By DAVE LINK OAK RIDGE – Oak Ridge coach Paige Taylor had her concerns about Friday night’s game against Farragut in the quarterfinals of the Region 2-AAA girls basketball tournament. It didn’t matter that her Lady Wildcats were the No. … [Read more...]
NEW QB1s: All-Stater Garrett Weekly takes over QB1 duties full time at The King’s Academy
By DAVE LINK Garrett Weekly saw spot duty at quarterback in his first two seasons at The King’s Academy, but that changes considerably this coming fall. … [Read more...]
STREAK OVER, DROUGHT OVER: Loudon claims district tournament for first time since 2007
By DAVE LINK LOUDON – Forget the losing streak. The Loudon boys’ basketball team snapped out of a funk in the last five days and won the program’s first district tournament championship since 2007. … [Read more...]
Bearden Lady Bulldogs repeat as District 4-AAA Tournament champions; now set for more home games
By DAVE LINK There’s no place like the Dawg House. That was one reason the Bearden girls’ basketball team was celebrating after Monday night’s 57-46 victory over visiting Maryville in the District 4-AAA championship game. … [Read more...]
BREAKING DOWN WEBB: Spartans are four wins away from a title; what obstacles are in the way?
By DAVE LINK Coach Ricky Norris was preparing his Webb School of Knoxville boys’ basketball team for its postseason run Saturday night. How did he prepare it? … [Read more...]
Brady Luttrell, Kingston basketball return to full strength just in time for postseason
By DAVE LINK KINGSTON – The Kingston boys’ basketball team was at full strength Friday night for the first time in almost a month. Not good news for the visiting Scott Highlanders. Junior point guard Colby Raymer scored 21 points as the No. … [Read more...]
NO PANIC BUTTON – Farragut finishes strong and earns region berth; HVA looks to future
BY DAVE LINK Farragut’s basketball team has had some big leads slip away this season. But it didn’t happen Thursday night. … [Read more...]
The NEW QB1s: William Blount football QB1 duties to stay within the family
By DAVE LINK Get ready for another Clemmer. … [Read more...]
William Blount survives late rally by rival Heritage; 58-56 win keeps Govs’ season alive
By DAVE LINK MARYVILLE – All eyes were on Heritage senior guard Parker Rothery in the closing seconds Tuesday night. And the William Blount defenders were focused on him, too. Their season depended on it. … [Read more...]
CLUTCH GENE: Knoxville Catholic PG B.J. Edwards delivers when it matters against Bearden
By DAVE LINK Catholic and Bearden were locked in a white-knuckle basketball game Monday night until the fourth quarter. Then B.J. Edwards took over. … [Read more...]