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Several hundred compete in Ben Martin Middle School track meet

Posted at 12:38 am April 4, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Ben Martin Invitational

Several hundred students from five regional middle schools, including Jefferson and Robertsville, competed in the Ben Martin Middle School Invitational track meet in Oak Ridge on Thursday.

Several hundred students from five middle schools competed in the first-ever Ben Martin Middle School Invitational track meet in Oak Ridge on Thursday.

The meet was named after Ben Martin, a legendary Sports Hall of Fame coach who won seven state championships as track coach at Oak Ridge High School. Thursday’s meet was at Ben Martin Track at the high school.

Martin was the first ORHS track and football coach, and he won championships in both sports and began the entire athletic program at the high school, ORHS Cross Country Coach Allen Etheridge said.

“I talked with longtime Oak Ridge coach Winston Russell today, who told me that he remembered coach Martin as the guy who was always there, the guy who would coach anyone at any time,” Etheridge said Monday. “(Martin) was an assistant football coach and was head basketball coach.”

Athletes from Cherokee, Jefferson, Karns, Rhea County, and Robertsville middle schools competed in Thursday’s meet, which included events ranging from relays and hurdles to long jumps and high jumps. [Read more…]

Filed Under: High School, Middle School, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Etheridge, Ben Martin, Ben Martin Middle School Invitational, Ben Martin Track, Bruce Lay, Cherokee, cross country, football, Jefferson Middle School, Jim McNamee Middle School Invitational, Karns, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, Phil Cox, Rhea County, Robertsville Middle School, sports hall of fame, track, track meet, Winston Russell

ORHS cross country hosts middle school track meets named for legendary coaches

Posted at 8:06 pm April 2, 2014
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On Thursday, the Oak Ridge High School cross country teams will host the first ever Ben Martin Middle School Invitational track meet at the Ben Martin Track at ORHS. The meet will include eight teams. Each event will contain two heats, and a new FinishLynx fully automatic timing system will be used to time them. Field events start at 4:30 p.m., and the meet begins at about 5:45 p.m.

“This is a great step for ORHS middle school track,” Coach Allen Etheridge said.

The teams will do the same on Thursday, April 10, at the Jim McNamee Middle School Invitational.

“We named these meets after two legendary Sports Hall of Fame coaches because they are important to the history of athletics at Oak Ridge High School,” Etheridge said. “Coach Martin was the first ORHS track and football coach who won championships in both sports and began the entire athletic program at ORHS. Coach Mac won eight state titles in cross country and one in girls track before retiring in 2004. We aim to do both coaches proud by hosting a top-quality track and field meet.”

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Middle School, Sports Tagged With: Allen Etheridge, Ben Martin Middle School Invitational, Ben Martin Track, Coach Mac, Coach Martin, cross country, Jim McNamee Middle School Invitational, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, sports hall of fame, track and field, track meet

More than 400 attend Rocky Top meeting in Lake City on Friday

Posted at 1:12 pm November 4, 2013
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Information from WYSH Radio

More than 400 people attended Friday night’s bean and cornbread social and informational meeting on a proposal to change the name of Lake City to Rocky Top as the first step toward the creation of a massive Rocky Top theme park.

The event was held at Main Street Baptist Church and featured a presentation from the developers of the proposed tourist destination as well as from Anderson County Property Assessor Johnny Alley, who told the crowd that property taxes would not only not go up because of the project, but if all goes as planned, residents could actually see their property taxes decline as new revenue comes in. Lake City Mayor Tim Sharp told residents that the only cost to the town will be changing the name.

The park, as proposed, would be built on land owned by the city on Highway 441 between I-75 and Highway 25. The first phase of the development would be called the Rocky Top Pavilion and would feature a theater designed to attract musical acts like those found in Branson, Mo.; an indoor-outdoor water park; and a large restaurant. Developers also envision a sports hall of fame and museum. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Lake City, Lake City, Top Stories Tagged With: I-75, Johnny Alley, Lake City, Lake City Council, museum, property taxes, restaurant, Rocky Top, Rocky Top Pavilion, sports hall of fame, theater, theme park, Tim Sharp, tourist destination, water park

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