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No early exit this year. The Pigeon Forge High School baseball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit Monday to knock off visiting Alcoa, 4-2, in a Region 2-AA semifinal. The Tigers (27-7) lost in the region semifinal stage in 2011, and that ended their season - as they were trying to make a run at the state tournament for the first time since 2009.