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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 [...]
Game 14 – Oak Ridge 64, West Greene 40
Oak Ridge advanced with a 64-40 win over West Greene in the first game of Thursday’s Day 3 of the Ladies Classic.The Lady Buffs gave a good showing by trailing 15-11 after one quarter, but the Lady Wildcats began to pull away with a 24-10 run in the second frame.Ayanna [...]
Game 13 – Mercy Academy 53, Greeneville 49
Mercy Academy of Louisville, Ky., held off Greeneville 53-49 in the night’s finale at Hal Henard Gym. The Jaguars got 17 points and five assists from Abby Reitzel, 14 points from Addyson Becker, and 10 points and five steals from Peyton Arnold. Greeneville answered with 16 points from Kyla [...]
Game 12 – Knox Catholic 75, South Greene 47
Knox Catholic’s Lady Irish, who finished last year’s Ladies Classic as the runnerup, took their first step toward returning to championship night with a 75-47 win over South Greene Wednesday night before a good crowd in Hal Henard Gymnasium. The good-shooting Irish hit 11 3-pointers on the night, led [...]
Game 11 – Marist 71, Chuckey-Doak 27
Kate Harpring of Marist School of Atlanta, another of the country’s top sophomore college prospects, put on a show at the Classic Wednesday night, leading her Lady War Eagles to a 71-27 win over the Chuckey-Doak’s Lady Knights. Harpring, who logged only 11:53 of playing time, was a perfect [...]
Game 10 – Cocke County 60, Steward 46
Cocke County faced their second tough challenge in a row in the Ladies Classic and again came out on top, beating Steward School from Virginia 60-46 Wednesday. The Lady Red from Newport seemed in control the entire way, but it took a fourth quarter blitz for them to turn [...]
Game 9 – George Rogers Clark 71, North Greene 25
The Cardinals from George Rogers Clark out of Winchester, Ky., proved too much for the North Greene Lady Huskies to handle as they romped to a 71-25 win on Wednesday. The Kentucky squad came out clicking and moved to a 22-2 first quarter lead and never looked back as [...]
Game 8 – Bartlett 57, Daniel Boone 39
Bartlett’s Panthers won their second game of the tournament, running past Daniel Boone 57-39. Bartlett never trailed, starting with a 12-7 first quarter and a 27-14 advantage by intermission. Their lead grew during a 19-11 run in the third quarter and they were never threatened down the stretch. The [...]
Game 7 – Jackson Southside 55, Morristown West 50
The Hawks of Jackson Southside broke from a 50-50 tie with 1:16 left in the game to score the final five points and defeat the Morristown West Trojans 55-50 Wednesday. The Hawks (9-3) led the vast majority of the game, but could not put away the Trojans who came [...]
Game 6 – Knox Webb 65, Bearden 45
Bearden is not the first team to arrive at the Ladies Classic with an unblemished record and leave town with at least one loss on their slate, and they turned into the latest victim as fellow Knoxville rival Webb School posted a 65-47 upset win Wednesday. The Lady Bulldogs [...]
Game 5 – Upperman 63, Elizabethton 54
Upperman and Elizabethton staged a 3-point shooting contest in Day 2’s first game Wednesday as the Lady Bees from Baxter captured a 63-54 win in a loser’s bracket game. The two teams threw up a total of 44 3-pointers in the game, with Upperman hitting 10 and Betsy 9. [...]
Game 4 – Bartlett 66, West Greene 16
Talented Bartlett High from West Tennessee had no trouble in rolling past West Greene 66-16 in the day’s finale. Bartlett ran out to a 17-2 first quarter lead which pretty well set the stage for the rest of this game. Kay Kay Sheffield scored 16 points to lead the [...]
Game 3 – North Greene 52, Oak Ridge 45
Oak Ridge had no answer for North Greene’s post presence, and the end result was another surprise in the opening round of the tourney as the Lady Huskies knocked off the Wildcats 52-45 Tuesday night. North Greene’s duo of Hannah Miller and Haley Bailey were so dominant in the [...]
Game 2 – Cocke County 45, Upperman 41
Upperman, always one of the favorites when the Ladies Classic unfolds, was relegated to the loser’s bracket in their initial tournament game as Cocke County’s Lady Red pulled off a 45-41 win in a thriller. The Lady Bees, who lost for only the second time this year after 11 [...]
Game 1 – Knox Webb 65, Elizabethton 47
The Lady Spartans of Webb School in Knoxville controlled the second half and moved to a 65-47 win over the Elizabethton Lady Cyclones in the tournament’s opener Tuesday afternoon. Leading by a slender 28-25 margin at halftime, Webb began to pull away in the third quarter when they outscored [...]
Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic Returns December 26-30, 2023
The Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic will celebrate its 34th event this year from December 26-30, 2023, at Hal Henard Gymnasium in Greeneville, Tennessee. The Town of Greeneville and the Greeneville Parks & Recreation Department took over the reins of the event in 2019 with support from the Greene County [...]
2022 AJB Ladies Classic Awards
2022 CHAMPIONS Alcoa High School 2022 RUNNER UP Knox Catholic High School 2022 THIRD PLACE Upperman High School 2022ALL TOURNAMENTNylah Wilson, Thomas Dale HS, VaTrinity Rowe, Pikeville HS, KYAbigail Johnson, Upperman HSJayla Cobb, Upperman HSAnna [...]
GAME 37 (Championship) – Alcoa 58, Knox Catholic 47
The Alcoa Lady Tornadoes are the champions of the 2022 Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic, holding off Knox Catholic 58-47 Saturday night in a hard-fought title tilt at Hal Henard Gymnasium. Leading by a slender 26-24 margin at halftime and 36-35 at the start of the final quarter, Alcoa [...]
GAME 36 (Third Place) – Upperman 53, Greeneville 38
Upperman’s Lady Bees captured third place in the 2022 Ladies Classic, controlling Greeneville 53-38. The Bees got off to a hot start and led 21-7 after one period. Greeneville could never seem to overcome that hot start. It was 29-16 at the half. The Devils got it back to [...]
GAME 35 (Fifth Place) – Elizabethton 59, Thomas Dale (Va) 56
The Elizabethton Lady Cyclones were involved in another close game in the Ladies Classic, and they came away a winner in this one by a 59-56 count over Thomas Dale of Virginia to take fifth place. The Cyclones wee up 31-14 at halftime and 48-42 at the end of [...]
GAME 34 (Sixth Place) – Oak Ridge 70, Pikeville (Ky) 66
Oak Ridge managed to hold off Pikeville (Ky.) 70-66 to take sixth place in the Ladies Classic. It was another tight game, with Oak Ridge finally able to gain a lead of six points late in the final period. Once they got some breathing room, they made excellent use [...]
GAME 33 – Mercer County (Ky) 54, USJ 31
Mercer County’s Lady Titans romped past University School of Jackson 54-31 in another consolation bracket final Saturday. The Titans controlled the game from the outset with a 15-9 first quarter lead which expanded to 31-17 by intermission. Anna Drakeford was top gun with 24 points, seven rebounds and three [...]
GAME 32 – Morristown West 52, Grainger 39
Morristown West captured a 52-39 victory over Grainger in a consolation bracket final game Saturday morning at Hal Henard. The Lady Trojans trailed 13-8 at the first rest stop, but then went on a 15-5 run in the second frame to go up 23-18 at intermission. They continued to [...]
GAME 31 – Alcoa 42, Upperman 41
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 [...]