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Dungy honors Sparks with Uncommon Award

Dungy honors Sparks with Uncommon Award

Former NFL coach Tony Dungy has presented Carson-Newman head football coach Ken Sparks with the inaugural Uncommon Award, which is meant to recognize an individual for their “uncommon leadership through character and faith.” Sparks received the award last week at a banquet in Minneapolis, Minn., in which Minnesota Viking head coach Leslie Frazier was also […]

JCHS Baseball Senior Night

JCHS Baseball Senior Night

The young Patriots baseball team had another tough loss this Monday. The Patriots came out strong in the first, putting up 2 runs with a two run double hit by Silver Munguia. Eli Hammer, the Patriots southpaw pitcher, handled South Doyle quite well, striking out six in seven innings and walking two over five innings. […]

Eagles place four on SAC All-Tournament team

Eagles place four on SAC All-Tournament team

After finishing as runners up in the 2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship, Carson-Newman had four players selected to the league’s all-tournament team. Pitchers Chris Armstrong (Blain, Tenn.) and Dustin Dunagan (Winder, Ga.), as well as second baseman Bo Ausmus (Jefferson City, Tenn.) and centerfielder Cody Fox (Seymour, Tenn.) all made the all-tournament […]

Blassingame gets gold again at the Southeastern Regional

Blassingame gets gold again at the Southeastern Regional

Carson-Newman’s track and field team come home 10 medals, after a two-day competition at the Southeast Regional Championship at Lenior-Rhyne University. Sophomore Cassadine Blassingame not only took the gold in the men’s long jump event, he also managed to snag the bronze in the men’s triple jump. This will mark the fifth time during the […]

Patriots Advance To 14-7 With Victory Over Cherokee

Patriots Advance To 14-7 With Victory Over Cherokee

The Jefferson County Patriots today played at home against Cherokee High School. After trading back and forth leads the Patriots came out on top with a 6-5 win in yet another great conference home game for Jefferson County, taking them to a 14-7 record for their 2013 season. Jefferson County took an early lead Tuesday […]

No Runs, No Hits, No Walks – Run Away Victory For JCHS Patriots

No Runs, No Hits, No Walks – Run Away Victory For JCHS Patriots

The Jefferson County Patriots Varsity Softball Team had a run away victory Tuesday against Cherokee High School recording a score of 4-0. Randi Hill the Lady Patriots starting pitcher will never forget that night after pitching a perfect game against Cherokee. Only having one other perfect game in 2012. Her no runs, no hits, and […]

Armstrong awarded All-SAC second team honor

Carson-Newman starting pitcher Chris Armstrong has garnered first team All-South Atlantic Conference honors in his senior season. “It’s great to get recognized for that, but the team has a lot to do with that,” Armstrong said. “There have been some tremendous plays behind me to keep me in things, double plays turned, Zach Long making […]

C-N women’s tennis’ Stand skyrockets to all-SAC first team

C-N women’s tennis’ Stand skyrockets to all-SAC first team

Carson-Newman’s Stefy Stand has earned first team all-SAC honors in her junior season with the Eagles. Stand is Carson-Newman’s first first-team all-conference selection since Amanda Bartlett and Elizabeth Sneed were tabbed for the same honors in 2010. Stand played all 17 of her matches at number one singles. Her selection brings Carson-Newman to 36 all-conference […]

Perez brings home all-conference second team honors

Perez brings home all-conference second team honors

Carson-Newman men’s tennis’ Juan Sebastian Perez has been lauded by the South Atlantic Conference as a second team All-SAC selection. Perez is C-N men’s tennis’ first all-conference selection since Trent Slagle made the second team in 2011. Perez, a freshman, went 8-10 in singles this year, including three wins in a row over Covenant, North […]

Eagles lockdown fourth, Hawkins first team all-tournament at SAC Championship

Eagles lockdown fourth, Hawkins first team all-tournament at SAC Championship

Carson-Newman’s Meridith Hawkins was one of only two players in the field of 50 to score below 80 in all three rounds of the Food Lions South Atlantic Conference Women’s Golf Championship. Hawkins cemented the feat with her third straight 79 (+7) on day three, Tuesday. Tournament champion Barbara Castro of Newberry was the only […]

Kim-Moss makes second team all-tournament, Eagles finish fourth at SAC championship

Kim-Moss makes second team all-tournament, Eagles finish fourth at SAC championship

Carson-Newman’s Jonathan Kim-Moss (Mississauga, Canada) rounded out his Food Lion SAC Championship week with a 77 (+5) to finish with a 226 (+9) and ninth place. The numbers – bolstered by a one-under round on day one – were good enough to clinch Kim-Moss a spot on the all-tournament second team. The Eagles (916) placed […]

Kirkpatrick kickstarts Eagles in 13-8 crowning of King

Kirkpatrick kickstarts Eagles in 13-8 crowning of King

Carson-Newman (19-24) got its bats cooking in its final game before the Food Lions South Atlantic Conference Tournament with a 13-8 slug fest win over King (27-17). Evan Kirkpatrick (Jefferson City, Tenn.) led the charge offensively for the Eagles. The sophomore was four-for-five with three RBI and a pair of runs scored. Carson-Newman pounded out […]

Eagles soar to third as Hay rebounds

Eagles soar to third as Hay rebounds

Carson-Newman jumped a spot to third place at the Food Lion SAC Golf Championship Monday at the Sevierville Golf Club. The Eagles were helped mightily by Gavin Hay (Glasgow, Scotland), who improved 11 strokes in round two with a 71 (-1). Hay’s round was one of three under-par days across the board at day two […]

Hawkins, Baiunco pace C-N at day two of SAC Championship

Carson-Newman’s women’s golf team remained in fourth place through round two of the South Atlantic Conference Women’s Golf Tournament. However, the Eagles were just one of two teams with multiple golfers who had sub-80 rounds. Meridith Hawkins (Powell, Tenn.) and Danielle Baiunco (Melbourne, Fla.) shot twin 79s (+7) to become the only teammates outside of […]

JCHS Split With Eagles

JCHS Split With Eagles

Jefferson County Patriots Baseball Team split weekend games with the Seymour Eagles. On Friday afternoon, the Patriots hosted the Eagles at Holland Field. Jefferson County posted a 6-2 win over Seymour, though the Eagles rallied on Saturday when the Patriots took to the road for the second match up of the weekend. Seymour shut out […]

Hefner smashes single season RBI record, hits game winner as Eagles sweep Brevard

Carson-Newman (29-13, 11-7 SAC) shortstop Brittany Hefner (Talbot, Tenn.) drove in four runs in the Eagles’ 9-0 (5), 7-6 (8) sweep of Brevard to reset the school and conference single season record for RBI with 75. Hefner broke the record with a solo home run in game two before adding to it with a two-RBI […]