MURFREESBORO — Shylee Weeks gazed across the softball diamond at Wilson Central High School on Monday night.
Between her thoughts, the thwap of leather and ping of bats echoed up to the bleachers — the sounds of Cosby’s final practice before its first state tournament game since 2002.
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