NEWPORT — At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Randy Harrell belted two words from the home dugout at the Cocke County baseball field: “It’s showtime!”
Indeed it was, with CCHS junior Sway Holt delivering the first offering of a chilly, cloudless day to begin the opening game of the Harrell era against Chuckey-Doak at CCHS.
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