Alcoa earned its way into the championship game of the 2022 Ladies Classic after squeezing past Upperman 42-41 in a semifinal thriller at Hal Henard Gym Friday night. Karli Haworth of Alcoa hit a reverse layup with just under 30 seconds left to put Alcoa ahead 42-41 as the [...]
It was a game of big runs, and Knox Catholic got two of them, the last one of which did in the Greeneville Lady Devils as the Irish rolled to a 74-51 victory Friday at Hal Henard Gym in the first semifinal game in the Ladies Classic. Leading by [...]
Pikeville (Ky.) and Knox Webb staged a nail-biter, with the Panthers coming away a 48-46 winner. The game stayed tight from start to finish. The Panthers were up 14-12 after one quarter and 22-20 at intermission That lead improved to four points at 39-35 heading into the fourth canto. [...]
Oak Ridge pulled away from Providence Day School (NC) with a solid first half, leading 14-9 after one victory Thursday. The Wildcats placed three players in double figure scoring, led by Ayana Porter with 18, Ze’Yana Stewart with 15 and Dimitria Strickland with 10. Jenna Johnson was tough on [...]
The Elizabethton Cyclones seemed to bring their “A” game on Friday as they shot 59 percent from the floor, made 11 3-pointers, and cruised in the second half to a 64-46 win over Lumpkin County (Ga.), the defending Class 3A state champs from Georgia. Up by a slender 32-28 [...]
The Lady Knights of Thomas Dale nipped Cleveland 52-48 in overtime, the second extra period contest of the 2022 Classic. Thomas Dale converted four free throws in overtime, two by Nylah Wilson and two by Zoe Foster, while the Raiders missed one shot, had one shot blocked and made [...]
North Greene trailed the entire game, but University School of Jackson had to turn back a fourth quarter rally by the Huskies to escape with a 49-44 win Friday. The Huskies were down by as many as 12 points early in the fourth quarter, but would not lay down [...]
Mercer County exploded in the third quarter and eliminated South Greene from the tournament with a 65-56 win Friday morning. The Lady Rebels held a 28-27 halftime edge, but the Titans came out with a strong third quarter, outdistancing South Greene with a 26-17 run to move into a [...]
Old county rivals West Greene and Chuckey-Doak staged a duel in the morning opener Friday at Hal Henard Gym, with the Lady Buffs holding on for a 55-54 victory. The game was never out of reach for either team. The Buffs led 13-10 after one and the Knights held [...]
Alcoa and Elizabethton staged an old-fashioned shootout in the final quarterfinal game of the night, with the Tornadoes posting a 75-69 victory to advance to the Friday semifinals. Alcoa will take on Upperman in the 9 p.m. contest. Elizabethton plays at 3 p.m. against Lumpkin County. Alcoa held a [...]
Just when it looked as if Greeneville was going to win easily, the game turned into anything but a breeze. The Lady Greene Devils saw a lead of as much as 17 points in the third quarter evaporate, but they had enough in the tank to pull out an [...]
Two defending state champions, Upperman from Tennessee and Lumpkin County from Georgia, went head-to-head in a quarterfinal match Thursday night, and the Tennessee squad came out on top as the Bees from Baxter beat the Indians 60-45 to advance to the tourney semifinals on Friday. Upperman put some distance [...]
Knox Catholic rallied in the fourth quarter to take down Thomas Dale of Virginia in a 61-55 thriller in the first quarterfinal tournament game on Thursday. The Knights of Thomas Dale had led through three quarters, up 31-28 at intermission and 47-44 heading into the fourth quarter. But the [...]
Down by eight points (33-25) at halftime, Oak Ridge came out smoking in the second half and rallied past Mercer County 67-52. The Lady Wildcats (4-8) overcame that deficit by the 2:38 mark of the third when they tied the score at 39-39, and the 20-11 scoring spurt in [...]
Pikeville’s Lady Panthers gradually pulled away from University School of Jackson in the second and third periods and went on to a 54-35 victory over the Bruins on Thursday. Pikeville led 14-11 after one period but gained a 16-7 scoring advantage in the second frame for a 30-18 lead. [...]
Providence Day of Charlotte, NC tripped up South Greene with a strong second half and beat the Rebels 50-37 Thursday in the Classic. A competitive first half had the Chargers ahead by only 25-22 at intermission, but they outscored the Rebs 25-15 in the second half to pick up [...]
The Spartans of Knox Webb got 20 points from freshman Meeyah Geen and 14 from Madelyn Ladd to down North Greene 55-40 Thursday morning at Hal Henard Gym. Webb (10-4) was up 20-8 after one quarter and 34-18 at intermission. The Huskies managed to hang around but could not [...]
Grainger’s Lady Grizzlies posted a 64-38 win over the West Greene Lady Buffs Thursday morning in the day’s tip-off contest.Grainger held a 17-5 first quarter lead and improved that margin with a 38-15 halftime spread.Maddie Hurst led the Grizzlies (6-8) with 15 points while Alyvia Sneed scored 12. West Greene [...]
Cleveland’s Lady Raiders had no trouble with putting away South Greene 76-42 in the final game of the day at Hal Henard Gym. The Rebels managed to stay with Cleveland early, trailing 22-14 at the close of one and keeping the distance within striking distance until an 18-10 surge [...]
Greeneville High’s Lady Devils used a 10-2 run to end the third quarter and gain some separation on Providence Day School, then controlled the fourth quarter to earn a 57-40 win in the Ladies’ Classic Wednesday night. The Lady Devils (8-3) got 17 points from Tambryn Ellenburg, who nailed [...]
Elizabethton’s Lina Lyon hit the go-ahead basket with 1:19 left in overtime, then iced it with a pair of free tosses with five seconds left as the Cyclones nipped Pikeville (Ky.) in a 60-56 thriller Wednesday night. The nip-and-tuck affair seemed destined for overtime from the outset. The Lady [...]
The Lady Irish of Knox Catholic got 21 points from Sydney Mains and eight points, eight rebounds and eight assists from Buffalo commit Jazmin Williams on their way to a 56-46 win over the Titans of Mercer County, Ky. Catholic, who welcomed Mains back to the lineup the previous [...]
The Georgia Class 3A defending state champion Lumpkin County Indians handled Knox Webb 56-36 Wednesday in tournament play at Hal Henard Gym. The Indians, with three players already committed to continue their basketball careers in college, jumped into a 16-5 first quarter lead and maintained the advantage throughout, turning [...]
Upperman’s Lady Bees improved to 13-1 on the year and coasted past North Greene 70-31 in Ladies Classic action Wednesday afternoon. The Bees, the pick of many observers to be a state tournament contender again this season, had little trouble in this one after moving to a 21-4 first [...]
The Thomas Dale Lady Knights of Chester, Va., held off Oak Ridge 52-48 in a highly competitive game that featured a number of momentum swings. The Knights got the first surge as they pulled to an 18-11 first period lead, but the Wildcats owned the second stanza and rallied [...]
Karli Haworth of Alcoa put on a shooting clinic, setting a new single-game 3-point scoring record by nailing nine long ones, and the Tornados ripped University School of Jackson 80-39. Haworth scored 30 for the game, and her nine 3-pointers broke the tournament’s record of eight treys which was [...]
The Lady Trojans of Morristown West (8-5) started the day’s activities Wednesday with a 62-16 win over Chuckey-Doak. West got things going early on offense, taking a 23-5 first quarter lead, then held the Knights scoreless in the second frame while improving the lead to 33-5 by intermission. Delaney [...]
North Greene’s Lady Huskies turned back Grainger’s fourth quarter rally and knocked off the Grizzlies 48-40 in by far the most exciting game of Day 1 of the Classic. After losing to Grainger in overtime in an early season matchup, the Huskies got 23 points from Sonya Wagner, who [...]
With nary a senior on their roster, the Lady Panthers from Pikeville showed why they are considered one of Kentucky’s top programs as they rolled over West Greene 69-22. Pikeville started red hot shooting from the field and blitzed the Lady Buffs with a 26-1 first quarter run and [...]
Cleveland’s Lady Raiders used the offensive punch of seniors Addison Hurst and Paige Moody, who combined for 32 points, and turned back Morristown West 55-45. The Raiders went up 14-4 at the first rest stop and improved the lead to 34-18 by halftime. The Trojans were able to close [...]
Knox Catholic’s Lady Irish have been missing some valuable pieces to their offense due to injuries, but Sydney Mains was back for the first time this year without restricted minutes and led the Irish to a 68-18 romp for the Lady Knights of Chuckey-Doak. Playing with aggression from the [...]
By J.D. VAUGHN Assistant Sports Editor Dec 31, 2021, Greeneville Sun Chris Stallings had known about the Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic since the 1990s, and he and his Bullitt East girls out of Mount Washington, Kentucky, took full advantage of their first invite. Facing a Greeneville team making [...]
The 2021 Ladies’ Classic All-Tournament Team: Emma Egan, Bullitt East (MVP); Delana DeBusk, Greeneville (Defensive MVP); Gracie Merkle and Lilly Reid of Bullitt East; Lauren Bailey and Lindy Carter of Greeneville; Abby Holtman, Ryle (Ky.); Brooklyn Crouch and Abigail Johnson, Upperman; Alyssa Elswick, Shelby Valley (Ky.); Hanna Jones, Bradley Central; [...]
Bullitt East’s Lady Chargers from Kentucky are the 2021 Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies’ Classic champions after knocking off the Greeneville Lady Devils 64-52 in the title tilt Friday night at Hal Henard Gymnasium. The Lady Devils had the same problems a lot of squads have when facing the Lady Chargers, [...]
GAME 36 (Consolation/3rd Place) Upperman High doesn’t lose often in basketball, so maybe that thrilling two-point loss to Greeneville in the tournament semifinals Thursday stung the Bees. Whatever the case, they came out with guns blazing in the consolation game Friday and romped past Ryle High of Kentucky 65-36. The [...]
Bradley Central had little problem in racing past South Laurel (Ky.) 62-49 to earn fifth place in the tournament. The Bears had a slender 12-10 lead at the first horn, but took off in the second frame and extended their lead to 31-20 by intermission. South Laurel was unable to [...]
GAME 34 (Sixth Place) CLEVELAND EARNS 6th PLACE Cleveland High School earned sixth place in the Ladies’ Classic by virtue of a 45-40 win over Myers Park (NC). Cleveland was in total control most of the way, leading 36-20 at halftime and 45-27 heading into the fourth period. But there [...]
Shelby Valley’s (Ky.) Lady Cats came from behind in the fourth quarter and beat South Greene in a 53-52 thriller in a loser’s bracket finale. The Rebs led 26-21 at halftime and commanded a 40-34 advantage heading into the final period, but the Cats won the pivotal fourth quarter and [...]
Jefferson County took a 50-38 win over Daniel Boone in the early morning game Friday. The Patriots took the lead in the second stanza after trailing 11-7 after one period. They slipped into a 16-15 halftime lead, then took command in the third, outscoring the Blazers 18-9 to move into [...]
In what many visitors at the Ladies’ Classic dubbed “The Battle of the Bluegrass,” Bullitt East of Mt. Washington, Ky., beat Ryle High from Union, Ky., 67-55 to advance to the championship game Friday against Greeneville. Two of the top-ranked teams in the state of Kentucky, Bullitt and Ryle battled [...]