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May 27, 2006

McKenzie baseball STATE championship photo album (photos by Matt Swinea)

McKenzie head coach Jeremy Maddox gives his team some encouraging words before the starting lineups are announced at the Class A state championship game vs. Forrest at MTSU on Friday morning.

The McKenzie Rebels are announced during pre-game ceremonies at the state championship game.

McKenzie's baseball team gathers for a quick prayer before its state title game with Forrest on Friday morning at MTSU.

McKenzie coach Jeremy Maddox gives his team some final words before the Rebels take the field during the state championship game.

McKenzie senior Justin Wilson makes the throw to first base during the state title game against Forrest.

McKenzie senior pitcher Drew Hayes saved perhaps his best performance for last. He struck out 12 and mastered Forrest with pitches that cranked up to 95 m.p.h. according to scouts with radar guns.

McKenzie senior Jonathan Wheat tracks down a fly ball against Forrest for the third out in the first inning.

McKenzie coach Jeremy Maddox says his piece to the first-base umpire about Forrest pitcher Mikie Minor's move to first just before the top of the second inning.

McKenzie senior first baseman John Kermit Laughrey squeezes the first out of the fourth inning when Clayton Joyce popped out.

McKenzie senior Justin Wilson laces a two-run single which scored the go-ahead runs in the bottom of the fourth. The 2-0 lead stood up as MHS won the state title.

McKenzie senior Jonathan Wheat rounds third and heads for home on Justin Wilson's RBI hit.

McKenzie senior Jonathan Wheat stands up easily crossing the plate as Drew Hayes holds him up. The Rebels went up 2-0 on this play, thanks to Justin Wilson's two-out single.

The McKenzie Rebels pile out of the dugout to celebrate McKenzie's 2-0 lead after Justin Wilson plated Drew Hayes and Jonathan Wheat.

McKenzie sophomore Parker Jones fires a shot to first base during the state title game during fifth-inning action.

McKenzie senior Justin Wilson takes the feed from Glenn "Bugs" Smith and whirls to first, almost turning a double play to end the game.

McKenzie senior John Kermit Laughrey readies for the next play as the scoreboard shows there are two outs in the seventh inning of the state championship game.

McKenzie sophomore catcher Drew Brown and Drew Hayes begin the celebration as Hayes struck out Forrest's Brian Whitley to clinch the state title for the Rebels.

McKenzie's Drew Brown and Drew Hayes embrace seconds after securing the Class A state baseball title Friday morning in Murfreesboro.

The McKenzie Rebels pile up in celebration on the field after winning the Class A state baseball title.

McKenzie coach Jeremy Maddox embraces coach Mark Stenberg after the Rebels won the Class A state championship in Murfreesboro Saturday.

McKenzie's O.C. Melton, Tyler Reeder and Bugs Smith celebrates with Drew Hayes following the state championship game Friday morning in Murfreesboro.

TSSAA assistant director Gene Menees presents MHS coach Jeremy Maddox with the state championship coach's plaque.

McKenzie senior Drew Hayes and the rest of the McKenzie Rebels accepts the state championship trophy from TSSAA assistant director Gene Menees following the Rebels' 2-0 victory over Forrest in the title game Friday morning.

The McKenzie Rebels present the state championship trophy to their fans following the 2-0 victory over Forrest.

A jubilant bunch of McKenzie Rebels celebrate their state title.

The McKenzie Rebels, 2006 Class A state baseball champions.