February 28- Region 1-AAA Girl’s Basketball Tournament Championship game hosted by Claiborne High School. Greeneville and Elizabethton played for the region title on the floor of the Carl Green Gymnasium. The Lady Cyclones held the momentum early and led at the half, 34-29; however, it was a tale of two…
February 24- Region 1-AAA Basketball Tournament hosted by Claiborne High School The Claiborne Bulldogs’ season came to an end when Unicoi defeated them 64-50. Behind nine three-pointers and 29 from Jackson Simmons, the Blue Devils were able to defeat Claiborne. Unicoi jumped ahead early and never trailed. Claiborne battled but…
February 20- TSSAA, Twin Lakes Conference, District 2-AAA Basketball Tournament hosted by Claiborne High School. Green Devils win district tournament championship, Bulldogs runner-up. Carl Green Gymnasium was the site for the 2023-24 district tournament and the Claiborne Bulldogs played some of their best basketball when it counted the most. Claiborne…
February 17- Claiborne High School, Twin Lakes Conference, District 2-AAA Basketball Tournament. Claiborne and Grainger tipped off during the final game of day two with a trip to the district championship game against Greeneville on the line, February 20. This one was expected by everyone to be a close game…
February 16- TSSAA Twin Lakes Conference, District 2-AAA Basketball Tournament: CHS 49-Cherokee 41 Claiborne’s Lady Bulldogs battled Cherokee’s Lady Chiefs in the opening game hosted by Claiborne High School. Cherokee took the lead during the first period and led at the half, 24-21. The Lady Bulldogs rallied in the third…
February 8- Cumberland Gap takes down Lady Grizz, 58-50. The Lady Panthers led the entire night and for the vast majority of the night they were able to limit the damage to just one player from Grainger, Addison Hayes. Several Lady Panthers got in the stat book, but Emrey Glover…
February 3- When the Powell Valley Indians lost to Hancock and finished as runner-up in the district there was a fire lit deep in their souls. The Indians stormed through the sectional tournament and after defeating Oneida, they were sectional champs and looking directly at the state tournament. 43-39 was…
January 30- Claiborne basketball traveled to Grainger County and gave the second-in-district Grizzlies all they wanted behind the double-figure scoring efforts of Brady Hamlin and Ethan Cupp. For the most part, the Bulldogs remained constant on offense scoring 18 points during the first period and 14 during the other three….
January 27- Powell Valley traveled to Scott High to play in the first round of the middle school sectional tournament. To advance, the Indians had to get by Coalfield, and they did just that winning by the final score of 51-47. Luke Lloyd shined in this one scoring 18 points….
January 12- Cumberland Gap High School hosted Anderson County for two games of varsity basketball. The Lady Mavericks and Lady Panthers took the court to start the night and Cumberland Gap had little trouble getting out front and staying. The game featured three lead changes early, but the home team…
