April 24- The Claiborne Athletics played host to rival Tennessee Eagles on a beautiful but cool evening. The Eagles jumped out front 6-0, but the Athletics fought back and cut the advantage in half, 6-3. From that moment on, it was all Eagles. Claiborne soon found themselves down 11-3…
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April 20- The Claiborne High School, Blue Battalion Band under the direction of Caleb Howard announced that three of its graduating members will soon be performing at the collegiate level. Jace Taylor is the son of Angelina Johnson and Jason Taylor. Jace has signed with Tennessee Tech. Skylar Zug is…
April 18- Claiborne soccer hosted Grainger and the Grizzlies jumped ahead early and led at half 4-0. The Bulldogs were frustrated, and it showed at the halftime break as the team was clearly upset at each other. Grainger added two goals early during the second half to lead 6-0. Claiborne…
April 17- Rutledge Middle School traveled to Cumberland Gap to battle the Tennessee Eagles middle school baseball team. Rutledge went up 3-0 in top of first but the Eagles rallied scoring one run in the bottom of the first, 3-1. In the top of the second, the Pioneers scored…
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April 13- Claiborne High School hosted G-P for two back-to back baseball games. The first game of the double header saw Claiborne outhit the Highlanders 8-2 and win the game, 13-2. G-P was not helped by committing nine errors against Claiborne’s two. Derek Mase and Tyler Holt combined efforts on…
April 14- Cumberland Gap traveled to Middlesboro to battle the Jackets and for the second day in a row found defeat. Cumberland Gap got two hits off Case Bayless. Bayless also struck out five and helped his own cause with a homer during the second inning. At the plate, Cumberland…
April 14- Brianna Goins is a highly decorated soccer player at Cumberland Gap High School and was the 2022 Claiborne County Fair, Miss Fairest of the Fair. Brianna entered the pageant as a tribute to her late grandmother. On the soccer pitch, she was all-everything. Goins led a team that…
