Chris Turco

Head baseball coach - Pope High School Marietta, Ga
@pope_baseball
@championhitter - hitting content
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#HembreeRoadGrown

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

"Hembree Road Take me home,
To the Place I belong,
At Pope High School,
East Cobb Georgia,
Take me home, Hembree Road"

#HembreeRoadGrown
#Paradisecityusa

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

SOME GAVE ALL!

Thank you to our 🌟 GOLD STAR families 🌟 on this #memorialday2026❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

Captain Kimberly Hampton gave her last full measure of devotion on January 2nd, 2004 in Fallujah Iraq. WE REMEMBER

🇺🇸

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

Headed back to the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

Pope's 10th total appearance & 4th in last 5 years.

Game date TBD (either 5/25 or 5/26)

Location: Coolray Field

#GDNation
#ParadisecityGA

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

Jay Payton Jr on the door step of history

#HembreeRoadGrown

[Georgia Tech Baseball @GTBaseball]

Carson Kerce hit his 27th double of the season today, tying the program record, set by Jay Payton in 1994.

#StingEm🐝 x #WreckHavoc

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#HembreeRoadGrown

[FSU Baseball @FSUBaseball]

That's a big 2-out blast! 💥

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

STUETZ 💣
#HembreeRoadGrown

[FSU Baseball @FSUBaseball]

Stuetzer does it again! 💥

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

What a 🌟
#HembreeRoadGrown

[Georgia Tech Baseball @GTBaseball]

Another day, another double for @CarsonKerce!

His 25th of the season. The most in Power 4 and tied for the 3rd most in program history!

📺 ACCNX
#StingEm🐝 x #WreckHavoc

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#HembreeRoadGrown

[Dodgers Daily @dodger_daily]

James Tibbs III keeps raking for OKC!

He had 3 hits tonight, which is his 4th game this year in which he's had at least 3 hits, and his 7th multi-hit game of the year.

➡️Season-long dominance
Tibbs isn’t just hot—he’s been one of the most productive hitters in all of Minor League Baseball in 2026:
.308 AVG / .423 OBP / 1.143 OPS

11 HR, 23 RBI in just 107 AB
33 hits, 29 runs scored
He’s been an extra-base machine too, leading the minors in total bases and extra-base hits earlier this month while sitting near the top in home runs and slugging percentage.

Elite plate discipline → OBP .423

Massive power impact → 1.143 OPS, .720
Situational damage → multiple OPS splits above 1.300 in key spots (bases empty, early innings)

Tibbs isn’t just producing—he’s dominating. Whether it’s working counts, driving the baseball out of the yard, or delivering in key situations, he’s quickly establishing himself as one of the most dangerous bats in Triple-A. #dodgers #dodgersprospects #jamestibbsIII

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#HembreeRoadGrown

[Pope Baseball @Pope_Baseball]

The BIGGEST NEWS of the week!

Congratulations to Emily and Matt Liedberg for the birth of their 1st child!

Great work mom & dad!

#Thankful for a healthy birth!

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#HembreeRoadGrown

[Pope Baseball @Pope_Baseball]

HALL OF FAME STATUS ATTAINED🏅

@nickbobrowski_ breaks 2 career records last night setting the Pope Baseball mark for strikeouts in a career and wins in a career all while tossing a complete game🚨 NO-HITTER🚨 in round 1 of the GHSA playoffs!

#GOAT
#GDNation

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#HembreeRoadGrown

[PG College Baseball @PGCollegeBall]

Consistent performance as usual from Kent Schmidt (@GTBaseball) launching this solo HR off the eye wall at 410 ft. and 108 EV, solid weekend going 4 for 8, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 doubles, HR and 3 RBI @PG_Draft

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

One of our best ever!

#PUREHITTER
#HembreeRoadGrown

[PG College Baseball @PGCollegeBall]

1B Kent Schmidt (@GTBaseball) puts a good swing on this one and drives it back UTM for a base knock. Simple LH cut w/ real knack for finding the barrel. Jr./‘26 elig.

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

Love my man @JStuetzer

#HembreeRoadGrown

[PG College Baseball @PGCollegeBall]

Three really good passes last night from OF John Stuetzer (@FSUBaseball) & all three shown below. Just missed a HR in the second clip, pair of hits too. Impacting a T5 team as a freshman. ‘28 elig.

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

Pope Baseball boys showed out tonight in a big ACC showdown between @FSUBaseball & @GTBaseball

#HEMBREEROADGROWN

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#GTMAH
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[Georgia Tech Baseball @GTBaseball]

𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐓𝐘𝐘𝐘𝐘𝐘 💣

@kentschmidt_ turns on one for his 3rd HR of the season!

359 ft / 108 EV / 21 degrees

📺 ACCNX
#StingEm🐝 x #WreckHavoc

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#Truth
#HembreeRoadGrown

[Dodgers Daily @dodger_daily]

It's CRAZY the HEATER that James Tibbs III is on! Tibbs III had FOUR hits AGAIN last night, 3 of them being home runs. Last night was his 2nd 4-hit game of the year, and the 5th multi-hit game of his season to this point...WOW!

He's hitting .514 so far, with an OPS of 1.850....WOW...WOW!

This dudes gonna go 1-4 some night, and it's gonna feel like a slump. Keep ringin' that cowbell, James! #gopokes #okstate

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

Big GRIF @GriffinTamucci going oppo for the 2 bagger!

#GTMAD
#HembreeRoadGrown

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

WOW!

Absolutely on 🔥

#HembreeRoadGrown

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

THREE-HOMER GAME FOR JAMES TIBBS III 🚀🚀🚀

Make it 7 homers in the first 8 games of the year for the Triple-A @OKC_comets!

@Dodgers | @FSUBaseball

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

One of the hardest workers we've ever had!

#HembreeRoadGrown

[PG College Baseball @PGCollegeBall]

SS Carson Kerce (@GTBaseball) comes up with a huge swing here to continue adding onto the lead w/ a oppo HR (105 EV/408 FT). Gamer traits, always seems to be on the barrel. 2B leader in college baseball, big riser on draft boards this spring. @PG_Draft.

Jr./‘26 elig.

[Chris Turco @CoachTurco8]

#HembreeRoadGrown

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

Find someone hotter than James Tibbs III 🔥

The @Dodgers' No. 11 prospect cracks a 437-foot homer, his third in two games for the Triple-A @OKC_comets, giving him 9 RBIs over his past 3 contests.

[Pope Baseball @Pope_Baseball]

🏆2026 REGION CHAMPIONS🏆

For the second consecutive year the Hounds have captured the Region 6-AAAAA title!

This is the 10th region baseball championship in program history.

#Back2Back
#GDNation
#OIALIOS
#HembreeRoadGrown