Castlewood’s Casey Bush and Gunnar Jessee captured VHSL Class 1 wrestling championships Saturday, and Union’s Mason Polier brought home Class 2 gold in the 195-pound class.
Wise Central never trailed on its way to a dominating win over Abingdon in Saturday’s Mountain 7 girls tournament championship game in Norton.
Dobyns-Bennett scored the game's first 20 points and rolled over Daniel Boone 77-47 on Saturday in the semifinals of the District 1-AAA boys basketball tournament at Bobby Snyder Gymnasium in Gray.
The boys of Sullivan South and Elizabethton advanced to the finals of the District 1-AA tournament with wins on Saturday at Happy Valley, while the Lady Cyclones knocked off top-seeded Sullivan Central in the girls' semifinal round. The Rebels
PJ Washington scored 23 points, Keldon Johnson added 19 and Kentucky beat Tennessee 86-69 Saturday night to end the Vols’ school-record, 19-game winning streak.
Thanks in part to the rip-net shooting of Alex Harris, the Sullivan South girls dominated Unicoi County 71-54 in Saturday’s District 1-AA semifinals.
The teams that met in the 2010 Atlantic Sun Conference tournament title game once had a heated rivalry, but it’s been all Bucs since Steve Forbes took over as ETSU’s coach four years ago.
Sullivan South and Unicoi County picked up wins Friday in the District 1-AA boys basketball tournament at Happy Valley. The Rebels fought off Sullivan Central 51-46 and the Blue Devils topped Sullivan East 70-53.
After being slowed for three quarters, Sullivan South raced past Sullivan Central in the fourth to earn a 51-46 District 1-AA boys basketball tournament win at Happy Valley.
In the District 1-A girls game, third-seeded Unaka had no trouble with No. 6 Sullivan North, beating the Lady Raiders 49-22 on Friday in first-round play.
Friday’s Cumberland tournament championship game between Eastside and J.I. Burton was not much different from the previous three games this season involving the teams.
Gate City has had a few unsung heroes during its recent stretch without senior forward Zac Ervin. On Friday night in the Mountain 7 District championship game, senior guard Jon Compton answered the bell.
With just over five minutes left in the third quarter, everything was going Thomas Walker’s way. Then Eastside found another gear in its offensive attack, thanks to getting more defensive.
A wild Friday of Cumberland District boys basketball came to an end with Eastside's 85-80 double-overtime win over J.I. Burton in the tournament title game. In consolation play, Thomas Walker outran Castlewood 79-56.
Dobyns-Bennett pounded Cherokee in the paint, taking the Lady Chiefs out of the game in the first half and never relenting in a 54-21 crushing Friday night in the semifinals of the District 1-AAA girls basketball tournament
