Junior Brock Miller delivers a pitch to a Macon Tigers batter and senior catcher Brock Ward gets set to catch it during one of the host Chillicothe High School baseball Hornets’ multi-innings scrimmages at “June” Shaffer Memorial Park Stadium’s “Chuck” Haney Field last Tuesday. Defending Class 4 district champions despite a sub-.500 final record last spring, the Hornets were due to open their new season at home yesterday with a non-conference contest against Savannah. If rained out, as was a distinct possibility, CHS is slated to host Lawson Monday and Richmond Tuesday, both times starting varsity action at 4:30 p.m. (PAUL STURM/C-T PHOTO)
BY PAUL STURM, C-T SPORTS EDITOR Returning the bulk of a squad which unexpectedly capped a roller-coaster 2021 season with their program’s second district championship,…