CHURCH HILL — The Volunteer boys basketball team zoomed out to an early lead in Thursday night’s nonconference game, but had to hold off a har…

Outstanding defensive efforts proved key for both the Unicoi County boys and Sullivan Central girls basketball teams in Tuesday's Three Rivers twin bill in Erwin.

For a boys basketball team that’s already endured two stretches of quarantine for coronavirus issues, Sullivan Central showed little rust Tuesday in a 64-44 Three Rivers Conference win over Happy Valley.

Breanna Yarber, last season's VHSL Class 1 basketball player of the year, transferred from Patrick Henry to Sullivan Central this week and scored a game-high 17 points in the Lady Cougars' overtime win over Elizabethton.

Daniel Boone survived a 4½-minute cold spell in the second half and a determined Sullivan Central squad Tuesday to take a nonconference boys basketball win at the Dickie Warren Dome.

Sullivan County Schools announced fall sports coaches for West Ridge High School on Tuesday morning.

Sullivan East held off a final push from Sullivan Central and handed the Lady Cougars a rare loss in Three Rivers Conference girls basketball play on Friday.

The Providence Academy boys basketball team gave Sullivan East a taste of its own medicine inside the Dyer Dome on Monday, the opening night of the Food City Thanksgiving Classic, and the Sullivan Central girls fell victim to Grainger again.

Sullivan Central rallied to take a 53-47 girls basketball win over Science Hill on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.

On Wednesday, Vaughan signed on the dotted line to continue her volleyball and academic career at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, New York.