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PHOTO GALLERY: Lady Chiefs roll on senior night
ROGERSVILLE — The Cherokee Lady Chiefs softball team played one of its best games of the year on senior night, defeating the Hampton Lady Bulldogs 21-0 on Friday. Seniors Jada Davis, Rachel Young, Kasie Bowman, Kaylee Cinnamon and Kennedy Dishner were honored before the game. Neither team scored in the first inning. In the second inning, the Lady Chiefs exploded. Shelby Helton led off with a single. Davis was hit by a pitch. Keircee Manis singled to load the bases. Campbell Owen walked to score...
PHOTO GALLERY: Sevier sweeps Church Hill
CHURCH HILL — Church Hill scored first, but Sevier answered quickly and cruised to a 10-1 varsity middle school baseball win over the Panthers in the first of two five-inning games on Monday (April 15). Sevier jumped out to an early lead in game 2 and never looked back en route to a 13-4 victory to complete the sweep. In between games, CHMS recognized eight members of its baseball team...
High school roundup: Greene Devils blank Chiefs
ROGERSVILLE — Senior Austin Beets scored a pair of goals to lead Greeneville to a 6-0 win over Cherokee in District 2-AA soccer action on Tuesday (April 16) at Mike Sivert Field. Beets had one of four first-half goals for the Greene Devils. Seniors Brody Inscore and David Fisher and freshman Jude Dyer each added a goal in the opening half. Senior Connor Stayton scored two minutes into the second...
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: D-B edges Cherokee in finale
KINGSPORT — Cherokee clawed its way back from a 7-3 deficit to put the pressure on 4A Dobyns-Bennett on Saturday, but the Tribe made the plays when it counted to hold on for an 8-7 nonconference win. The Chiefs racked a quartet of D-B pitchers for nine hits in the game. Parker Travis finished 2 for 2 with a pair of RBIs. Cole Putnal had an RBI double in the seventh to close the gap to one run, but the Chiefs couldn’t push the other...
PHOTO GALLEY: RCS Warriors roll past Fall Branch
ROGERSVILLE — The Rogersville City School Warriors hit the ball early and often Tuesday (April 16) evening, winning 16-4 on eighth grade night over the visiting Fall Branch Cardinals. Conner Lyons and Teegan LeRoy shared pitching duties for the Warriors. The Warriors led 4-1 after one inning, 8-1 after two, 12-4 after three and were ahead 16-4 when the game was called after four innings. “I’m proud of the effort...
Grainger slips by Cherokee
RUTLEDGE — The Grainger Grizzlies scored in the bottom of the seventh inning to walk off with a 3-2 win over Cherokee on Tuesday night in a competitive District 2-3A baseball battle. Bralynn Sell singled in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to break the 2-2 tie in a late-game pitching duel between Grainger’s Cadon Cameron and Cherokee’s Keaton Lawson. Cameron, who came on in relief, earned...
PHOTO GALLERY: Lady Panthers win third straight
CHURCH HILL — The Church Hill Middle School Lady Panthers’ softball team celebrated eighth grade night with a 10-0 win over Sullivan East on Thursday, April 18. The win capped a 3-1 week for the Lady Panthers, who bounced back from a tough 9-6 loss to TA Dugger on Monday to beat Robinson 5-4 on Tuesday, Sevier 20-7 on Wednesday and East 10-0 on Thursday. Following the game, the Lady Panthers honored eighth graders Khloe Sanders, Kendall Wilmoth, Emersyn Templeton, Emily Walker, Alyssa McCloud and...
PHOTO GALLERY: Lady Falcons top Lady Chiefs in rivalry game
ROGERSVILLE — The Volunteer Lady Falcons had a big afternoon at the plate Monday at Cherokee High School, defeating the Lady Chiefs 19-5 in the Hawkins County rivalry game to earn a District 2-3A victory. “We came out and hit it tonight,” said Volunteer coach Jackie Strickler. “We haven’t been outside in weeks, and we’re starting to get a little healthier. We hit well all the way down the lineup. It was Rylee Smith’s first-ever game pitching, and I thought she did a good job....
PHOTO GALLERY: Lady Bulldogs upend Lady Falcons
CHURCH HILL — The Claiborne Lady Bulldogs did what they could to spoil senior night for Volunteer softball on Tuesday night, hanging a 10-0 District 2-3A loss on the Lady Falcons. Claiborne racked up 15 hits and took advantage of three Volunteer errors to invoke the run rule after the sixth inning. Volunteer managed just four hits in the game and struck out nine times. The Lady Falcons didn’t let...
PHOTO GALLERY: Chiefs bounce back for senior night win
ROGERSVILLE — The Cherokee baseball team bounced back from a rough Monday loss to conference-leading Greeneville to pick up a senior night win over Claiborne on Tuesday. Before Tuesday’s game, the Chiefs honored seniors Cole Putnal, Noah Hunter, Jacob Brooks, Bryce Elliott and Keaton Lawson and their families on the field. Then, the quintet went to work doing what they’ve done all year — leading the Chiefs into battle. “They...
Middle school roundup: Spiller’s hat track fuels Warriors’ win
KINGSPORT — Eighth grader Jackson Spiller turned another hat trick in Rogersville Middle’s 7-2 win over Sullivan Heights on Tuesday night to become the school’s all-time leading scorer for a single season. Spiller’s three goals against the Huskies brings his season total to 16. Alexis Lozano chipped in two goals for the Warriors, while Emmett West and Jackson Zill added one goal each. ...
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