by design | Mar 20, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Bearden battled its way to the finals of the BlueCross Basketball State Championships and even overcame a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter of the title game, but ran out of firepower in a four-minute overtime period. Tradition-rich Kingsport...
by design | Mar 20, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Many of our fellow Tennesseans are positively football crazy; most of us remember University of Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler was elected to Congress from North Carolina. Yet there is hardly any person in the State of Tennessee with better name recognition than...
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By Steve Williams Denaj Kimber’s shot from the left wing in the closing seconds was just short and so was Fulton’s attempt Friday to advance to the TSSAA Class 3A title game. Jackson South Side finished on the winning side of a 51-50 score in the semifinal game at...
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By Steve Williams Prior to post-season tournament play, Farragut High girls basketball coach Jason Mayfield talked about the obstacles Avery “Ace” Strickland, his senior standout, had been facing and overcoming on the court. “Ace is the focal point of everyone’s...
by design | Mar 20, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful will kick off the ‘Tennessee River Grand Slam Cleanup Series presented by AFTCO,’ bringing four major cleanups held within three states. The cleanup campaign is sponsored by The American Fishing Tackle Company, an outdoor apparel and...
by design | Mar 19, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Opera will be performing music from all 12 of Puccini’s operas on April 29, 2022, at the Bijou Theatre. The performers for the Puccini Gala Concert are Rochelle Bard, Amy Shoremount-Obra, Adam Diegel, and Scott Bearden. Artistic Director Brian Salesky will...
