Local Sports

The region is expected to see the hottest temperatures so far this summer today (Friday July 21st), with temperatures reaching into the mid 90s and the heat Index value expected to climb as high as 105 degrees. There are several ways to cope with the heat, which can be dangerous, …

(Tennessee Smokies) Tennessee exploded for a five run seventh inning and received a quality performance from Brett Anderson who rebounded nicely after a tough start in a 9-3 win. Anderson made rehab start number five of the season for Tennessee and struggled through his first inning of work. Jacksonville sent …

(MRN) Matt Crafton charged into the lead after a late restart less than twenty laps from the finish Wednesday night and kept his Number-88 ThorSport Racing Toyota in front the rest of the way to claim victory at Eldora Speedway. The two-time series champion made his winning move by passing …

(Tennessee Smokies)  Coming off back-to-back quality starts, Preston Morrison had his shortest outing of the second half, and the bullpen failed to weather Jacksonville’s offensive storm in a 10-6 loss. Jacksonville sent eight batters up to the plate in a three run first inning and seven more to the plate …

The Hollingsworth Sportsplex, the multi-use facility being built on the campus of Clinton High School, is still on schedule to be ready for use by early September. The new facility will be used by not only the school’s football, baseball, softball, wrestling and soccer teams, but also by the school’s …

Anderson County High School has a new baseball coach and it will be familiar face to local sports fans. Anderson County native and member of the ACHS Class of 2007 Cory Stooksbury has been named to replace Ben Downs, who stepped down earlier this summer after ten years. Stooksbury was …

(Tennessee Smokies)  Cael Brockmeyer delivered a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing Daniel Spingola to score, giving the Smokies a 3-2 win over the BayBears. With the win, Tennessee took the series over Mobile. Kyle Hendricks, Cubs’ Game 7 starter in last year’s World Series …

(MRN)  The monkey is off Joe Gibbs Racing’s back as Denny Hamlin picked of the first win of the season for J.G.R. and the thirtieth of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Hamlin, who crashed in practice on Friday before qualifying, was able to …

(MRN)  In Loudon, New Hampshire, the NASCAR X-finity Series was able to do the one thing that they haven’t been able to accomplish since June twenty-fourth at Iowa Speedway, finish a race on the day it was scheduled. Kyle Busch won the Overton’s 200 Saturday afternoon from the pole, in …

The Tenth Annual UCOR Oak Ridge Velo Classic bicycle racing event will take place on Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23. It will feature the 2017 State Championship Road Races. The road races will be staged from the East Tennessee Technology Park on Saturday, July 22, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The final road race …