Coach Jody Wright’s Fulton Falcons faced the Page Patriots in a TSSAA Class 3A sectional at Jody Wright Arena on Monday, March 7, 2022, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Fulton boys won 69–61. It was Wright’s 800th career victory. (Photo by Danny Parker)
By ETHAN STONE
Fulton head coach Jody Wright looked up at the scoreboard, then out to the court as the seconds ticked away in the Falcons’ 69-61 Class 3A state sectional victory over visiting Page.
By that point, his 800th victory was in hand. And so was Fulton’s state-tournament berth.
But just over an hour earlier, he had been sitting on the Falcons bench alone, watching the two teams go through pregame warmups. The 37-year coaching veteran was left wondering how Page’s players were hitting so many shots after a four-hour road trip.
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