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Bulldogs set sights on KMAC title, playoff run

By Marty Farmer | Apr 8, 2023

Coming off a 15-6 season in 2022, in which they finished third in the KMAC with an 8-4 conference mark, and with a solid group of returning players, the East Knox High School baseball team is brimming with confidence entering the 2023 season.

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East Knox golfing grad Salyers plays his A-game for Hoosiers

By Marty Farmer | Dec 31, 2022

Indiana University (IU) golfer Drew Salyers appears poised for a monster senior campaign next year, based on his late-season form.

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Colleges overlooked Rinka, so he set scoring record for Kenyon

By Marty Farmer | Dec 31, 2022

Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire made a mistake in not recruiting John Rinka.

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Owls alum makes mark as basketball coach

By Marty Farmer | Sep 21, 2022

Named in honor of the Zulu warrior king, the former Kenyon College star guard, and current Marquette University men’s college basketball head coach made it a household name nationally in 2011, and it was a local one a dozen years before that.

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Knox Babe Ruth League coach Mitchell builds championships, relationships

By Marty Farmer | Sep 10, 2022

Over the last decade, youth baseball coach Randy Mitchell has excelled in two ways: winning championships and building relationships with his players. Perhaps no one embodies Mitchell’s incalculably positive impact on and off the field more than Maddix Morrison.

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For former Scot, Cougar Tim Belcher, there’s no place like home

By Marty Farmer | Aug 13, 2022

Tim Belcher’s journey from a Sparta farm to the bright lights of Major League baseball included being told “thanks, but no thanks,” by colleges and being the “player to be named later” in an MLB trade. From Sparta to Los Angeles, Belcher made his mark.

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Darts in Knox County: The art of the dart

By Marty Farmer | Jul 20, 2022

Throwing is a common athletic movement and a common theme in many sports, though it varies depending on the sport.

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