Last week’s Nike Cross Country Southeast regional race wasn’t nearly as muddy as the previous year, and Dobyns-Bennett senior Sasha Neglia took full advantage of the opportunity.
In a benefit game between VHSL boys basketball powerhouses Gate City and Eastside, sharpshooter Bradley Dean stole the show.
Last week was a good one for Cynita Webb. The Virginia-Wise senior was named the South Atlantic Conference women’s basketball player of the week after averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Sullivan East may have let one get away on the road last December, but the Patriots weren’t as generous Tuesday night against Sullivan Central.
Sullivan East and Sullivan Central split their varsity basketball games on Tuesday, the first night of Three Rivers Conference play for both teams. After the Lady Cougars opened with a 54-38 victory, the East boys pulled away in the second half of a
The Science Hill boys earned their seventh consecutive victory to start the season, pounding Cherokee 70-32 in the Big 7 basketball opener for both teams Tuesday night.
David Crocket fell behind hot-shooting Sullivan South 15-1 on Tuesday night, and the homestanding Rebels never trailed in taking a 66-56 win.
The Dobyns-Bennett swim team beat Science Hill 197-174 in the combined competition Tuesday at the Kingsport Aquatic Center — the first time since 2006 the Indians won the head-to-head matchup, according to Tribe coach Nathan Love.
Other winners on the hardwood Monday were the boys of Lee and Tri-Cities Christian and the girls from Thomas Walker.
On Saturday at 4 p.m. in the BlueCross Bowl, undefeated Elizabethton will battle Springfield for the TSSAA Class 4A championship.
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Three local standouts have stood out on the national stage recently playing at Power Five football and Power Six basketball schools. Several others also are making their mark in Division I basketball.
We are showing off your sports photos every week in This Week in Sports! You can share your photos anytime by email at [email protected] Selected photos from today's gallery appeared in the Nov. 17 edition of Sunday Stories.
In other high school basketball action, the Cherokee boys closed the Pizza Plus Thanksgiving Classic at Grainger by winning two of their three games.
Sullivan Central's basketball teams closed out play in the Food City Thanksgiving Classic in Bluff City on Saturday with wins. The Central boys got 20 points from Joltin Harrison in a 62-53 victory over Unaka and the Lady Cougars took care of
