Basketball

The Greeneville girls basketball team was firing on all cylinders on Saturday night as it blew past North Hardin, Kentucky 72-44 in its first game of the Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic. “It seems like the first game in a tournament environment is always...

BY MARK BROOKS BRISTOL - The Greeneville Greene Devils were all smiles on Saturday afternoon after they won their first game of the season, 75-46 over University High in the The Classic at Viking Hall in Bristol. Greeneville head coach Brad Woolsey said, “It...

Tennessee High 69, Cherokee 67 Tennessee began the 9-game slate with a 69-67 win versus Region 1-3A counterpart Cherokee. Cherokee started hot with a 24-point first quarter and held a 39-26 lead at the half on the heels of Kenady Deal’s 27-point half. Tennessee...

The North Greene girls could not keep up with a deep and dangerous Alcoa team on Friday night in the opening round of the Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies, falling 69-46 at Hal Henard Gymnasium. “Our opponent was a pretty talented team,” North Greene coach...

BRISTOL - The good news for the Greeneville Greene Devils basketball team was, they were the opening act for The Classic, a nationally acclaimed basketball tournament played each year at Viking Hall in Bristol Tennessee. The bad news was they had to play the...

Coalfield 60, Tennessee 54 Coalfield began this year’s action with a 60-54 win defeating Tennessee High. Tennessee held narrow 14-10 and 24-21 leads after the first and second quarters, but Coalfield came storming out of the locker room and outscored the Lady Vikings 23-10...

The 37th edition of the Ladies Classic begins today with four games on the schedule.  The Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic will continue through Wednesday, December 31st, with no games on Sunday.  Tickets are available at the door of Hal Henard Gymnasium, any Andrew...

Last week North Greene post player Tralyn Southerland dominated the paint on both ends of the floor and led the Lady Huskies to a championship at the Smoky Mountain Christmas Classic in Gatlinburg. For that she has been named the Greene Sports Zone Player...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – One day after earning SEC Co-Player of the Week accolades, Ja'Kobi Gillespie of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team garnered another major weekly honor. The senior guard is among the USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week winners, as announced Tuesday afternoon. Each week,...