Photos by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today
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.
Photos by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today
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.
Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today
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…]
Come celebrate “The Greatest Show” with the Oak Ridge High School Choirs. Share “A Million Dreams” with seniors as they say goodbye to Oak Ridge High School, a press release said.
The concert starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17, in the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are $3 for adults and $1 for students.
Every year, hundreds of Oak Ridge students enjoy the free Graduation Celebration at the Oak Ridge Civic Center, a safe, all-night party on graduation night. This year’s party is May 31. Those who donate $250 by May 1 will be listed on the annual T-shirt given to grads and volunteers. To donate, register a student, or volunteer, visit www.GraduationCelebration.org.
Graduation Celebration, a free all-night party for high school graduates in Oak Ridge, will host its 21st annual event at the Oak Ridge Civic Center from 10 p.m. May 31 until 5 a.m. June 1.
About 85 percent of the graduating class attends each year, and close to 5,000 Oak Ridge students have enjoyed this tradition since 1997, a press release said. The Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board picks the theme each year, and this year it’s “Old Hollywood.” The Civic Center will be decorated in black, gold, and red, with plenty of glitter to go around, said event chairperson Debbie Magill.
“We are so glad to be able to offer this wonderful event to our graduates,” Magill said. “It shows our youth that the City of Oak Ridge cares about them and is proud of their accomplishments. We could not put on this event without the generous support of the Oak Ridge Parks and Recreation Department, the Youth Advisory Board (YAB), and the citizens and businesses of our city.”
All of the city’s high school graduates, including those from Oak Ridge High School, homeschool, or private schools are invited to the free event, the press release said. [Read more…]
Anderson County residents have organized a rally to show support for the Second Amendment and the U.S. Constitution in Clinton on Saturday.
“Aware of the threat to the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of our great nation, some very concerned citizens of Anderson County, Tennessee, have banded together to demonstrate to those who attack our liberties that they will not be successful in their attempts to destroy America,” a press release said.
“While recognizing there is no immediate threat to to our liberties in East Tennessee, we feel strongly that we must stand with those in other parts of our county who are seeing immediate threats to their right to keep and bear arms, a right that is guaranteed and protected by the Constitution of our country,” the press release said.
The rally is scheduled to start at noon Saturday, April 21, on the steps of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton. It is meant to “show support and solidarity with freedom-loving citizens throughout the United States,” the press release said. [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
