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This is what a baseball program's first-ever berth in the TSSAA state tournament sounds like.
Class AAA Sectional ⚾️
FINAL: McMinn County 2, Stewarts Creek 1.
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For the first time since 2011, the Cherokees are Murfreesboro-bound!
BBB Class 4A sectional
FINAL: McMinn County 69, LaVergne 62.
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They're. Going. To. State!
McMinn County wins the PK shootout 4-1 after a 2-2 tie through 2 overtimes vs. Franklin County.
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A tribute to Johnny Coffman at halftime, who is retiring at the end of this McMinn County football season after 48 years as the "Voice of the Cherokees."
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Tim McPhail was one of the finest gentlemen I have ever worked with. I am saddened to hear of his passing, and my heart goes out to his family and to McMinn County High School.
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BREAKING: McMinn Central has named Chris Shepherd as its new head baseball coach.
Shepherd has headed up Athens City Middle the last 4 years. He had also coached the 2009 season at Meigs County.
More details on
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Sweet. Revenge.
McMinn County wins 2-0 at Bradley Central for its first Region 3-AAA championship since 2005.
The Cherokees will host their Class AAA sectional 7 p.m. Friday, playing either Stewarts Creek or Siegel for the right to go to the state tournament.
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With this drive, Hunter Simpson became the all-time leading scorer for the Tennessee Wesleyan Lady Bulldogs with 49.2 seconds left in the 2nd quarter.
TWU leads Columbia College 34-22 at halftime.
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It was a busy day at McMinn County High School as four baseball players signed to play college ball: Gavin Peterson (Roane State), Will Grimmett (Morehead State), Andrew Ronne (ETSU) and Hayden Frank (Lipscomb).
Story in an upcoming edition of
@TheDPA
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The coaches can't say it out loud or the TSSAA will fine them, but I can and will say it: the refs working tonight's McMinn County and McMinn Central boys' basketball game were an absolute disgrace.
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Congratulations to McMinn County's Emily Liner on signing to play basketball at Tennessee Wesleyan today. Details in an upcoming edition of The Daily Post-Athenian.
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TOP. 5. UPSET.
GBB Region 3-4A semifinals
FINAL: McMinn County 53, No. 4 Coffee County 51.
The Lady Cherokees are into the sectional round for the first time since 2011.
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Hunter Simpson was honored for scoring 1,000 career points at Tennessee Wesleyan before the start of today's game.
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Congratulations to McMinn County's Addie Smith for putting a signature on her commitment to Lee University soccer today.
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Couldn't get the best angle of this for reasons, but here's the Lady Cherokees being sent off to state at McMinn County High School.
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MBB: Tennessee Wesleyan 87, Fisk 82, FINAL (OT).
Dominique Oggs from nearby Sweetwater had a nice college debut of 14 points and 5 rebounds.
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For the first time since the 2012 district tournament, and the first time in 24 games, the Cherokees are victorious over the Blue Raiders on the basketball court.
BBB FINAL: McMinn County 56, Cleveland 47.
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The Early Signing Period was an eventful one at McMinn County with 2 DI signees: Jalen Hunt to Tennessee State University and Bryce Goodner to Virginia Tech. Congrats to both young men.
More details on
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website Thursday morning and in Friday's print edition.
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The Cherokees are the District 5-4A champions!
BBB FINAL: McMinn County 67, Cleveland 54.
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7 years without a state tournament was an eternity at McMinn Central. And that eternity is over. Chargerettes to Murfreesboro for the first time since 2016.
GBB Class 2A sectional
FINAL: McMinn Central 68, Alcoa 53.
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Johnny Coffman wraps up the call on what is likely his final game in the Cherokee Stadium press box as the "Voice of the Cherokees."
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Congratulations to McMinn County's Brook Biddle for signing to play soccer at Tennessee Wesleyan University today! Details in an upcoming edition of The Daily Post-Athenian.
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McMinn County's Peytyn Oliver scored her 1,000th career point against Tyner last night and was honored tonight.
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Congratulations to McMinn Central's Spencer Skidmore, who signed to continue his education and baseball career today at King University in Bristol.
Details in an upcoming
@TheDPA
edition.
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They had to take the long way this year, but the Lady Cherokees are back to state for the 2nd straight year and 3rd time overall as a program.
WSC AAA sectional – FINAL: McMinn County 6, Oakland 1.
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McMinn County pitching ace Ollie Akens puts a signature on his long-standing commitment to MTSU. Details in an upcoming
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FINAL: McMinn County 24, Walker Valley 7.
The Cherokees win the Region 4-5A championship. It's their first district or region title of any sort since a District 5-AAA title in 2012 under the old Z-plan.
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McMinn County celebrates its 44-34 win over archrival Bradley Central, its first in 5 years.
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FINAL: McMinn County 24, Ooltewah 14.
Cherokees with their first win over the Owls since 2012, and it's a big one in a very unforgiving Region 2-6A.
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District 5-AAA 🏆: McMinn County 5, Walker Valley 2.
That's a 3-peat for the Lady Cherokees and 5th in the last 8 seasons.
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FINAL: McMinn County 24, Oak Ridge 17.
Cherokees hold on with a 4th-and-goal stop, and they are heading to Powell for the 2nd round next Friday.
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Congratulations to McMinn County's Andrew Beavers, who signed to continue his baseball career at Milligan University near Elizabethton.
Details in an upcoming edition of
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The McMinn County Lady Cherokees about to get on the bus to Murfreesboro. State tournament begins tomorrow!
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McMinn County's Ty Runyan scored his 1,000th career point over the holidays and was honored for it tonight. Congratulations.
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"KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – A parent of a Dobyns-Bennett football player says members of the football team were asked to hide their COVID-19 symptoms until after the November 20 playoff game against Maryville High School."
Ummmmm ... wow ...
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Congratulations to McMinn Central's Carlie Runyan for signing with Tennessee Wesleyan 🏀 today. Details in an upcoming edition of The Daily Post-Athenian.
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McMinn County's run in its first-ever TSSAA state tournament comes to an end in an 11-2 loss to Clarksville.
Congratulations to the Cherokees on a historic season.
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WSC District 5-AAA championship
FINAL: McMinn County 4, Walker Valley 0.
The Lady Cherokees were in complete control of the rematch and win their 5th straight district title.
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Congratulations to Meigs County's Payton Armour for signing with Lincoln Memorial baseball today.
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Congratulations to Taurean Jones of McMinn County, who signed to play basketball at Tennessee Wesleyan today. Details in an upcoming edition of The Daily Post-Athenian.
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Congratulations to McMinn County's Kaitlynn Hennessee on making it official and signing with Bryan College today! Details in an upcoming DPA.
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Region 3-AAA ⚾️ semifinals
FINAL: McMinn County 5, Cookeville 0.
Ollie Akens with the complete-game shutout, giving up just 3 hits.
Cherokees to the sectional round for the first time since 2009.
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5-AAA MBB: McMinn County, seeded No. 6, has pulled off the upset of No. 3 Walker Valley 62-58. Cherokees going to region.
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Taurean Jones is honored for scoring 1,000 career points before the McMinn County boys' game vs. Cleveland. Congrats!
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BREAKING: McMinn Central has hired Matt Moody as its new head football coach, athletic director Brent Masingsle has confirmed.
Moody has been the offensive coordinator at Bradley Central, where he led some explosive offenses the last few years.
Story coming later.
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The now two-time girls' 400m champion in Class AA: Maddox Mayfield of McMinn Central.
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Class AA track:
McMinn Central's Maddox Mayfield is a repeat state champion in the girls' 400m with a time of 57.54 seconds.
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MBB 5-AAA: McMinn County comes back to knock off Bradley Central 55-54! Cherokees win on this play ending in a Taurean Jones layup with 2.1 seconds left (not the best video).
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Andrew Ronne ends his complete-game shutout in the most appropriate fashion, his 12th strikeout.
BSB FINAL: McMinn County 2, Bradley Central 0.
They'll play again 7 p.m. tomorrow at Bradley. A sweep would keep the Cherokees in at least a tie for first place in District 5-AAA.
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BREAKING: McMinn Central has named Derrick Davis as its next football coach. Davis coached the Chargers' rival Polk County for 19 years.
More details on Davis' hire at Central will be in Friday's and Monday's edition of
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Kaitlyn KK McMinney with the golden goal 3 minutes in! McMinn County beats Ooltewah 2-1 and survives and advances to the District 5-AAA championship.
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FINAL: McMinn County 16, Bradley Central 13.
The Cherokees hold on in gritty fashion for their first win in 4 years over their archrival.
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R3-AAA ⚽️🏆: McMinn County 5, Walker Valley 0, FINAL. That's the Lady Cherokees' second region championship in the last 4 years.
The Lady Tribe would love to repeat their second half performance of this one for all 80 minutes Saturday.
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McMinn County wins a thriller at East Hamilton, 30-29. Cherokees rallied from a 23-7 halftime deficit against a Hurricanes team that received state-ranked votes.
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GBB
#BlueCrossHoops
2A state quarterfinal
FINAL: McMinn Central 62, Gatlinburg-Pittman 50.
Chargerettes to the state semifinals 4:30 p.m. CST tomorrow vs. Gibson County.
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BREAKING: Bo Cagle has been named McMinn County's new athletic director, adding those duties to his job as head football coach. Cagle succeeds Joe Young, who was promoted to MCHS principal.
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Will Grimmett walkoff over dead center.
BSB FINAL: McMinn County 6, Soddy-Daisy 5.
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Whatever I feel about spring sports being canceled, I know it doesn't even begin to compare to how all our area student-athletes must be feeling, knowing all the hard work they put in was for naught. Especially heartbroken for the seniors who were robbed of their final seasons.
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Congratulations to McMinn County's Carson Clark. The sidewinder pitcher signed with Tennessee Wesleyan today. Details in an upcoming
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BREAKING: McMinn Central has named Brent Masingale as its new athletic director. Masingale, currently Central's head track and field coach, succeeds Doug Armstrong in the position.
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McMinn County is your District 5-AAA girls' ⚽️ champion! 3-1 over Bradley Central.
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The Chargerettes are going to the state title game!
2A
#BlueCrossHoops
semifinals
FINAL: McMinn Central 58, Gibson County 50.
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McMinn County's Ty Runyan puts a signature on his commitment to Tennessee Wesleyan basketball today. Congratulations. Details in an upcoming
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This one is FINALLY over. Mason Roderick sprints home on a wild pitch to end this marathon in the bottom of the 15th inning.
BSB FINAL (15 inn.): McMinn County 6, Walker Valley 5.
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This PK by Allison Hansford puts McMinn up 1-0 with 13:09 before halftime and gives Hansford the school's single-season goals record! (39 and counting.)
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BREAKING: McMinn Central has tabbed Rhea County's Daniel Curtis as its new head boys' basketball coach, succeeding Doug Armstrong.
Curtis also previously coached at district rival Sequoyah, where he won a district tournament title and multiple regular-season titles.
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Farewell, for now, to the "Glass House," where the McMinn Central Chargerettes made a run all the way to the state championship game and a silver ball.
I'll see you again Tuesday, when the McMinn County Cherokees begin their state tournament.
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FINAL: McMinn County 28, Bearden 7.
Cherokees avenge last year's first-round playoff loss to the Bulldogs. They'll be heading to Kingsport to face Dobyns-Bennett next Friday in the 2nd round.
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FINAL: McMinn County 42, Notre Dame 7.
Cherokees off to their first 7-0 start since 1975.
It gets real the last 3 weeks, though: vs. Cleveland, at Maryville, vs. Bradley Central, in that order.
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Our area's first National Signing Day ink with McMinn County's Jayden Miller signing with Emory & Henry. Congratulations.
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Sydnee Duncan signing with one of the top NCAA Division II women's soccer programs in the country at Carson-Newman.
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McMinn County sweeps the District 5-4A MVP honors: Peytyn Oliver for the girls and Ty Runyan for the boys.
Addie Smith and Konstantina Papaioannou were also All-District for the girls and Tucker Monroe and Davion Evans for the boys.
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FINAL: McMinn County 39, Cleveland 26.
Cherokees jumped ahead early, and got key scores and stops late to move to 8-0, clinch the playoffs and stay in the running for a top-2 Region 2-6A finish.
Next week is a trip to Maryville.
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The Athens City Middle School Cougars are your Area 5-AA tournament champions.
BBB FINAL: ACMS 65, North 44.
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McMinn County girls' tennis wins the Region 3-AA over East Hamilton. Lady Cherokees on to the sectional round, where a team state tournament berth will be on the line.
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These two Peytyn Oliver free throws put the wraps on McMinn County's 55-51 overtime win at Cleveland!
Lady Cherokees will play in the District 5-AAA championship game 6 p.m. Monday and will play at home to begin region.
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The TSSAA Class AA state champion in girls' long jump – McCary Beaty of McMinn Central.
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BSB FINAL: McMinn Central 6, Sequoyah 2.
After not winning a District 5-AA game last season, the Chargers begin 2020 and the Chris Shepherd era with a district victory.
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Re: last night at Powell
One thing I witnessed first-hand was the actual referee (white hat) verbally berating a McMinn County player simply for committing a penalty on a live play. Only coaches are supposed to do that, so clearly he was overstepping his bounds there.
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In an ugly Black and Blue Game in which it was a steady downpour from start to finish, McMinn County defeats McMinn Central 39-0.
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FINAL: McMinn Central 14, Tellico Plains 13. Chargers get the first win of the Derrick Davis era.
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Congratulations to Jake Shamblin, who signed to play baseball at Carson-Newman today! Another NCAA DII signing from McMinn County baseball. Details in an upcoming edition of The DPA.
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GBB FINAL: McMinn Central 70, Sweetwater 32.
Johnny Morgan is the 3rd girls' basketball coach in Tennessee history to cross 1,000 wins, and the 5th basketball coach overall to do so.
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Tommy Bunch has officially been introduced as the new head football coach at Meigs County.
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Congratulations to Meigs County's T.Y. Kraskouskas, who signed to continue his education and football career today at Maryville College.
Details in an upcoming
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It was only two nights ago at McMinn County's scrimmage that I was shooting the breeze with Coach John Mullinax about some of the area football teams and their prospects for the season.
I am shocked to learn of his passing this morning.
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⚽️⚽️⚽️ STATE BOUND! ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Sweetwater 3, Chuckey-Doak 2, FINAL.
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McMinn County hosting a 7-on-7 tonight and Thursday. Jayden Miller with a bullet for a touchdown to Noah Glenn.
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No what-ifs about this one. The Chargerettes dominated the second half and their mission continues in Murfreesboro.
GBB Class 2A sectional
FINAL: McMinn Central 73, Alcoa 42.
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McMinn County's
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makes it official, signing to continue her education and soccer career at Liberty at the NCAA D1 level. Congratulations.
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Congrats to McMinn County's Cooper Roberts, who signed to play NCAA Div. II baseball at Young Harris College today. Details in an upcoming edition of The DPA.
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McMinn County's Matthew Pledge makes it official and signs with Tennessee Wesleyan baseball today. Details in an upcoming
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Maddox Mayfield, double state medalist from McMinn Central as a freshman. She finished the 200m in 26.10 seconds.
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BBB FINAL: McMinn County 79, Cleveland 55.
Cherokees blast the state-ranked Raiders (No. 8 in Class 4A) and finish atop the District 5-4A standings. The Tribe will be the No. 1 seed in the district tournament.
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