Tornado get new online home

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — After successfully defending their Southern Collegiate Baseball League championship last summer, the Tennessee Tornado have a new interactive online home for the 2010 season.  Make sure to bookmark tennesseetornado2010.wordpress.com, as this site will no longer be updated.

Playoff coverage moved to SCBL blog

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — On behalf of Tennessee Tornado players and coaches, tennesseetornado.wordpress.com thanks Tornado fans for listening to Teamline and commenting on the Gameday Forums all season.  Now, coverage for the Southern Collegiate Baseball League’s postseason tournament moves to http://scbl.wordpress.com with game previews, recaps, updates, and of course a Gameday Forum for every contest through the championship!

Thanks again Tornado fans, and hopefully we’ll see your sons back in the red, white and blue again next summer!

Postseason seeds set

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In the final necessary decision of the regular season, the Lake Norman Copperheads defeated the Asheville Redbirds tonight, 10-7, securing their No. 2 seed in this week’s tournament in Johnson City, Tenn.

Lake Norman (24-16) remains one game ahead of the Morganton Aggies (24-18) with the Aggies’ regular season over and only one game left on the Copperheads’ schedule.  As such, Lake Norman is No. 2 in this week’s postseason tournament, while Morganton takes the No. 3 seed.

The Tennessee Tornado clinched the No. 1 seed Saturdy with their sweep of the Spartanburg Blue Eagles, while the Carolina Stingers turned the tables on the top team by sweeping the Tornado in Johnson City yesterday to earn the No. 4 seed at the tournament.

Day 1 of the tournament is Thursday at Milligan College in Johnson City.  Days 2 and 3 take place at Cardinal Park.  Fans can continue to follow the Tennessee Tornado and the three other teams in the tournament at scbl.wordpress.com.