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Blankenship Field renovations to start after football season

Posted at 6:14 pm July 12, 2018
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Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong Stadium are pictured above on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

The renovations at Blankenship Field, including the installation of synthetic turf, won’t start until after this year’s football season ends, officials said Thursday.

At one time, there had been hopes that the renovation work would have started this past January and be finished by this June. Then, after an $800,000 contract was approved in June, there had still been the possibility that the work could be complete this summer, on or around the first home football game in August.

But on Thursday, the City of Oak Ridge announced a decision to wait until the Oak Ridge High School football season is complete to begin the renovations.

“The decision was based on the contractor’s estimate that the project could not be completed without impacting the first three home football games,” a city press release said. [Read more…]

Van Berkel finishes fourth in girls discus at state track meet

Posted at 4:32 pm May 24, 2018
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Oak Ridge junior Erin Van Berkel finished fourth in the girls discus at the state track and field meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (Photo by ORHS track fan)

Oak Ridge junior Erin Van Berkel finished fourth in girls discus in the state track and field meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

Van Berkel had a throw of 118.5.

Oak Ridge is competing in events at the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association championship track and field meet at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

Besides girls discus, the Wildcats are competing in the girls 1,600-meter run, the boys 4×800-meter relay, the boys 4×100-meter relay, and the girls 4×100-meter relay. [Read more…]

Track: Wildcats, Mavericks competing at state championship meet on Thursday

Posted at 9:09 am May 24, 2018
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Oak Ridge junior Genevieve Schwartz competed in the 4x800 meter relay at MTSU in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 25, 2017, when the girls finished ninth out of 16 teams. Schwartz also competed in the 3,200 meter run, where she finished 15th. (Photo by Kindell Moore)

Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge, who was then a junior, is pictured above competing in the girls 4×800-meter relay in the state championship at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 25, 2017. This year, Schwartz, a senior, is the number two seed in the girls 1,600-meter run in the state championship at MTSU on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (File photo by Kindell Moore)

The Oak Ridge Wildcats and Anderson County Mavericks track and field teams are competing in the state championship meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

Oak Ridge will compete in the girls 1,600-meter run, the boys 4×800-meter relay, the boys 4×100-meter relay, the girls 4×100-meter relay, and girls discus. The Wildcats are the number two seed in the girls 1,600-meter run, the fifth seed in the boys 4×100-meter relay, seventh seed in the boys 4×800-meter relay, eighth seed in the girls 4×100-meter relay, and ninth seed in girls discus.

Anderson County will compete in the girls 100-meter hurdles, girls pole vault, boys long jump, girls 1,600-meter run, and girls 3,200-meter run. The Mavericks are the top seed in the girls pole vault, fifth seed in the girls 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter run, seventh seed in the girls 100-meter hurdles, and 13th seed in the boys long jump.

The top Oak Ridge qualifier headed into the state meet, senior Genevieve Schwartz, is the number two seed in the girls 1,600-meter run, with a time of 5:07.07. The top qualifier is Sasha Neglia of Dobyns-Bennett in Kingsport in upper East Tennessee, with a time of 5:01.14. [Read more…]

Track photos: Last chance meet at ORHS on May 4, part 2

Posted at 8:55 pm May 23, 2018
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Here are photos from the last chance track meet at Oak Ridge High School on May 4, a week before the sectional at Science Hill in upper East Tennessee, which determined which athletes and teams advanced to the state track and field meet this week.

Members of the Oak Ridge Wildcats track and field team are competing in the state meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

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Track photos: Last chance meet at ORHS on May 4, part 1

Posted at 8:50 pm May 23, 2018
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Members of the Oak Ridge Wildcats track and field team are competing in the state meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

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Track photos: Two meets at ORHS in April

Posted at 5:52 pm May 23, 2018
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Here are photos from two track and field meets at Oak Ridge High School in April, one on April 10 and the other on April 24. We will add photo captions as we can.

Members of the Oak Ridge Wildcats track and field team are competing in the state meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday. [Read more…]

Thursday: Cardinal and Gray football scrimmage

Posted at 7:33 am May 17, 2018
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The Oak Ridge Wildcats football team has its Cardinal and Gray Intrasquad Scrimmage at Oak Ridge High School this afternoon.

The scrimmage starts at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the ORHS practice field.

It’s free and open to the public.

Tennis: Three Wildcats advance to regional tournament

Posted at 3:07 pm May 14, 2018
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Pictured are Oak Ridge Wildcat brothers Ethan and Andrew Brady, who will play the number one-seeded Bearden doubles team of Grayson Marlow and James Eaves in a regional semifinal on Monday afternoon, May 14, 2018, at Tyson Park in Knoxville. (Submitted photo)

Three Oak Ridge Wildcats have advanced from the district tennis tournament to the regional tournament.

The three tennis players will compete in regional semifinals at 4:30 p.m. today (Monday, May 14) at Tyson Park in Knoxville. They face the number one seeds from West and Bearden high schools, Oak Ridge Coach David Bowman said.

Two of the three players are Wildcat brothers Ethan and Andrew Brady. They will play the number one-seeded Bearden doubles team of Grayson Marlow and James Eaves. [Read more…]

Soccer: Undefeated in district, Wildcats play Karns in championship Wednesday

Posted at 3:37 pm May 9, 2018
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Pictured above is Oak Ridge sophomore Jonathan Rodriguez (11) during a 3-2 loss to Hardin Valley at home on April 26, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Pictured above is Oak Ridge sophomore Jonathan Rodriguez (11) during a 3-2 loss to Hardin Valley at Oak Ridge High School on April 26, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Undefeated in the district this season, the Oak Ridge Wildcats will play Karns in the championship game in the District 3-AAA tournament at home tonight.

The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at the Pro2Serve Soccer Complex at Oak Ridge High School.

Oak Ridge beat Powell 3-0 in a semifinal game on Monday to advance to the district championship. Nathan Kidder, Carson McGhee, and Jordan Snyder scored goals for Oak Ridge in that game. [Read more…]

Track meet in Oak Ridge today

Posted at 12:44 pm May 4, 2018
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There is a track meet at Oak Ridge High School at 4:30 p.m. today (Friday, May 4).

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Baseball: Regular season ends this week, district tournament begins

Posted at 7:44 pm April 29, 2018
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Oak Ridge senior pitcher Seth Caldwell (0) is pictured above during a 9-1 win over Campbell County at Bobby Hopkins Park in Oak Ridge on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Note: This story was updated at 8:05 p.m.

The regular baseball season ends this week, and the district tournament begins.

As of Tuesday, Oak Ridge was 15-11 overall and 7-6 in District 3-AAA.

In their last district game, at home on Tuesday, the Wildcats beat Campbell County 9-1. They were scheduled to play their final regular-season district game, a rescheduled game, at Campbell County this afternoon (Sunday, April 29).

Oak Ridge will play a a non-district game at Walker Valley in Cleveland on Monday and a throwback game using wooden bats at Farragut on Tuesday.

The district tournament starts on Thursday, and games will be hosted by the top two seeds, which could be Karns and either Halls or Powell. [Read more…]

Tennis: District match results

Posted at 12:45 pm April 19, 2018
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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…]