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ETSU baseball team has several former KIL stars

ETSU baseball team has several former KIL stars.

KNOXVILLE — When the University of Tennessee baseball team hosts East Tennessee State Tuesday night, several former high school stars from the Knoxville Area will have a homecoming.

The Buccaneers (12-2) and the Volunteers (14-2) have a longstanding rivalry, which will be renewed Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium with first pitch slated for 6 p.m.

Knoxville has a rich high school baseball tradition and many of those players head north to Johnson City to play for the Bucs upon finishing their respective prep careers in the Knoxville Interscholastic League and in surrounding counties.

ETSU has nine players with Knoxville Area ties on its 2020 roster.

Freshman infielder Ashton King and first-year pitchers Landon Smiddy and Owen Kovacs all played for Farragut High School. They all finished their high school careers on top as the Admirals won the 2019 Class AAA Sate Championship.

Hunter Loyd, a freshman pitcher out of Christian Academy of Knoxville, where he played for legendary coach Tommy Pharr, was a member of three consecutive state championship teams for the Warriors, who claimed back-to-back Division II-A crowns in 2018 and 2019 after capturing the Division I Class AA title in 2017.

Sean Kearney had a stellar career at Knoxville Catholic High School. Jackson Greer played high school ball at Knoxville Central. Bubba Hubbard, a junior college transfer from Walters State Community College, hails from Morristown.

Junior outfielder David Beam was a two-way star at Bearden as a pitcher and outfielder, while freshman catcher Noah Webb, a Kodak native, played high school ball at Sevier County.

SoCon Final: East Tennessee State vs. Wofford odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Monday’s Southern Conference final between East Tennessee State and Wofford, with college basketball betting odds, picks and bets

The Wofford Terriers (19-15) battle the East Tennessee State Buccaneers (29-4) in the Southern Conference title game Monday at 7 p.m. ET at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, NC. We analyze the Wofford-East Tennessee State odds and betting lines, while providing college basketball betting tips and advice on this matchup.

East Tennessee State vs. Wofford: Three things you need to know

  1. The 7-seeded Terriers of Wofford have been here before, but they’re heavy underdogs this time around against the top-seeded Buccaneers of ETSU. The Bucs were 16-2 in conference play during the regular season, while the Terriers went 8-10.
  2. ETSU swept the two regular-season meetings, but both games were close. On New Year’s Day, the Bucs topped the Terriers 49-48 in Johnson City, and 60-54 in Spartanburg Feb. 26 in the most recent battle.
  3. The Buccaneers ranked 27th in the country with 63.1 points per game allowed, while the Terriers ranked just 158th in scoring offense at 71.7 PPG.

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East Tennessee State vs. Wofford: Odds, betting lines and picks

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 11:10 a.m. ET.

Prediction

East Tennessee State 62, Wofford 59

Moneyline (ML)

East Tennessee State (-278) is our pick to win this Southern Conference final, but there’s no value in the chalky odds. PASS and look to the spread for better value.

Against the Spread (ATS)

WOFFORD +6.5 (-115) has been here before, and won’t be intimidated. The Terriers have posted a 3-0 straight up/2-0-1 ATS mark in the SoCon tourney so far, and have one more game to finish off another improbable run to the Big Dance. They finished the regular season losing their final seven games, and they ended 2-6 ATS in the final eight. Yet, here they are.

East Tennessee -6.5 (-106) has been a tremendous team for many years. You might remember Keith ‘Mister’ Jennings from 1987-91. The Buccaneers have been a thorn in plenty of teams’ sides in the past, and one made it to the Elite Eight (1968). This is a proud team who will go dancing, but Wofford won’t go without a fight.

Over/Under (O/U)

The UNDER 133.5 (-110) cashed in each of the two regular-season battles, and another defensive game should be on tap here. While Wofford hit the Over in the first three SoCon tournament games, this one will go well Under.

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Former Farragut star Andrea Sarhatt gets big hit against Lady Vols

Andrea Sarhatt gets big hit against Lady Vols.

JOHNSON CITY — A former Knoxville Interscholastic League star helped the East Tennessee State University softball team capture its first victory over the Lady Vols on Sunday in the Buccaneer Classic at Betty Basler Field.

Andrea Sarhatt, a former standout at Farragut High School, doubled and scored for East Tennessee State in the rain-shortened tournament.

Sarhatt entered the weekend as the Bucs’ leading hitter, batting .405 with four doubles, six runs batted in and three stolen bases.

She is not the team’s only former star from the Knoxville area.

Makenna Helton, an outfielder and former all-state standout from Knoxville Halls High School has started 17 games for ETSU (7-10) and was hitting .250 before weekend action.

William Blount product Kasidy Dunn, an infielder, has made eight appearances, including three starts for the Buccaneers.

A former all-state pitcher and Class AAA State Champion from Powell High School, Allison Farr has made four appearances out of the bullpen for ETSU this season and has five strikeouts and a 1-1 record.