March 30- Cumberland Gap baseball battled Knox Central and outhit them 11-8. Riley Justice had an RBI in the first inning but Knox Central took the lead for good after a three-run fourth inning. They went on to win the game 10-6. Devin Byrd, Hudson Harris, and Gibbs Cochran all…
March 30- Cumberland Gap and Union County met on the softball diamond and despite a fast start with two homeruns by Brinkley Hollin and Kerry Dixon the Lady Panthers were down after the Lady Patriots had a six-run third inning. Hollin and Jennabeth Wilburn had multiple hits with two…
March 30- The Claiborne Lady Bulldogs traveled to Greeneville looking to spring the upset and they did just that by taking down the Lady Green Devils, 5-3. Claiborne fell behind early and had to battle back in the top of the sixth inning. A Greeneville error allowed Claiborne to score…
Here is the photo of the month as presented by Masingo’s Lawn Care. This photo was taken by the Carter family on a cheerleading competition trip to Florida. Thank you, Masingo’s Lawn Care, for your presentation of this recognition! Below are a few more great submissions: The Zone…
The Zone’s Educator of the Month as presented by Randall Smith is Alison Cupp from Springdale. Alison was nominated by Emily Jessie Minton and daughter Amelia who had this to say, “She is the librarian at Springdale and has helped make my daughter Amelia’s kindergarten transition better. Amelia says Mrs….
March 30- Carlye England put ink to paper that made her a new Lincoln Memorial University tennis player. England shared this special moment with family, friends, school officials, teammates and media. Her parents are delighted that she is signing to play tennis and attend such a great local university. Caryle…
March 29- Coach Jeremiah Bean told The Zone he never knew what team would show up to play on any given night because of their youth. Wednesday, he saw a portion of the best play as his Lady Panthers blanked Middlesboro 10-0. Brinkley Hollin and Lacey Gulley led the Lady…
Walker & Walker Construction has signed with The Zone for a third year. Kendall has been a part of Bulldogs softball for many years now and loves the sport dearly. They will continue to provide the player of the game award for both Cumberland Gap and Claiborne. Thank you, Kendall,…
March 28- Claiborne baseball traveled to Grainger for game two of the series but fell in this one too. The Bulldogs had only two hits on the evening highlighted by a Ty Pryse homerun. Dylan Foster and Joe Houser had the remaining two hits for CHS. Pryse had 2 RBI…
March 28- Cumberland Gap soccer won at Rockwood 6 to 4. It was their second district win in a row. Goals were scored by Owen Stallworth (4), Luke Williamson (1) and Gavin Bridges (1). Williamson had two assists, Bridges had one, Hayden Gilbert had one and Vonn Orr recorded one…
