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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEEKEND SCOREBOARD Friday…Clinton boys 58 McIntosh(GA) 55 (OT): Clinton won in Georgia as Chase Lockard scored 14 points, Luke Harrison 13 and DeMarcus McKamey 12. Saturday…Tri Cities (GA) boys 74 Clinton 57: The Dragons fell despite 17 points from DeMarcus McKamey and nine from Trevor Bryant. ELSEWHERE …

Thursday night, the Campbell County Lady Cougars improved to 11-0 as they knocked off visiting William Blount, 51-44. In the nightcap, the William Blount boys kept the Cougars winless on the season with a 54-40 victory. Friday features Anderson County at Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs at Coalfield, Powell at Central, …

While area high school basketball teams aren’t even to the halfway mark of their seasons, a couple of area football teams have announced their 2019 schedules. The Clinton Dragons, who finished 2018 with a 4-7 record and a playoff appearance, will open up the season with the Crosstown Showdown, hosting …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES for Tuesday December 11th Clinton girls 54 Central 43…The Lady Dragons rallied from down by as many as nine points in the first half on the road to pick up a big District road victory over the Lady Bobcats. Kinley Martin spearheaded Clinton’s second-half surge by …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES FRIDAY Clinton girls 59 Coalfield 54…Clinton improved to 5-3 with a non-District win at home over Coalfield behind 19 points from Danyel Joy and 15 from Kinley Martin. Clinton boys 82 Coalfield 57…Chase Lockard tied a CHS single-game record by hitting nine three-pointers on his way …

(OR press release) The City of Oak Ridge and Oak Ridge Schools held a ceremonial groundbreaking at Blankenship Field on Friday, December 7, to celebrate the start of renovations. Excavation of the field began earlier in the week.Installation of the artificial turf is expected to be complete by April 30, 2019, in …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Thursday December 6th: Campbell County at Whitley County (KY). Friday December 7th: Coalfield at Clinton (WYSH)…Campbell County at Anderson County…Central at Karns…Gibbs at Carter…Sunbright at Oakdale…Wartburg at Oliver Springs…Midway at Oneida…Harriman at Rockwood…Gatlinburg-Pittman at Union County…Washburn at Jellico…Alcoa at Kingston…Fulton at Scott…Oak Ridge girls vs. Arlington …

(Tennessee Smokies press release) Baseball America, a leader in Major League and Minor League Baseball coverage, has announced their annual Bob Freitas Award winners. The Tennessee Smokies have been named the 2018 Bob Freitas Award winner for the Double-A classification. The Bob Freitas Award recognizes organizational excellence, and has been presented …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TUESDAY DECEMBER 4TH Powell girls 57 Clinton 53…Clinton led by as many as 11 points in the first half, but Powell’s Bailey Trumm scored 20 of her game-high 22 points after intermission as the Lady Panthers rallied for the win. Clinton was led by Kinley Martin, who …

Oak Ridge High School football coach Joe Gaddis was inducted into the Tennessee Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Saturday. The association’s fifth Hall of Fame class also included Bobby Alston, Jim Heinz, Hershel Moore, Bob Polston, and Dave Rider. A seventh member recognized by the Hall of Fame was the …