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Today's Sports

  • New award to honor Carl...

    psawyer@lafollettepress.com

    The Campbell County Youth Basketball Association plans to introduce the Carl Rutherford Award in honor of a former coach.

    “Carl has been involved in youth basketball for many years,” LaFollette Recreation Department Head Johnny Byrge said.

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  • Brackets falling fast in Madness

    March Madness can only be described as one thing.

    Madness.

    I could have easily written a three-word column, simply saying, “I hate bracketology.”

    I mean, really, who saw Harvard winning?

    Although that was probably the most shocking of them all, others are quickly climbing the list.

    Three 12 seeds up set fives, while No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast has run the table to reach the Sweet Sixteen!

    Personally, two of my final four went out in the first round.

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  • Sports News 3-28-13

    Middle School Track

    The Jacksboro Eagles and the LaFollette Owls track teams will host a meet at Campbell County High School tonight, Thursday, March 28. The meet is slated for 4:30 p.m., as Robertsville, Jefferson, Maryville, Lenoir City and North middle schools will be in attendance.

    Jellico High School Softball

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  • Fast and Furious

    ccannon@lafollettepress.com

    Steven Etters proved his return to the track was going to be a stellar one.

    After missing all of the 2011 season due to an injury, the sprinter was racing in what he called his first high school meet.

    “Steven ran some last year, and he ran some in middle school,” Campbell County sprinting coach Anne Browning said. “Last year, he got hurt fairly early in the season and just never did recover. His participation was limited at best.”

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  • Errors prove costly for Jellico

    ccannon@lafollettepress.com

    Jellico’s accumulated five errors on Tuesday night against the Lady Highlanders, sealed their doom in an 11-8 loss.

    Those five errors, combined with a six-run second inning for Scott County was too much for the Lady Blue Devils to overcome.

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  • Cougar fishing casts Dragons...

    ccannon@lafollettepress.com

    All of Campbell County’s intrasquad tournaments finally paid off on Saturday.

    With a trip to Loudoun Lake to face the Clinton Dragons, the Cougars were even more excited than any of their other tournaments.

    Saturday’s outing was the first against a local school for the newly-formed squad.

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  • Sports News 3-21-13

    Campbell County Softball

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  • Clinton slides past Cougars in...

    ccannon@lafollettpress.com

    Errors proved costly against the Cougars, thwarting their hopes of upsetting their former coach.

    On Monday night, Campbell County saw five errors, as Clinton scored all three of their runs off of errors by the Cougars in their 3-0 loss.

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  • Cougar Combine sees big success

    ccannon@lafollettepress.com

    Campbell County went pro style on Monday and Tuesday, as the football team participated in its own combine.

    Mimicking the NFL style workouts, crowds gathered to see the hard work the Cougars have been putting in.

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  • Column: Butch Jones making...

    As Derek Dooley puts his mansion up for sale, the new staff at the University of Tennessee is approaching things with a little bit of a twist.

    With their first practices already under their belt, there’s been a few noticeable changes.

    One change has been a simple piece of tape. To some, it may seem insignificant. To first-year head coach Butch Jones, it’s a whole other story.

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