Also in this week’s Northeast Tennessee Notes, the Dobyns-Bennett volleyball team is looking to cap an undefeated run through the Big 6.
Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson suffered a broken left fibula in Saturday’s loss at Old Dominion and will undergo surgery.
Austin Herink has been through the highs and lows of ETSU reinstating its football program, but he reached a new summit in Saturday night’s 29-27 win over Furman.
Tennessee linebacker Quart'e Sapp says he never refused to enter the game Saturday during the Volunteers' 47-21 loss to Florida, contradicting what his coach had said after the game.
Virginia Tech dismissed redshirt junior defensive end Trevon Hill from the football team for failing to uphold "the high standards that we have for our student-athletes."
Austin Herink, a three-year starter for ETSU prior to this season, came in the third quarter and rallied the Bucs from a three-touchdown deficit to a 29-27 win over Furman at Greene Stadium on Saturday night.
Tennessee’s inability to hang on to the football assured that Florida would continue its mastery of this annual Southeastern Conference series.
Blake LaRussa came off the bench to throw for 495 yards and four touchdowns to lead Old Dominion to a 49-35 upset of No. 13 Virginia Tech on Saturday.
It was all about balance Saturday for Charleston’s for volleyball team, which claimed a 25-18, 25-22, 25-18 win at Virginia-Wise.
Heat and humidity were the story of the 27th Bristol Cross at Steele Creek Park on Saturday morning, but that didn’t faze area teams competing on the hilly, double-loop course.
The Bucs play host to Furman in a Southern Conference football game. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Greene Stadium.
The annual September matchup doesn't have the same meaning it carried back when the game usually decided the SEC East. But what this series has lost in national relevance, it has gained in suspense.
Among other games Friday night, Morristown West won a wild one at Cherokee, Ridgeview bowled over Lee High and Castlewood edged Rye Cove.
The Blue Devils posted their first shutout since last year’s contest with Claiborne.
So dominant was Boone’s ground game, Charlie Cole and teammate Easton Harrell combined for nearly 500 yards rushing before taking 13 yards worth of losses on the final four plays to finish with 479.
