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…
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…
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 13- Middlesboro outscored Cumberland Gap 7-2 in the first inning and the Panthers were never able rally. Another big inning came in the sixth for Middlesboro as they scored six runs. They were able to score at least on run in every inning that led to the run rule…
April 13- Claiborne High School had their fourth baseball player this season sign to continue education and baseball at the collegiate level. Ty Pryse signed to play for Bryan College, Dayton Tennessee, in front of family, friends, teammates, school officials and members of the media. Pryse was once told by…
April 12- Joseph Houser plays baseball at Claiborne High School and during a ceremony in the library, Houser signed to continue his education and baseball career at Alice Lloyd in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. The ceremony included former coaches, school officials, family, friends, teammates and media members. Houser famously stepped in…
April 11- Claiborne High School bused the Bulldogs baseball team to Cocke County. Claiborne secured the win with big innings in both the fifth and sixth innings. The Bulldogs scored four runs in the fifth and three runs in the sixth. Derek Mase got the win on the mound, and…
April 11- Cumberland Gap went to Gatlinburg-Pittman and brought home a 10-0 shutout win. Gibbs Cochran was on the mound and pitched a two-hit shutout over seven innings, striking out 16 with one walk. Riley Justice went four-for-five at the plate, including two doubles. Cochran, Justice, Tate Murphy all had…
April 10- Cumberland Gap baseball hosted the Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders on the baseball diamond. The Panthers scored in the first, fell behind in the middle innings but tried to rally back before G-P added seven innings during the seventh inning to win 16-4. Isaac Brown started on the mound for…
