Bulldogs Stun Panthers
October 12th- The Cumberland Gap High School Panthers and the Claiborne High School Bulldogs battled on the grid iron at CHS in the a...
Lady Bulldogs soccer host a game of hope.
August 31st- On a hot, late summer evening the Claiborne High School Lady Bulldogs soccer team hosted a game of ho...
August 23- The Claiborne Middle School Bulldogs traveled to Jacksboro, Tennessee and lost their season opener to the Eagles in stunning fashion 46-0. The Bu...
August 17th- Claiborne County High School hosted the Fighting Cocks of Cocke County. It was the season openers for both teams and according to the polls, C...
The Christian Fellowship Softball League is currently finishing its first week of play with around ten teams competing to be the champion at season's end. A...
August 8th- The Tennessee Smokies once again welcomed the Huntsville Stars into Kodak, Tennessee and were looking to make some ground up in the Southern Lea...
The Modified Street class at Tazewell Speedway is very close to race fans hearts because of its exciting side by side racing and its awesome drivers. With c...
The Classics at Tazewell Speedway are the tracks newest class and were accepted by the fans due to the fact that they brought the nostalgic look of a time lo...
There will be a Tennessee Hunter's Education class at Pump Springs Church beginning on Monday, October 22nd at 6:00PM. The class will be instructed by TWRA'...
September 4th- One of the greatest community movements ever witnessed in Claiborne County continued on a hot and humid football field at Claiborne High Schoo...
August 24th- The Claiborne Bulldogs traveled to Gibbs to battle the Eagles on a very beautiful evening. Gibbs overpowered the Bulldogs with a strong rushing...
The Tennessee Smokies win first ever meeting with Pensacola
July 30th- The Tennessee Smokies faced off with the Blue Wahoos of Pensacola in the first ever m...
Claiborne Middle School Football Reloads and Will Try to Make Playoff Run in 2012
The Bulldog football team of Claiborne Middle School is now on the field w...
July 3rd- The Harrogate Softball All Stars traveled to Claiborne County High School to play the Grainger County All Stars. Harrogate took the early lead but...
3-on-3 tournament scheduled A Three-On-Three Student Basketball Tournament will be held at Midway School on May 18.
All games will be played on the indoor court at Midway, and players must be in fifth through eighth grades.
The tournament will be double elimination format, with the games starting at 8:30 a.m.
For more information contact Meagan England by email at englandm3@k12tn.net or phone 423-626-3067.
The proceeds will go to benefit the school.
Claiborne County Special Olympics holds 35th spring event Allen Earl
Staff Writer
The 2013 Claiborne County Special Olympics’ spring event last Friday was a huge success.
Even with the humid conditions and threatening skies, the athletes both young and old enjoyed participating in the many different and challenging events including 50 and 100-yard dashes, softball throw, 50 and 100-yard walk, long jump, wheelchair races and more.
Bob Johnson, director of the event, spoke of the many years of...
Smokies fall to second place This spring has brought Tennessee Smokies’ fans a season full of ups and downs. The Smokies were hot early and led the Southern League’s North Division, but have since fallen into somewhat of a slump over the last 20 games.
As of May 12, the Smokies held second place in the Southern League, North Division standings with a record of 17-18. In the last 10 games, the Smokies have gone 3-7 but were looking to improve as they traveled to Jackson...
Lady Panthers clinch first winning season The Cumberland Gap Lady Panthers closed out their first winning season in the ten-year history of the school last Tuesday with a 16-10 victory at Harlan.
CGHS finishes the regular season with a record of 11-8 and traveled to face South Greene Friday for a play-in game in the District 2-AA Tournament.
“To be honest, it’s more than I thought we would be able to do,” said Lady Panther coach J.W. Campbell. “The kids have have worked extremely...
Lady Panthers win district tourney Cumberland Gap’s girls’ tennis team downed Greeneville 4-0 to win the District 2A-AA championship on Thursday at Lincoln Memorial University.
The Lady Panthers swept the first four singles matches to secure the victory.
Sydney Davis got past Madison Hite 8-6, Kierstyn Carmical defeated Caroline Quarrels 8-4, Kellie Taylor pulled out an 8-7 (7-5) win over Lauren Yakubic in a tie-breaker and Whitney Elliott beat Rachel Shell 8-5.
Cumberla...
Panthers drop BRAC baseball tournament opener GREENEVILLE — The Cumberland Gap Panthers (14-11) opened the 2013 Blue Ridge Athletic Conference tournament action against the South Greene Rebels on Friday.
Nathan Hatmaker took the mound for the Panthers and struck out two Rebels before they responded by loading the bases. Hatmaker got out of the first inning bases-loaded jam, but the Panther offense went three up, three down at their first at bat. The Panthers would find themselves in an...
Bulldogs lose on senior night The baseball Bulldogs of Claiborne High School played the Buffaloes of West Greene in a regular season ending double header on April 30.
In game one, the Buffaloes grabbed an early lead behind a Joseph Jones single and James Marshall’s fielder’s choice that scored Jones. The Bulldogs countered in their half of the first behind a sacrifice by Grant Brooks that plated the first run for the home team. Later in the inning, Cody Coffey came up t...
Grainger County holds the Bulldogs to three hits in 11-1 victory GREENEVILLE - Claiborne High School faced off against Grainger County during the third game of the 2013 Blue Ridge Athletic Conference on Friday.
The Bulldogs took to the plate to start the contest against the tournament’s second seeded team and were taken down in order.
In the Grainger half of the first inning, a bases-loaded situation led to three runs scoring, including one on a balk call against Bulldog pitcher Justin Breaux and anoth...
LMU honors athletes The Lincoln Memorial University’s Athletic Department held its annual Athletic Awards Banquet to honor the trials and sacrifices every athlete has to endure to compete on the division two level and to reward their hard work and success on and off the playing fields. Four of the LMU teams achieved their primary goal and took home South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Championships.
The men’s basketball team won the regular season championship and ...
Everett, Trent take top honors in bass tournament The Morristown Marine Team Trail Invitational Tour 2013 traveled to Norris Lake in Claiborne County for the second tournament of the season on April 13 and 14.
There were 138 teams competing for the first place winnings. Brian Everetts and Mark Trent went back-to-back with a two-day total of 35.75 lbs., taking first place winnings of a Skeeter TZX180 with a Yamaha 150 HPDI engine.
In addition to their first place winnings, they received t...
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Railsplitter men’s tennis team wins SAC title Freshman Guilherme Rocha broke a 4-4 tie with a three-set triumph at No. 6 singles to lift the Lincoln Memorial University men’s tennis team past the No. 42 Wingate Bulldogs for the 2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship, which came to a close on a recent Saturday afternoon in Rock Hill, S.C. By clinching the championship trophy, the Railsplitters earned their second league title over the past four seasons, as they also stepped...
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Railsplitter golf team wins SAC title Photo submitted
Paced by Connor Froning’s tournament championship and two other first team All-Tournament performers, the Lincoln Memorial University men’s golf team capped a magical run to winning the 2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship by a margin of 33 strokes last week in Sevierville. The 2013 SAC Championship was a three-day, 54-hole event held at Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course, a 7,054-yard, par-72. By capturin...
Railsplitters baseball wins first South Atlantic Conference title ever Freshman Wes Todd capped the Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters’ magical run by hurling a complete game on Sunday afternoon, leading fifth-seeded Lincoln Memorial University to a 9-4 victory over the sixth-seeded Carson-Newman Eagles in the championship game of the 2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament at McNair Field in Forest City, N.C.
Todd’s performance put the finishing touches on a day that saw the Railsp...
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Claiborne softball picks up wins, losses Claiborne High School softball was in action last week, nearing the end of regular season.
In action on April 15 and 16, the young Lady Bulldogs team fought hard against Campbell County and grabbed a victory in Monday night’s game by a score of 7-3. Makayla Williams struck out nine batters from the circle and offensively as a team, they belted out nearly ten hits. The Lady Bulldogs scored two runs in the fourth inning, three in the fifth an...
Claiborne baseball nearing the end of regular season The Claiborne High School baseball team was busy last week making up games and trying to finish out the district games with the tournament nearing.
The Bulldogs played a home and away series against the Rebels of South Greene. On April 15, the two met on the field at Claiborne High School and the home team played extremely well early but fell apart in the middle innings and made too many mistakes allowing the Rebels to take the victory, 10-...
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