Why Eagleville isn’t playing TSSAA baseball state tournament on home field

Eagleville will be attempting to win its fifth consecutive TSSAA baseball Class 1A state championship this season, but the Eagles won't have an opportunity to do it at home. The reason is probably not what some would think. Despite some in the Class 1A baseball community voicing their displeasure over the Eagles playing at home throughout their four-year state title run, the decision for Eagleville not being a host site this year was not made by the TSSAA, but the school itself.

MORE: Eagleville to get artificial turf on football, baseball, softball fields Eagleville coach Brandon Bassham said Eagleville pulled out of being a host after uncertainty on whether they would be a confirmed site again this year. The TSSAA had recent changeover in baseball leadership this year as E. J.

Wood took over in January for longtime assistant executive director Gene Menees, who retired last August. "We didn't have an answer (into the early months of 2026)," said Bassham, who recently earned his 500th career victory, the game that got Eagleville into state for the fifth straight year. "We decided we were going to move on.

" Rockvale was picked up as the other Class 1A site to replace Eagleville. However, the Eagles won't play at Rockvale, a mere 10 minutes away from the school. Bassham's team will play at Wilson Central thanks to the TSSAA's blind draw, which put Bassham's squad in the lower half of the 1A bracket.