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From teammates to coach and player: Former Gate City champs reunite at UVA Wise
GATE CITY, Va. (WCYB) — Zac Ervin and Bradley Dean were teammates when Gate City brought home a state championship in 2018. Both would go on to play in college, with Ervin closing out four seasons at Elon and Bradley Dean sharing his talents with UVA Wise and Miami (OH).
Sports briefs: Cherokee hosting sports camps
ROGERSVILLE — Cherokee baseball will hold a camp for players going into grades 6-8 on July 8-9 from 5-7 p.m. each day. The cost is $30 per day. Each camper will need to have a glove, pants, helmet, cleats/turfs and a drink. July 8 is also the makeup date for tryouts for anyone who missed the original date and wants to play baseball at Cherokee High School in the 2024-25 school year. Tryouts will be held from 3-5 p.m. ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Lane, Morgan win at Kingsport Speedway
KINGSPORT — Derek Lane and Hunter Morgan each picked up a late model feature win at Kingsport Speedway on Friday, June 28, during the Double Strike 250 presented by Cobra Racing Tires. Castlewood’s Rob Austin won the street stock feature. The rest of the top five included Jay Swecker Jr., Nathaniel Owens, Mike Mays and Sam Ferguson. Church Hill’s Kenney Kelley finished at No. 11. Greeneville’s Austin Walters started sixth...
River Riders can’t catch up to Axmen
The River Riders fell on Tuesday to the Kingsport Axmen, 7-2. Elizabethton (8-15) fell behind early against Kingsport (14-9) after Mason Swinney (Alabama) homered in the second inning. The Axmen added another run in the third on a Nico Newhan (Arizona) single. Kingsport blew it open in the fourth after...
Summer of Fun bounces into July
ROGERSVILLE — The Rogersville Parks and Recreation Department is gearing up for the second month of its Summer in the Park program — with plenty of friendly competition still to come. In the most recent tournament, the Red Rockets beat Parks & Wrecked in a best-of-three championship series to lay claim to their second straight wiffleball championship. This year’s squad included Brayden Lawson, Will Price, Brady LeRoy, Tyler Lawson and Avery Lowe. ...
Rec League Notes: Pickle in the Park returning to Fun Fest
KINGSPORT — Registration is open for a variety of sporting events during Fun Fest 2024. Men’s open registration in the Adult One Pitch Softball Tournament ends July 8 at 5 p.m. with the tournament scheduled to start July 13 at 10 a.m. Coed registration ends July 15 at 5 p.m. with the tournament scheduled July 22-24. All games will be played at Brickyard Park in Kingsport. The cost to register a team is $150. Blind draws will be held live on the Kingsport Parks and...
Boone Little League earns district title
Diamonds are a Jenkins girl’s best friend. Jayden Jenkins, the 12-year-old sister of former Daniel Boone multi-sport standouts Jaclyn (26) and Jaycie (22), helped lift the Daniel Boone Little League to its district softball tournament last week.
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