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Tennessee High graduate Tori Ryan had two hits, including one of King’s six doubles, in the Tornado’s 11-8 Conference Carolinas second game victory over North Greenville. Erin Foster, Carly Turner and Peyton Day had three hits each for King, while Marleigh Duncan (Union) picked up the win in the circle.
Samantha Helms, Rikkelle Miller,Camryn Haag and Foster all homered in King’s opening game 16-6 rout of the Crusaders. Nikole Counts (Ridgeview) improved to 9-4 in the circle, while Duncan (Union) finished up for the Tornado (20-10, 3-3). Miller and Haag both drove in four runs.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Harness homers twice
Former Eastside High School slugger Cole Harness homered twice – bringing his season longball total to eight – as the University of Virginia’s College at Wise earned a 14-4 win over Salem in the first game of a doubleheader.
Tyler Campbell went deep twice for the Highland Cavaliers in the second game, a 14-8 victory.
UVa-Wise (10-18) finished with seven home runs on the day.
Erskine sweeps past Tornado
Erskine scored 13 runs in its final four at-bats to batter King 15-5 to sweep a Conference Carolinas doubleheader from the Tornado. Truman Roper had two hits, including a home run, drove in three runs and scored twice in the loss. Davis Hall (Tennessee High) had two hits for King (12-12, 9-8).
Robbie Scott and Roper had two hits each in the nightcap, while Scott drove in two runs and Roper scored twice. Drew Moore was the hard-luck loser, allowing three runs and six hits innings in six innings.
MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
King grounds Flying Fleet
Suetonius Harris had 19 kills, Joshua Kim added 16 and Jack Sarnowski dished out 47 assists, leading King to a 25-23, 25-20, 29-27 Conference Carolinas victory at Erskine.
Noah Melendez added 14 digs and JT Deppe tallied nine kills and six digs for King (12-10, 7-3)
TRACK & FIELD
Miller wins hammer throw
King University’s Kolin Miller won the men’s hammer throw with a top heave of 54.97 meters on Saturday at the Montreat College Invitational in North Carolina.
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“ It was a well-played game by both teams,” Abingdon coach Mark Francisco said. “It was a nice battle. Obviously, Coach [Doc] Adams does a tremendous job with his program, he has a talented group that I expect to have another great season.”
Abby Haga and Nikki Duncan connected for home runs as Tennessee High’s softball team earned an impressive 14-4 road win over the Unicoi County…
Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Tennis results from Thursday in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
Updates on athletes from Lebanon, George Wythe, Abingdon, Tennessee High, Richlands, Eastside, John Battle, Gate City, Sullivan East, Sullivan Central, Dobyns-Bennett, Unicoi County
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…
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.
Aidan James and Brody Jones among the standouts for the Bearcats.
Hamilton Addair went 3-for-4, drew a walk, scored two runs and tallied a RBI, while also being the winning pitcher as Patrick Henry High Schoo…
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.
The senior right-hander struck out 12 in crafting a four-hitter, carried a perfect game into the sixth inning, hammered out two hits and scored two runs.
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