Local Baseball This Week's Games Schedule
This week's schedule lists two midweek games on Wednesday June 30 with Bluefield at Princeton and Kingsport at 7 p.m. Also on Thursday July 7 Pulaski plays Bluefield and Princeton visits Elizabethton at 7 p.m. Weekend games include Kingsport at Bluefield 6:30 p.m. on Friday July 2, Princeton at Pulaski 7 p.m. on Friday, and Bluefield at Kingsport 7 p.m. plus Pulaski at Princeton noon on Sunday July 4.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Kingsport
Pulaski
Elizabethton
Pulaski duo earns Appy League honors in week
Pulaski River Turtles pitchers Paco Hernandez and catcher infielder Ryan Johnson earned Appy League Pitcher and Player of the Week after a 5-1 stretch that moved them to second in the East. Hernandez threw a seven inning shutout vs Princeton, lowering his ERA to 2.53. Johnson hit .500 with 3 homers and 10 RBIs, including two three hit games and a multi run effort.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Pulaski River Turtles
Paco Hernandez
Ryan Johnson
Hernandez
Princeton
Oklahoma State
Johnson
Danville
Pepperdine
SWD honors crown Lebanon teams in postseason picks
Lebanon baseball earns SWD Coach of the Year Charles Adams and Player of the Year Matthew Buchanan with six first team pitchers. Tazewell Richlands and Graham players grab first and second team spots across all SWD baseball and softball awards while Lebanon softball dominates with Coach Dennis Price and Player Tatum Dye leading first team selections. Numerous local players earn second team and honorable mention honors across boys and girls soccer and softball.
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Bluefield
Lebanon
Lady Pioneers
Virginia High
Charles ‘Doc’ Adams
Matthew Buchanan
Buchanan
Pioneers
Tazewell County
Graham
Jamie Blevins
Richlands
Jake Altizer
Collin Richardson
Tazewell
Jackson Myers
Ben Hale
John Davis
Brayden Fowler
Matt Sarver
Caleb O’neil
Tre Blankenship
Luke Childress
Gavin Cox
Bowen Tarter
Jake Gillespie
Dennis Price
Tatum Dye
Dye
Erica Lamie
Serena Williams exits Wimbledon first round with left leg injury
Serena Williams halted her first round match at Wimbledon after slipping on the grass injuring her left leg. The 39 year old American, in her bid for a 24th Grand Slam, stopped at 3 all in the first set conceding to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Williams received a medical timeout and tried to continue before leaving the court in tears. Sasnovich, ranked 100th, extended praise and wished her a swift recovery as Williams bows out in the second-ever first round Grand Slam exit of her career. The defending champ Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka had withdrawn before play. Williams is a seven time Wimbledon champion and recent runner up in 2018 and 2019.
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Wimbledon
England
Serena Williams
Roger Federer
Williams
Centre Court
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Belarus
Sasnovich
Serena
Simona Halep
Naomi Osaka
All England Club
London
Abby Darnley
Darnley
Darnley anchors Buffalo softball as elite Class A star
Buffalo softball star Abby Darnley led a young 2021 team to success after a rough start and COVID pause. Rasnake praised her leadership as she posted a .661 batting average with four home runs and 39 stolen bases, helping put Putnam County Bison back on the map.
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Parkersburg
Buffalo Softball
Bill Rasnake
Bison
COVID-19
Putnam County
Darnley
Abby
Katie
Sherman
Man
Hunter Family Classic showcases junior golf ambassadors
In Pound ing Mill Virginia the Hunter Family supported BRIGT's 23 year Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour event at Tazewell County Country Club. Sponsor welcome on the first tee highlighted a day of competition with Tanner Walls winning the 17 18 age group at 77, while Walker Gillespie led the 15 16 group with 71.
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Pounding Mill
Tazewell County Country Club
Mike Hunter
Budge
John David
BRIGT
Dewayne Belcher
Hunter
Belcher
Mike
Sloane
Tanner Walls
Mathena
Jacob Lasley
Castlewood
Logan Douthat
Pearisburg
Walker Gillespie
Pearlsburg
Gillespie
Major Ewing
Blacksburg
Ryne Bond
Floyd
Grayson Sheets
Marion
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