Saturday’s Class 4A championship game is almost as far flung as a title contest could be in Tennessee.

The David Crockett girls basketball team turned up the wick defensively to defend the home court Wednesday night at the 31st annual Hardee’s Classic.

Elizabethton football coach Shawn Witten is familiar with the state semifinals. As the Cyclones seek their second straight state championship, Friday’s TSSAA Class 4A game at Nolensville will be Witten’s seventh semifinal appearance as a player or coach. 

Bryson Rollins and Parker Hughes, Elizabethton’s two Mr. Football finalists, kept the Cyclones’ season alive Friday night.

Host Seymour scored with 18 seconds left in regulation to earn a 2-1 win over Sullivan Central in the Region 1-AA girls soccer semifinals on Tuesday.

Dobyns-Bennett girls soccer coach Tony Weaver was a believer after seeing Bearden in person.

Delana DeBusk recorded a hat trick and Greeneville raced past Volunteer 9-0 on Tuesday in the District 1-AA soccer semifinals, ending a record-breaking season for the Lady Falcons.

Science Hill and Dobyns-Bennett combined for a pair of shutouts in the District 1-AAA girls soccer semifinals Tuesday night at the Stone Castle.

Sullivan County athletics had a night to remember Monday: South volleyball wrote its final chapter, but Central fought off Seymour to reach the sectionals for the first time since 2004. 

Emma Lukens' goal in the 84th minute lifted the Volunteer girls soccer team to a 2-1 win over Sullivan South on Monday in the District 1-AA tournament.