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DIVISION I BOYS STATE, Day 4: Alcoa Tornadoes hold off Brainerd late; 71-68 win sends Alcoa to final for first time since 1992

  BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Getting to its first state championship game in more than three decades turned out

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2023 5Star Preps Baseball Season Preview

BY JESSE SMITHEY As basketball winds down this week and baseball heats up, now is the proper time to release

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5STAR PHOTOS: Fulton Falcons vs. MLK – 2023 Class 3A State Semifinals – Thursday, March 16

MURFREESBORO — See all the top players, plays, moments and more from the 2023 Class 3A state semifinal between the

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DIVISION I BOYS STATE, Day 3: Fulton Falcons trounce MLK Royals by 40 in 2023 Class 3A State Semifinals

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Fulton senior guard Marcellus Jackson walked to midcourt with 2 minutes, 44 seconds, left in

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5STAR PHOTOS: Alcoa Tornadoes vs. Pearl-Cohn Firebirds – 2023 Class 2A state quarterfinal

MURFREESBORO — See all the scenes, top players, plays and more in this FREE photo gallery to you by Danny

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DIVISION I BOYS STATE, Day 3: Alcoa Tornadoes win first state tournament game since 2004; hold off Pearl-Cohn for 65-62 win

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — The final 1 minute, 10 seconds, of Thursday’s Class 2A state quarterfinal wasn’t unnerving at

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DIVISION I BOYS STATE, Day One: McMinn County Cherokees fall to Memphis Overton in 4A quarterfinal

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — The standard has changed with McMinn County High School boys’ basketball. No longer is it

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5STAR PHOTOS: Sevier County Smoky Bears vs. Hillsboro Burros – 2023 Class 4A Quarterfinals

MURFREESBORO — See all the scenes, players, plays and emotions from the 2023 Class 4A quarterfinal between Sevier County and

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5STAR PHOTOS: McMinn County Cherokees vs. Memphis Overton Wolverines – 2023 Class 4A Quarterfinals

MURFREESBORO — See all the scenes, emotions, players and plays from the 2023 Class 4A state quarterfinal between the McMinn

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DIVISION I BOYS STATE, Day One: Youth-laden Sevier County can’t match strengths of Hillsboro in 4A state quarterfinals

MURFREESBORO — Ken Wright, the longtime head boys basketball coach at Sevier County High, had been playing with house money

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