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Sports writer for @TDT_Sports | UTK ‘22 | Past stops: @UTKDailyBeacon , @smokiesbaseball | diehard @Mets fan | Romans 1:16 | Email: josh.lane @thedailytimes .com

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2 years
Some personal news: I’m joining the @DailyTimes as a Tennessee and prep sports beat writer. I'm super excited for the opportunity to work with @Troy_Provost !
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Tony Vitello, man of the people.
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I’m a couple days late, but I officially became a UT graduate over the weekend. The Lord blessed me immensely over the last 3.5 years. My time at Tennessee was the best of my life. Thank you to each and every person that had an impact on me and my career!
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At Heritage High School today, Grant Campbell ( @gcampbell_40 ) signed with @Vol_Track after his state-record high jump, 7’3.25”. He only started jumping for @CLIMBHeritage two years ago, and now he’s the No. 1 ranked high jumper in the country.
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Think they’re a little excited to be going to Murfreesboro. @HeritageLMntnrs
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Some guy proposed to his girlfriend after she threw out the first pitch before the Smokies' playoff game tonight, She took a full two minutes to say no.
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2 years
Former #Vol Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning against the Smokies. Struck out the first batter he faced and worked around a single. The radar gun at Smokies Stadium can’t show triple digits. It reads simply “00.”
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Congratulations to our 2023-24 All-Daily Times Boys Basketball Team! For a second year in a row, Jahvin Carter ( @JahvinCarter ) and Caden Windle ( @CadeDog20 ), Alcoa and WB’s all-time leading scorers, are Co-Players of the Year.
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Jonas Aidoo: "It feels great, but we're still not done. We're still not satisified. The end goal is the SEC Championship and a national championship."
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Congratulations to the 2024 All-Daily Times Baseball Team, including the Player of the Year, Maryville’s Cade Batchelor ( @BatchelorCade ), and the Rookie of the Year, Heritage’s Gaven French ( @GavenFrench ).
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Final. Butler 3, Tennessee 13. Vols win their 20th game this season (20-1). Vols homered three times to push their season total to 59. No. 5 Tennessee will take on No. 1 Ole Miss this weekend in Oxford.
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Scenes at Heritage High School today, where the @HeritageLMntnrs were sent off to Murfreesboro and their first state tournament since 2000.
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2 years
Farewell from The Hoover Met. It’s been on heck of a week. Five days, four games and seven stories on my part. Full coverage, of course, at . Never gets old how cool this job is. Super blessed to do it.
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3 years
I’ve been trying to post this for the last 20 minutes, but Twitter is garbage. John Fulkerson threw out the first pitch of this afternoon’s game against Vandy, a day after he announced he would return for one more season with the #Vols . Like Heupel last night, he bounced it in.
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Final. Heritage 63, White Co. 62. Heritage takes down No. 1! Chloe Heath game-winner as time expired. Heritage is going to state for the first time since 2000
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@wbgovsfb Here’s the Govs celebrating their first win in two years with the students.
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Final. Maryville 88, Morristown West 57. Brayden Hazelbaker totaled 29 points and @MHSRebelsMBB scored a season-high 88 points to clinch its first state berth since 2020. The Rebels will play in the Class 4A quarterfinals on March 13 in Murfreesboro.
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TENNESSEE IS YOUR NATIONAL CHAMPION. Aaron Combs gets the last out as UT baseball beats Texas A&M, 6-5, for its first ever title. The Vols are the first No. 1 overall seed to win the championship since Miami in 1999.
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3 years
Some personal news: Wednesday will be my first day as the Sports Editor of the @UTKDailyBeacon . I'm excited to work alongside @Ethanstone23 and the rest of the staff in covering @Vol_Sports this semester!
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2 years
New career-high 7 K's for Camden Sewell tonight. He had that slider working well.
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Rob Friedman
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Camden Sewell, Wicked Breaking Ball...and K hop. 🤢 7Ks in 3.1 ip (including 5 consecutive)
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Your Region 1-2A champions @AlcoaHoops .
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Final. Heritage 55, Signal Mount 45. What a gutsy effort by @HeritageLMntnrs to win the Region 3-3A championship. They’ll host sectionals Saturday. Heritage outscored SM 21-9 in the fourth.
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Auburn’s players dancing on Tennessee’s logo at half court before the game.
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Zakai Zeigler: "I want to win it all. Us winning the SEC was cool, but we've got a couple more games to win before the National Championship."
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3 years
This will never get old. Really appreciate @finebaum having me on the show! #supportstudentjournalism
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2 months
Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! I’m pleased to announce our 2023-24 All-Daily Times Girls Basketball Team, including our Player of the Year, Carsyn Swaney ( @carsynswaney ). Congratulations to all on a great season! 📰:
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3 years
If you've got time at 5 ET tonight, tune into the SEC Network where I'll be making an appearance on the @finebaum show to talk Vol football, The Daily Beacon and more live in front of Ayers Hall.
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2 years
Made it all the way back home just to realize I left my computer charger plugged into the outlet at The Hoover Met. I guess I’m not as professional as I thought. 🤦‍♂️
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Alcoa’s Brady Haun, Eli Graf and Brandon Winton were named to the All-Tournament team. Jahvin Carter ( @JahvinCarter ) was named the Region Tournament MVP.
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BHH on his three that sparked Tennessee's run: "I didn't know we were down 11. I just shot the ball with confidence."
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Sports doesn’t get A1 often, so it’s never not cool to see my name there on the front page. Former Met and Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey spoke at the Maryville City Schools Spotlight yesterday. 📰:
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Me liking every Zach Edey foul tweet
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Uros Plavsic making the most of his start. Six points and 3 rebounds as he goes up and over the Vandy defender for the layup.
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7 months
We released our fall sports All-Daily Times teams of the year earlier this week. Here’s our All-Daily Times football team, including @alcoafootball ’s Eli Graf, our Player of the Year, and Bacon Lauderback, our Special Teams Player of the Year.
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@HeritageLMntnrs @Chloe06Heath Scoring leaders from tonight: Carsyn Swaney led with 21. Chloe Heath had 18 and the game-winner. Jay Coker added 16.
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“Knox shows what pure love and pure joy is whenever you’re around him.” The story of Knox Borgerding and his unexpected friendship with @Vol_Baseball ’s Jorel Ortega and @EvanRussell_4 .
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2 years
2022 was a pretty good year for me as a journalist. I covered a couple SEC championships for @UTKBeaconSports , got a job with @TDT_Sports and finished my degree. Here’s a thread of some of my favorite/memorable stories from this past year (Apologies, it is a bit long).
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Josh Lane
3 years
Russell’s third home run of the day. He ties his own record for most HRs in one game (March 27 vs LSU).
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Maryville-William Blount round four in an elimination game in the Region 2-4A semifinals, Tuesday night at WBHS. @MHSRebelsMBB won both regular-season meetings, but @WBHSHoops won the district-tournament matchup. This is gonna be must-watch television.
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10 months
Latest news here from Greeneville: the Greene Devils are ready to call the game, but Alcoa does not want to. Both teams have to agree before it is officially called one way or the other, so TBD.
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📍Omaha, NE Bucket list item. Didn’t go in 2021 when I had the chance and I always regretted it. Glad to be here now. Lots of coverage coming to @TDT_Sports over the weekend, so be sure to follow along!
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#Vols players celebrating with the fans out in left field.
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- All-Conference player ✅ - Win conference championship ✅ - Finish degree ✅ - Sign professionally … ✅ @MylesRasm checked off the last goal that he came to @MCMensHoops with by signing with Miasto Szkła Krosno in Poland this weekend.
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How about the Govs! @wbgovsfb is 3-0 to start the year for the first time since 2007.
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FINAL: William Blount 29, Heritage 28 Govs take back the bell in what was a thriller.
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3 years
I got rebranded by the bowl gods. I don’t know how I feel about Joshuan.
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Final. William Blount 65, Maryville 52. @WBHSHoops avenges its two regular-season losses to the Rebels by routing them in the district semis. The Govs will face Bearden in the district championship game Tuesday. Maryville will get Knox West in the third-place game.
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Heritage is your District 5-3A regular-season champs. Mountaineers have come a LONG way this year. Currently 6-1 with a district title after going 0-10 in District 4-4A last season.
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Heritage Mountaineers Basketball
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CLINCHED the District 5 AAA Regular Season Title! Eli Williams 29 Parker King 9 Matthew Marsh 8 Ty Keeble 8 Gaven French 3 David Marsh 2 Landin Burrell 2 @TDT_Sports @5StarPreps @prepxtra
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3 years
Tennessee’s depth chart for Week 3 against Tennessee Tech. Joe Milton III is still listed as the Vols’ starting quarterback.
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10 months
I just showed up to William Blount for tonight’s game against Morristown East, and I have been informed that there had been a lightning strike, and everything is currently delayed. So I guess we’re doing this again 🤦‍♂️
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8 months
Big-time win for @MCMensHoops tonight at Berry, 85-83. Reed Kemp had his best game as a Scot, with 39 points, six 3-pointers and the game-winner. Sheesh. MC is at home for the first time this season Saturday against Washington & Lee.
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Maryville College Athletics
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HUGE game from Reed Kemp lifts Scots over Berry #GoScots
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2 years
My office for tonight. Year 2 on the Tennessee football beat coming up!
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5 months
Here’s the full TSSAA Class 3A girls state tournament bracket. It’ll be @HeritageLMntnrs vs Cocke Co. in Game 1 on March 7.
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Josh Lane
10 months
It’s hour three of the weather delay! Give it up for hour three!
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Josh Lane
10 months
Latest news here from Greeneville: the Greene Devils are ready to call the game, but Alcoa does not want to. Both teams have to agree before it is officially called one way or the other, so TBD.
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Final. William Blount 45, Morristown East 35. @wbgovsfb survives a wild fourth quarter, improves to 4-0 for the first time since 2007, and starts Region 1-6A play 1-0. Brett Cortez led the way with six total touchdowns.
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2 months
Congratulations to the 2024 All-Daily Times Softball Team, including the Player of the Year, Alcoa’s Halle Bailey ( @hallebailey2026 ) and the Pitcher of the Year, Maryville’s Bekah Duck ( @bekah_duck ).
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Here at Alcoa High School for four @alcoafootball signings. Jordan Harris ( @JordanHarris209 ) with @TNTechFootball . Zach Lunsford ( @ZachLunsford_11 ) with @cnfootball . Aaron Davis ( @DavisAaron23 ) with @UCPatriotFball . Riley Long ( @Rileylong5 ) with @Gtown_Football .
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Josh Lane
2 years
Vols land Vanderbilt transfer Ethan Smith. He had a 2.78 ERA in 64.2 innings over 3 years for the Commodores.
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Ethan Smith
2 years
Knoxville, TN📍
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Back-to-back CCS Tournament champions. @MCMensHoops
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Jordan Harris ( @JordanHarris209 ) contributed to @alcoafootball ’s 8th consecutive state championship in every way possible, accumulating over 1,800 all-purpose yards and 28 total TDs as he was named The Daily Times Offensive Player of the Year.
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Camden Sewell just completed his third scoreless inning and Alabama's first base coach Matt Reida was tossed in between innings.
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Final. Heritage 65, Soddy Daisy 48. The Lady Mountaineers advance to the Region 3-3A final and clinch their second straight sectional appearance. Carsyn Swaney led with 32 points and Chloe Heath added 17. Jay Coker scored 10 points.
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Back in Pigeon Forge for the girls District 2-2A Tournament championship game. It’s No. 1 seed @alcoagirlsbball against No. 2 Gatlinburg-Pittman in a rematch of last year’s game, which GP won. Tip-off is just under 10 minutes out. Follow along for updates all night.
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The CCS Coach of the Year. @McCoachPlaceres
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Back-to-back District 4-4A Tournament champions. @WBHSHoops
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Plenty of @MCMensHoops on the CCS All-Conference awards. Player of the Year: Reed Kemp 1st Team: Kemp and Chase Morgan 2nd Team: R.J. Simmons, Jackson Garner and Daryl Rice Sportsmanship: Javi Rosell And the Coach of the Year: @McCoachPlaceres
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Maryville College Athletics
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Kemp, Placeres Earn Major @CCofSouth Awards Seven Scots Recognized by League #goscots
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2 years
Proud to say I knew Ryan before he was famous
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Daily Dose ┃University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2 years
Hey, Vols! Check out these awesome events brought to you by Ryan Schumpert. @utkcse #govols #morningjem
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From this weekend: @Daryl11Rice hit the game-winning shot in Maryville College’s 84-83 win at Belhaven. The important CCS win was also @McCoachPlaceres ’ 50th with the Scots. Of all of Maryville’s great coaches, Placeres was the fastest to 50 wins.
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2 years
Tennessee is SEC champs for the first time since 1979. #Vols took down Texas A&M 65-50 for their first title in 43 years. Rick Barnes finally gets the Vols over the hump.
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11 months
Ahead of Friday’s Blount County Football Jamboree and next week’s season-opener, we’ve got in-depth looks at each of our six local teams. 📰:
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2 years
One more time from Tampa. This one’s for all the marbles.
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Friday night lights! Here at Mike White Field for the Blount County Football Jamboree. Starts at 7. Q1: @wbgovsfb vs @eccafb Q2: Skills Competition Q3: @alcoafootball vs @HHS_MNTNEER_FB Q4: @MHSRebelsFB vs @GBackFootball Follow along for updates all night!
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I’m here at Alcoa High School for some Tuesday night 🏀. Alcoa-Maryville. Girls play at 6, boys follow at 7:30. Follow along for updates all night.
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2 years
Ten minutes after the game and #Vols fans haven’t stopped cheering. Next weekend is going to be electric.
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It’s time to round out our spring all-county teams, so last but certainly not least, here’s the 2024 All-Daily Times Soccer Team. Alcoa’s Diego Ojeda and Maryville’s Seth Meade are Co-Players of the Year. Congratulations on a great season!
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3 years
Farewell from Nashville and an incredible first season on the Tennessee football beat. I’m super blessed to have this opportunity!
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And finally, here’s our All-Daily Times golf team of the year, including @HHSMountaineers ’ Sophia Gambini, our Player of the Year.
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@HeritageLMntnrs Heritage’s All-Region team members: Chloe Heath Jay Coker Carsyn Swaney, the Region 3-3A MVP
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2 years
Here at Alcoa High School, where I definitely saw that tip-off time was bumped up 30 minutes. @alcoagirlsbball leads Pigeon Forge 16-2 after the first quarter.
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Breaking a 24-year long streak and now cutting the net. @HeritageLMntnrs @Chloe06Heath
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1 year
Final. Alcoa 72, Gatlinburg-Pittman 55. Alcoa defeats G-P in the Region 1-2A Championship for the second consecutive year, another banner to go along with its District 2-2A title. Jahvin Carter had 25 points, Brady Haun had 14 with three 3’s and Eli Owens had 12.
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Need to shout out John Painter and co. at @MCScots who helped unearth some great stuff on Cline from MC’s records. Those guys are the best!
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Josh Lane
28 days
Scott Cline, who took over at home plate in the umpire change midway through the Tennessee-North Carolina game, is a Maryville College alum (‘92). Here’s the story on Cline’s frantic wardrobe change and his path to Omaha:
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Final. Tennessee 12, Florida State 11. That was an instant classic. Dylan Dreiling with the walk-off hit. The Vols rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth to win it. Blake Burke atoned for his error and it saved Christian Moore's cycle.
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7 months
Should be a good one tonight between the Govs and Fulton here at WBHS. @LadyGovsHoops are up first at 6, and then it’s @WBHSHoops and Fulton boys at 7:30. Fulton recently had its 32-game winning streak snapped. Follow along for updates all night.
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2 months
So long from Murfreesboro. 🫡 It’s been a fun week, though I never want to see another cicada again. Thank you to everyone who followed along this season! Final coverage of the Spring Fling is coming to @TDT_Sports over the next couple days. 📰
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8 months
Officially high school basketball season. Maryville hosts Sevier County tonight to open the season. Girls play at at 6, boys should start around 7:30. Follow along for updates all night.
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Josh Lane
3 years
Uros Plavsic with his 12th second half point to cut Tennessee's deficit to 9, 69-60.
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Josh Lane
5 months
Another wild stat from Maryville's win tonight. Now 42-8 in their last 50 conference games.
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Scots Basketball
5 months
Back to work. 🏀RepTheM🏀
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Josh Lane
1 year
Good to be at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium for the very first time for Game 2 of the Knoxville Super Regional. Tennessee and Texas coming up at 3. The Lady Vols can clinch a berth in the Women’s College Series with a win today.
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Josh Lane
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Some sights from Cooperstown, NY, where #VFL Todd Helton will be immortalized next month.
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Rainy morning for the 2023 Class 3A #BlueCrossBowl . @alcoafootball (12-1) and East Nashville (12-2). Could’ve predicted this matchup back in August. Tornadoes going for their ninth consecutive state championship. One hour until kickoff.
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1 year
Good to be at John Sevier Elementary tonight where the District 4-AAA ⚽️ Tournament kicks off. No. 3 @mhssoc hosts No. 6 @BlountBoys . Winner advances to the semis on Wednesday.
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Final. Heritage 76, Hixson 18. The Lady Mountaineers scored a season-high 76 points and advanced to the Region 3-3A semifinals. They’ll play the winner of Soddy Daisy/South-Doyle Monday night at East Ridge HS in Chattanooga.
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Eli Graf ( @eli_graf ) is the Class 3A BlueCross Bowl MVP. He completed 10-of-17 passes for 151 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for a score.
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2 years
Here at Seymour High School for some Friday night basketball. Up first: Seymour girls v. Gibbs girls at 6. @TDT_Sports
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