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FINAL: Lebanon 4, Middlesex 1 Pioneers are off to the championship game tomorrow!

Lebanon 4, Middlesex 1 Top 7

Lebanon 3, Middlesex 1 Bottom 5

Baseball: Lebanon 3, Middlesex 0 Top 3 Softball: Rye Cove 0, Lunenburg Central 0 Top 3 Tazewell 0, Page County 0 Top 3

I was told if Tazewell plays tomorrow for the title, then it would be on the radio. As far as I know, today's game is not.

Agreed. Softball is quicker pace and shorter games.

I was being sarcastic... Lol

Well I did hear something recently about Front Porch Store and Deli paying top dollar for NIL deals recently making the Clinchport/Fort Blackmore area a prime destination for top softball athletes in the area...

Even though I have migrated to Tennessee high school sports in the last several years as that's where I live now, I still keep up with and follow the Virginia side on a regular basis as well. This site gave me the idea to create the Mountain Empire High School Sports group on Facebook as a way to talk high school sports in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. Well, as it turns out, most of, if not all of the 368 members are mostly SWVA folks anyway, including some of the folks from here, so if y'all want a place to come and chat sports, the door is open over there as well. Just send me or the wife a request. We'd be glad to have you. Thank you @GMan for everything you've done to maintain this site and for being a friend outside of this site too over the years. I'm sure we'll continue to have the occasional chat over on Facebook as well.

I think the team from Clinchport takes down either Richlands or Tazewell. Too bad they won't play.

So based on that we can surmise that Ridgeview fans whined about the score, Union fan got mad at Ridgeview fans and threw down.... Although the actions of Union fan can't be excused here, but still..... *sigh* Did Clintwood folks always cry this much? Cause I can guarantee you I never saw Haysi or Ervinton fans act like this, what say you @redtiger? As I've mentioned recently during basketball season, the few times I've went to Ridgeview sporting events over the last couple of years, the fans bellyache over everything: referee calls, referee non-calls, Abingdon being in the M7, Central and Union just existing period. You name it, they're going to gripe about it.

It's an NFHS rule, so it should be in effect everywhere.

A Union fan has been arrested in conjunction with the incident and is being charged with assault and battery.

Video is on Facebook and Twitter. Doesn't show who or what started it though. I've heard a Ridgeview parent made a racial slur, but I've also heard a Union parent was making fun of a Ridgeview kid. I heard a Ridgeview fan broke 5 ribs and broke his pelvis. Also hear charges are pending. What's most shocking is the woman who gets shoved down by the main aggressor in the brawl and seems to smack her head on the pavement. That dude, whoever he is, is not cool in my book.

Just forgot the most important tidbit of having to go to Middlesboro. You can take a side trip down to Harrogate and eat at the Gondolier. Fantastic Italian eatery that place is.

It's not D-B size, but it's decent.

I just copied from the paper. I'll be the first to tell you I don't keep up with spring sports at all, it's kind of my dead period. Just copied what they had.

It's the county school in that area that is the bigger program so to speak, Bell County. They haven't won very many titles, but they usually play pretty deep into the postseason yearly.

Softball standings in case anyone is interested: Mountain 7: Gate City 15-2, 9-0 Abingdon 8-7, 5-4 Ridgeveiw 3-4, 2-2 Lee High 10-4, 2-4 Wise Central 6-3, 1-2 John Battle 2-7, 1-4 Union 3-6, 1-5 Cumberland: Rye Cove 17-0, 7-0 Eastside 8-7, 5-2 J. I. Burton 4-8, 3-2 Castlewood 5-4, 3-3 Twin Springs 4-10, 1-6 Thomas Walker 0-16, 0-6

Kingsport has the M7 and Cumberland standings in it daily, as that's the only two districts they cover along with Virginia High. This is what they have for baseball: Mountain 7: Abingdon 11-4, 9-0 John Battle 11-3, 8-1 Wise Central 9-5, 6-4 Lee High 7-7, 3-6 Union 7-10, 3-6 Ridgeview 5-8, 3-6 Gate City 1-12, 0-9 Cumberland: Eastside 12-2, 7-0 Castlewood 6-4, 3-3 J. I. Burton 5-6, 3-3 Thomas Walker 4-7, 3-3 Twin Springs 5-10, 2-5 Rye Cove 1-10, 1-5

Everyone knows the refs are better on the other side of the Cumberland Gap tunnel. I don't know what y'all are talking about. Lol

Well dang... I guess he is. His Twitter says so as well. I was thinking he was only a junior but I guess not. Guess y'all won't have to worry about him after all.

Yeah, the only thing that stopped him this past season when we (D-B) played them was his cramping.

Tyler Moon could score 10 TD's that game, honestly, but Carter will pull the reins before that happens. As for their fans traveling.... they won't. Folks in JC only care about one game and that's D-B. They had a home playoff game against Farragut a couple of years ago that had around 100 fans total in attendance. When Union plays at Kermit Tipton, there will be probably 5:1 ratio in BSG fans compared to JC even though the Toppers will be at home.

Who is the AD at Ridgeview now, come to think of it? Kent Grant? Is he still softball coach as well?