Longtime Webb girls basketball coach, and former Anderson County High School standout, Sherry Collier has agreed to take over the helm of the Lenoir City girls program. Collier played high school basketball at Lake City High School until 1982, when she became a member of the first-ever Lady Mav basketball …
Read More »CHS sending bass-fishing duo to national championships
A team of two sophomores representing Clinton High School recently qualified to compete in next month’s National Bass Fishing Championships. J.C. Mashburn and Kobe Walden finished fifth in the state tournament, punching their ticket to the national tournament, which will be contested at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina in …
Read More »NASCAR: Almirola, Truex win at Sonoma
(Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service/MRN.com) After struggling mightily last year at Sonoma Raceway in the debut season for NASCAR’s Next Gen car, Martin Truex Jr. pulled off a dominating 180-degree turnaround in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350. Overcoming an inopportune caution and leading a race-high 51 of 110 laps, Truex scored …
Read More »ACHS Band to hold summer bazaar to raise money for new uniforms
The Anderson County High School Marching Band is in need of new uniforms and their Booster Club will hold a special summer bazaar at the school later this month. Band uniforms are expensive and need to last for several years. The current band uniforms are over 10 years old and …
Read More »Reminder: Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day Saturday, Free Fishing Week through June 16
(TWRA) Tennessee’s 2023 Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 10 in Tennessee and all state residents and visitors of any age may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public waters. Additionally, those youth ages 15 or younger may fish free the entire week, beginning on Free Fishing …
Read More »CHS Football announces second Thursday game
Clinton High School has announced a change to its 2023 football schedule. The Dragons will now face Powell on Thursday, September 14th as part of the MyVLT Rivalry Thursday slate of games. The schedule features matchups against each of the last two Class 5A state champions, and a return to …
Read More »Smokies announce return of BeerFest
(Tennessee Smokies) The Tennessee Smokies have announced that the organization will host their fourth Tennessee Smokies BeerFest on Saturday, August 26, 2023. The event will take place from 4:00pm-8:00pm and will feature many local breweries and their unique brews. The event will be located on the concourse of Smokies Stadium, …
Read More »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 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 …
Read More »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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