The Lenoir City High School baseball team recently recorded its second and third wins of the season against William Blount High School on March 12 and Elizabethton High School on Saturday, March 16.
Against the Governors, the Panthers rebounded back into the win column taking the contest 10-7 in seven innings. The Panthers started off hot and managed to do just enough to keep William Blount at bay.
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