From baseball purgatory to the championship series: Three locals reflect on Birmingham-Southern’s wild ride
(From left), Birmingham-Southern baseball players Mitch Austin (Collierville High), Charlie Horne (St. George’s) and Grayson Munyon (Collierville). (Submitted)
Three former Memphis-area high school baseball players had a front-row seat for one of the wildest — and at the same time most inspirational — stories of the college baseball season.
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John Varlas
John Varlas is a lifelong Memphian who has covered high school sports in various capacities for over 20 years.
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