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Local Sports Update 5/24

LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NEWS: Coalfield’s Luke Treece has been selected as the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Mr. Baseball in Class 1A. SCORES, STATE TOURNAMENT (Double elimination) A: Eagleville 2 Coalfield 0 (Coalfield vs. Jo Byrns Wednesday morning in an elimination game) AA: Union County 13 Adamsville 3 …

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Local Sports Update

LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SECTIONALS FRIDAY 5/19/23 AAA: Volunteer 1 Halls 0 AA: Kingston 2 Union County 0…Kingston heads to Spring Fling A: Cosby 10 Harriman 4 SATURDAY 5/20/23 AAA: Gibbs 4 Tennessee 0 SOUTHERN LEAGUE BASEBALL Friday: Tennessee Smokies 5 Pensacola Blue Wahoos 1 Saturday: Tennessee …

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Larson sweeps NASCAR’s return to North Wilkesboro

(Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service/NASCAR.com) Kyle Larson’s third victory in Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race was a case of absolute dominance. It was also a case study in strategy at a revitalized North Wilkesboro Speedway, with the eventual winning move made on Lap 18 of 200. That’s when Larson’s crew chief, …

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Local Sports Update

LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE SCOREBOARD WEDNESDAY 5/17/23 BASEBALL SECTIONALS 2A: Union County 8 McMinn Central 5 Union County 7 McMinn Central 1…Union County advances to Spring Fling State Tournament 1A: Coalfield 11 North Greene 5 Coalfield 14 North Greene 1…Coalfield advances to to Spring Fling State Tournament SOFTBALL REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS 2AAA: …

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Local Sports Update

LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE SCOREBOARD, TUESDAY 5/16/23 REGION 3-AA SOCCER TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS DeKalb County 11 Clinton 4 (CHS season ends with 12-7-1 record and a District title) Cumberland County 2 Kingston 1 SOUTHERN LEAGUE BASEBALL Pensacola Blue Wahoos 9 Tennessee Smokies 3…10th straight win for Pensacola, 4th straight loss for Tennessee.

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First-ever NASCAR Day Giveathon underway

(NASCAR Foundation/MRN) NASCAR, The NASCAR Foundation, Speedway Motorsports and Speedway Children’s Charities will officially launch later today the first-ever NASCAR Day Giveathon, an online giving campaign with a goal to raise $750,000 in charitable funds for local charities in all 50 states. Each participating nonprofit organization has its own online …

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Local Sports Update 5/16

LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE SCOREBOARD, MONDAY 5/15/23 SOFTBALL REGION TOURNAMENTS R2AAA: Gibbs 2 Clinton 1 (CHS season ends with record of 23-11, District runner-up finish) Halls 2 Carter 0 R2AA: Kingston 10 Polk County 0 (Kingston will play winner of Meigs County/Marion County for Region title) R2A: Harriman 17 Oliver Springs …

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Local Sports Update

LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL REGION 2-AAA (Friday) Gibbs 2 Anderson County 0 Halls 5 Seymour 0 (Saturday) Anderson County 5 Seymour 2 (Seymour eliminated) (Championship) Gibbs 3 Halls 1 (Consolation) Halls 7 Anderson County 6 (AC eliminated, ends season 22-16) REGION 2-AAAA (Friday) Oak Ridge 10 Hardin …

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NASCAR: Larson wins XFS, Byron takes Cup, Eckes breaks through in Truck Series

(Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service/NASCAR.com) William Byron took full advantage of a late on-track incident between Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson to triumph in Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway and become the first three-time winner in the NASCAR Cup Series this season. For Byron, the victory was sweet redemption …

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Local Sports Update 5/11

LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE SCOREBOARD, WEDNESDAY 5/10/23 SOCCER District 5AA Championship Game: Clinton 1 Halls 0 SOFTBALL District 4AAA Tournament: Clinton 7 Anderson County 6 (AC eliminated) Championship: Halls 11 Clinton 1 District 3AAAA: West 14 Oak Ridge 1 District 3A: Oliver Springs 5 Wartburg 3 Coalfield 14 Oneida 4 BASEBALL …

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