Staff Photo by Andrew Alexander

Every high school baseball team’s goal at the beginning of each season is to be crowned state champion at the end of the year. 

Though the McNairy Central Bobcats did not come home from the 2012 BlueCross Spring Fling Class AA Baseball State Tournament in Murfreesboro, Tenn. champions of the state, they are still champions in the hearts and minds of everyone involved in their historic run this season.

Considering there are over 110 Class AA baseball teams in the state, and the Bobcats were one of the last six standing, they have no reason to hang their heads.