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Sports

High school volleyball schedules released

2021 Central Lady Warriors Volleyball Schedule 08/14 Rye Cove (scrimmage) Away 6 p.m. 08/17 Lebanon (scrimmage) Away TBA 08/24 Rye Cove Away 6...

This week in sports history July 25-31

1961 Former Powell Valley standout, Jimmy Slagle, signed a contract to play in the Los Angeles Dodgers. He received a $20,000 signing bonus. West Grundy beat St. Paul...

High school football schedules

2021 Central Warriors Football Schedule 08/27 Eastside Away 7 p.m. 09/03 Marion Away 7 p.m. 09/10 Ridgeview Home 7 p.m. 09/17 Virginia High Home 7...

The West all-star team (from left to right, standing): Virginia High head coach Andrew Belcher, Eastside’s Anna Whited, John Battle’s Ellie Keene, Ridgeview’s Laci Williams, Central’s Maggie Shell, John Battle’s Logan Leonard, J.I. Burton’s Beylee Jenkins, Kali Durham and Bailey Sturgill and John Battle head coach Hannah Cress; Thomas Walker’s Kaitlyn Brown, Floyd County’s Olivia Yates, Virginia High’s Harley Holmes, Eastside’s Maggie Odle, Abingdon’s Presleigh Miller and Honaker’s Abi Bostic and Sommer Honaker.

West thumps East in FCA all-star softball action

EMORY — The West, comprised of recent graduates from Eastside, J.I. Burton, Central and Ridgeview as well as other local teams, swept the East...

Keep your eye on the ball!

Visions from the Special Needs Angels’ baseball league

The Angels’ baseball and basketball program is a special needs community-inclusive program. We utilize local students with various leagues to...

Mountain 7 and Region 2D superlatives released

SOFTBALL Mountain 7 Player of the year: Hanna Jo McReynolds, John Battle Coach of the year: Hannah Cress, John Battle First team Pitchers: Hanna Jo...

Olivia Bailey shows her support of Chief Lane by running representing Team Norton PD.

Rehab 5k Heroes Run supports Chief James Lane

The Norton Community Hospital Rehab 5K run has been an event for years in Norton but this year organizers dedicated the run to Chief Lane who was...

The Lady Warriors are victorious!

STATE CHAMPS, Lady Warriors continue legacy in girls tennis

On Thursday, June 10, the Central girls tennis team followed a dynasty of tennis excellence by adding the school’s first tennis state championship...

Anna Whited bunts out one of the Lady Spartans’ hits against Auburn. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Fleet puts the brakes the brakes on Lady Spartans’ state...

CHRISTIANSBURG — Going into Tuesday’s semifinal game, Eastside knew what they were up against. Auburn’s sophomore pitcher Kirsten Fleet has already...

The Eastside Lady Spartans are the 2021 Region 1D tournament champions. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Prolific offense, stingy defense lead Eastside to region trophy

Eastside has outscored their competition 25-1 in their last two games. It seems that the Lady Spartans are peaking at exactly the right time as...

Spartans erupt in fifth, advance to region finals

COEBURN, Va. — Eastside busted open a tie game with a 10-run fifth inning en route to a 14-4 triumph over visiting Holston in the semifinals of the Region 1D Baseball...

Chris Branham was one of Burton’s hurlers against Eastside Thursday.

Eastside steamrolls through district championship tournament

COEBURN — The Eastside Spartans added another Cumberland District title to the trophy case last Thursday night with a 13-3 victory over district...

Eastside’s Bryson Shepard takes off Saturday at the Cumberland District track meet. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Burton finishes as runner-up in both girls and boys at district meet

COEBURN — J.I. Burton’s track teams were edged out of a championship on Saturday in Coeburn. The boys team amassed 110 points, but it wasn’t enough...

Burton’s Connor Hoskins took second place in the triple jump. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Results from Central all-comers track meet on May 26

Boys 100-meter dash 1. Tyson Bailey, Lee, 11.38 2. Zavier Lomax, Union, 11.62 4. Zander Boggs, Ridgeview, 11.95 8. Trey Keys, J.I. Burton,...

Burton’s Olivia Owens led her team to victory as the No. 1 seed on Wednesday.

The Lady Raiders trounce Grundy in Region 1D semis

NORTON — The Lady Raiders continued their dominance by eliminating Grundy five matches to one Wednesday on their home courts in Norton. “I’m just...

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