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Big innings lead Midway past Wartburg

 

Following a pair of losses in Knoxville earlier in the week, Midway ended the streak with a 17-7 win over Wartburg Friday at home.

Midway improved to 10-7 with the win and the Green Wave are now set to begin the last portion of the season with several district series yet to be played.

Lady ’Cats slam Sunbright, 15-0

 The Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats ran their season record to 10-2 overall and 5-0 in District 4-A Friday evening with a 15-0 thumping of Sunbright.

Lady Jackets take two from Scott

 

The Kingston Lady Yellow Jackets picked up a pair of District 4-AA wins Wednesday evening by knocking off Scott in a doubleheader played at Southwest Point.

The first game of the day was close with Kingston pulling out a 5-4 victory. The Lady Jackets breathed a little easier in the final game of the evening, winning by a final score of 10-3.

Rams, Tigers battle to draw

 

By JACE GREENE

Roane Newspapers

Habitat to start accepting home applications April 15

Roane County Habitat for Humanity will accept applications for home ownership from April 15-May 15.

Applications are available at the Habitat website at www.roanehabitat.org.

Appplications will also be available at public libraries in Harriman, Kingston, Oliver Springs and Rockwood; Harriman and Kingston Food City; and Mid-East Community Action Agency, Harriman.

Contact 376-5770 or vicepresident@roanehabitat.org for details.

Fishing Report

 

Douglas Lake- Crappie and Walleye are the two species mainly sought after and were targeted far more often than black bass. The fishing has been super across the lake with outstanding crappie and walleye catches and the good fishing has been repetitive day after day with only minor glitches in the routine usually blamed on a rapid change in water temperature or level.

Midway's winning streak ends in Knoxville

Midway’s baseball team entered play Tuesday with a seven-game winning streak, but the Green Wave couldn’t make it eight-in-a-row as they traveled to Knoxville Central and were knocked off by the Class AAA Bobcats, 4-1.

The Green Wave had a lot of trouble offensively Tuesday as one hit was all Midway picked up on the evening.

KINGSTON: Grant leftovers for Gallaher Road?

With leftover grant and loan money from a previous project sitting dormant, Kingston City Council members are looking to ensure economic development along the  Gallaher Road corridor with increased water capacity.

At an early April work session, Council placed a motion to consider how to spend around $780,000 in combined leftover grant and loan funds on the agenda for the full council session on April 8.

The money is left from the Rockwood waterline interconnection project, which tied Kingston to Rockwood waterlines through Midtown.

Lady 'Cats drop close games

The Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats had plenty of chances Tuesday evening in their game at Knoxville Catholic, but Matt Headden’s squad left 10 runners on base in a 3-2 loss against the Lady Irish.

The Lady ’Cats left one runner on board in each of the first four innings as the two teams battled to a scoreless tie.

Oliver Springs, however, finally broke through in the fifth inning as the Lady ’Cats used four hits to plate two runs.

Tailgaters, do me a solid: back off just a little bit

I had by far the worst experience of tailgating in my many years of driving this last Saturday night.

Roane County has more than its share of people who like to ride the bumper of the car in front of them, but this is the worst I’ve been involved with.