcher only kid. Its not like he was playing the outfield and subbed in as a pitcher.
He was a pitcher.
And now, in my humble opinion, he is the reason that Tattnall is playing for another state championship.
Matt Blair was a kid willing to wait his turn to get his chance to shine, and my god, he has taken full advantage of it.
I admit that until about three weeks ago I didn't know much about him. I was dumb enough to say the Mount de Sales would win the region championship because all Tattnall had to pitch was some kid named Blair.
He shut DeSales down like he has basically shut everyone else down the entire year.
For that reason he wins my first annual Koknowsports (and he does know sports) humble guy of the year.
I don't know how many kids would wait so long to get his chance. It had to be frustrating for him and I would say that he probably at some time thought that his coaches were crazy for not using him.
Maybe he did, but maybe now he realizes that his coaches were maybe, crazy like a fox.
I want to congratulate Matt Blair for having the fortitude to wait, and then take full advantage of the opportunity he was given.
Don't be surprised if he finds a place on Mercer's pitching staff and becomes a very good college pitcher.
Hopefully he wont have to wait three more years, but if he does, well I am sure he will handle it.
Tattnall knew that they were getting a great catcher this year in Trey Ham and he has not let anyone down. The guy has 13 homers this year and people don't want to pitch to him. What a weapon he has been in the middle of a lineup and what great addition he has been .
So Trey Ham wins my first Koknowsports (and I do know sports) offensive threat of the year award.
I am so happy that Windsor has found success and they have an amazing story on their campus. Landry Rustin is probably the best combo basketball/ baseball player in this area, and if someone disagrees, just let me know. He is a double figure scorer in basketball and they won state this year and he has seven wins on the mound and he also leads off. He has been lights out in the playoffs and his win on Thursday has the Knights one win away from playing for a state championship. This kid has played in six final fours between basketball and baseball and that is just an amazing fact. He may not play college sports, but he can be proud of what he accomplished in his high school career.
Landry wins two awards from Koknowsports, the Twitter blaster of the year, and my Success award cause this kid is just a winner.
Congrats to Ahmad Barron for getting his and signing with Reinhart, where he will immediately win folks over with his dedication to football. He will make Macon and Tattnall proud.
He wins the Best Signing speech of the year because he showed his emotions and thanked everyone, and it felt like it was from the heart.
Congrats to FPD girls soccer coach Josh Trieste for getting his team to the championship game. He is my soccer coach of the year.
Joey Hiller gets the baseball award because he just wins year in and year out.
Probably the most incredible coaching job is almost forgotten because well, its expected. I know that some places have great athletes, and Stratford obviously has some great tennis players. But how does Jaime Kaplan find a way to put together a team from such an individual sport as tennis. Well she is Queen Jaime and everyone knows it. So she wins a state championship this year in tennis and I almost forget about it. She is the best at getting her kids to understand what a team is in an individual sport, which isn't easy to do. I don't know if their is a coach in Macon that I have more respect for. Congrats to Stratford and the boys tennis team for doing what they do, which is winning
Have a great rest of the weekend
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