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The Upperman Lady Bees from Baxter have been to the Ladies Classic many times over the years, but this will be the first time they can go back home with the championship trophy. The Bees turned back the talented Bearden Lady Bulldogs 59-50, using their hard-nosed defense to help [...]

The Daniel Boone Lady Blazers captured third place in the tournament with a 70-56 win over Grace Christian. Andrea Flores and Laney Britton combined for 48 points with 25 and 23 respectively as Boone started strong and prevented Grace from recapturing the momentum in the second half. Grace was [...]

NEW SCORING RECORD SET Farmington’s Easton McCullough set a new Classic scoring mark for most points in a tournament with 143 Wednesday as her Cardinals defeated Greeneville 84-67 for fifth place in the annual event. McCullough, only a sophomore, led her team to victory with 38 points while dishing [...]

The Cocke County girls earned sixth place in the tournament with a hard-fought 59-53 decision over Spring Valley, W.Va. It was a tight game from the start. Cocke County led 27-26 at halftime and continued to lead the entire second half, although Spring Valley moved within a field goal [...]

The Morristown West girls picked up a 59-54 victory over Gaffney, S.C. Wednesday morning. The Lady Trojans trailed after the first quarter but moved into the lead to stay in the second frame and were up 26-23 at halftime. They were able to maintain the lead in the second [...]

The North Greene Lady Huskies (13-2) started the final day of the Classic with a win over Tennessee High 55-47. North Greene led the game the entire way and stretched a slender 10-7 lead into a 23-12 halftime advantage. The Huskies still maintained that double digit spread at 37-26 [...]

Upperman High of Baxter will meet Knox Bearden for the championship at 5 p.m. tonight at Hal Henard Gym. Upperman earned their berth by defeating Daniel Boone 63-55 in the Tuesday semifinals. The Bees built a big third quarter lead, saw the Blazers rally and cut the gap to [...]

The Bearden Lady Bulldogs will be in the finals of the Classic on Wednesday night after going double overtime before taking down fellow Knoxville team Grace Christian 66-63. Natalya Hodge continued her high-scoring ways for Bearden with 39 points to lead the victory. Emma Rainey hit double figures with [...]

Farmington, Ark., got 43 points from Easton McCollough and rallied past Webb School of Knoxville 67-64 Tuesday night to advance to play Greeneville Wednesday for fifth place in the Classic. Webb was up by 10 points midway of the fourth quarter but the Arkansas girls rallied behind the scoring [...]

Greeneville played Albertville, Ala., and it was a game of runs. Greeneville got the last one, and it was a huge one. A 40-point fourth quarter moved the Lady Devils to an 80-72 win over the Aggies. The Devils were way behind and in trouble, trailing 64-46 with just [...]

Cocke County and Alcoa, two of East Tennessee’s finest, found themselves in a bracket battling for sixth place in the tourney, but the two foes played like it was for the championship. The Lady Red from Newport finally prevailed 65-60, thanks to an 11-3 run over the middle portion [...]

Spring Valley of West Virginia completely turned the ball game around in the fourth quarter, outscoring Coalfield 27-6 and rallying from a 16-point third quarter deficit to win a 62-53 thriller. Sophie Hutchison of the winners set a new Classic tournament record by collecting 11 steals in the game, [...]

Two teams from South Carolina wound up battling each other in an elimination game Tuesday afternoon, and Gaffney came away with a 67-57 victory over JL Mann. Gaffney took a 20-9 first quarter lead and never trailed. They improved their advantage to 30-17 by intermission, then settled for basically [...]

Morristown West, after suffering a tough one-point loss on Monday, recovered to take a 54-41 win over North Hardin, Ky. Tuesday morning. The Lady Trojans held the upper hand most of the way, but could not gain any spread on the Kentuckians until the third quarter when they moved [...]

The Cherokee Lady Chiefs, who lost their first two games of the tournament by two points each, picked up a victory Tuesday morning, outdistancing Chuckey-Doak 64-36. The Chiefs had no trouble despite being without two starters, Kenady Deal and Addie Lawson, both sitting out due to injuries sustained earlier [...]

In what had to be one of the most impressive performances of the tournament thus far, Daniel Boone knocked out last year’s tourney runnerup, Knox Webb, with a 73-57 victory. Boone had three players score at least 20 points. Aaliyah Story had a big night with 21 points, 17 [...]

This quarterfinal didn’t go down to the last shot as did the previous two, but it was a very competitive contest with Grace Christian of Knoxville winning a 55-50 decision over Albertville, Ala. Grace’s Abby Roberts pumped in 27 points, 12 of them in the decisive fourth quarter, while [...]

The large crowd of fans inside Hal Henard Gym Monday night saw the second straight quarterfinal game go down to the wire as the Upperman Bees from Baxter took a 54-51 win over the Cardinals from Farmington, Ark. A possible game-tying shot by Farmington as the final horn was [...]

Bearden’s Bulldogs ran like a well-oiled machine and dominated Greeneville 86-57 on their way to becoming the first semifinalist in the tournament as the event’s quarterfinals were held Monday night. Natalya Hodge poured in 31 points for the winners with Emma Rainey adding 23 points as Bearden outrebounded the [...]

It was another thriller at the Ladies Classic as Spring Valley, W.Va., held off Morristown West at the buzzer and escaped with a 71-70 victory. The game was nip-and-tuck from the outset, with the score tied at the rest stop of the first two quarters, including 36-36 at intermission. [...]

Cocke County advanced in the loser’s bracket of the tournament with a 62-51 victory over JL Mann of South Carolina. The Lady Red of Newport got a double-double from Karmine Carmichael with 21 points and 14 rebounds in the victory. She was aided by a solid 15 points from [...]

Coalfield’s Yellow Jackets came away with a hard-earned 62-56 win over North Hardin, Ky. The lead changed hands a number of times in this one after Hardin led 31-30 at halftime. The lead see-sawed throughout the third before Hardin held on to their slender two-point lead at 45-43. Coalfield’s [...]

Alcoa’s Lady Tornadoes held off a gutsy effort by Gaffney High of South Carolina for an exciting 71-65 win Monday morning. Gaffney trailed the vast majority of the first half and was down 40-31 at intermission, but came out in the second half with a renewed spirit and managed [...]

LADIES CLASSIC DAY 3 North Greene’s Lady Huskies bumped county rival Chuckey-Doak 59-31 in the first game of the day Monday morning. The Huskies had no trouble after taking an 18-5 first quarter lead and a 36-18 advantage at intermission. Eva Leonard led the way for North Greene (13-2) [...]

Greeneville picked up a first round victory in the Classic with a 72-44 rout of North Hardin, Ky. The Lady Devils actually trailed 12-9 after one quarter but quickly advanced to a 31-23 halftime advantage, then salted things away with a 24-13 third quarter to settle any doubt about [...]

Webb School of Knoxville outdueled Cocke County 55-49 to advance in tournament play Saturday. The Lady Spartans trailed 25-22 at halftime and the Lady Red got the first bucket of the second half to up 27-22. But Webb responded with eight straight points to take the lead at 30-27 [...]

Farmington’s Cardinals from Arkansas got a tournament best (thus far) 37 points from sophomore ace Easton McCollough and knocked off Alcoa’s Tornadoes 72-61 Saturday night. The Cardinals, appearing here at the Classic for the second straight season, turned in a solid second quarter, turning an 18-18 tie after one [...]

The Albertville Aggies from Alabama knocked Morristown West out of the winner’s bracket with a 71-61 victory Saturday afternoon. Led by Mississippi State University commitment Lani Smallwood with 34 points, a tournament best thus far in the Classic, the Aggies built a big early lead, then watched the Trojans [...]

Daniel Boone’s offensive power was in full gear Saturday as the Blazers ran away from J.L. Mann High of Greenville, S.C. 85-63. The talented duo of Andrea Flores, a Mississippi State signee, and Aaliyah Story were too much to overcome for the Patriots. Flores scored 26 points, yanked down [...]

Upperman High of Baxter, a regular visitor of late to the Ladies Classic, made their return to this year’s edition successful with a first round win over Gaffney of South Carolina 61-34. The Lady Bees (10-4) got off to a good first quarter start with an 18-6 run and [...]

University of Missouri signee Natalya Hodge and her Bearden High teammates blitzed the Coalfield Yellow Jackets 80-60 Saturday in an opening round game. Hodge scored 33 points and added four rebounds, four assists and four steals in guiding the Bulldogs to the win. Bearden started strong with a 23-18 [...]

The Grace Christian Rams of Knoxville won their second game of the tournament, beating Spring Valley of West Virginia 63-48. The one-two punch of Abby Roberts and Nya Burns combined for 47 points, 24 for Roberts and 23 for Burns, to lead the Rams. Grace rolled to a 40-21 [...]

Tennessee High School and Cherokee staged a thriller in the opening game of action Saturday morning, with the Vikings halting a Chiefs rally to take a 69-67 win. The contest highlighted a pair of high-scoring guards in Tennessee High’s Addie Wilhoit, who scored 26 including a perfect 10-10 free [...]

Alcoa’s Tornadoes beat North Greene 69-46 in a foul-marred final game of the night in the Ladies Classic. Alcoa (8-3) started strong with a 19-11 first quarter run and never let up, forcing the Huskies into 22 turnovers. A total of 47 fouls were called in the contest, 27 [...]

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 [...]

The Grace Christian School Rams of Knoxville held off Cherokee in a 55-53 thriller Friday night. Abby Roberts dropped in 17 points for Grace, while Nya Burns chipped in with 15 including four 3-pointers. Logan Connatser scored 11, and Myrah Hood hit double figures in rebounds with 11. The [...]

One of East Tennessee’s top Class A programs, the Coalfield Yellow Jackets, knocked off Tennessee High of Bristol 60-54 in the tournament opener Friday. Led by sophomore Lily Wright, who led all scorers in the game with 21 points, Coalfield took the lead with a solid third quarter, withstood [...]