Kingsport school system leaders have unanimously approved spending just short of $1 million to replace the more than 10-year-old year-old artificial turf at J. Fred Johnson Stadium at Dobyns-Benentt High School. The turf covers both the football and baseball field used by the Indians, as well as turf for an indoor baseball practice facility on the site.
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In a season of removing the “unprecedented” tag from many things, David Crockett faces face another chance at a first. The Pioneers, like other area football teams, have never taken down a Knoxville power in the postseason.
David Price proved his postseason mettle, Steve Pearce homered twice and the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Sunday to finish off a one-sided World Series in five games.
City leaders held a joint meeting this week to recap and discuss the future of the One Kingsport initiative, with two new ideas coming to the forefront: the renovation of the State Theater and the construction of a new minor league baseball stadium downtown.
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American Legion Baseball has withstood the test of of time since its founding in 1925. Currently more than 5,400 teams are registered across all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico.
In anticipation of lots of rain and wind and just plain ugly weather, several of this week’s games in Southwest Virginia have been moved up a day and will be played Thursday night instead of Friday night.
