SPORTS
High school sports scores and highlights: May 7, 2024
District tournament play continued to roar on in East Tennessee, while local teams across Southwest Virginia continue to push towards the postseason with districts coming up shortly. In the District 1-AAAA softball tournament from Gray, Dobyns-Bennett Lady Indians took down top-seed Daniel Boone 3-1 to advance to title day on...
Bradley Ricker to step down as John Battle head football coach, remains Athletic Director
BRISTOL, Va. (WCYB) — After five seasons at the helm of John Battle football, Bradley Ricker has decided to step down as head football coach. While Ricker will relieve the duties to run the football program, he will remain as the school's Athletic Director. In his five seasons as...
West Greene wins first title in 52 years and DB and TN High advance on the softball field
(WJHL) — A spot in the District 1-4A softball championship was on the line tonight when top seed Daniel Boone hosted Dobyns-Bennett. The Lady Indians would jump out to a 3-0 lead early and then turned to their defense and pitching to hold off the Lady Blazers and win 3-1. They will now play the […]
Kirsten Heber Game Report: vs Providence Academy
Kirsten Heber turned in nothing short of a gem on Tuesday: she struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off ten hits (and only one walk). As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her third in a row with more than five strikeouts. This year, Heber has an ERA of 5.43 over 77.3 innings pitched.
Muir, Young, and Mesusan earn all-SoCon honors
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Southern Conference handed out softball hardware on Tuesday, and the ETSU Buccaneers were represented with 3 players, including 2 on the first team. Leading the way on the 1st team was former Daniel Boone Trailblazer Brylee Mesusan, a transfer from the University of Tennessee who started 46 games in […]
Kelly Fisher wins two-match battle with Kristina Tkach to win WPBA Borderline Invitational
Janet Atwell hosts first Borderline Brunswick Invitational in a new Borderline Billiards facility. Unlike pool tours that measure member performance on more or less of a yearly basis, wiping the slate clean to start fresh once a tour’s new season gets underway, the Women’s Professional Billiards Association’s (WPBA) Leaderboard is a snapshot of its last 10 events; a sort of ‘what have you done for me lately’ look at a player’s accomplishments on the tour, represented in points-earned. With two of the WPBA’s top competitors (Jasmin Ouschan, #3 and Allison Fisher, #7) not in attendance for this past (long) weekend’s Borderline Brunswick Invitational (May 1-5), there were opportunities, both literally and figuratively, ‘on the table’ for those who were in attendance to advance a notch or two on the Leaderboard.
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