Editing Elizabethton, Tennessee (section)

==Sports==
Several [[Minor League Baseball]] teams have been based in Elizabethton. [[Professional baseball]] was first played in the city by the [[Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox]] in the [[Appalachian League]] in 1937.<ref name=BRcity>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Elizabethton&state=TN&country=US|title=Elizabethton, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 29, 2020}}</ref> They remained in the league through 1942 and won the [[List of Appalachian League champions|Appalachian League championship]] in 1939 and 1941.<ref name=BRcity/><ref name=SC1939league>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-APPY1/y-1939|title=1939 Appalachian League Standings|work=Stats Crew|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name=SC1941league>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-APPY1/y-1941|title=1941 Appalachian League Standings|work=Stats Crew|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref> Subsequent entries in the league were the [[Elizabethton Betsy Cubs]] (1945–1948), [[Elizabethton Betsy Local]] (1949–1950), [[Elizabethton Phils]] (1951), and [[Elizabethton Twins]] (1974–2020).<ref name=BRcity/> The Twins won the league championship 12&nbsp;times, more than any other team in the circuit's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://milb.bamcontent.com/documents/5/2/2/313373522/2020_Appalachian_League_Media_Guide.pdf |title=2020 Appalachian League Media Guide |website=Appalachian League |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=May 29, 2020 |page=29 }}</ref> In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a [[Collegiate summer baseball|collegiate summer baseball league]], and the Twins were replaced by the [[Elizabethton River Riders]], a new franchise in the revamped league designed for rising college freshman and sophomores.<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB, USA Baseball Announce New Format for Appalachian League|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-usa-baseball-announce-new-format-for-appalachian-league|website=Major League Baseball|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Avento|first=Joe|url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/sports/river-riders-new-appy-league-team-in-elizabethton/article_0e801432-6646-11eb-be72-4b6b598c9928.html|title=River Riders New Appy League Team in Elizabethton|work=Johnson City Press|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref>