Basketball

The North Greene girls got a lights out shooting performance from Eva Leonard and determined effort from Tralyn Southerland in the paint as they wrapped up the regular season in style on Monday night. Behind 29 points from Leonard and 25 Southerland the Lady...

The North Greene boys struggled to get shots to fall on Monday night and closed the regular season with a 57-37 loss to Cherokee. “I don’t feel like we were ready to play tonight,” North Greene coach Matt Weems said. “We had a hard...

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University guard Bryce Jackson has been named the South Atlantic Conference / WePlayed Sports Men's Basketball Player of the Week. Jackson, a graduate student from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, averaged 27.5 points per game last week as he led the Pioneers to a pair...

Region 1-1A Tournament At Washburn Girls Friday, February 27 Cloudland 56, Washburn 40 Cosby 58, Hampton 41 North Greene 77, Hancock Co 14 Monday, March 2 6 PM Unaka vs Cloudland 7:45 PM Cosby vs North Greene Wednesday, March 4 7 PM Championship Game...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team withstood a valiant comeback effort from visiting LSU for a 73-63 victory Saturday night at a sold-out Food City Center. Freshman forward Nate Ament led the way with a game-high 22 points for Tennessee (18-7, 8-4 SEC)...

North Greene traveled to Johnson City on Saturday afternoon to wrap up the regular season and leaned on the one-two punch of Tyler Britton and Thomas Darnell to defeat University High 57-40, securing the No. 3 seed in the upcoming District 1-A Tournament. “That’s...

Less than 24 hours after celebrating Senior Night, the North Greene Lady Huskies were back on the court Saturday afternoon looking to close out the regular season with a win over University High. After a sluggish start, North Greene found its rhythm and rolled...

Wow, what a game! Trailing by 19 points, the South Greene Rebels finished the game on a 32-10 run and silenced the rowdy crowd in Lower Afton by defeating Chuckey-Doak 55-52 on its home floor. “It’s exhausting. I am exhausted and I know the...

South Greene did just enough in the end to survive Chuckey-Doak’s comeback attempt and left Lower Afton with a 65-60 win on Friday night to secure the top seed in the District 1-2A Tournament. “It feels good and it feels like the pressure is...

CHURCH HILL – The Greeneville girls basketball team has been brooding over the past few days and on Friday night Volunteer turned into the victim of their frustration. After suffering a 75-49 loss to Cherokee on Tuesday the Lady Greene Devils returned to Hawkins...