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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
B-1
Beddingfield, Knights Avenge Loss To Grainger
The Grainger loss, coupled with
Greeneville’s doubleheader sweep of
Cumberland Gap Tuesday, means
Chuckey-Doak can force a three-way
tie in the final District 2-AA standings with a win
at Gap this comBY DARREN REESE
DISTRICT 2-AA
ing Friday.
SUN SPORTS EDITOR
Grainger
8-2
“We talked
Chuckey-Doak’s Daniel BeddingGreeneville
8-2 about it on the
field saw first-hand Monday night
Chuckey-Doak 7-2 way up here,
just putting last
what the big bats in Grainger’s lineWest Greene 3-7 night’s game
up could do.
C. Gap
2-7 behind us,”
The senior pitcher was determined
Claiborne
1-9 Chuckey-Doak
not to let history repeat itself.
head coach Jason
Facing the top of the Grizzlies’
Rush said. “We
order in both the fifth and seventh
still had a chance to finish in first if
innings Tuesday, Beddingfield left a
total of five runners stranded in those we could come up here and get this
two frames to help the Black Knights win.”
“Daniel really stepped up for us. He
hold on for a 4-1 victory in Rutledge.
The win avenged the 3-0 home loss really pitched a great game – just an
awesome game.”
Chuckey-Doak suffered to the GrizBeddingfield only allowed two hits
zlies the night before – a game that
was scoreless headed to extra innings – both coming off the bat of Mason
Johnson – but despite the lack of
before Grainger slugger Corey Bates
ended it with a mammoth three-run
homer.
PLEASE SEE BLACK KNIGHTS | B-8
Chuckey-Doak Wins 4-1 To Set Up
Potential Three-Way Tie For First
In District 2-AA Standings
Daniel Beddingfield gets congratulations from head coach
Jason Rush Tuesday. (Sun photo by Darren Reese)
PREP BASEBALL
PREP SOCCER
FIRST
Knights
Win 9th
Straight
IN LINE
Chuckey-Doak Rolls To
11-1 Win Over Cosby
The Chuckey-Doak soccer team improved to 92 on the season Tuesday
with an 11-1 rout of Cosby
at home.
The Black Knights have
now won nine straight after
beginning the campaign
with back-to-back losses.
Chuckey-Doak started
the game on fire, scoring
two goals in the first two
minutes and building a 7-0
advantage by the half.
Niklas Stehnck ended
the game with four goals
and two assists to pace the
Black Knights on offense.
He now has 19 goals on the
season.
Lucca Weber added a
goal and three assists, followed by Cristian Vasquez
tallied a goal and two
assists. Daniel Ramirez,
Josh Karg, Carlos Gutierrez and Collin Rice each
scored a goal, while Dakota
Isley and Nathan Johnson
had an assist apiece.
Greeneville junior
Raheem Young is
pictured throwing the
shot put during Tuesday’s Class A/AA East
Sectional Decathlon
at Greeneville Middle
School. (Sun photo by
Darren Reese)
Raheem Young Is First
Local Athlete To Punch
Ticket To Spring Fling
Buffaloes Pull
Away For 14-9
Win At Claiborne
Greeneville junior Raheem Young
became the first local athlete to punch
his ticket to the 2015 TSSAA Spring
Fling Tuesday as he finished second in
the Class A/AA East Sectional Decathlon at Greeneville Middle School.
Austin Cline of Gatlinburg-Pittman
won the event. The top two finishers
automatically advanced to state.
Isaac Carson of West Greene placed
fourth and could receive an at-large bid
to state once the other sectionals are
completed. Johnathan Padgett came in
seventh.
The West Greene baseball team scored five runs
in the top of the seventh
inning to pull away from
Claiborne in a 14-9 win on
Tuesday.
John Douglas, Braxton
Potter and Lucas Pratt each
had two hits for the Buffaloes (6-11). Joseph Jones
and Isaac Carson each had
PLEASE SEE BUFFALOES | B-8
Greeneville
Finishes In
Tie For 1st
Devils Sweep Gap To
End District Schedule
The Greeneville baseball team swept Cumberland Gap in a home
doubleheader Tuesday to
wrap up its District 2-AA
schedule in a tie for first
place.
The Greene Devils won
the first game 10-2 and
the second 5-1 to improve
to 8-2 in league play. The
win puts them in a tie for
first place in the district
standings with Grainger.
If Chuckey-Doak can beat
Cumberland Gap in its
regular season finale Friday, it will create a threeway tie at the top.
Caden Ramsey led
Greeneville’s bats in the
opening game, going 4for-4 with a double and
two runs batted in. As a
team, Greeneville used
nine hits to score their 10
runs. K.J. Shepherd also
had a double.
Jordan Idell earned the
win for the Devils. He
threw four innings, striking out two, walking one
and allowing two hits
with no runs scored.
In game two Cody Hartness, Steven Layman
and Lincoln Bowman
each went 2-for-3 with
Hartness earning a firstinning double.
Ramsey also earned a
hit in the contest while
Greeneville had seven
runners reach base by
either being walked or hit
by a pitch.
Bowman earned the
win for Greeneville. He
struck out five, walked
one and gave up three
hits in five innings.
PREP SOCCER
Devils Thump Grainger To Remain Perfect In District
BY TATE RUSSELL
SUN SPORTS WRITER
The Greeneville soccer team
had little trouble finding the
back of the net on Tuesday as
they beat Grainger 9-0 in a
District 2-A/AA matchup at
Burley Stadium.
“I thought the guys played
well today,” Greeneville coach
Jerry Graham said. “We wanted to come out again and keep
the intensity up, and I thought
we did a better job of that in
the second half than we did in
the first. The second half was
much better and I was really
pleased with how the guys
came out and played after half
time.”
The Devils (9-4-1 overall, 5-0
district) took a 5-0 lead in the
first half, using five different
goal scorers to do so. The feat
was made even more impressive because they did it without
their top attacker, Avery Porro,
who missed the game with an
injury.
“We don’t know how long we
are going to have to rest Avery
so it was nice to see goals come
from other teammates,” Graham said. “We also had Nic
(Lollar) out in the back and it
was nice to see that the defense
held solid even without him. To
be strong in those two thirds
of the field without those two
guys felt pretty good.”
Injuries and absences have
been an issue for Greeneville
this season, but with the postseason less than two weeks
away Graham feels his team is
rounding into form at the right
time.
“At this point in the year,
chemistry wise, we are really
developing continuity – we feel
that it is there,” Graham said.
“We’ve dealt with some injuries
and people have been absent
here and there. Now we’re
ready to get everybody together
and head to the postseason.”
Logan Davis opened the scoring for the Devils in the third
minute when he took a long
pass from the midfield and
worked to the right post where
he sent it by the keeper and
into the lower left corner of the
net.
In the 13th minute Brandon
Waddell made it 2-0 in the
PLEASE SEE SOCCER | B-8
SUN PHOTO BY
TATE RUSSELL
Brandon
Waddell of
Greeneville
(right) and
Grainger’s
Fabian Santana-Reyes
battle for
the ball during District
2-A/AA soccer action
at Burley
Stadium
Tuesday.