After rain, snow and temperatures in the 30’s forced postponement of Tuesday’s games, the Cherokee County baseball tournament will try to get back on schedule tonight. Spring Garden plays host Cedar Bluff at 4 p.m. Cherokee County and Gaylesville follow at about 6 p.m. Both games were initially scheduled for Tuesday in the tournament’s round robin format.

BIRMINGHAM – A decided underdog against towering Greene County, the Piedmont Bulldogs held the Tigers to their lowest scoring total of the year but lost in a Class 3A state semifinal game in Birmingham on Wednesday of last week.

Piedmont is the No. 5 seed for this year’s Calhoun County baseball tournament, continuing a steady improvement in bracket position for the Bulldogs. In 2007, Piedmont was the No. 11 seed. In 2008, the coaches tabbed the Bulldogs at No. 8 and last year’s team was No. 7.

Monday was a doubly difficult day for James Blanchard and his Piedmont baseball team. The scheduled doubleheader with Cherokee County was canceled, not once but twice. The two games were initially set for Piedmont. When Blanchard called Cherokee County coach Jim Garmany around 11 a.m. to tell him it was too wet to play in Piedmont, Garmany suggested playing in Centre and Blanchard accepted. Then, just before the Piedmont players boarded the bus to head to Centre, Garmany called and said the Cherokee County field was also too wet to play. “We went inside and practiced. Everybody was kind of bummed though. Everybody wanted to play,” Blanchard said.