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PHOTO GALLERY: Volunteer earns regional berth
CHURCH HILL — The Volunteer Lady Falcons will get the opportunity to defend their Region 1-AA volleyball title, following a 3-0 victory over Gibbs in the winners’ bracket of the District 2-AA tournament on Wednesday at The Nest. Volunteer swept Gibbs 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-18) to advance to Thursday’s District 1-AA championship game and earn the automatic berth into next week’s regional. A Volunteer victory on Thursday night would keep the action on the Lady Falcons’ home court, as the district’s top seed hosts the...
PHOTO GALLERY: Crockett too much for short-handed Falcons
CHURCH HILL — The Volunteer Falcons are still looking for the season’s first victory after falling to the Class 5A David Crockett Pioneers 35-7 at home on Friday night in nonconference football action. The Falcons went into the game without starting quarterback Jameson Mowell, who was injured last week. That pressed running back Keelin Releford into service at quarterback, but he was injured on the Falcons’ first drive and did not return to the game. ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Volunteer edges Cherokee for JV crown
CHURCH HILL —Volunteer defeated county rival Cherokee 2-0 (25-19, 25-18) to win the Twin Lakes Conference (District 2-AA) JV volleyball tournament on Saturday, Oct. 5. It was the third meeting between the conference’s two best teams. Cherokee had won the first meeting in straight sets early in the season only to see Volunteer win the second meeting, a few weeks later, in three sets. In Saturday’s championship game, Volunteer jumped...
High School volleyball district tournament semi-finals
Greeneville, TN — On the high school volleyball court Greeneville faced Elizabethton in the District 1-AA semi-finals. Devil’s hit things off, Emma Shelton passes to Kyla Jobe, and she lightly taps it over the net for the point she had 9 kills Later, Betsy will give them a taste of their own medicine Jasy Shell […]
Kingsport native Browder talks about how the “Mountain Strong” slogan was started
Knoxville — This weekend Tennessee will once again wear the “Mountain Strong” logo sticker on the back of their helmets to raise money and awareness for flood victims in Northeast Tennessee and the surrounding areas. The person who came up with that idea is Kingsport native Charlie Browder, a red-shirt junior tight end for the […]
Sports briefs: Providence downs RCS in title game
JOHNSON CITY — The top-seeded Providence Academy Knights wrapped up the perfect season with a 44-22 win over Rogersville City School in the conference championship game on Saturday, Oct. 5. RCS, the No. 2 seed, finished the regular season 6-2 with its only losses during the regular season to Class AA Church Hill and to Providence. Cherokee homecoming festivities resume after fall break ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Bulldogs stop Eagles
BULLS GAP — The Bulls Gap Bulldogs rolled past the Surgoinsville Eagles 30-8 on Thursday, Oct. 3, in the final middle school football game of the season. It was eighth grade night for the Bulldogs, who recognized five football players and three cheerleaders. The Bulldogs successfully executed an onside kick on the opening kickoff, recovering on the Eagles 45. Cylan Lawless carried three times to the 15 and then threw to Neyland Keller for a touchdown. ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Grainger ends Cherokee’s season
CHURCH HILL — The Grainger Lady Grizzlies ended Cherokee’s volleyball season on Wednesday in the District 2-AA tournament semifinals at Volunteer High School. But the Lady Chiefs certainly went down swinging. Seniors Kristen Gillett and Nicole Bradley led a hard-hitting Cherokee attack in the elimination round between the tournament’s evenly matched No. 3 and 4 seeds. Eventually, the Lady Grizzlies prevailed 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-19) to end Cherokee’s season and advance to Thursday’s 5:30 p.m. losers’ bracket final. At stake for Grainger is a...
PHOTO GALLERY: Lady Warriors come up short at sectional
KINGSPORT — The RCS Lady Warriors’ volleyball team enjoyed a great season, but it came to an end Saturday at the TMSAA Section 1-A tournament at John Sevier Middle School in Kingsport. The Lady Warriors went in as Area 2’s No. 2 seed and opened with a win-or-go home matchup against the Johnson County Lady Longhorns. The first set was close throughout, but the Lady Warriors prevailed 25-19. The second set was dominated by the Lady Warriors, who won 25-7. ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Lady Bucs blank Lady Falcons
CHURCH HILL — The University School Lady Bucs blanked Volunteer 3-0 in a nonconference match to wrap up the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 3. It was senior night for the Lady Falcons, who honored seniors Bre Dykes, Kendall Stapleton, Courtney Bellamy and Terrilynn Calhoun and their families in a ceremony before the game. Volunteer, which finished second in the conference, earned a semifinal berth in the District 2-AA girls soccer tournament. The Lady Falcons (4-10-1) will host No. 3 Grainger on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 6:30 p.m. The winner advances to the district championship game on Thursday, Oct. 10, and earns a berth in next week’s Region 1-AA tournament. Senior night photos will be published, as space permits, in a future edition of The Rogersville Review.
Pickleballers anxious for court expansion at City Park to proceed
Several pickleball enthusiasts attended Tuesday’s Rogersville Parks Board meeting seeking an update on the impending project that will add extra courts at the City Park. In 2023 Rogersville was awarded two state grants for upgrades to the City Park. A $630,000 Community Development Block Grant will pay for sidewalks and paving in the City Park, including conversion of a section of the tennis courts into new pickleball courts. The city’s...
PHOTO GALLERY: Boones Creek shocks RCS, wins area title
ROGERSVILLE — Boones Creek’s Kayla Farmer delivered 20 straight service points to help the Lady Bars upset top-seeded Rogersville City School 2-0 and claim the Area 2-A volleyball championship on Thursday, Oct. 3, at Cherokee High School. “Our word today was confidence. … Once they had confidence, it kept building and the serves just kept coming. The front row played well, when the ball came over,” said Boones Creek coach Alec Johnson. “They’re an extremely good defensive team, and they’ve got hard serves. So, I...
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