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COLLEGE BASEBALL
UVa-Wise splits with King
Bret Roberts had three hits and scored twice and DJ Dickson added two hits and two RBIs, leading the University of Virginia’s College at Wise to a 5-3 non-conference victory to split a doubleheader at King.
Five UVa-Wise pitchers (13-19) allowed just one King hit. Nash Bingham got the win, while Hunter Anderson collected the save. Sullivan East graduate Luke Hale was saddled with the loss for King (13-13). Deric Graham (Tennessee High) had the lone hit for the Tornado.
Tennessee High graduate Davis Hall had two hits, including a double, and drove in three runs in the Tornado’s 7-5 opening game win over the Highland Cavaliers.
Wes Bonney had three hits for King, while Lebanon graduate Preston Steele added a hit and scored a run.
Wasps throttle Panthers
Kolby Anderson homered, singled and scored two runs to help Emory & Henry to an 8-2 win over Ferrum.
Abingdon graduate Will Jennings, Triston Hensley and Jared Foley had two hits each for the Wasps (5-13). Will Clark combined with Justin Day to allow just six hits and one earned run.
ETSU topples Highlanders
Jackson Green clubbed a first inning grand slam and David Beam added three hits to lift East Tennessee State to a 14-9 non-conference home victory over Radford.
Tanner Barrs (Abingdon) doubled and drove in two runs for the Highlanders.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Miles keys UVa-Wise split
Alexis Miles hit a three-run eighth inning home run to lift UVa-Wise to a 9-5 South Atlantic Conference victory over Limestone. Mallory McKnight drove in five runs, Kara Long (Lebanon) had a double, single and two runs scored and Kaylee Jones (Eastside) had a double for the Highland Cavaliers (15-11, 7-7). Limestone won the opener 10-0.
MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Kim earns national honors
King University senior Joshua Kim has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Men’s DI-II National Player of the Week.
Kim averaged 5.00 kills per set in two wins last season, totaling 35 kills, six blocks and five digs, in addition to a .323 hitting percentage for the Tornado.
King falls to Tusculum
Joshua Kim had 16 kills and Chance Hoffman added 10 in King’s 25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21 loss at Tusculum.
JT Deppe dished out 35 assists, while Noah Melendez and Suetonius Harris had eight digs each for the Tornado (12-11).
HIGH SCHOOL SIGNINGS
Bearcats to become Wasps
Virginia High cross country and track teammates Sydney Bonney and Rylee Richardson have committed to continue their academic and athletic careers in the same sports at Emory & Henry College.
PRO BASKETBALL
McClung misses two games
Mac McClung missed his second straight game on Monday night for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA’s G League due to concussion protocols.
The former Gate City High School star did not play on Sunday or Monday against the Agua Caliente Clippers as he was listed as questionable for the latter contest on the team’s game notes. South Bay plays again on Thursday.
McClung is thriving in his first professional season as the dynamic 6-foot-2 guard is averaging 20.9 points, 7.1 assists, 6.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 33 G League games.
He made his NBA debut for the Chicago Bulls on Dec. 30 and scored two points in three minutes in a victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
In the regular-season portion of South Bay’s schedule – which began Jan. 5 – McClung is averaging 7.8 assists per contest and that entered Monday as the fifth-best rate in the league.
McClung was recently featured in a story by Jovan Buha of The Athletic last week which discussed how the Southwest Virginia native has emerged as legitimate G League MVP candidate.
South Bay has qualified for the upcoming G League playoffs.
COLLEGE GOLF
ETSU’s Power in Masters
Former East Tennessee State golfer Seamus Power has qualified for next week’s Masters by clinging into a top-50 spot in the Official World Golf Rankings after last weekend’s quarterfinal appearance in the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.
Power is the first ETSU golfer to compete at the Masters since Mike Hulbert in 1993.
The Masters will be held on April 7-10 in Augusta, Ga.
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Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Tennis results from Thursday in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
Gavin Cox homered and Colin Richardson went 3-for-3 as the Richlands Blue Tornado topped Lebanon, 9-3, for a non-district baseball win on Frid…
The Gate City, Virginia, native was 13-14 during his time at the helm and led the Blue Devils to two Region 1D playoff appearances.
Members of Tennessee High’s baseball team gathered around head coach Russ Basham on that May afternoon in 1967 at J. Fred Johnson Stadium with feelings ranging from frustration to anger to self-doubt.
Updates on athletes from Lebanon, George Wythe, Abingdon, Tennessee High, Richlands, Eastside, John Battle, Gate City, Sullivan East, Sullivan Central, Dobyns-Bennett, Unicoi County
Mac McClung missed his second straight game on Monday night for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA’s G League due to concussion protocols.
A trio of freshman made key plays in the final two innings to lift John Battle to a season-opening 4-2 win over Virginia High on a cold, windy and even rainy Friday night at Battle Field.
Anna Hagy hit a two-run homer in the first inning and that set the tone as the Marion Scarlet Hurricanes hammered Smyth County rival Chilhowie…
Aidan James and Brody Jones among the standouts for the Bearcats.
Tight end James Mitchell only did the bench press — he did 19 reps — as the former Union High School star continues to recover from the torn ACL he suffered against Middle Tennessee State in Week 2.
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