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The Spartans take the field for the start of the 2021 spring football season. PHOTO BY RICHARD MEADE

Spartans blank Rebels in season opener

COEBURN — It was a cold and rain-drenched Saturday afternoon at Carl McConnell Stadium and Alumni Field to start the 2021 football season. Eastside...

Union’s Alex Rasnick puts the exclamation point on a 15-2 run to start the state championship game with this steal and layup. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Bears maul East Rock for first ever state championship

February 22, 2021

BIG STONE GAP — In 1972, the Appalachia Bulldogs won the state basketball title. Then, in 1974, the Powell Valley Vikings brought home the gold....

The J.I. Burton Raiders are the 2020-21 Region 1D champions. PHOTO BY RICHARD MEADE

Raiders blast through ‘Wave and Cavaliers to win region trophy

February 15, 2021

NORTON — The Burton Raider fans can say that their team, “The City,” had two tremendous games on the hard court of Richard “Stan” Wilson Gymnasium...

The Lady Spartans make it six in a row with a victory over Thomas Walker in the Cumberland District tournament. PHOTO BY RICHARD MEADE

Powers last second shot lifts Lady Spartans to sixth championship

February 8, 2021

EWING — The Eastside Lady Spartans captured their sixth straight Cumberland District tournament championship Saturday evening by the score of...

Eli McCoy was big in the paint for the Spartans Saturday. PHOTO BY RICHARD MEADE

Spartans upset Cumberland champion Raiders

February 2, 2021

COEBURN — Some might say the 2020-21 season has been a disappointing one for Eastside. On paper, ending their regular season against the regular...

Callie Mullins goes up in the lane against the Lady Bears. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Lady Warriors split with Union and Gate City

January 25, 2021

NORTON — Central had a late week full of highs and lows with their defeat of the Lady Bears Thursday night and last minute loss to the Lady Blue...

Anna Whited put up big numbers as the Lady Spartans held off Burton. PHOTO BY RICHARD MEADE

Lady Spartans survive upset-minded J.I. Burton

January 19, 2021

COEBURN — The Eastside Lady Spartans survived an upset bid by the Burton Lady Raiders on Friday night. A second half comeback by Eastside secured a...

Slow start for Spartans spells defeat at Rye Cove

January 14, 2021

RYE COVE — The Rye Cove Eagles defeated the Eastside Spartans Tuesday night behind the play of center Ethan Chavez and a balanced team defense and scoring. The victory was...

The Lady Warriors’ Jillian Sturgill brings the ball down the court Thursday against Gate City. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Central falls to Gate City for their first loss of the season

January 13, 2021

GATE CITY — The Lady Warriors traveled to Gate City to take on the state champion Lady Blue Devils in a battle of the unbeatens Thursday...

Trevor Culbertson makes the fingertip layup look easy as the Raiders defeated Twin Springs. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

J.I. Burton holds off late Holston push for non-district victory

January 5, 2021

NORTON — The Raiders expanded the lead to as much as 19 points in the final period and were able to hold off a late Cavalier surge to take...

Central’s Isabella Sturgill makes a quick move past the Ridgeview defender.

Lady Warriors open up district play with win over Ridgeview

December 29, 2020

NORTON — The Central Lady Warriors opened the home part of their 2020-21 season with a 58-40 victory over Mountain 7 District rival the Ridgeview...

VHSL sports return as basketball season gets underway

December 23, 2020

High school basketball begins this week with all 10 local girls and boys teams taking to the court. With the VHSL’s new rules, most schools are not selling tickets, but...

Virginia Tech football opts out of postseason play

December 17, 2020

According to reports out of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech has declined any potential invitation to a postseason bowl game. By doing so, the Hokies will end the country’s...

VHSL will not require masks to be worn in games and practices

December 14, 2020

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – On December 10, the VHSL announced that it “is requiring each school to follow the recommendations of the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the...

Coeburn’s Brooklyn Rutherford, 11, knocks one of her 44 home runs for T-Mobile’s Little League Home Run Derby. She placed third nationally.

Rutherford’s 44 home runs places her third nationally

December 10, 2020

Coeburn’s Brooklyn Rutherford recently participated in the T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby, competing against 11 and 12-year-old girls from...

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