Tennessee track underachieves at NCAA

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

Tennessee’s track and field team performed far below expectations at the NCAA championship meet last week in Eugene, Oregon.
U.S. track coaches had ranked Vol men as the 22nd best group in …

Baseball draft hits Vols

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

The major league baseball draft looks to be punching a few holes in Tennessee coach Tony Vitello’s excellent recruiting effort.
Such is the awkward relationship between colleges and the pros. Coaches …

New coaches at CAK

Sandra ClarkFeature, West Knoxville

Christian Academy of Knoxville has a new assistant director of athletics and two new head coaches for girls sports.
Abby Williams is the assistant AD and the girls head basketball coach …

Get Out & Play: Splish-Splash!

Carol EvansFeature

Beat the heat this summer and go play at one of the many free splash pads around town. No matter where you live, you never have to go far in …

Powell grad wins Y-12 internship

Sandra ClarkFeature, Powell

Preston Tolliver, a 2018 Powell High School graduate, obtained an internship with Y-12 Federal Credit Union this summer.
PHS business teacher Angie Roberts said the internship was competitive throughout Knox County …