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Recently retired Wise Central boys basketball coach T.J. McAmis has served as the lead pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Wise for 20 years.
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Veteran coach McAmis steps away to follow calling

T.J. McAmis will miss the games and competition, but that’s not what he will miss the most. “Those moments in practice. The quality time that you can spend with them one on one. That’s what I’m going to miss the most about coaching.”

Apr 4, 2020 at 6:00 PM
David Crockett’s Prince Kollie has received offers from 21 schools including Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Auburn, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Memphis and Duke. Kollie is the 32nd-ranked prospect at linebacker in the nation and is ranked No. 13 in Tennessee.
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Crockett's Kollie being courted by big-time programs

Offers keep rolling in, and 6-foot-2, 192-pound David Crockett junior Prince Kollie is trying to stay grounded and humble. 

Apr 4, 2020 at 2:30 PM
Volunteer athletic director Jim Whalen shaves his legs after meeting his fundraising goal of $1,500 this year for the Ronald McDonald House.
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Whalen always down with clowning around to help Ronald McDonald House

For the past three years, Volunteer athletic director Jim Whalen has been one of the best local fundraisers for the Ronald McDonald House. This year, he met his goal of $1,500 dollars — and his reward was shaving his legs.

Apr 4, 2020 at 10:45 AM
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Not even asthma can keep Thomas Walker’s Schwartz from game she loves

A competitor who goes full speed ahead regardless of the game she is playing, Thomas Walker’s Bella Schwartz ran across a foe in her varsity career that she had a difficult time beating.

Apr 3, 2020 at 12:00 PM
Frank Hare (left) stands with one of his Sullivan East girls basketball teams.
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Game changer: Hare fought for equality in girls basketball

After rubbing elbows with some famous folks, Frank Hare settled down into a life that involved less of a spotlight. He began his student teaching at Blountville Junior High in the spring of 1968. When the 1971-72 school year rolled around, Hare received an opportunity that would change his life’s path.

Apr 2, 2020 at 12:00 PM
Gary Maggard is the area representative in Southwest Virginia’s coalfield region for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
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Maggard finds blessings in combining sports, ministry

Spreading the word of Christ takes missionaries to different fields and locations across the world. For the past 15 years, Gary Maggard’s mission field has been on a basketball court, a football field, a baseball field or a softball field.

Apr 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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Powers, Yarber named Region 1D players of the year

Eastside’s Ethan Powers and Patrick Henry’s Breanna Yarber are this year’s male and female players of the year for the All-Region 1D basketball teams.

Apr 2, 2020 at 12:17 AM
Former Sullivan East Principal Frank Hare has met up with many greats of the sports world, among them Reggie Jackson, Curley Culp and Doak Walker.
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Famous footsteps: Hare has met his share of well-known folks

If Frank Hare played a game of “6 degrees of separation” with most Northeast Tennessee folks, it would likely be hard to trump his collection. From Pennsylvania to Arizona to Milligan to Bluff City, he can share more than a handful of good stories.

Apr 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Whether it be Union basketball, football, baseball, softball or volleyball, there’s an excellent chance Gary Thompson, right, is somewhere close by either keeping the scorebook or running the clock.
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Bulldogs or Bears, if there’s a game, there’s Gary Thompson

Don’t ask Gary Thompson about his favorite Appalachia or Union game. He’s seen too many to narrow it to just one or two. After all, the 1975 graduate of Appalachia started working basketball games even before he got out of high school.

Apr 1, 2020 at 1:00 PM
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Eastside's Powers, Whited voted first-team all-state

Eastside’s Ethan Powers and Anna Whited were named to the VHSL Class 1 all-state boys and girls basketball teams announced Tuesday.

Apr 1, 2020 at 12:04 AM
Lifelong Washington Redskins fanatic Corey Sanchez takes a photo with former Washington cornerback and Dobyns-Bennett great Coty Sensabaugh after a game against the New York Giants last season at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.
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Hail to the Redskins a way of life for UVA Wise's Sanchez

Corey Sanchez remembers the results of most Washington Redskins games played in his 29 years. But there is one above all the rest that sticks out in his mind.

Mar 31, 2020 at 5:00 PM
Daniel Boone athletic director Danny Good
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Boone AD Good misses watching the kids compete

Springtime is usually a crazy chase for area athletic directors, but Daniel Boone’s Danny Good has different things on his plate these days.

Mar 31, 2020 at 12:00 PM
Sullivan East’s Chuck Brown crosses the finish line at a meet in Erwin during the 1970s. Contributed ‘I remember going out for track at Holston Valley Middle, the coach had a mechanical stopwatch,’ Sullivan East alum Chuck Brown said. ‘I ran like a half-mile or something and he thought the watch was broken when I crossed the finish line. He realized it wasn’t and he said, “Your time is faster than the boys running at the high school.” I guess it was just meant to be.’
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‘My strategy when I raced was trying to break everyone else mentally’

Chuck Brown was a man ahead of his time — and the pack — during his running days at Sullivan East in the 1970s.

Mar 30, 2020 at 12:41 AM
Georgetown guard Mac McClung (2) shoots over Creighton guard Denzel Mahoney (34) during a game Jan. 15 in Washington.
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McClung declares for draft

Former Gate City superstar Mac McClung is going pro. At least that’s the plan for now.

Mar 29, 2020 at 5:16 PM
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Survey says ... McClung, Reynolds best of SW Virginia

Mac McClung and Logan Reynolds are the best high school basketball players ever to play the game in Southwest Virginia. So say the results of our completely informal, unscientific poll conducted on social media.

Mar 29, 2020 at 3:30 PM
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