Without a doubt the best baseball season in the history of Independence high school has been this season. The Eagles showed up this year to surprise many that they could be one of the top teams in the state of Tennessee. Wednesday morning, the Eagles had to pull out a win against Collierville to continue the dream season and reach their ultimate goal of playing for the state championship. With a district and region champions in their pockets already from this season, all was looking good for such a run in state playoffs. However, a loss to the Dragons Wednesday would send the Eagles home and only still dreaming of that state championship. Throughout the district and region playoffs it would be the Eagles that would get the strong pitching, solid defense and timely hitting. Wednesday morning's game versus Collierville found Independence on the other side of the ball this time. The Eagles committed five errors in the game and gave up eleven runs on nine hits. For the Eagles offense, they finally scored in the fifth inning and only managed to produce four hits in the game. For the Eagles, the loss sends them back home without their ultimate goal being accomplished but they did set a high standard for teams in the future to beat. The 2009 season saw the Eagles win more games than ever, district 11-AAA champions and Region 6-AAA champions and a push in the state championship tournament. The bar has been set high by the '09 team and those teams that follow will have a lot to live up to and defend. Congratulations Eagles on a tremendous season and all the best to the seniors from this team that now enter a new part of their lives.