Ricky Jennings is a natural born athlete seeking to live up to his family’s history of excellence in sports. “I came from a very elite athletic background,” said Jennings, a Roane State Community College student. “I was such a big football guy,” Jennings said. “I never had baseball as my life …
Read More »Coalfield Can’t Catch Up to Eagleville
Photo Courtesy Cathy Bird Coalfield watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 13-0 loss to Eagleville on Wednesday. Eagleville scored on a fielder’s choice by Kolten Daniel, a single by Brayden Baker, and a single by Brady Burns in the first inning. The Coalfield struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively …
Read More »Coalfield Hangs on over Lookout Valley to Win First Game in State Tournament
Photo by Cathy Bird In a game that took 2 days to play, Coalfield came out of the gates swinging and built an early 7-run lead, but Lookout Valley fought back. The comeback, however, fell just short though, in a 7-5 defeat to Coalfield on Wednesday Morning. Jacob Rollins, Jacob Winchester, Rylan Collins, Jaxon Quails, and Rollins all …
Read More »Spring Fling XXIX begins next week in Rutherford County
May 16, 2022 Rutherford County is once again set to host Spring Fling, TSSAA’s unique spring sports championship event where state championships are decided in seven different sports over a four-day period, Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27, 2022. Tickets are on sale now through GoFan. A ticket is …
Read More »VETERAN COACH DAVID LANE NAMED INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT ROANE STATE
HARRIMAN, Tenn. – Officials at Roane State Community College have announced former head baseball coach David Lane has been named Interim Athletic Director. Lane, who has been Director of school’s Middle College for the last five years, reacted to the announcement stating, “I’m extremely excited. This is an opportunity to …
Read More »Baseball teams thankful for a return to normalcy in 2021
Spring Fling state championships begin Tuesday May 24, 2021 The exact year eludes Tommy Pharr. Yet the veteran baseball coach, winner of multiple state championships at both Farragut and now Christian Academy of Knoxville, knows it’s been several decades since his last spring concluded without a baseball season. Well, before …
Read More »Coalfield Captures Lead Early To Defeat Midway Green Wave
Midway fell behind early on Tuesday and couldn’t contain the high-powered offense of Coalfield, in a 9-2 loss to the Yellow Jackets. Coalfield took the early lead after a Midway error in the first inning but opened things up when they scored three runs in the fourth inning. Rommel Conlon, Cole …
Read More »Oak Ridge Blasts Clinton 10-1 on Monday
1234567RHECLNT0001000163OKRD233020X10103 Logan Rosenberger earned the victory on the mound for Oak Ridge. The pitcher surrendered one run on six hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking zero.Colby Holbrook took the loss for Clinton Dragons Varsity. The pitcher allowed nine hits and eight runs over four innings, walking zero. Clinton LineupABRHRBIBBSOAaron Harrington401002Ethan …
Read More »Carter Defeats Clinton in a Mid-day Game Today
1234567RHCLNT0002222893CRTR511101X9141 (Strawberry Plains, TN. March 17, 2021) The Clinton Dragons Varsity fought back after falling down by seven runs in the third inning. The comeback fell just short though, in a 9-8 defeat to Carter on Wednesday. Ethan Tinker, Blake Lowe, Connor Moody, and Alex Saltkill picked up RBIs to lead the rally. The Dragons fell …
Read More »Board of Control sets number of classes for each sport
Decision effective with upcoming two year classification cycle August 17, 2020 At their meeting on Monday, August 17, the Board voted on the number of classes in each sport in Division I and Division II for the next two-year cycle. The biggest change seen in the structure of classification was …
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