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Today's Sports

  • Evans pitches Legals to 7-1 win...

    On Friday May 29, Lake City visited the Dave Dunaway Legals in 11-12 year old Dixie Youth Baseball action at Asbury Park.

    Legals’ Head Coach Jim Lane gave the ball to Andrew Blake Evans who, according to Lane, had been his workhorse but had yet to get a decision.

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  • Coker selected to dance team at...

    Following a stressful three-day tryout, Nancy Ann Coker was recently chosen to the University of Georgia ‘Red Hots’ Dance Team for the 2009-10 season.

    She is the daughter of Joe and Kemper Coker of LaFollette and is a 2008 graduate of the J. Frank White Academy of Lincoln Memorial University.

    She is a former Magic All-Stars dancer who competed in both jazz and hip-hop with Twist N’ Shout.  

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  • Sexton earns volleyball...

    Sydney Sexton came to Campbell County High as a member of the school’s inaugural class of volleyball players.

    Four years later, she’s leaving as the Lady Cougars’ first-ever college volleyball scholarship signee.

    Sexton, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter made it official earlier this week when she put her signature on a letter-of-intent to play for the University of the Cumberlands at nearby Williamsburg, Ky. The signing ceremony was held at noon Tuesday in the high school library, with several family members and coaches in attendance.

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  • Campbell County trio qualifies...

    If you were a Campbell County High School track and field athlete competing in Thursday’s Section 1-AAA championships at Oak Ridge, odds were almost 50/50 that you would advance to the state Class AAA meet next week at Murfreesboro.

    Nearly half of the CCHS athletes who went to sectionals also qualified for state as one of the top four performers in their respective events.

    As has been the case all season long, it was the Young brothers, both seniors, leading the charge for the Cougars.

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  • Cougars to scrimmage 3A state...

    Campbell County High School's football team will host defending Class 3A state champion Knoxville Catholic for a scrimmage on Thursday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m. The scrimmage will be held on the game field at L. Hope Dossett Stadium, weather permitting. The Cougars are coming off back-to-back appearances in the Class 5A state playoffs. The Irish finished last season with a perfect 15-0 record.

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  • Football fundraiser tourney set

    The annual Campbell County Football Fundraiser Golf Tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27 at The Greens at Deerfield.

    The proceeds of this tournament will go to the CCHS Football Program.

    There will be no lunch served. This is strictly a fundraising event.

    Entry fee is $75 per player or $300 per team. Range balls are included. Appropriate attire is expected, soft spikes only. The format will be a four-person swat, best ball.

    Registration will be at 12:30 p.m. on May 27. Starting time is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

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  • White tops Orange, 24-18, in LMS...

    Quarterback Tyler Stickels ran for a touchdown and passed for another Tuesday afternoon to lead the White team to a 24-18 victory over the Orange in LaFollette Middle School’s spring intrasquad football game.

    Stickels got the White on the scoreboard first. Chris Stone tied it up for the Orange with the first of his three TDs.

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  • Scrimmaging the big boys

    Rebuilding is a word that Dewayne Wells would like to eliminate from the Campbell County High School football vocabulary.

    So, instead of scheduling an opponent of equal or lesser ability for a spring scrimmage, the Cougars’ head coach decided to see what his returning players could do against defending Class 3A state champion Knoxville Catholic.

    Campbell County concluded nearly two weeks of spring practice by hosting the Irish on Thursday afternoon at L. Hope Dossett Stadium.

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  • Middle school athletes wrap up...

    Several Campbell County middle school track and field athletes concluded an outstanding season during the recent sectional championships held hosted by Clinton.

    Jacksboro Middle had two event winners: Ethan Simpson in boy’s long jump (18-0) and Micheala Smith in girl’s discus (75-11).

    Ethan Miller finished second in boy’s discus to LaFollette’s Rusty Provins, who was crowned sectional champion after a school-record throw of 142 feet.

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  • Legals even baseball series...

     The official schedule lists 10 baseball games for the Dave Dunaway Legals: five games vs. Lake City and five more vs. Eagle Tire, which are considered most important since they officially decide the Caryville Dixie Youth 11-12 championship.

    The Legals won the first game against Eagle Tire, 19-5. The two teams split the next two games.

    The May 1 contest is now known as the “mud bowl.” Torrential rains left the field in horrid conditions.

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