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Saturday at Oak Ridge: Wildcats play Heritage, Bearden takes on Maryville

Posted at 10:52 am February 28, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Region 2-AAA basketball tournament semifinals will be played in Oak Ridge this evening.

The Oak Ridge Wildcats will take on Heritage at 7:30 p.m. That game will be preceded by a match between Bearden and Maryville that starts at 6 p.m.

The games will be played at the Oak Ridge High School Wildcat Arena. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Meetings and Events, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Bearden, finals, heritage, Maryville, Oak Ridge High School Wildcat Arena, Oak Ridge Wildcats, ORHS, Region 2-AAA, Region 2-AAA tournament, regional championship, sectional, semifinals, state tournament

Secret City Wildbots make robotics quarterfinals, but not semifinals

Posted at 1:29 pm April 26, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Secret City Wildbots Lisa Buckner

The Secret City Wildbots survived the qualification rounds 6-4-0 and were selected to join alliance #6, advancing to the elimination rounds. Team 4265 representative Sydney Buckner, pictured, accepts the invitation from the alliance captain, Team 4077. (Photo by Angi Agle)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 7:41 p.m.

The Secret City Wildbots survived the qualification rounds 6-4-0 in the in the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship in St. Louis, Mo., this week and advanced to the elimination rounds.

Saturday evening update: The Secret City Wildbots made it as far as the quarterfinals, but did not advance to the semifinals.

See previous photos and video here.

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: elimination rounds, FIRST Robotics, FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, quarterfinals, robotics championship, Secret City Wildbots, semifinals

‘American Idol’ contestant from Oliver Springs advances

Posted at 7:00 pm February 28, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur has made it through the first phase of the “American Idol” semifinals.

She was one of the last two women in the top 40 contestants to learn whether they would be moving on, but she learned that she will during Wednesday’s episode of the popular Fox TV show.

She will be back during the next phase as one of the top 10 female semifinalists.

Filed Under: Music, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: American Idol, Janelle Arthur, Oliver Springs, semifinals

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