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Eastside wrestling coach Chandler Cole has been on the MMA scene for five years, including the last two as a pro. On Saturday night, he faces his biggest pro fight against Aaron Bush for the Valor heavyweight championship at the D3 Sports Complex in Johnson City.
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Eastside wrestling coach regains passion to pursue MMA career

Chandler Cole, the 23-year-old wrestling coach at Eastside High School in Coeburn, chooses each day to focus on the positives. That’s what he will do when he returns to the pro ring Saturday for his first MMA fight.

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Roy Thacker III graduated from J.I. Burton in the spring of last year. Since that time, Thacker has been honing his pro wrestling skills at Ricky Morton’s School of Morton in Chuckey.
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Burton grad Thacker making pro wrestling dream a reality

Every Sunday, Roy Thacker III is one of several students and pro wrestlers at the School of Morton wrestling school based in Chuckey.

Jul 18, 2018 at 12:49 AM
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Mannino to guide E&H golf; Bears' Slagle good to go

Emory & Henry recently completed its second year of men’s golf following an eight-year hiatus. The Wasps played their first season of women’s golf in 2017-18.

Jul 18, 2018 at 12:08 AM
Ron Epperson competes in the annual Fun Fest Putt-Putt tournament at the Putt-Putt Fun Center, located at 346 W. Stone Drive, on Tuesday. Epperson was one of the estimated 1,500 people expected to play a round during the day.
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Fun Fest Putt-Putt tourney keeps going strong year after year

“This is one of our bigger days of the year. At about 9 o’clock this morning, we had over 120 people playing on the course.”

Jul 17, 2018 at 9:49 PM
Blake Jones holds the trophy after winning in the ARCA Series at Talladega Superspeedway in 2015.
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Jones to make Cup debut this weekend

Sevierville driver Blake Jones will make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway behind the wheel of BK Racing’s No. 23 Tennessee XXX Moonshine Toyota.

Jul 17, 2018 at 8:08 PM
Cayman Ratliff, shown competing in the East Tennessee Amateur at Elizabethton Golf Course, earned the fifth seed for the TGA Match Play Championship after posting a 36-hole total of 5-under 139 at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga.
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Ratliff earns No. 5 seed for TGA Match Play

Kingsport’s Cayman Ratliff shot a 5-under-par 67 on Tuesday at Council Fire Golf Club to easily advance in the TGA’s Match Play Championship.

Jul 17, 2018 at 7:12 PM
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Milligan looking for new baseball coach after Meade steps down

Nathan Meade announced his resignation as baseball coach at Milligan College on Monday. The school is about to begin a search for its new baseball coach.

Jul 17, 2018 at 4:13 PM
Dobyns-Bennett’s Sasha Neglia and Sullivan South’s Madison Cowan were each selected all-state in track and field in two events by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association.
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D-B’s Neglia, South's Cowan make TSWA all-state track team

Local athletes from Daniel Boone, Happy Valley, Science Hill and University High were also selected to the team released Monday.

Jul 17, 2018 at 1:00 AM
Kingsport’s Gavin Garay (47) slides into home plate ahead of the throw to Elizabethton catcher Trevor Casanova following Phil Capra’s second-inning sacrifice fly Monday night at Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport. Garay had two of the K-Mets’ 10 hits in the 14-4 Appalachian League win.
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K-Mets batters turn tables, pound Twins in series finale

The Kingsport Mets ended the Elizabethton Twins’ winning streak rather abruptly Monday night with a 14-4 rout in the Appy League series finale at Hunter Wright Stadium.

Jul 17, 2018 at 12:55 AM
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Science Hill golfers enter season with great expectations; D-B eager to challenge

Yes, it is July, but believe it or not the 2018-19 high school sports season begins Monday in Tennessee. Golf teams can officially start competing on that day, and it also marks the opening of practice for football, girls soccer, volleyball and cross country.

Jul 16, 2018 at 8:39 PM
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Twins outslug K-Mets, push division lead to three

The Elizabethton Twins increased their winning streak to seven and their division lead over the Kingsport Mets to three on Sunday with an 11-10 win.

Jul 15, 2018 at 9:32 PM
Lucas Armstrong begins his final round with a long tee shot off hole No. 1 at the Ridgefields Invitational on Sunday.
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Armstrong pulls away for first Ridgefields title

"I had come here forever watching my dad play in the invitational. It's really cool to win now that I'm older. I have always liked playing here and I enjoy the course. It's good to finally get a win here."

Jul 15, 2018 at 7:01 PM
#metsmugs #kingsportmets #kingsportmetsfan My son Xander at the mets game on July 1st. Took my boy to his first of many ballgames! #makingmemories #MetsMugs Thanks @aquillen24! @ Hunter Wright Stadium CONGRATULATIONS, Danielle! You are this week's #MetsMugs contest winner. Stop by the office at Hunter Wright Stadium to claim your prize pack! K Mets 2nd weekday promotion of the week + 10 year old who has discovered how much he LOVES this game! = 2nd Mets game of the week! Teach your kids baseball. Not just to play it, but fundamentals, strategy, and rules of the game. They will never be bored. #baseball #itskindofasmartpersonssport #loveofthegame #metsmugs #kmets
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#MetsMugs: Game Faces of the Week (July 15)

You show us your game faces and we show them off in our #MetsMugs: Game Faces of the Week fan photo gallery! Each week, one lucky fan wins a prize pack from the Times News and Kingsport Mets. In addition, the winner's #MetsMugs entry is featured in

Jul 15, 2018 at 4:30 PM
Layne Riggs leads Kres VanDyke in the Food Country 125 Saturday night at Kingsport Speedway.
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16-year-old Riggs wins CARS event at Kingsport Speedway

Layne Riggs beat the heat and his fellow drivers to win Saturday’s CARS Energy Response Series Food Country 125 at Kingsport Speedway.

Jul 15, 2018 at 2:00 AM
Gabriel Geay of Tanzania crosses the finish line after outsprinting reigning champion Teshome Mekonen of Ethiopia to win Saturday night’s Crazy 8s 8K — and the Teleperformance $5,000 ‘Dash for the Gold’ — inside J. Fred Johnson Stadium in Kingsport.
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Geay bests Mekonen for Crazy 8s title

Gabriel Geay of Tanzania became the first runner from his native country to win the Crazy 8s 8K after finishing in 22:42 on Saturday night, earning the Teleperformance $5,000 “Dash for the Gold.”

Jul 15, 2018 at 1:32 AM
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