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THE GREENEVILLE SUN
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016
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Astros Fall To Johnson City In Battle Of Top Two Teams
BY TATE RUSSELL
SUN SPORTS WRITER
The Greeneville Astros
struggled on Wednesday night
against the Johnson City Cardinals, and as a result they
fell out of a tie for first place in
the Appalachian League West
Division.
The Astros left too many
runners on base and gave up
too many big hits in a 7-3 loss
at Pioneer Park.
“(The Cardinals) hit the
ball tonight. We swung the
bat well, we just have to fit
some of those hits together,”
Greeneville manager Josh
Bonifay said. “They put run-
ners on base, and when they
had guys in scoring position
they swung the bats pretty
good. I don’t think we threw
the ball bad, we just played a
team that is playing well right
now.”
With the loss the Astros
(25-22) fell to second place
in the division standings
behind Johnson City (26-21).
Greeneville is a half game in
front of third place Elizabethton in the standings. The top
two teams in the division will
advance to the playoffs.
Greeneville left eight runners on base on Wednesday,
SUN PHOTO BY
TATE RUSSELL
Johnson
City short
stop Joey
Hawkins
brings in
a throw as
Frankeny
Fernandez of the
Astros
slides in to
second base
Wednesday
night.
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2016 RIO OLYMPICS
Former Pioneers
Continue Chasing
Baseball Dreams
AP PHOTO/MARTIN MEISSNER
United States’ Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado and Katie Ledecky, from left, celebrate their gold medals during the
women’s 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay medals ceremony at the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Gray Skies And Green Water
A Look Back At Wednesday’s Stories At The 2016 Summer Olympics In Rio
BY ARNIE STAPLETON
AP SPORTS WRITER
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Skies and pools both
darkened Wednesday as the sun-splashed Olympics
in Rio de Janeiro gave way to gray clouds and murky
green waters.
The Rio Games were drenched in rain and continued questions about why the diving well and water
polo pools look so much like neglected aquariums.
The first American male basketball player to
appear in four Olympics, Carmelo Anthony passed
LeBron James as the national team’s most prolific
scorer. The U.S. men’s basketball team needed every
one of his 31 points as they got their first good test in
fending off Australia 98-88.
Katie Ledecky’s strong final leg helped the U.S.
women win the 4x200 freestyle relay over silver medalist Australia.
Brazil finally found its scoring touch in the men’s
soccer tournament at the Olympics, the host country
advancing to the quarterfinals by beating Denmark
4-0 and avoiding an embarrassing elimination in
front of the home fans. Brazil plays Colombia in Sao
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AP PHOTO/MATT DUNHAM
The green water at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Rio de Janeiro is pictured as the United States’ Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon compete during
the men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard diving final Wednesday.
Williams Leads GHS Golf To
Win Over Northview, L&N Stem
The Greeneville boys’ golf
team won a three-team match
on Monday over Northview Academy and L&N Stem Academy at
Link Hill Country Club.
The Devils shot a 162 as a
team, led by Jordan Willams
who shot a 38 for the low score
of the day.
Justin Gosnell had a 39, Zach
Wood a 42, and Joseph Gosnell
a 43 to make up the winning
team score. Also competing for
Greeneville were Carter Beach
(44), Josh Carpenter (46), and
Eli Brown (49).
Northview came in second with
a 182. Austin McCarter led the
way with a 39. Brant Loveday
turned in a 46, Wallace Laymon
had a 48, Mason Kelly had a 49,
and Kyle Teague shot a 71.
L&N shot a 183 as a team, led
by Jacob Samer who had a 42.
Reece Walker shot a 43, Brandon Blankenship 49 and Nick
Brison 49.
L&N won the girls match with
a team score of 84. Heidi Lawson
had the low score of the day with
a 37 and Alli Caton shot a 47.
Greeneville shot a 97, led
by Adia Bulawa’s 46. Maddi
McCullough shot a 51 and Madison Painter a 55.
L&N shot a 115 as a team with
Abbey Morgan turning in a 54
and Sydney Rockwell shot a 61.
GREENEVILLE – Several former Tusculum
College baseball studentathletes are continuing to
pursue their dreams playing the game professionally
throughout the world.
Pioneers still playing professionally are Placido Torres, Devan Watts, Brandon
Dickson, Maikol Gonzalez,
Alexi Colon, Cody Coffman,
Matt Henriksen and Cameron Carney.
Placido Torres, who was
drafted in the eighth round
by the New York Mets in
June, is pitching for the
club’s rookie league affiliate in Kingsport. The 2016
consensus NCAA Division
II National Pitcher of the
Year has made nine relief
appearances out of the
Mets’ bullpen where he has
a 1-1 record and a 3.97
ERA. Torres got off to a
slow start with the K-Mets,
but is returning to his stellar form of late, posting a
1.59 ERA in his last five
outings with nine strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work.
Torres, a product of North
Brunswick, New Jersey,
captured every NCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year
accolade in the finest season ever recorded by a Tusculum hurler. He swept the
three national pitcher of the
year awards by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), National
Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association (NCBWA) and
the Division II Conference
Commissioners Association
(D2CAA - selected by the
College Sports Information
Directors of America). He
was also tabbed the 2016
recipient of the Brett Tomko
Award, which recognizes
the DII National Pitcher of
the Year as selected by D2
Baseball News.
Torres was also named
the 2015-16 Tusculum College Male Athlete of the
Year and the South Atlantic Conference Male Athlete of the Year.
He posted a perfect 110 record in his 14 starts
where he pitched seven
complete games, including
a TC-single-season record
four shutouts. His 11 wins
tied for second-most in a
TC season and are the most
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Annual B&G Club Celebrity Auction This Saturday
Forward Air and Summers Taylor will present the
17th Annual Boys & Girls
Club Celebrity Auction on
Saturday, August 13, 2016
at Trinity United Methodist
Church.
The annual event has
grown into the biggest event
of this type locally due to its
continued success. Sustaining its standard caliber of
items, the Boys & Girls Club
will have many items to bid
on from sports & entertainment memorabilia to political items to local items such
as food certificates, hotel
stays and retail items.
The event offers an item
preview and buffet dinner
from 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm
with the live and silent auc-
tion of celebrity & local items
starting at 6:15 pm.
Tickets are on sale for $20
each and may be purchased
at the Boys & Girls Club of
Greeneville & Greene County
located at 740 West Church
Street. Call Scott Bullington or Aly Carrino Collins at
787-9322 for more details.
The Boys & Girls Club is
open Monday-Friday from
9:00 am until 6:30 pm for the
school year and 7:30 am to
5:30 pm during school breaks
and for summer vacation.
Due to the large volume of
items for bidding, the auction will be set up with some
items going live and others
as a silent auction. Marquee
items for this year’s event
from the 600 plus items that
will be on sale include a
Isuzu Axiom, a GMC Safari
Van, a Dodge Ram B3500 15
Passenger Van, a Ford Cargo
Van and a 5 acre piece of
property in Mosheim.
Other items for the auction range from Walt Disney
World tickets to week long
stays at the beach to signed
photos, footballs, movie posters, basketballs, helmets,
and many other autographed
items of interest. In addition
to the celebrity items, the
sale will include event tickets, vacation stays, framed
pictures, local retail items,
food and gift certificates, golf
passes, oil changes and many
other items.