Baseball - Varsity
Team Overview
Former Major League Baseball player Tim Costo was named varsity head coach in July 2016. In his four years as head coach, he has led the team to the State's Division II-AA Final Four two times, playing at the state's highest level of competition.
Coach Costo was a two-time All Big-10 Conference player at the University of Iowa, a two-time All-American, a member of Team USA, and was a Golden Spikes Award nominee as an amateur. He was drafted in the first round as the eighth overall pick in the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians and played 10 years of professional baseball.
Since joining McCallie's coaching staff, the program has claimed the Division II-AA State Championship in 2014, was state runners up in 2017, and have made the division’s Final Four six of the past eight years (no state playoffs in 2020).
The varsity coaching staff includes McCallie faculty members Tom Adams '90 and Matt Allen and former Major League pitcher Robert Long. McCallie teacher and coach Chris Richardson leads the junior varsity squad, and Christian Burnett '14 directs the middle school program.
The Blue Tornado play on an AstroTurf infield, the same surface used in many Major League Baseball stadiums. A covered 6,600-square-foot hitting pavilion is adjacent to the field.
McCallie's baseball program has produced a number of college signees through the years. Since 1984, 50 McCallie baseball players have continued their baseball playing careers in college, including 26 at the Division I level. The 2016 squad included two NCAA Division I signees (Lipscomb and VMI) and one DII player (Washington & Lee), while the 2017 team had players sign with Vanderbilt, Lipscomb, and Belmont. Other recent college signees have gone on to play at Lee University, East Tennessee State, Middle Tennessee State, Rollins College, and Wofford College.
Schedule
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Chattanooga Play Day, Walker Valley
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | ||
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Soddy Daisy
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | ||
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15-inning scrimmage, Bradley Central
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | ||
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Silverdale Baptist Academy
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | ||
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Scenic City Classic, Caney Valley (Okla.)
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 13-3 |
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Scenic City Classic, University School of Nashville
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 11-1 |
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Scenic City Classic, The Miller School (Va.)
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Loss | 0-2 |
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Scenic City Classic, Pace Academy (Ga.)
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Loss | 2-13 |
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Coahulla Creek
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 4-0 |
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Ooltewah Invitational, Rhea County
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 3-2 |
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Ooltewah Invitational, Sequatchie County
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 15-2 |
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Ooltewah Invitational, Shelbyville Central
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 9-0 |
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Ooltewah Invitational, South Pittsburg
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Varsity Baseball Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 17-0 |
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McMinn County
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McMinn County | Away | Details | Loss | 0-5 |
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Doubleheader, Knoxville Catholic
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Loss | 0-3 |
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Doubleheader, Knoxville Catholic
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Loss | 4-6 |
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Knoxville Catholic
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Knoxville Catholic | Away | Details | Win | 3-1 |
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Bradley Central
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 17-11 |
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Bradley Central
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Bradley Central | Away | Details | Loss | 0-10 |
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Webb School Knoxville
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 6-0 |
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Doubleheader, Webb-Knoxville
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Webb (Knoxville) | Away | Details | Win | 5-2 |
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Doubleheader, Webb-Knoxville
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Webb (Knoxville) | Away | Details | Win | 7-2 |
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Scott Dean Tournament, David Crockett
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Bearden | Away | Details | Win | 8-0 |
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Scott Dean Tournament, Farragut High School
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Farragut | Away | Details | Loss | 4-10 |
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Scott Dean Tournament, Bearden
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Bearden | Away | Details | Win | 6-3 |
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McMinn County
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McMinn County | Away | Details | ||
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Soddy Daisy Trojan Classic, Ooltewah
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Ooltewah | Away | Details | Win | 6-0 |
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Soddy Daisy Trojan Classic, Mt. Juliet
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Ooltewah | Away | Details | Tie | 5-5 |
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Soddy Daisy Trojan Classic, Lebanon
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Bradley Central | Away | Details | Win | 4-0 |
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Soddy Daisy Trojan Classic, Bradley Central
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Bradley Central | Away | Details | ||
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Montgomery Bell Academy
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University of the South | Away | Details | Loss | 0-13 |
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Baylor
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Loss | 1-6 |
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Baylor
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Baylor School | Away | Details | Loss | 1-4 |
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Baylor
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 1-0 |
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McMinn County
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Loss | 5-7 |
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Chattanooga Christian
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Chattanooga Christian School | Away | Details | Win | 14-1 |
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Chattanooga Christian
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 4-2 |
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Chattanooga Christian
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Chattanooga Christian School | Away | Details | Win | 18-1 |
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TSSAA Division II-AA State Tournament, Pope John Paul II Prep
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 6-3 |
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TSSAA Division II-AA State Tournament, Pope John Paul II Prep
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Loss | 2-3 |
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TSSAA Division II-AA State Tournament, Pope John Paul II Prep
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Kenny Sholl Stadium | Home | Details | Win | 10-3 |
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TSSAA Division II-AA State Quarterfinals, Christ Presbyterian Academy
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Christ Presbyterian Academy | Away | Details | Win | 7-4 |
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TSSAA Division II-AA State Quarterfinals, Christ Presbyterian Academy
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Christ Presbyterian Academy | Away | Details | Win | 5-0 |
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TSSAA Division II-AA State Final Four, Baylor
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Wilson Central | Away | Details | ||
TSSAA Division II-AA State Final Four
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TBD
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Wilson Central | Away | Details | ||
TSSAA Division II-AA State Final Four
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TBD
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Wilson Central | Away | Details | ||
TSSAA Division II-AA State Final Four
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TBD
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Wilson Central | Away | Details |