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Get your WYSH t-shirt while they last only $10, or 2 for $15 (plus shipping) call 865-457-1380 or email WYSH@wyshradio.com ______________________________________________________________________________ NASCAR WRAP-UP Saturday Camping World Truck Series at Atlanta...Kevin Harvick dominated as he won his third consecutive Truck Series start. Harvick, who led 100 laps, was followed to the checkered flag by Kyle Busch, Aric Almirola, Steve Wallace and points leader Todd Bodine, who holds a four-point advantage over Timothy Peters after three races. Sunday Sprint Cup Series at Atlanta...Kurt Busch won for the second straight spring at Atlanta, followed by Matt Kenseth, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahen and Paul Menard. Busch got a great restart on the second attempt at a green-white-checkered finish and pulled away down the stretch. Kevin Harvick came in 10th and left Atlanta on top of the series standings for a third straight week. --------------------------------------------- NAGAF will hold baseball and softball sign-ups on Saturdays from 10:00 – 2:00 at the Norris Middle School gym entrance on March 13th. Boys and girls ages 3-12 are eligible to sign-up. Sign-up fees are $45 for one child, $75 for two and $100 for 3 or more children in the same family. NAGAF is an all volunteer and non-tax funded organization dedicated to providing youth recreation opportunities. Business sponsors and park volunteers are always welcome in order to improve and maintain the park. Please contact Jeff Sickau at 494-8855 for more information. Smokies Tickets On Sale Online March 3 The Tennessee Smokies will begin selling single-game tickets for the 2010 Southern League Baseball season will be going on sale online on Wednesday March 3rd at 10 am. Fans will be able to purchase 2010 tickets for any of the Smokies’ 70 home games at www.smokiesbaseball.com and fans will be able to purchase tickets by phone or in person beginning on Wednesday March 10th. Seat pricing will remain the same as it has the past few years with adult field and bleacher levels seats available for $10 and $8, respectively. Those same seats for children 12 and under and seniors 55 and up will be $9 and $7, respectively. Season tickets and special packages are already available and you can learn more by calling 865-286-2300. Opening Night at Smokies Park is set for April 14th against Chattanooga. Maryville College Men & Women Done After Round 1 Both the Maryville College men's and women's teams lost in their first round matchups in the NCAA Division III tournament on Friday. The men saw their season come to an end at 23-5 with an 88-67 loss to John Carroll University while the Lady Scots saw their season end with an 81-67 loss to Washington University. The Maryville women ended their season at 22-6. Former Clinton Lady Dragon Lailah Farmer capped her freshman season with 10 points while fellow ex-Dragon Alicia Brown closed her collegiate career out with eight points. HIGH SCHOOL NEWS & NOTES Girls State Tournament at MTSU...Class A Wednesday March 10 Jackson County 56 Coalfield 30...Perennial powers Jackson County overwhelmed the Lady Yellow Jackets, making their second state tourney appearance, and Coalfield's season ended at 23-6. Whitney Walls led Coalfield with 10 points. Middleton 48 North Greene 46: Middleton vs. Jackson Co. Friday in semis CSAS 58 Scotts Hill 39...Moore County 51 Wayne County 42: CSAS vs. Moore Co. in semis Friday Girls State Tournament...Class AA at MTSU Wednesday March 10 Gibson County 55 Christ Presbyterian Academy 35...South Greene 73 Polk County 53: South Greene vs. Gibson Co. Friday in semis. Girls State Tournament Class AA Schedule Thursday March 11 All times EST...11am Lewis County vs. Westview...12:30 Greeneville vs. McMinn Central Girls State Tournament Class AAA Schedule Thursday March 11 All times EST...2 pm Oak Ridge vs. Memphis Overton...3:30 Riverdale vs. Mt. Juliet...5:00 Morristown West vs. Walker Valley...6:30 Clarksville vs. Memphis Central Boys Sectional Play Monday March 8 AAA: Bearden 83 Daniel Boone 60: Bearden will make its second straight state tournament. Dobyns-Bennett 75 West 70: The Rebels fall in their first appearance in the sectional round on the road. AA: Fulton 72 Unicoi County 30: Falcons gunning for a third straight state title. Auburn signee Jalen Steele led Fulton with 18 points. Carter 57 Sullivan East 54 (OT): Carter makes its second straight state tournament thanks to Lester Wilson's game-high 25 points. A: Oliver Springs 49 Hampton 43: Wesley Rather scored 24 points to lead the Bobcats to their first state tournament appearance since 1999. Harriman 49 Cloudland 39: Harriman heads back to the state tournament for the first time since 1995. Girls Sectional Play Saturday March 6 AAA: Oak Ridge 70 Jefferson County 51: Oak Ridge will make its 21st state tournament appearance under coach Jill Prudden as Quesha McClanahan led the way with 23 points and 10 rebounds, Jazzmin Hazzard added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Armeka Booker collected 17 points and 13 rebounds. Oak Ridge opens play at the state tournament on Thursday at 2 pm EST against Overton. Morristown West 58 Maryville 42: The Lady Rebels season ended at 30-4 despite 10 points from Carrie Goodson. Mo West faces Walker Valley Thursday at 5 pm EST in Murfreesboro. AA: South Greene 68 Austin-East 49...Greeneville 46 CAK 42 A: Coalfield 63 Hampton 56: Coalfield (23-5) advanced to their second state tournament and first since 2005 as Alaina Jordan scored 18 points. North Greene 62 Wartburg 45 AC Golf Coach Calling It A Career Anderson County High School boys’ and girls’ golf coach Johnny Cox has announced that he is stepping down after 11 years on the job. During his highly successful coaching career, the boys and girls teams combined for 8 district titles, seven region titles and nine appearances in the state tournament. In 2007, the AC girls finished as state runners-up and the boys equaled that feat the following year. Cox was named PrepXtra girls’ golf coach of the year in 2007 and 2008 and compiled a career record of 620-250. Cox has been a teacher at Lake City Middle School for 25 years and founded the golf program there that now feeds the Anderson County High School golf program. Maryville College Reaps Hoops Awards Several Maryville College basketball athletes and one coach have received postseason honors from the Great South Athletic Conference. Maryville’s Greg Hernandez has been named as the Men’s Player of the Year while Lady Scot center Alison Harmon was named the Women’s Player of the Year. Maryville men’s coach Randy Lambert was also named Men’s Coach of the Year. Hernandez averaged 20 points and nine rebounds per game for the Maryville men while Harmon averaged 13 points and seven rebounds a game. Lambert was recognized for leading the Fighting Scots to a 21-4 record in the regular season. Eryk Watson was named to the All-Conference Mens’ Team while Harmon was joined by former Clinton Lady Dragon Alicia Brown—who led the conference in assists this season—and Alexis Rouvelas. The Maryville men begin the conference tournament his afternoon at 3 pm in Decatur, Georgia against Huntingdon while the ladies open up with host school Agnes Scott today at 5:30 pm. All-District Honors Announced All District basketball teams have been announced for District 3-AAA. On the boys side, the Clinton Dragons are represented by CJ Alred, Darian Stone and Bradley Williams on the First Team while Blake Williams, Josh Willard and DiAngelo Roberson earned Honorable Mentions. Anderson County’s Chad Worthington and Tyler Smith garnered First Team honors as did Lonnie McClanahan of Oak Ridge and Campbell County’s Sean Chapman and Cody Malicoat. On the girls side, Clinton’s Cody Houck and Amber Taylor were named All-District, while Quesha McClanahan, Armeka Booker and Jazzmin Hazzard of Oak Ridge were recognized. Anderson County’s Jacquelyn Hickson and Kaitlyn Cupples were named All-District as were Jessica Moore and Candice Seiber of Campbell County. D4AAA News The coaches of District 4-AAA have made their choices for All-District performers. Maryville’s Torie Vaught has been named the District girls player of the year while her coach, Kim Bledsoe, shared coach of the year honors. Vaught is joined on the First Team by teammates Alex Breazeale and Miranda Hughes as well as Heritage’s Lauren Burnette and Tatum Burstrum of William Blount. The list of honorable mentions includes Traci Hardiman of Heritage and Sarah Wilson and Sami Van Vranken of William Blount. On the boys side, Maryville’s Cameron Langley made First Team as did Ty McBrayer and Micah Ballard of William Blount while Seth Elfstrom of Heritage and Maryville’s TJ Kimble and JP Burris received Honorable Mentions. TSSAA Hall Of Fame Class Includes OR Legend The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association has revealed this year’s TSSAA Hall of Fame class. The 12 new members will be inducted into the Hall on April 17th during the annual luncheon in Murfreesboro. Four administrators, five coaches, two officials and a contributor will be enshrined at that time. This year’s honorees include the late Ben Martin of Oak Ridge High School. Martin was the first athletic director and coach of several teams at Oak Ridge High School when it opened its doors in 1943 and is responsible for naming the Wildcats and coming up with their team colors. His track teams at Oak Ridge won seven championships. Area Athletes Sign Scholarship Offers Several area high school athletes took part in National Signing Day as they inked their letters of intent to play college sports in the fall. Clinton quarterback Darian Stone signed to play his college football at Tennessee Tech. He will be joined there by Oak Ridge offensive Lineman James Normand. Alcoa tight end and defensive lineman Tyler Robinson signed his papers to play at Kentucky while his teammate, offensive lineman Marcel Walden signed to play at Alabama State. Michael Cermak of Heritage will play linebacker at West Point. Maryville quarterback Phillip Juhlin will play his college ball at Carson-Newman while his teammate, offensive lineman Tevin Owsley will play the University of Charleston in West Virginia and offensive lineman Rob Long will head to Bethel College. William Blount running back Robbie Irwin will also play at Bethel and Governor lineman Randall Davis will play at Cumberland University. Congratulations and good luck to each of these outstanding athletes. ______________________________________________________________________________ SPHL: The Knoxville Ice Bears blew a 4-0 first-period lead and fell to Huntsville 7-6 in overtime on Saturday. The Ice Bears play at Fayetteville Friday and Saturday. NHL: The Nashville Predators knocked off Atlanta 2-1 on Tuesday. The team travels to San Jose Thursday and to Anaheim Friday night. NBA: The Memphis Grizzlies toppled the aging Boston Celtics in Beantown on Wednesday, 111-91, led by Rudy Gay's 28 points. The 34-31 Grizzlies return home for New York on Friday and stay at home for Denver on Saturday. NCAA Baseball: The UT Vols rallied late at MTSU Wednesday to win 8-6. UT hosts UConn Friday, Ohio State Saturday and Marshall Sunday. NCAA Softball: The Lady Vols took the rubber game of a three-game series at Mississippi State, winning the finale 10-4 Wednesday. The Lady Vols play Liberty Friday at home, then play doubleheaders Saturday against Tennessee Tech and Campbell and Sunday against Liberty and Campbell. ____________________________________________________________________________ DON'T SEE YOUR FAVORITE TEAM'S
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