Cocke County’s Lady Red coasted past Chuckey-Doak 74-24 in the third game of opening day at the Ladies Classic.

The Lady Red (13-2) found their footing near the end of the first quarter and completely controlled the game from that point on. From a 19-11 first quarter lead, they improved to a 37-14 spread by intermission.

Ellie Proffitt scored 13 points and Ava Wheeler netted 12 to lead the ladies from Newport. Karmine Carmichael had nine points and nine rebounds.

Chuckey-Doak didn’t have any double digit scorers but Jayden Myers and Chloe Kirkpatrick scored seven points apiece.

Cocke County (74): Ava Wheeler 5-8 0-0 12, Bl.Clevenger 3-7 1-2 8, Ellie Proffitt 6-7 1-2 13, Carmichael 3-10 3-5 9, B.Clevenger 2-4 0-0 5, Lee 3-6 1-3 7, Kickliter 3-10 0-0 9, Stewart 2-3 0-0 5, Niethammer 3-8 0-0 6. TOTALS: 30-65 5-9 74.

Chuckey-Doak (24): Ca.Bishop 2-6 0-0 4, Cr.Bishop 1-5 0-0 3, Myers 2-5 2-2 7, Kirkpatrick 1-4 5-11 7, Seidl 0-0 0=0 0, Dayton 0-1 0-0 0, Henderson 0-0 0-0 0, Hollifield 1-1 0-0 3. TOTALS: 7-22 7-13 24.
3-Point Goals: CC—9 (Kickliter 3, Wheeler 2, Bl.Clevenger, B.Clevenger, Lane, Stewart). CD—3 (Cr.Bishop, Myers, Hollifield).

Score by quarters:
Cocke County 19 18 19 18–74
Chuckey-Doak 11 3 2 8–24