Reese Plemons (10) touches home after his game-winning home run gave Greenback a 5-4 win and sent the Cherokees to the Class A state championship game. (Photo: Danny Parker)
By Dan Fleser
MURFREESBORO – Reese Plemons toured the bases early Thursday evening intent on not keeping his teammates waiting.
“Just get home and celebrate with them,” Greenback High’s senior catcher said.
There, they convened a party unlike any other involving the Cherokees’ baseball program. Plemons inspired the joyous occasion, slamming a home run over the center field fence at Riverdale High in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Greenback a 5-4 victory over Summertown in the Class A state tournament.
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