Today's Sports

The Pine Mountain Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation held its inaugural Sportsman Archery Tournament on Sept. 17 at the Ball Farm Event Center in LaFollette. The sign-up started at 9 a.m. and continued until 11.  As the contestants signed up, they were directed to the course of 30 different targets, all at different ranges and set-ups.

The course was designed to give the archer a “real to life” target using 3-D life-like targets, which included deer, antelope, bear, raccoon and turkey.  

With basically the same of group of golfers that finished 5th a year ago, Campbell County High School’s boys tied for 2nd place Thursday afternoon during the District 3-AAA Tournament at Millstone Golf Club in Morristown.

Knox Halls continued its stranglehold on the league crown, but this year the Cougars were only six strokes behind. The Red Devils ended the day with a team total of 291, while teams from Campbell County and the Hardin Valley Academy shot 297.

Campbell County elementary and middle school runners did very well in a cross-country race last week at Cove Lake State Park. 

A total of 251 runners and 19 complete teams from the greater Knoxville area competed in the middle school division. Led by eighth grader Toby Jones, who consistently finishes among the top runners in any given race, Campbell County’s boys placed 9th in the team standings.

The hilly and challenging Cove Lake course was 2.2 miles long.

Sunbright High School’s football team dominated Jellico from start to finish Friday night on its way to a convincing 56-6 win in District 4-A.

The eighth-ranked Tigers (1-1 district, 3-1 overall) defeated the winless Blue Devils for the fourth season in a row. In the last four meetings of the two teams, Sunbright has rolled up 170 points.