Dave Ongie
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Johnson City Press: For Earnhardt Jr., life is about to come full circle
At 6:56 p.m. on Saturday, Dale Earnhardt Jr. strode into Bristol Motor Speedway to compete in his final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the track. His walk down → Read More
Johnson City Press: Cardinals salvage split with Elizabethton
The early birds got the win on Tuesday morning at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. The Johnson City Cardinals plated six runs in the bottom of the fourth to power their way to a → Read More
Johnson City Press: Unleash the East: Young Patriots look to maintain winning tradition
Sullivan East football coach Mike Locke fondly remembers last year’s nine-win team as an apex predator that would feed off of → Read More
Johnson City Press: Cardinals crush Mets in rain-shortened affair
If it wasn’t for the new synthetic infield at TVA Credit Union Ballpark, Monday night’s contest between the Johnson City Cardinals and Kingsport Mets almost certainly → Read More
Johnson City Press: Johnson City Cardinals use big first inning to win
On the heels of a disappointing loss, the Johnson City Cardinals came out swinging on Sunday night at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. After dropping a 12-inning decision to → Read More
Johnson City Press: Baseball camp strengthens partnership between Milligan, Taiwan
Under a steady rain, a baseball game was heading toward an exciting conclusion late Friday morning on the campus of Milligan College. The scoreboard was off, but all → Read More
Johnson City Press: Not in the Cards: Errors prove costly as Johnson City falls to Burlington
Johnson City’s drive for five straight wins was undone by five errors on Wednesday night at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. The Cardinals staged a dramatic four-run rally in → Read More
Johnson City Press: Roaming Buffaloes: Milligan camps promote basketball
Dozens of bouncing basketballs sent echoes off the walls of the gymnasium at Colonial Heights Christian Church on Tuesday morning. The facility was barely large enough to → Read More
Johnson City Press: Cardinals keep up good work
Using masterful pitching and timely hitting, the Johnson City Cardinals continued their resurgence on Monday night at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. After allowing an unearned → Read More
Johnson City Press: Johnson City Cardinals hold on for 8-5 win
The Danville Braves bounced back from a slow start on Sunday night, but in the end, it was the Johnson City Cardinals who won the rubber game of their three-game Appalachian League series. → Read More
Johnson City Press: Chasing History: Science Hill seeks to fill gaps in record books
For nearly a century, Science Hill and Dobyns-Bennett have battled on the gridiron, the hardwood and the baseball diamond. Now that heated rivalry is being contested in → Read More
Johnson City Press: Spirited, fun scene on full display at Junior Golf Day
Youth was served on Saturday at the Blackthorn Club at the Ridges, where young golfers from all over the area poured in to enjoy BlueCross and Blue Shield of Tennessee Junior Golf Day. → Read More
Johnson City Press: Bristol Pirates one-hit reeling Cards
Bristol’s first run was unearned. The Pirates pillaged and plundered the other four fair and square. Bristol (6-14) took advantage of a → Read More
Johnson City Press: Cards snap losing streak against Elizabethton
ELIZABETHTON – The Johnson City Cardinals have found plenty of ways to lose baseball games over the past week. On Sunday night at Joe O’Brien Field, → Read More
Johnson City Press: Summer surge: Twins edge Cards for ninth win in 11 games
ELIZABETHTON – When Elizabethton’s Robert Molina stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, his task was to set the table. But as it → Read More
Johnson City Press: Colossal ninth-inning collapse sinks Cards
GREENEVILLE – After dropping the first two games of a three-game set against the Greeneville Astros, Thursday’s contest was a salvage operation for the Johnson City → Read More
Johnson City Press: Cardinals come up short in Game 2
One night after the Johnson City Cardinals rallied for an extra-inning win over Bristol to open the Appalachian League season, the Pirates conjured up some late-inning magic of their own on → Read More
Johnson City Press: Thunder Valley Nationals: Millican's day finally arrives
BRISTOL – Clay Millican wanted no part of Father’s Day when he rolled into Bristol Dragway on Sunday morning. After losing his son Dalton in a → Read More
Johnson City Press: A tale of two drivers: Brown, Langdon take different paths to Bristol
This weekend, fans numbering in the tens of thousands will flock to Bristol Dragway to witness a unique spectacle that can only be created by 10,000-horsepower engines. → Read More
Johnson City Press: Tanner Gray taking up family business
BRISTOL — The first time Tanner Gray came to Bristol Dragway, he got busted. The year was 2010 and Tanner’s father Shane was busy competing in the NHRA → Read More