In front of a large and excited crowd of supporters on Friday, three senior pitchers from Caledonia’s baseball program all signed on the dotted line their commitments to continue their playing career at the college level.
Chandler Cobb, a 5-foot-11 right-hander who has been playing the game since he was 3 years old, committed to play at East Mississippi Community College because it felt like “home as soon as I stepped onto the campus.”
“No matter what’s going on in life I’ve always been able to find peace on the field and enjoy the hard work, and the outcome of all the hard work pays off,” Cobb said.
The school also has a great program in the field of electronics, something he wants to pursue academically.
“I did it during the summer. I worked for an electric company out of New Hope and this will be my third year doing it, and I really enjoy that,” he said.
Garrett Holloman, a 6-foot-1 left-handed hurler, is continuing his career at Northwest Mississippi Community College. The way the coaching staff was always talking and communicating with him stood out the most.
“They kept in touch more than anybody,” he said. “(Assistant coach Domenick) Carlini was giving me calls every other week, and just the atmosphere when I went on the visit was great. … He already told me that I would be getting spots in like closing positions and stuff. I’m looking forward to it.”
Reid Garrett is making the jump to Division I competition at a school all the way on the East Coast. Towering at 6-foot-6, the right-handed pitcher inked his decision to play baseball at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
“I’m really excited. Extremely blessed for sure,” Garrett said.
It was a decision that turned out to be a fairly easy one.
“We were kind of thinking it would be a hard choice going there, but it’s a good Christian university, coming up from a Christian household, and it just felt like home meeting the coaches and the campus is really nice,” Garrett said. “I just picture myself being there. I just really liked it when I got there.”
Last season the Cavaliers finished their campaign 16-16 overall and fell in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs. With all three pitchers back on the mound for their final year of high school baseball, all three believe their first season in 5A is shaping up to be a special one.
“We’re going to taste a state championship ring,” Garrett said. “We have a new head coach, Chase Reeves, and that’s the least of his expectations. That’s what we’re chasing.”
“We’ve got some dogs, especially those two guys in there,” Cobb said of Garrett and Holloman. “They are absolute dogs.”
Holloman summed it simply.
‘We’re going to be pretty good,” he said.
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