BY DAVE LINK ENGLEWOOD – Bradley Central sophomore forward Kimora Fields didn’t forget the bad memories from her trip to McMinn Central last Jan. 30. It was the night the Bearettes lost their only game of the 2022-23 season by a 75-69 … [Read more...]
Fulton Falcons (6-0), Gatlinburg-Pittman Lady Highlanders (5-0) win RecruitMe Thanksgiving Tournaments at Farragut
BY DAVE LINK Fulton’s boys and Gatlinburg-Pittman’s girls earned championships Saturday night in the RecruitMe Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament at Farragut. Both teams made big postseason runs last spring with Fulton winning the Class 3A … [Read more...]
ALCOA TORNADOES trounce Giles County in Class 3A state semifinal; Program secures chance at 9th consecutive state title
BY DAVE LINK ALCOA – Alcoa running back Elijah Cannon will make his fourth straight trip to the Class 3A state championship game next Friday. This trip will be different. It’s the last hoorah for Alcoa’s 18 seniors – including … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING FILES: Cherokee Chiefs fishing tandem notch first win
BY DAVE LINK Jacob Berryhill and Isaac Chandler of the Cherokee Chiefs Fishing Team should’ve known it was their lucky day a couple of Saturdays ago. The seniors at Cherokee High School were fishing in the third stop of the Tennessee BASS … [Read more...]
Clinton Dragons magical playoff run in Class 5A bracket comes to heartbreaking end, 24-20, at hands of Walker Valley
BY DAVE LINK CLINTON – Clinton’s football team ran out of magic Friday night. Walker Valley of Cleveland rallied from a 14-point deficit and beat the Dragons 24-20 in the Class 5A state quarterfinals. Clinton (6-7) was making its … [Read more...]
WHAT WE LEARNED on Night Two of the 2023 KOC TipOff Classic at Farragut High School
BY DAVE LINK Karns’ Lauren Trent is enjoying a rarity as a basketball coach with every player returning from last season’s team. “I’ve never had a team with zero seniors,” Trent said before Tuesday’s KOC Tipoff Classic at Farragut. “Last … [Read more...]
EVERYTHING WE LEARNED on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at the KOC TipOff Classic
BY DAVE LINK Halls boys’ basketball coach Clint Sharp has an early goal for the 2023-24 season – stay healthy. It didn’t happen last year for the Red Devils. At the beginning, four starters were out with injuries, and Halls was 7-9 midway … [Read more...]
Clinton stuns Oak Ridge at Blankenship Field for 24-21 second-round win; Clinton advances to quarterfinals for first time since 1992
BY DAVE LINK OAK RIDGE — Senior quarterback Joshuah Keith and the Clinton football team pulled off an upset they’ll never forget Friday night. Keith ran for two touchdowns and threw two touchdown passes as the Dragons defeated Oak Ridge 24-21 … [Read more...]
Massive lot of Farragut High School baseball players sign National Letters of Intent; 12 with Division I programs
BY DAVE LINK Farragut baseball coach Matt Buckner was a proud father Friday morning. Buckner watched his son, senior shortstop Lukas Buckner, sign scholarship papers to play for Mississippi State during a ceremony at … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING FILE: Joe Vaulton, Walker LaRue win Tennessee Bass Nation stop at Fort Loudon Lake
BY DAVE LINK Joe Vaulton and Walker LaRue of the Alcoa Fishing Team are off to a fast start to the 2023-24 season, thanks to an Oct. 28 win on Fort Loudon Lake. That comes as no surprise. Vaulton and LaRue won Tennessee’s Co-Anglers of the … [Read more...]