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  • Lady Cougars run sixth at...

    In a field as large as the one they faced Saturday, the Lady Cougars have never finished higher.

    With Carlie Childress and Lauren Evans leading the charge, the Campbell County High School girl’s cross-country team took sixth place out of 22 complete and 12 incomplete teams at the Cherokee Classic in Knoxville.

    Childress ran the 3.1-mile course in 21 minutes, 45 seconds to finish 22nd overall. Only a couple seconds behind her was Evans, who placed 23rd.

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  • Cougars fall 46-13 to AC in...

    Campbell County High School’s varsity football team will have to wait another year for a chance at a victory over Anderson County.

    After a 15-year hiatus, the series resumed Friday night at L. Hope Dossett Stadium, with the visiting Mavericks pulling out a 46-13 victory in the second half.

    The Cougars (0-1 region, 1-2 overall) spotted AC (1-0 region, 1-1 overall) an early 12-0 lead before storming back to take a one-point advantage in the third quarter. The Mavericks scored five touchdowns during the final 23 minutes to put the game out of reach.

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  • CCHS golf team ties for third at...

    In a tune-up for the tournament season, the Campbell County High School boy’s golf team tied for third place out of nine teams in the District 3-AAA Shoot-out at Beaver Brook.

    Knox Halls posted the best score with 144. Knoxville Central finished second with 149, while Campbell County, Anderson County and Oak Ridge each shot 154.

    Senior Matthew Chambers led the Cougars with a score of 37, followed by Bryce Roach and Logan Baird 38 each; Spenser St. John and Corey Bray 41 each.

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  • Losses mount for middle school...

    With losses across the board last week, Campbell County middle school football teams are quickly falling behind in their respective division races.

    The LaFollette Owls (0-2 overall) suffered a 20-8 defeat Thursday night at Norris. Chris Stone returned a kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown to get the Owls on the scoreboard. Josh Henry ran for the two-point conversion.

    LaFollette will face another winless team this week when the Owls host Jellico (0-3). The Blue Devils fell 38-12 at Fairview last week after committing half a dozen turnovers (4 fumbles, 2 INTs).

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  • Squirrel Fest '09

    Tall tales were as plentiful as targets Saturday morning at Squirrel Fest, the annual gathering and encampment of small game hunters on the Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area.

    Started 20 years ago by a group of hunters from Campbell County, the event has traditionally been held on opening day of squirrel season in late August.

    The last few years, Squirrel Fest has also coincided with Free Hunting Day, which was enacted by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission as a way to introduce young people to hunting.

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  • CCHS vs. AC game likely to go...

    Campbell County’s game this week against Anderson County will be the first meeting of the two teams since Sept. 2, 1994, when the Mavericks opened the season with a 39-0 victory on their home field.

    Both teams made the playoffs last season in their respective divisions. Both teams also had to replace several starters, including their quarterbacks. However, this is where their similarities end.

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  • Campbell County and AC are ready...

    Football rivalries are normally born on the field, not off of it.

    However, the feud between two local high schools has been anything but normal.

    A rivalry 15 years in the making, Campbell County vs. Anderson County has grown to epic proportions, even though the teams haven’t actually faced off on the gridiron since 1995.

    For the better part of the past two decades, both teams have done their best to avoid each other because of a bitter feud over alleged recruiting of players by the Mavericks.

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  • Cougars thump Warriors, 42-12

    After a poor start to the football season a week earlier, the Campbell County Cougars came out on a mission Friday night at White County.

    “We were very disappointed in how we played last week and everyone knows that,” CCHS coach Dewayne Wells said of his young team.

    “Our kids had a different mindset at practice and we just wanted to come out and show we were better than what we were last Friday (against Loudon). I think we showed that we were determined.”

    Did they ever.

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  • Losing streak over for Jellico

    With a generous helping of smash-mouth football and a dash of razzle-dazzle, Jellico High School was able to snap a 12-game skid Friday night.

    The Blue Devils (1-1 overall) came from behind in the second half at North Greene to defeat the Huskies, 14-8.

    Running backs Ryan Morris and Freedom Scott pounded out most of Jellico’s yardage between the tackles, while newcomer Darius Marlow added an element of speed with a couple of shifty runs on reverses.

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  • Lady Cougars take second place...

    Sophomore Lauren Evans led the Campbell County High School girl’s cross-country team to a runner-up finish during the season opener last week at Panther Creek Invitational.

    Evans ran the course in 23 minutes 4 seconds. The Lady Cougars finished just 10 points behind meet host and perennial state powerhouse Morristown West. A total of 90 runners representing 10 teams competed for top honors.

    “I’m well-pleased with how we ran for such a hot day,” said Campbell County coach Jim Pierce.

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