Sylvia Fowles Inducted to the WBHOF
Huge congratulations to Sylvia Fowles AJ Bank Ladies Classic (2002) alumnae from Miami Edison for their incredible achievement of being inducted into the WBHOF. Your hard work, dedication, and outstanding contributions to the game continue to inspire athletes everywhere.
2023 AJB Ladies Classic Awards
2023 CHAMPIONS Marist High School 2023 RUNNER UP Jackson Southside 2023 Third Place Bartlett High School 2023 All Tournament Taylor Dolente - UppermanKyla Jobe- GreenevilleSanai Green- The Steward SchoolAdisen McNealy - [...]
Championship (Game 37) Marist 43, Jackson Southside 31
The Marist Lady War Eagles from Atlanta captured the 2023 Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic championship Saturday night with a 43-31 win over Jackson Southside of Tennessee. The Eagles, led by tournament most valuable offensive player Kate Harpring, was up by a single point at 17-16 at intermission, but [...]
Third Place (Game 36) Bartlett 78, Knox Webb 54
Bartlett’s Lady Panthers from West Tennessee won the third place game in the Ladies Classic, turning back Webb School of Knoxville 78-54. The Panthers led by a slender 13-12 margin after a quarter, but went to work in the second with a 25-9 run that lifted them to a [...]
Game 35 – George Rogers Clark 81, Cocke County 40
George Rogers Clark of Kentucky won fifth place in the tournament, cruising to an 81-40 win over Cocke County. Leading 35-18 at halftime, the Cardinals put the game away with a 28-14 scoring blitz in the third quarter. Ciara Byars netted 15 points with five steals, Teigh Yeast had [...]
Game 34 – Bearden 70, North Greene 28
The Bearden Lady Bulldogs settled for a sixth place finish in the Ladies Classic, breezing past North Greene 70-28. The Lady Huskies played five games in five days of the tournament. Natayla Hodge pumped in 24 points to lead the Bulldogs who shot to a 19-6 first quarter lead [...]
Game 33 – Greeneville 70, South Greene 46
Greeneville’s Lady Devils downed South Greene 70-46 in the second of two loser’s bracket finals. The Devils went up 16-8 after one quarter and had the Rebels down 29-16 at intermission. Abby Adkins led the way with 26 points and nine rebounds to lead the winners. Kyla Jobe added [...]
Game 32 – Upperman 50, Oak Ridge 35
Upperman’s Lady Bees got off to a good start and knocked off Oak Ridge 50-35 in one of the two loser’s bracket finals Saturday. After getting knocked off in the first round by Cocke County, Upperman recovered to get some wins in the loser’s bracket, culminating it with the [...]
Game 31 – Marist 57, Bartlett 54
Marist has become one of the rare non-Tennessee teams to make the finals of the Ladies Classic after knocking off Bartlett in a 57-54 thriller in the final semifinal Friday. Marist, from Atlanta, will take on Jackson Southside Saturday at 5 p.m. for the championship. The Eagles of Marist [...]
Game 30 – Jackson Southside 43, Knox Webb 32
The Lady Hawks from Jackson Southside earned a berth in the Ladies Classic championship game on Saturday after defeating the Spartans from Knox Webb in the first semifinal game of the evening. Points were precious in this one with two teams playing at a rapid pace but neither able [...]
Game 29 – North Greene 45, Daniel Boone 42
North Greene’s Lady Huskies have won three games in the Ladies Classic for the first time ever, thanks to a 45-42 win over Daniel Boone Friday night. The Lady Huskies took advantage of a poor shooting night by the Blazers (14-55 for 25 percent) and held off a late [...]
Game 28 – Bearden 71, Steward 61
With University of Tennessee Coach Kellie Harper looking on, Bearden’s Natalya Hodge scored a tournament best 36 points and led the Lady Bulldogs to a 71-61 win over Steward School of Virginia Friday evening. Hodge, along with teammate Kendall Anne Murphy who scored 22, supplied Bearden’s offense accounting for [...]
Game 27 – George Rogers Clark 72, Knox Catholic 50
George Rogers Clark of Kentucky came out firing on all cylinders Friday and won with relative ease 72-50 over the Irish of Knox Catholic. Playing with great intensity, the Cardinals raced out to a 19-9 first period lead and never let off the gas at all in the second [...]
Game 26 – Cocke County 64, Mercy 57
Cocke County got back on the winning track Friday afternoon, moving past Mercy Academy of Louisville, Ky., 64-57. The game was back-and-forth most of the way until the winning Lady Red gained the upper hand with an 11-2 run over a two minute stretch late in the game to [...]
Game 25 – South Greene 65, Chuckey-Doak 62
The Chuckey-Doak Lady Knights came within an eyelash of pulling off one of their biggest victories in a number of years, but gritty county rival South Greene battled back from a deficit of as much as 17 points to take a 65-62 win Friday. South Greene stormed back as [...]
Game 24 – Greeneville 60, Morristown West 51
Morristown West made a game which seemed out of reach in the third quarter interesting down the stretch, but the Greeneville Lady Devils held on for a 60-51 win over the Lady Trojans Friday morning. Greeneville held a 23-point advantage at 50-27 late in the third quarter, and was [...]
Game 23 – Elizabethton 67, West Greene 27
Elizabethton’s Lady Cyclones started off Day 4 of the Ladies Classic by taking a 67-27 win over West Greene in the opener. The Cyclones held the Buffs scoreless in the first quarter in going up 21-0 and it was 35-7 at intermission. Michelle Shields led the winners with 17 [...]
Game 22 – Marist 47, George Rogers Clark, 43
The showdown between Marist and George Rogers Clark, two teams loaded with talented college prospects as underclassmen, was everything it was projected to be as Marist of Atlanta slipped past the Cardinals from Kentucky in a 47-43 thriller in the day’s final quarterfinal game. Marist came from behind in [...]
Game 21 – Knox Webb 68, Mercy Academy 37
Webb School of Knoxville breezed past their third straight opponent in the Ladies Classic, cruising past Mercy Academy of Kentucky 68-37 to advance to Friday night’s semifinal round where they will take on Jackson Southside. The Spartans started hot and never quit. They were up 20-4 at the first [...]
Game 20 – Bartlett 55, Knox Catholic 52
In one of the most intense games to date in the tournament, Bartlett from West Tennessee held on for a 55-52 win over the Irish of Knox Catholic. Bartlett advances to the tourney semifinals on Friday and will play in the 9 p.m. nightcap. The two squads battled tooth-and-nail [...]
Game 19 – Jackson Southside 48, Cocke County 36
Cocke County had become the “Cinderella” story of the Ladies Classic after pulling off two wins the past couple of days that would be considered upsets by most observers, but the Lady Red were unable to pull off another one Thursday as Jackson Southside took a 48-36 hard-earned victory. [...]
Game 18 – Bearden 70, Greeneville 35
Bearden was knocked into the loser’s bracket in the first round of the Classic, but they proved to the Hal Henard crowd Thursday that they are definitely one of the class teams in Tennessee after moving past Greeneville 70-35. After a relatively slow start, leading 20-14 after one quarter, [...]
Game 17 – North Greene 69, Chuckey-Doak 42
In a game which saw a combined total of 57 free throws attempted (34 by North Greene and 23 by C-D), the Lady Huskies of North Greene knocked off county rival Chuckey-Doak 69-42. North Greene led by only 33-27 at halftime, but they salted the game away in the [...]
Game 16 – Steward 58, Morristown West 38
Steward School of Virginia had no trouble in taking a 58-38 victory over Morristown West at the Classic Thursday. The Spartans started strong with a 21-8 first quarter lead and held a commanding 46-16 advantage at intermission and had the game well in hand. Steward was led by Tori [...]
Game 15 – Daniel Boone 76, South Greene 67
The Lady Blazers of Boone and South Greene’s Lady Rebs staged a competitive game from start to finish with Boone coming away a 76-67 winner. Boone led most of the way but could never put the game out of reach as South Greene kept battling back. It was 30-27 [...]