Ridgeview overcame a one-point halftime deficit Wednesday to pick up a nondistrict basketball road win.
There is no substitute for experience, and Sullivan South’s senior leadership came to light Wednesday night against Volunteer.
Anna Whited earned a double-double Wednesday as she scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Eastside to a 64-44 win over Chilhowie in nondistrict play.
JOHNSON CITY — Isaiah Pruitt and Christian Hill each scored 17 points as the Sullivan North boys basketball team rolled to a 58-36 road win over Providence Academy.
Cheryl Gray was on hand to capture all the basketball action as the UH boys and the Central girls recorded wins on Tuesday.
GRAY — For three quarters, there was no doubt about the outcome of Tuesday’s interstate basketball contest between visiting Gate City and Daniel Boone.
JOHNSON CITY — Tight games early in the season are a coach’s delight.
KINGSPORT — Shoot it well and defend and the wins will come, as the Dobyns-Bennett boys basketball team demonstrated Tuesday night.
With winter weather on the way, local coaches and school officials are taking preemptive action and rescheduling high school basketball games in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
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Mikey Culbertson led four Raiders in double figures with 16 points as J.I. Burton defeated Lebanon 75-41 on Monday night. Jonah Cochrane pumped in 14 points, followed by Trevor Culbertson with 13 and Zac Campbell with 10.
Other winners Monday night included the David Crockett and Cherokee boys and the Volunteer and Thomas Walker girls.
When E’Lease Stafford beat the third-quarter buzzer to tie the game, East Tennessee State looked ready to get another home win. Instead, the Bucs went cold and Cleveland State pulled away for a 62-54 victory.
For the second consecutive night the senior trio of Emili Brooks, Heather Lipps and Jayda Smith carried Union to victory as the Bears downed Patrick Henry 52-41 in the finals of the Powell Valley National Bank Tip-Off Classic held at UVA Wise’s Prior Center.
The tough matchup the East Tennessee State basketball team was expecting came to fruition Saturday night as North Dakota State ended the Bucs’ five-game winning streak.
