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(Game 36, Third Place) Spring Garden (Ala.) 81, Spring Valley (W.Va.) 66 The girls from the small town of Spring Garden, Ala., took consolation honors in the Ladies Classic, coasting past Spring Valley of West Virginia 81-66. Led by their high-scoring guard Ace Austin, who poured in 34 points [...]

(Game 35, Fifth Place) Farmington (Ark.) 74, Bearden 65 The Cardinals from Farmington, Ark., took fifth place in the tournament field, beating Bearden out of Knoxville 74-65. Bearden went to the locker room at halftime ahead 35-31, but Farmington came out and controlled the third quarter, moving to a [...]

(Game 34, Sixth Place) Cocke County 42, Knox Catholic 33 If you had walked into the gym without knowing the circumstances, you would probably have thought that Cocke County and Catholic were playing for a championship with the intensity that both teams were showing. Actually it was the battle [...]

(Game 33) David Crockett 76, Riverside (S.C.) 64 Down 25 points at halftime, Riverside of South Carolina could have bowed out without much of a fight. But the defending Class 4A state champs did not do that, chopping that big lead down to seven in the fourth quarter before [...]

(Game 32) Morristown West 50, North Greene 45 Morristown West nipped North Greene 50-45 in the loser’s bracket finals Tuesday morning. The Trojans and Huskies battled back-and-forth throughout with the lead changing hands numerous times before West took it for keeps at 45-44 on a layup from the middle [...]

(Game 31, Semifinal) Webb School 53, Spring Garden (Ala.) 43 Webb School of Knoxville has earned the right to take on Marist (Ga.) in the championship game of the Ladies Classic after taking a 53-43 win over Spring Garden (Ala.) in the second tourney semifinal game Monday. The Spartans [...]

(Game 30, Semifinal) Marist (Ga.) 58, Spring Valley (W.Va.) 36 Another big scoring night for Kate Harpring, and another win for Marist as the defending tournament champs will have a chance for a repeat performance in the finals after beating Spring Valley of West Virginia 58-36 in the first [...]

(Game 29) Farmington (Ark) 60, Upperman 52 The Farmington Cardinals from Arkansas staged a furious fourth quarter comeback and beat Upperman 60-52 Monday night. The win advances Farmington into the fifth place game against Bearden Tuesday at 2 p.m. Down 44-38 entering the fourth period, the Cardinals went wild [...]

(Game 28) Bearden 69, Oak Ridge 54 A big third period scoring run by Bearden, outdistancing their opponent 14-0 over a three minute span, sparked the Bulldogs to a 69-54 win over Oak Ridge. The two Knoxville area powers battled tooth-and-nail until that point. A 29-23 halftime lead by [...]

(Game 27) Knox Catholic 50, Greeneville 34 Knox Catholic took command just after intermission, going on a 9-1 run over a  four minute span to pull away and beat Greeneville 54-34. The Irish will move on to play Cocke County Tuesday in the battle for sixth place in the [...]

(Game 26) Cocke County 48, J.L. Mann (S.C.) 36 Cocke County used an 11-2 run over the first six minutes of the final period to break open a tight game with J.L. Mann (S.C.) and moved on to Tuesday’s round with a 48-36 win. The Lady Red had just [...]

(Game 25) Riverside (S.C.) 81, West Greene 22 Sickness among teammates continue to hamper the West Greene Lady Buffs, as one player who had missed the previous two games was back in the lineup, but starting post Joie Shipley took her place on the sick list. Riverside of South [...]

(Game 24) David Crockett 73, Daniel Boone 53 The two Washington County rivals, David Crockett and Daniel Boone, faced off in an elimination game, and the Pioneers had no trouble advancing with a 73-53 triumph. Crockett jumped up 18-12 after a quarter and gradually pulled away each of the [...]

DAY 4 2024 LADIES CLASSIC (Game 23) Chuckey-Doak 60, South Greene 49 Chuckey-Doak defeated cross-county rival South Greene 60-49 Monday morning in the loser’s bracket of the Ladies Classic, breaking a long losing skid to the Lady Rebels that dates back to the 2012 season. The Lady Knights spotted [...]

(Game 22) Webb School 58, Farmington (Ark.) 54 Webb School of Knoxville turned back Farmington, Ark., in another quarterfinal thriller, 58-54, earning themselves a berth in Monday night’s semifinal round. The Spartans overcame a 44-41 deficit at the outset of the final quarter, scoring seven straight points to take [...]

(Game 20, Quarterfinal) Spring Garden (Ala.) 51, Upperman 38 Unbeaten Spring Garden of Alabama, led by one of that state’s most veteran and successful coaches in Ricky Austin, turned some tournament heads by their commanding 51-38 win over Upperman, also coached by a veteran in Dana McWilliams who has [...]

(Game 19) Spring Valley (W.Va.) 55, Bearden 49 Spring Valley of West Virginia pulled what most observers felt was a major upset, knocking off Bearden of Knoxville 55-49 to advance to the tournament semifinal round Monday night. Favored by some to win this tournament, the Lady Bulldogs suffered through [...]

(Game 18) Cocke County 63, David Crockett 60 Showing the same grit that they showed last year in the Ladies Classic, the Cocke County girls rallied from 10 points down in the third quarter to rally down the stretch and earn a thrilling 63-60 win over David Crockett in [...]

(Game 17) Greeneville 60, Riverside (S.C.) 54 Greeneville went on a 19-0 run in the third quarter to take a 20-point lead over Riverside of South Carolina, then gave most of it back before recovering in time to escape with a 60-54 victory. Lady Devils post Abby Adkins turned [...]

(Game 16) J.L. MANN (SC) 78, DANIEL BOONE 76 (OT) Daniel Boone’s Andrea Flores scored 40 points but it wasn’t enough for the Lady Blazers to stop J.L. Mann of South Carolina, who pulled out an exciting 78-76 overtime victory. The tight game had J.L. Mann in command by [...]

(Game 15) Knox Catholic 68, West Greene 26 Knox Catholic picked up a 68-26 win over West Greene Saturday morning. The Irish started strong with a 15-4 first quarter lead and coasted into halftime with a 34-9 advantage. Amaya Redd continued her fine tournament play with 21 points and [...]

(GAME 14) North Greene 66, South Greene 51 North Greene beat county rival South Greene 66-51 Saturday morning in a loser’s bracket contest. With starter Madison Hensley sidelined with a knee injury suffered in the Thursday game, South Greene had three more starters pick up three fouls apiece in [...]

(Game 13) Marist (Ga.) 60, David Crockett 53 It was obvious why Kate Harpring has so many college coaches drooling over the possibility of obtaining her talents for their programs. The Marist (Ga.) junior, one of the top recruits in the country, put on a show probably not witnessed [...]

(Game 12) Oak Ridge 74, Cocke County 72 (OT) The first overtime game of the 2024 tournament occurred Friday night as Oak Ridge outlasted Cocke County 74-72 in a thriller that had to go an extra four minutes to decide the outcome. Ayana Porter banked in a shot to [...]

(Game 11) Knox Webb 60, Greeneville 47 Greeneville High worked hard to get back even at 45-45 with about four minutes left in the game, then saw the Webb Spartans hit three straight 3-pointers to pull away down the stretch and take a 60-47 victory Friday night at Hal [...]

(Game 10) Spring Valley (W.Va.) 63, Daniel Boone 52 The Lady Wolves of Spring Valley, West Virginia, held the lead basically the entire way against Daniel Boone, but could never seem to put them away until the final three minutes of the contest in a 63-52 victory. The Blazers [...]

(Game 8) Farmington (Ark.) 83, Riverside (S.C.) 44 The Farmington High Cardinals from Arkansas, stocked with great size and Division 1 talent galore as no less than three starters have been courted or have signed with colleges, romped past Riverside (S.C.) 83-44. Marin Adams, a Pitt State commit, scored [...]

(Game 7) Bearden 72, J.L. Mann (SC) 48 The Bearden Lady Bulldogs turned in a torrid second half to break open a tight game and beat J.L. Mann of South Carolina 72-48. With coaches from Power 5 Conferences Big 12 (Baylor), SEC (Mississippi State) and ACC (Georgia Tech) looking [...]

(Game 6) Upperman 81, West Greene 25 Upperman High’s Sadie South put on a shooting clinic, scoring 36 points and setting two tournament records in helping her team outdistance West Greene 81-25. South set a new Ladies Classic 3-point record, making 10 of the long ones in the victory, [...]

(Game 5) Morristown West 81, Chuckey-Doak 42 Morristown West had four players in double figures, led by Jhaniya Mitchell with 24 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots, in romping to an 81-42 win over Chuckey-Doak Friday morning. The Lady Trojans (6-5) ran away to a 29-11 first quarter [...]

(Game 4) Knox Catholic 52, North Greene 31 The Irish of Knox Catholic controlled the flow of the game from the outset and beat North Greene 52-31 in the Thursday night finale at Hal Henard Gym. Catholic rolled to a 22-12 halftime lead and gradually improved that advantage through [...]

(Game 3) Riverside, SC 67, South Greene 63 The defending South Carolina Class 4A state champions, Riverside of Greer, S.C., withstood a furious fourth quarter comeback by South Greene and beat the Lady Rebels 67-63 Thursday night. Down by as many as 19 points in the second quarter, the [...]

(Game 2) David Crockett 61, Morristown West 46 The David Crockett Lady Pioneers kept their unbeaten streak alive at 14-0 with a 61-46 victory over Morristown West. Led by a 24-point first half performance by Brylee Tullock, the Pioneers bolted to a 20-11 first quarter lead and a 41-25 [...]