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Central Magnet baseball headed back to state tourney

Central Magnet used a late offensive surge and aggressive base-running to edge out visiting Chattanooga Central 6-5 and win Friday's sectional game at Star*Plex on Friday.

The Tigers advanced to the Spring Fling state tournament next week for the fifth year in a row.

With the score tied 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh, Dylan Jenkins ripped a hard single up the gap, stole second, then came all the way home on a bad throw to third to end the game.

The Tigers had six stolen bases in Friday's contest.

"Stolen bases are a big part of our game," said Jenkins, who had 19 steals coming in to Friday's contest.