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USA Cycling has Time Trial championship race in Oak Ridge in June

Posted at 2:50 pm April 24, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Image by USA Cycling

Image by USA Cycling

 

The USA Cycling Pro Road, Time Trial, and Criterium National Championships will be in Oak Ridge and Knoxville in June, and the first of those races, the Time Trial races, will be in Oak Ridge on Thursday, June 21.

The Oak Ridge races will kick off the championships, according to Explore Oak Ridge and Adventure Anderson County.

The Time Trial championships will be hosted by Visit Knoxville and the City of Oak Ridge, the two tourism organizations said.

They said the Time Trial course is a seven-mile section of roadway that will include part of Melton Lake Drive, which is along the Oak Ridge waterfront, and Union Valley Road. The professional and elite women will complete two laps for a total distance of 14.1 miles. The professional and elite men will complete three laps for a total distance of 21.25 miles.

The course allows spectators to see athletes pass multiple times from one viewing location, Explore Oak Ridge and Adventure Anderson County said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Recreation, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Adventure Anderson County, City of Oak Ridge, criterium, Explore Oak Ridge, road race, time trial, USA Cycling, USA Cycling Pro Road Time Trial and Criterium National Championships, Visit Knoxville


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Run on Saturday will support autism organization

Posted at 4:53 pm April 19, 2018
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

Joe Judkins, right, of Oak Ridge, gets a high-five from Seth Krichinsky, an adult with autism who cheers on participants and helps hand out awards. Judkins came in first in his age group in the 5K run last year. (Submitted photo)

Joe Judkins, right, of Oak Ridge, gets a high-five from Seth Krichinsky, an adult with autism who cheers on participants and helps hand out awards. Judkins came in first in his age group in the 5K run last year. (Submitted photo)

 

The 12th annual Breakthrough Run for Autism will be held April 21, with Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville inviting individuals, teams, and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate.

The 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Fun Run begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at Regal Cinemas Pinnacle Stadium 18 in Farragut’s Turkey Creek. The run, held during National Autism Awareness Month, supports Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville, a nonprofit organization committed to helping adults facing the challenges of autism in the East Tennessee region.

Lori Tucker, WATE-TV news anchor, will serve as honorary chair of the run and will be the emcee during the awards ceremony. Happy Lee, a Breakthrough volunteer, is the race director.

Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville invites any individual with a disability to register for the run or walk as a “breakthrough buddy,” a press release said. A “buddy” may request to participate with a volunteer, who will run or walk the course with the buddy. Breakthrough buddies receive special recognition during the award ceremony. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Recreation, Sports Tagged With: Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville, Breakthrough Run for Autism, Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, intellectual and developmental disabilities, Lori Tucker


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Tennis: District match results

Posted at 12:45 pm April 19, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge High School Wildcats tennis team is pictured above in 2018. (Photo courtesy Traci Magee)

The Oak Ridge High School Wildcats tennis team is pictured above in 2018. (Photo courtesy Traci Magee)

 

Here are results of district matches for the Oak Ridge Wildcats tennis team this spring. The results are in reverse chronological order.

The Wildcats will play Campbell County at home at Oak Ridge High School from 4-7 p.m. today (Thursday, April 19). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: Anderson County, Central High School, Gibbs High School, Lady Wildcats, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Wildcats, tennis, tennis team, Traci Magee

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Big Ed’s Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit Community Mediation Services

Posted at 6:42 pm April 18, 2018
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Oak Ridge Country Club Golf CourseAn annual golf tournament that helps Community Mediation Services of Anderson Country is next week in Oak Ridge.

The 17th Annual Big Ed’s Memorial Golf Tournament is Friday, April 27, at the beautiful and challenging Oak Ridge Country Club, a press release said.

Big Ed’s Memorial Golf Tournament benefits Community Mediation Services of Anderson Country, “providing participants a great way to give back to the youth and families in our community while having a great day of golf,” the press release said.

The Tournament starts at 8 a.m. Friday, April 27, in a scramble format. Golfers will get a complimentary breakfast, beverage carts, and a smoked barbecue lunch provided by Big Ed’s. Prize contests for participants will be awarded and a Hole-in-One Grand Prize will be available. Free Big Ed’s shirts and golf towels for all golfers are included. An on-site silent auction will be available, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Recreation, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Big Ed’s Memorial Golf Tournament, Community Mediation Services, Community Mediation Services of Anderson Country, golf tournament

UT MBA team to present Rails to Trails study findings

Posted at 4:53 pm April 18, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The former CSX railway is pictured near Jefferson Middle School in central Oak Ridge on Dec. 30, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

The former CSX railway, which could be converted into a bike and pedestrian greenway, is pictured near Jefferson Middle School in central Oak Ridge on Dec. 30, 2016. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

A team of graduate students from the University of Tennessee’s Master of Business Administration program will present recommendations next week to the City of Oak Ridge from a recent project that focused on how the city can promote its proposed Rails to Trails program.

The presentation, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, will be in the Oak Ridge Municipal Building Courtroom on South Tulane Avenue. It is open to the public.

The Rails to Trails project in Oak Ridge would convert about 4.85 miles of unused CSX railroad into a pedestrian and bicycle trail. The city has received a $1.2 million grant for the project and approved a $1.5 million contract with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, but there is still much work to be done, including acquiring the property and designing and building the trail. Officials suggest it could be several years at least before the project is completed.

The former railroad starts at Elza Gate Park at Melton Lake Drive in east Oak Ridge, runs past the Emory Heights neighborhood and Jefferson Middle School, crosses Emory Valley Road near Hank’s Market, and then continues through the Hendrix Creek neighborhood along Lafayette Drive before ending near South Illinois Avenue, Scarboro Road, and the Y-12 National Security Complex.

The study of the Rails to Trails program took the group of four MBA students about seven weeks to complete, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Recreation, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, CSX Railroad, CSX railway, Haslam College of Business, Master of Business Administration, Oak Ridge Municipal Building, Rails-to-Trails, Tennessee Department of Transportation, University of Tennessee

Greenways Oak Ridge to be discussed at Lunch with League on Tuesday

Posted at 2:08 pm April 16, 2018
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Dan Robbins Birdwalk

Dan Robbins, second from right, leads an ORICL group on a birding walk along a Melton Hill Lake paved greenway. (File photo)

 

Dan Robbins, chairman of Greenways Oak Ridge, will be the guest speaker at Lunch with the League on Tuesday. His presentation will focus on the history, current status, and future plans of the Greenways Oak Ridge organization, which celebrates 25 years of existence this year, a press release said.

The meeting will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, which is located at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Robbins, who grew up on a tobacco farm in rural eastern North Carolina, earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his doctorate in analytical chemistry from Princeton University, then spent a year at the Technical University of Norway on a Fulbright post-doctoral fellowship. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Recreation, Sports Tagged With: Dan Robbins, Greenways Oak Ridge, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Lunch with the League

Tennis: Oak Ridge played Maryville Thursday, has home matches this week

Posted at 12:54 pm April 15, 2018
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Pictured left to right are Oak Ridge Wildcats Levi Parrish and Miko Jakowski meeting Maryville’s Blake Miles and Nathan Vaughn during team introductions for doubles matches on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Photo courtesy David Bowman)

Pictured left to right are Oak Ridge Wildcats Levi Parish and Miko Jakowski meeting Maryville’s Blake Miles and Nathan Vaughn during team introductions for doubles matches on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Photo courtesy David Bowman)

 

The Oak Ridge Wildcats tennis team played Maryville last Thursday.

At number one singles, Archer Marlow won against Maryville’s Matthew Gideon 8-5, and Wildcat Andrew Brady defeated number three Devon Jones 9-7.

Archer partnered with Stuart Dorman at number two Oak Ridge High School doubles to win 8-1 against Maryville’s Devon Jones and Nick Van Son.

For the Lady Wildcats, number one singles Jasleen Narula was narrowly defeated by Maryville‘s Rebecca Birdwell 9-8 (3).

A big win at number four doubles was had by Stephanie Romanoski and her partner Morgan Loggins 6-2 against Lady Rebels Faith Kirby and Brooklyn Kahn. [Read more…]

Filed Under: High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Andrew Brady, Archer Marlow, Blake Miles, Brooklyn Kahn, David Bowman, Devon Jones, Faith Kirby, Jasleen Narula, Jina Jiang, Joanne Bowman, Lady Rebels, Lady Wildcats, Levi Parish, Matthew Gideon, Miko Jakowski, Morgan Loggins, Nathan Vaughn, Nick Van Son, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Wildcats, Rebecca Birdwell, Rose Farahi, Stephanie Romanoski, Stuart Dorman, tennis

Soccer: Wildcats have young, winning team

Posted at 3:52 pm April 11, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The 2018 Oak Ridge Wildcats boys soccer team is pictured above. (Submitted photo via Tom Gorman)

The 2018 Oak Ridge Wildcats boys soccer team is pictured above. (Submitted photo via Tom Gorman)

 

The Oak Ridge Wildcats boys soccer team lost 11 seniors last year, but this year’s young team has a winning 6-2-2 record, Coach Tom Gorman said Tuesday.

Gorman said he has been pleased with the team’s growth. The Wildcats have three seniors and 11 juniors, and only three starters returned from last year.

Despite that turnover, though, the boys have had district wins over Powell and Campbell County, and they will play district games at Halls on Tuesday and at home against Karns on Friday next week. If they win those two district games, they would be the top seed, which would get them through the district championship and into the regional tournament semifinal.

Gorman, who is coaching both boys and girls soccer this year, previously coached the girls team from 2010-2013. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Austyn Lincoln, Bill Andress, boys soccer, Casey Nigh, Dennis Rush, Jonathan Rodriguez, Kenny Moon, Nathan Kidder, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Wildcats, Tom Gorman, Will Dallas

Oak Ridge junior has top discus throw in state

Posted at 2:14 pm April 11, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge High School junior Erin Van Berkel throws the disc 120 feet and 10 inches in a track and field meet at Oak Ridge High School on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. That's the top discus throw among high school girls in Tennessee this year. (Photo by ORHS Track Fan)

Oak Ridge High School junior Erin Van Berkel throws the disc 120 feet and 10 inches in a track and field meet at Oak Ridge High School on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. That’s the top discus throw among high school girls in Tennessee this year. (Photo by ORHS Track Fan)

 

Oak Ridge High School junior Erin Van Berkel threw a disc 120 feet and 10 inches in a track and field meet at Oak Ridge High School on Tuesday. That’s the top discus throw among high school girls in Tennessee this year.

Van Berkel had been ranked number three in the state going into Tuesday’s meet, said Luke Hadden, Oak Ridge throw coach. The top two had been girls at Alvin C. York and Jefferson County, and they had throws of about 116 feet and 113 feet.

Van Berkel’s throw is the farthest throw by an Oak Ridge athlete in a long time, said Allen Etheridge, Oak Ridge track coach. The school record of 128 feet and 8 inches was set by Sarah Gundlach in 1978.

Van Berkel beat her previous meet best by about eight feet on Tuesday.

“It was a great throw,” Etheridge said. “It was brilliant.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Allen Etheridge, Ben Martin Invitational, Caelan Thompson, Desiree Bates, discus, Erin Van Berkel, Farragut Invitational, Hardin Valley Invitational, Jordan Graham, Jose Villegas, K-Juan Stacy-Wright, Kate Hausladen, Katie Swigert, Luke Hadden, Makiya Garrett, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Wildcats, Reid Dukes, Shatryah Copeland, track and field, track and field meet, track meet, track team, Vaughn Coleman

Oak Ridge varsity, junior varsity baseball schedules for 2018

Posted at 6:58 pm March 31, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

You can see the 2018 Oak Ridge varsity and junior varsity baseball schedules here. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: baseball, baseball schedules, Oak Ridge

Boys soccer schedule for 2018

Posted at 6:17 pm March 31, 2018
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 Oak Ridge High School

Boys Soccer

2018 Match Schedule

First Practice Date

  1. Feb 12, 2018

Scrimmages

  1. Feb 17 – Jamboree in Knoxville (A) 11:30 – Jefferson County/12:30 – Morristown East
  2. Feb 20  – Catholic (A) 5PM/7PM
  3. Feb 27 –  Morristown West (A) – 7PM
  4. Mar 5 – Alcoa (A) – 5PM/7PM
  5. March 8 – South Doyle  – South Doyle (A) – 5PM/7PM

Regular Season [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: boys soccer, boys soccer schedule, Oak Ridge High School

TVA to lower level of Melton Hill Reservoir for shoreline maintenance

Posted at 10:39 am March 20, 2018
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

The Tennessee Valley Authority's Melton Hill Dam is pictured above. (Photo courtesy TVA)

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Melton Hill Dam is pictured above. (Photo courtesy TVA)

 

The Tennessee Valley Authority will temporarily lower the water level of Melton Hill Reservoir from Saturday, March 24, through Saturday, April 7, to allow property owners to repair docks, stabilize shoreline, and pick up litter.

The reservoir’s water level will be held between 790 and 792 feet above sea level—about two to four feet below its current level—during this period. The exact rate of the drawdown will depend on weather conditions and may vary with rainfall amounts, a press release said.

Melton Hill will be returned to its normal winter elevation of 794 feet beginning on April 8. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Recreation, Sports Tagged With: Melton Hill Reservoir, shoreline maintenance, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, water level

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