Beech baseball ends 35-year drought, is state bound.
Since he was 14 years old, Ty Sutley knew he wanted to end the drought for Beech baseball.
“(It’s) unreal.
It’s something we’ve talked about since we were freshmen.
We talked about how good our class was and we thought we had a legitimate chance,” said Sutley.
Heal the drought.” The last time the program was in the state tournament was in 1982, when Beech won its first and only AAA baseball title.
Sutley got to hear about that experience first-hand from his dad, Eric Sutley, who was a member of that team.
“When I was 14 years old, he told me how hard it is to win a state championship, because I was just getting into high school ball,” Sutley said.
And we are going back.” Finally ending the streak after 35 years, almost seems fated with the son of a member of the 1982 Buccaneers championship team, which just happened to be honored at the start of this season.
“There’s been a lot of expectations over the Beech program over the years and it’s not me.