Bears and a pack of wolves reigned supreme at Wednesday afternoon’s Region 2D track and field championships held at Ridgeview High School.
Lexie Rhoten and catcher Ashley Smith led the Lady Eagles to a 6-3 win over Grundy in opening round action in Region 1D softball Wednesday at Enoch's Branch Park.
The Region 2D track and field championships were held on Wednesday afternoon at Ridgeview High School in Clintwood. The home-standing Lady Wolfpack won the team title on the girls side while Union won the boys team title.
Thomas Walker scored 11 runs in the first inning on the way to a 15-3 win over Twin Valley in the opening round of the Region 1D baseball tournament at Twin Valley High School.
MURFREESBORO — University High met its match in the state baseball tournament.
MURFREESBORO — Science Hill built a four-run lead against Bartlett before falling 8-4 in Wednesday’s elimination game at the TSSAA Class AAA baseball tournament at Siegel High School.
Summit scored four runs in the final inning to beat Science Hill 7-3 in the opening round of the TSSAA Class AAA baseball playoffs at Siegel High School on Tuesday.
Coach Sara Wallingford: “To be one of the top four teams in the state again, I’m really proud of them. That’s quite the accomplishment in itself, but it’s especially good when you consider their only loss came in the state semifinals.”
After last week’s Cumberland girls tennis tournament, J.I. Burton entered Tuesday’s Region 1D championship with a little more determination and the Lady Raiders turned that determination into a 5-2 win over Thomas Walker.
Union senior standout Justin Barnett is a rare breed of thrower, one that does not come through Southwest Virginia all that often. On Tuesday afternoon, Barnett signed his national letter of intent to continue his track and field career at Virginia Commonwealth.
Three of the year’s biggest racing events take place Sunday — the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 — and the local scene will be hopping as well this weekend.
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Abingdon scored seven runs in the sixth inning to rally for a 12-9 win over Union in the Mountain 7 District baseball championship game Monday at Falcon Field.
Gate City’s girls fell 3-0 to John Battle and the Blue Devils boys lost 3-0 to Abingdon on Monday in the Mountain 7 soccer finals.
Eastside and Wise Central met up Monday at Virginia-Wise in the quarterfinals of the Region 2D boys tennis tournament. The Spartans rolled to a 5-0 win that sent them on to a semifinal match at Marion on Thursday.
