The National Weather Service has confirmed three tornadoes hit East Tennessee.
An EF-1 tornado formed in Fentress County Thursday night and was on the ground for 22 miles.
This tornado then strengthened into an EF-2 tornado in Morgan County, where it was on the ground for nearly 14 miles and proved deadly in Deer Lodge when a mother and her daughter were killed and three others were injured.
An EF-1 tornado hit Grainger County and was on the ground for about four miles.
Two juveniles are charged after a “possible planned attack” on McMinn County High School students.
McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy says he received a phone call from a parent of one of the juveniles Thursday night after finding something disturbing, a video made in November by his son and another student that implied their planning of a “school-shooting type attack” and naming certain students as possible targets.
Guy immediately notified the School Safety Supervisor, the school’s SRO and their local Homeland Security Agent.
The students were suspended from school Friday and more evidence was found on the student’s phones.
As of yesterday (Sunday), both juveniles have been charged with conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism and are underdoing psychological evaluations and counseling.
One is already in custody and the other is completing treatment at a mental health facility and will be transferred to the juvenile detention center upon completion.
An escaped Roane County inmate is back in custody and charges are pending.
The Roane County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate, 29 year-old Benjamin Johnson, at the Roane County Detention Facility escaped on Saturday.
Officials say Johnson escaped by climbing over the facility’s recreation yard fence, which resulted in injury due to the razor wire.
K-9 units and a drone found Johnson in a wooded area in Kingston.
RCSO jail records indicate he has been in custody since October 2nd on several drug and firearm charges.
Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | February 09, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. – Playing its fourth contest in a five-game span against top-five ranked teams, No. 19/17 Tennessee went toe-to-toe with No. 6/4 LSU and grabbed a fourth-quarter lead before the Tigers prevailed, 82-77, in front of 11,154 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Lady Vols (17-6, 4-6 SEC) were led by 21 points from junior guard Ruby Whitehorn, while fifth-year guard Jewel Spear contributed 19, sophomore guard Talaysia Cooper 16 and junior forward Zee Spearman 15 in another narrow setback for the Big Orange against a gauntlet-like stretch of their schedule. Sophomore forward Alyssa Latham came off the bench to pace her team on the glass with eight rebounds.
The Tigers (25-1, 10-1 SEC) also had four scoring in double figures, led by 23 from Kailyn Gilbert. She was aided by Mikaylah Williams with 16, Aneesah Morrow with 14 and Flau’Jae Johnson with 12. Morrow grabbed 14 rebounds to card a double-double for LSU, which connected on 20 of 22 attempts from the free-throw line, including eight of nine in the fourth quarter.
LSU grabbed an early 4-0 lead and then pushed ahead 7-2 before the Lady Vols evened things up, 9-9, by the 5:15 mark on layups by Spearman and Whitehorn and a three-pointer by Spearman. A steal by Spearman and a pass ahead to Spear for a transition layup gave the Lady Vols their first lead at 11-9 with 5:01 to go before a Sa’myah Smith layup sent the teams into the 4:17 media timeout deadlocked at 11. A layup and trey by Whitehorn pushed her team in front, 18-15, with 2:48 remaining, but LSU used a 7-0 run to seize a 22-18 lead by the 1:11 mark before Whitehorn countered with a layup to end the first period with her team trailing, 22-20.
LSU built a nine-point lead midway through the second stanza at 33-24, but the Lady Vols struck back as Spear scored eight straight points, including back-to-back threes to trim the margin to three, 35-32, by the 4:45 media timeout. A pair of Spear free throws drew UT back to within three again at the 3:32 mark, and after the Tigers had pushed the margin to seven, 41-34, she drained a long three to whittle the margin to four, 41-37, by halftime.
Tennessee came out fighting at the opening of the third frame, scoring the first seven points and building a three-point lead, 44-41, on buckets by Whitehorn and Spearman and a free throw and layup by Cooper to force an LSU timeout with 7:06 remaining. A free throw and layup by Cooper gave the Lady Vols their biggest lead, 47-43, with 5:52 to go, but the Tigers trimmed the deficit to one, 49-48, on a pair of Gilbert free throws before the teams went to the media timeout with 4:50 left. LSU outscored the Lady Vols, 14-8, the rest of the way, but a Spear free throw ended up being the final points of the quarter after an LSU three-point shot was ruled to have gone in after the buzzer sounded, sending LSU into the fourth with a 62-57 lead.
The Lady Vols scored the first seven points of the final stanza, getting a Spearman hook shot, a pair of Spear free throws and a Tess Darby three to move ahead, 64-62, with 8:01 remaining. A 9-2 burst by the home team, though, earned it a 71-66 lead with 5:00 left and forced a UT timeout. The Tigers twice pushed their lead to eight, 76-68, and then 78-70 with 2:14 to go, but a Whitehorn layup cut the gap to 78-73 with 1:30 remaining. Then, an old-fashioned three-point play from Whitehorn narrowed the deficit to two, 78-76, with 23 ticks on the clock. LSU, however, hit four free throws down the stretch to stave off the upset bid.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols now will turn their focus to the first of three straight games at home. On deck Thursday at Food City Center is Auburn at 6:30 p.m. ET, with that contest available for streaming on SECN+. The matchup also will be broadcast on Lady Vol Network radio stations statewide and via audio stream on UTSports.com. The tilt will be UT’s Play4Kay game, bringing awareness to the fight against breast cancer.
RUBY REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS: Ruby Whitehorn eclipsed 1,000 career points on Sunday afternoon, hitting a total of 21 vs. LSU to boost her career total to 1,013 in her third collegiate season. The junior drove to the hoop to secure a layup for her 1,000th career point with 51 seconds left in the first quarter. The Detroit, Michigan, native notched nine points in the first quarter alone. Whitehorn has scored 302 points this season at UT and is on track for her highest-scoring collegiate season. She tallied 331 as a freshman at Clemson and 380 as a sophomore there for a total of 711.
UT BREAKS SEASON RECORD FOR THREE-POINTERS: The Lady Vols tallied six three pointers versus the Tigers, boosting their total to 245 treys in only 23 games this season to card a new Tennessee women’s record. The previous Big Orange record for a season was 242 deep balls in 37 games during the 2010-11 campaign. Jewel Spear led the Big Orange with three treys on the day and has a team-high 54 in 2024-25.
SPEAR SLIDES TO NINTH IN CAREER SCORING LIST: Jewel Spear’s 19 points against LSU propelled her into ninth place on Tennessee’s career scoring list, including transfers. The fifth-year guard possesses 2,078 during her collegiate career. Spear surpassed Meighan Simmons, who totaled 2,064 points from 2010-14, moving her to tenth on the Big Orange all-time scoring list. Spear scored in double figures for the 13th time this season and the 107th time in her career.
Game Recap: Softball | February 09, 2025
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The sixth-ranked Lady Vols capped their opening weekend with an 8-3 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday at the Eddie C. Moore Complex.
Tennessee played six games in the NFCA Leadoff Classic, finishing with a 5-1 record to kick off the 2025 campaign. Dominating both in the circle and at the plate, the Lady Vols outscored their opponents 51-14, hitting .364 as a team.
The Lady Vol pitching staff tossed three complete games, struck out 48 batters, and held opponents to a .128 batting average.
Redshirt sophomore Taylor Pannell was named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team after posting a 6-for-17 (.353) performance at the plate. She contributed four runs, one double, two home runs and nine RBIs.
On Sunday, Sophia Nugent set the tone with a leadoff home run to begin the second inning, marking her second long ball of the weekend. Pannell continued the offensive onslaught with a two-out grand slam, extending UT’s lead to 5-0 after two innings.
Tennessee capitalized on a Pittsburgh error to add a sixth run in the third inning.
The Panthers responded with one run in the fourth and two in the fifth, cutting the Lady Vols’ lead in half heading into the late innings.
Kinsey Fiedler provided some insurance with a two-RBI single to center in the sixth, helping Tennessee seal the win.
Sophomore Sage Mardjetko got the start in the circle, throwing 5.1 innings to earn her second victory of the season. The Lemont, Illinois, native allowed one run on two hits, with three walks and five strikeouts.
Mardjetko was briefly lifted to start the fifth inning, as junior Charli Orsini came on in relief. Orsini faced four batters, retiring two, before Mardjetko reentered the game. Orsini allowed two unearned runs and walked two.
Karlyn Pickens closed out the game in the seventh, recording the final three outs of the weekend.
DUE UP
Tennessee will split its weekend between Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Beaumont, Texas, Feb. 14-16. The Lady Vols will face McNeese State in a doubleheader on Valentine’s Day in Lake Charles before taking on Tulsa, Lamar, and Nicholls in Beaumont over the following two days.
Game Recap: Men’s Basketball | February 08, 2025
NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Tennessee used a scintillating first-half shooting performance to claim a commanding lead in the opening minutes and never looked back, en route to a thorough 70-52 triumph Saturday afternoon at Oklahoma.
Fourth-ranked Tennessee (20-4, 7-4 SEC) made 15 of its initial 17 field goals in its first-ever game at the Lloyd Noble Center and led by as many as 28 points in the dominant result. Fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier led the way with a game-high 21 points in the first conference matchup between the two programs.
The Volunteers hit six of their first seven shots, including hitting five in a row, to take an early 13-9 lead after just 4:34. Following a miss, they made eight consecutive shots, extending the start to 14-of-16 overall and 5-of-5 beyond the arc, to go up by 14, 33-19, with 8:57 left in the frame. Lanier personally scored 13 points on a perfect 5-of-5 ledger in the first 10 minutes alone.
Tennessee went 3:35 without a field goal, committing four turnovers and making one free throw, but then continued its offensive onslaught. It pushed the field goal streak to nine in a row, making it a 15-of-17 tally through 15 minutes. Soon thereafter, the visitors went ahead by 20 points, 41-21, with 3:49 on the first-half timer, behind a 17-of-21 clip from the floor that featured a 6-of-7 long-range count.
Senior forward Igor Miličić Jr., gave Tennessee its largest lead of the half, 22, on a four-point play with 1:56 to go in the frame, stretching the margin to 45-23. Oklahoma (16-7, 3-7 SEC) scored the final two points of the session to make it 45-25 at the break.
The Volunteers missed their final two field goals, both from the field, in the opening 20 minutes to give them an 18-of-26 (69.2 percent) overall figure, including a 7-of-12 (58.3 percent) register from deep. At the other end, they held the Sooners to 11-of-28 (39.9 percent) shooting from the floor, with a 3-of-10 (30.0 percent) mark on 3-pointers.
Tennessee committed five fouls in the first-three-and-a-half minutes of the second stanza to give Oklahoma six free throws, all of which it made, on the way to cutting the deficit to 49-34 with 16:33 left. However, the Volunteers held the home team without a point for the next 3:05—that came during a 6:30 span in which it allowed no made field goals, forcing six misses in a row—to go back ahead by 21.
A 9-0 run, started with a 3-pointer by senior guard Zakai Zeigler, in 4:22 helped Tennessee grab a game-best 28-point advantage, 68-40, with 5:30 to play. Oklahoma countered with the next seven points, part of a 12-2 game-ending run to make it an 18-point final cushion.
Lanier, who shot 9-of-17 from the field, added five rebounds and two assists to his line. Zeigler, who notched a 6-of-8 field-goal clip that included a 3-of-4 mark from deep, logged 17 points, as well as led all players in assists (nine) and steals (four).
Miličić posted eight points, as did junior forward Felix Okpara, who also registered a game-leading and co-season-best four blocked shots.
Just one Sooner finished with double-digit points, as senior forward Jalon Moore notched 12 on a 4-of-12 field-goal clip. Graduate guard Brycen Goodine was Oklahoma’s second-leading scorer with nine points, but Tennessee limited him to 2-of-7 shooting, including a 1-of-4 figure beyond the arc.
Despite missing six of its final 10 shots, including three of its last four after going up by 28, Tennessee still concluded the contest with a dazzling 60.4 percent (29-of-48) mark from the field. It compiled a 42.9 percent (9-of-21) figure on 3-pointers.
On the defensive side of the floor, Tennessee held Oklahoma to its lowest point total since Feb. 28, 2024, and its lowest mark at home since Nov. 7, 2022. The former was also the last time the Sooners made fewer than a third of their shots, with Feb. 17, 2024, the last time they did so at home. In addition, the 18-point margin was the program’s co-fifth-largest home loss in the last 30 seasons (1995-2025).
Oklahoma finished with a 32.1 percent (17-of-53) clip from the field in the setback, but did go a perfect 12-of-12 at the stripe. It also got outscored by 16 in the paint points, as Tennessee accumulated a 36-20 margin around the rim.
The Volunteers play their second consecutive road game Tuesday at 7 p.m. at No. 14 Kentucky, live on ESPN from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.
To keep up with the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team on social media, follow @Vol_Hoops on Instagram and X/Twitter, as well as /tennesseebasketball on Facebook.
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS POSTGAME NOTES
• The Volunteers donned their “Dark Mode” uniforms Saturday, the second time wearing black in program history—both are this season—alongside a Dec. 3, 2024, home win over Syracuse.
• Prior to Saturday, Tennessee had just four all-time outings in the state of Oklahoma, going 2-2 in neutral-site contests in the All-College Classic in Oklahoma City (2-1 in Dec. 1969 and 0-1 in Dec. 2005).
• Saturday marked just the second meeting, including the first in SEC play, between the Volunteers and Sooners, alongside a 55-49 Tennessee home win on Dec. 13, 1968.
• Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has now faced Oklahoma 42 times in his career, more than all but one other opponent (Texas A&M; 43).
• Barnes is now 22-20 all-time versus the Sooners, with the 22 victories his fifth-most against any foe, trailing just Texas Tech (33), Texas A&M (32), Baylor (31) and Oklahoma State (23).
• The Volunteers moved to 5-7 under Barnes in morning (local time) tip-offs, with this its first such game since Nov. 22, 2023, against Kansas in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Prior to Saturday, 12 of Tennessee’s last 14 SEC games, including eight of 10 this season, were against AP top-25 foes, including each of the last five, a program first.
• Tennessee now owns 31 20-win seasons in program history, six of which have come in the last eight years under Barnes.
• Barnes upped his career total to 25 20-win campaigns, matching Mark Few, Rick Pitino, Eddie Sutton and Jerry Tarkanian for No. 11 all-time at the Division I level.
• Before Miličić, the last four-point play by a Volunteer also came in the “Dark Mode” unforms, as Zeigler recorded one Dec. 3, 2024, versus Syracuse.
• Tennessee’s 69.2 percent first-half field-goal clip marked its second-best in a frame this year, trailing only the 70.4 percent (19-of-27) tally it put up before the break Nov. 17, 2024, versus Austin Peay.
• The two sides combined for just three free-throw attempts in the first half, with Zeigler splitting a pair at the 6:26 mark and Miličić adding the and-one with 1:56 left in the frame, but Oklahoma took its first shots from the line just five seconds into the second frame.
• After being called for just two fouls in the first half, Tennessee committed seven in the opening 6:32 of the second frame—five came in the first 3:27, during which it drew zero—to put Oklahoma in the bonus with 13:28 left.
• In each of their two games this week—the other was an 85-81 home win Wednesday against No. 15/16 Missouri—the Volunteers blocked eight shots and had none blocked on the offensive end.
• Tennessee has conceded 35 or fewer first-half points in 22 of its 24 contests thus far, including 29 or fewer on 14 occasions and 22 or fewer seven times.
• The Volunteers have held a halftime advantage in 18 of their 24 outings this season, including a margin of seven-plus points 13 times, double digits 11 times, 12-plus 10 times, 14-plus eight times, 20-plus four times and 23-plus thrice.
• The Volunteers have held a lead of 18-plus points in 17 of their 24 contests this season, including a margin of 26 in 11 of them.
• Seventeen of Tennessee’s 20 wins are by 12-plus points, with nine by at least 20, four by at least 35 and two by 40-plus.
• Tennessee last shot over 60.0 percent from the field in a 37-of-58 (63.8 percent) showing Nov. 17, 2024, versus Austin Peay.
• The Volunteers most recently shot 50.0 percent or better in both halves of a game Nov. 22, 2024, against Baylor in Nassau, Bahamas, when they notched a 17-of-33 (51.5 percent) ledger before the break and a 7-of-13 (53.8 percent) mark after it.
• Oklahoma is the second team to make all its free throws against the Volunteers this season, as Louisville went 13-of-13 on its home court Nov. 9, 2024.
• The last time Oklahoma scored 52 or fewer points and the last time it made fewer than one-third of its field-goal attempts was Feb. 28, 2024, when it notched 45 on a 32.6 percent (15-of-46) clip at Iowa State.
• The Sooners last scored 52 or fewer points on their home court Nov. 7, 2022, when they had 51 against Sam Houston State and last did so in league play—while in the Big 12—on Jan. 22, 2022, against Baylor.
• Oklahoma’s 32.1 percent mark from the field versus Tennessee was its worst since Feb. 17, 2028, when it had a 32.0 percent (16-of-50) ledger versus Kansas, with the latter also the last it connected on fewer than one-third of its attempts at home.
• Only five prior times in the last 30 seasons (1995-2025) has Oklahoma lost by 18-plus points on its home court: 78-55 (minus-23) on Feb. 11, 2023, versus Kansas; 77-47 (minus-30) on Jan. 28, 2019, against Baylor; 84-52 (minus-32) on Jan. 28, 2017, versus Florida; 76-50 (minus-26) on Dec. 30, 2016, against Baylor; and 69-51 (minus-18) on Jan. 8, 2011, versus Texas A&M.
• Zeigler’s nine assists increased his career mark to 645, moving him from No. 10 to co-seventh in SEC history, as he surpassed LSU’s Ethan Martin (638 from 1977-81) and Texas A&M’s Alex Caruso (644 from 2012-16), moving into a tie with LSU’s Kenny Higgs (645 from 1974-78).
• Zeigler also increased his season assist total to 173, moving him from co-ninth to co-seventh, alongside Bill Hann (1968-69) on the program’s single-season leaderboard
• In addition to the 12 double-doubles he owns as a Volunteer, Zeigler has now finished one point, one rebound or one assist shy of another one seven occasions.
• Zeigler has now carded four-plus steals 21 times at Tennessee, including on four occasions in the 2024-25 campaign.
• Lanier registered the 24th 20-point performance of his career, including the ninth of his lone season as a Volunteer.
• Okpara finished with four-plus blocks for the 11th time as a collegian, including the third in his first year at Tennessee.
Game Recap: Softball | February 09, 2025
CLEARWATER, Fla. – No. 6 Tennessee posted two more run-rule victories Saturday at the NFCA Leadoff Classic, defeating Notre Dame 10-2 and No. 21 Northwestern 12-1 at the Eddie C. Moore Complex.
Freshman Saviya Morgan starred in both games, going 4-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs. Against Notre Dame, the Columbia, Tennessee, native drove in two RBIs and scored once on three hits. Against Northwestern, Morgan scored three times and drove in one run.
Redshirt sophomore Taylor Pannell also had a standout day, blasting one home run and driving in five RBIs.
GAME ONE: No. 6 Tennessee 10, Notre Dame 2
Tennessee jumped out to an early lead, scoring four runs in the bottom of the second inning. Senior McKenna Gibson continued her strong start with a two-RBI single, followed by a two-run home run from Pannell deep to left.
Notre Dame responded with two runs in the third, aided by two errors that extended the inning. The Irish threatened to add more, but freshman pitcher Peyton Tanner entered in relief and shut them down.
UT answered with four runs in the bottom of the third, using small ball to extend its lead to six runs. After Morgan’s RBI single added another run in the fourth, senior Sophia Nugent ended the game with a bases-loaded RBI single to left, securing the run-rule victory.
Freshman Erin Nuwer started in the circle, pitching 2.1 innings and allowing two runs—none earned—on one hit with two strikeouts. Tanner pitched 2.2 innings in relief, giving up just one hit and recording her first career strikeout in the fifth. She earned her first career win.
GAME TWO: No. 6 Tennessee 12, No. 21 Northwestern 1
After a combined three runs in the first inning—two for Tennessee and one for Northwestern—the Lady Vols took control with a four-run second inning. Redshirt freshman Ella Dodge sparked the onslaught in with her first career home run, a two-run shot to center.
Dodge added another two-run homer in the third, as Tennessee extended its lead with three more runs.
The Lady Vols tacked on three additional runs in the fifth, completing their fourth consecutive run-rule victory.
Karlyn Pickens tossed a five-inning complete game, limiting Northwestern to one run on three hits. She walked three batters and struck out seven, earning her first win of the year.
DUE UP
Tennessee wraps up its stay at the NFCA Leadoff Classic with a Sunday matinee against Pittsburgh. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. ET.
CARY, N.C. – Tennessee sophomore infielder Dean Curley was one of 55 players named to the preseason watch list for the 2025 Golden Spikes Award presented by Chinook Seedery, USA Baseball announced on Friday.
Widely considered the most prestigious award in amateur baseball, the preseason watch list includes players across the high school and collegiate levels. The Golden Spikes Advisory Board will maintain the award’s watch list on a rolling basis, allowing athletes to play themselves into consideration for the award based on in-season performance.
Overall, 41 schools and 12 conferences are represented on the 2025 preseason watch list. The SEC leads all conferences with 17 players, followed by the ACC with 14 and the Big 12 with six.
Curley is making his first appearance on any Golden Spikes Award list after posting any impressive freshman campaign as the Vols’ starting shortstop. The California native is expected to be one of UT’s top players as he enters his sophomore year after earning Freshman All-SEC honors as well as Freshman All-America recognition from multiple outlets in 2024.
Curley participated with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team over the summer after batting .285 with 51 runs scored, 10 doubles, 12 home runs, 50 RBIs and nine stolen bases during his debut season on Rocky Top. He was also named to the 2024 Men’s College World Series All-Tournament team after helping lead Tennessee to its first national championship in program history.
With Curley’s selection this year, the Vols have had at least one player named to the Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List for seven straight seasons.
The full preseason watch list can be seen HERE.
INF Dean Curley
Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
Preseason All-America First Team – Baseball America
Preseason All-America Second Team – Perfect Game
Preseason All-SEC First Team – SS
LHP Liam Doyle
Preseason All-America Third Team – Baseball America
Preseason All-SEC First Team – SP
OF Hunter Ensley
Preseason All-SEC Second Team – OF
INF Andrew Fischer
Preseason All-America Third Team – Baseball America
Preseason All-SEC Second Team – 3B
INF Gavin Kilen
Preseason All-America Second Team – Baseball America
Preseason All-SEC Second Team – 2B
RHP AJ Russell
Preseason All-America First Team – Baseball America
RHP Nate Snead
Preseason All-America First Team – Baseball America, NCWA
Preseason All-America Second Team – Perfect Game
Preseason All-SEC First Team – RP
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Freshman pitcher Erin Nuwer and sophomore pitcher Sage Mardjetko delivered dominant performances in their first starts as Lady Vols Friday at the NFCA Leadoff Classic, leading Tennessee to a pair of run-rule victories over Bethune-Cookman and Iowa.
Nuwer, making her first career start, fired a five-inning no-hitter against Bethune-Cookman in a 10-0 win. The East Aurora, New York, native joined legendary pitcher Monica Abbott as the only Lady Vols to throw a no-hitter in their Tennessee debut. The right-hander struck out eight and allowed only one walk, coming in the third inning. Her no-hitter marked the 59th in Tennessee history.
Mardjetko, in her first start as a Lady Vol, was equally impressive in game two against Iowa. After giving up an early run in the second inning, she escaped a bases-loaded jam and went on to dominate the Hawkeyes lineup. A Lemont, Illinois, native, Mardjetko surrendered just two hits, walked one, and recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts.
Game One: No. 6 Tennessee 10, Bethune-Cookman 0
Tennessee jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, highlighted by freshman Amayah Doyle’s two-run home run to left, the first of her career. Senior Laura Mealer added a two-run blast to center in the second inning to extend the Lady Vols’ lead to 7-0. Tennessee added another run in the third and two more in the fourth to complete the win.
Game Two: No. 6 Tennessee 10, Iowa 1
Iowa took a 1-0 lead in the second inning with an RBI single. The Hawkeyes loaded the bases with one out in the frame, but Mardjetko struck out back-to-back batters to escape the jam.
In the third inning, McKenna Gibson tied the game with an RBI single to center, scoring Bella Faw. Tennessee added two runs in the fourth for a 3-1 lead before exploding for seven runs in the fifth inning. Sophia Nugent hit a two-run home run, followed by Kinsey Fiedler’s two-run RBI single. Gibson capped the scoring with a three-run home run, her third hit of the game, securing the run-rule victory.
Due Up
Tennessee faces Notre Dame at 1 p.m. ET and No. 21 Northwestern at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday. The matchup against Northwestern will be broadcast nationally on MLB Network.
(Story courtesy of WVLT News)
Deer Lodge, TN (WOKI) The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is reporting storm damage in Deer Lodge after a major system moved through the area.
WVLT News spoke with a representative for the office, who said several houses were damaged or destroyed. The office also said emergency crews are working to get to those who need help.
Aaron Evans with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said that 8:27 p.m. Thursday a possible tornado touched down in the Deer Lodge and Sunbright areas of Morgan County, resulting in severe property damage, injuries, and loss of life.
In a later update posted to social media, Morgan County Sheriff Wayne Potter said crews had responded to damage along Highway 27. He asked that people avoid the area until further notice.
The sheriff also confirmed that people had been injured in the storm.
With the damage and injuries in mind, Captain Stacey Heatherly with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said the agency had dispatched 30 troopers to Morgan County to help.
“Right now we have the strike team activated to make sure we assist the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office,” she said. “That is our mission, to make sure we can help.”
Aaron Evans with MCSO said local, county, and state first responders, along with emergency personnel from multiple agencies and counties, are actively in search and rescue operations.
A representative for the City of Oak Ridge told WVLT News the city’s fire department was sending resources and help into Morgan County as well.
An Emergency Operations Center has was established, with additional staging and safety locations, including Wartburg Central High School.
Evans said that Power, phone, and internet communications have been impacted in Morgan County.
Over 100 personnel are currently deployed to assist those in need. “We urge everyone to avoid the affected area until the emergency is over. Please be in prayer for this community” Evans said.
Evans confirmed that a mother and daughter that lived in the same home were killed as a result of the storms Thursday night.
Three people were also inured as a result of the Morgan County storms, Evans said all the injuries appear to be non life threating.
The Morgan County Emergency Management Agency is working closely with local, state, and federal agencies to respond to this event and provide support to those affected. – Aaron Evans Morgan County Sheriff’s Office
This is a developing story.
