December 8- Claiborne High School and Cherokee High tipped it off Friday and Claiborne came away with the victory. Channing Buis had the three-ball working and hit four of them. In total, Buis had 16 points. Brinkley Hollin had 10, Allie Jones had nine, Jacey Ferguson had five, Carley Hall…
December 8- Cumberland Gap traveled to Scott County to play varsity girls basketball against the Lady Highlanders. Konner Hutson led Scott High to victory with an 18-point effort. Hayden Beeler dropped in 19-points trying to keep Cumberland Gap in the game and Emrey Glover scored 12. Brynlee Foster had nine,…
December 7- Cumberland Gap Lady Panthers left Washburn with a 47-45 overtime win. Emrey Glover led the Lady Panthers on the scoreboard with 13 points and Brynlee Foster dropped in 10. Hayden Beeler had seven. Gracie Nash and Callie Hoskins both scored five. Jenna Wilburn had four, and Jennabeth Wilburn…
December 5- The Claiborne Bulldogs battled Greeneville on the hardwood and competed well. The final score was 49-40. The halftime score was 26-8. Claiborne rallied late but ran out of time. Ethan Cupp led Claiborne with 20. C.J. Cox had eight. Josh Bolton and Brady Hamlin each had four, Kaden…
December 4- The 2023 Claiborne County Junior Varsity Basketball Tournament began with two games on opening night. The second matchup was on the girl’s side of the bracket with H.Y. Livesay and Powell Valley. Livesay jumped ahead and led at the half, 10-3. In the end, the Lady Eagles took…
December 5- Claiborne varsity girls fell to the Lady Green Devils by the final score of 74-38. Greeneville led at the half 25-9 and went on to the victory. Scoring was low for the Lady Bulldogs as Channing Buis led the team with seven points. Three players had five including…
November 27- Cumberland Gap hosted Washburn and it was a clean sweep for all three teams tonight. The Lady Panthers won 49-35. Emrey Glover led Cumberland Gap with 17, Callie Hoskins had nine, Hayden Beeler had eight, Brynlee Foster had six, Gracie Nash had five, Jenna Beth Wilburn had two…
Upon completion of the Elevation & K.O.C. Invitational, The Zone had the privilege to present eight outstanding athletes awards for the all-tournament selections, Mr. Hustle and tournament most valuable player. We went into the tournament set on picking a team that could compete with everyone in the East Tennessee area…
November 24- Elevation and K.O.C. Invitational Basketball Tournament hosted by Claiborne High, Day 3. The final game of day three was between the hosting Claiborne High and Cosby. Cosby dominated the early stages of this one causing Claiborne to battle hard to come from behind. A slow start by Ethan…
November 20- The Claiborne Bulldogs defeated Seymour in the second game of the Elevation and K.O.C. Invitational Tournament. Claiborne jumped ahead to lead 38-27 at the half and took the win 75-70 despite a super-human performance by Cameron Soulages with 42-points. Claiborne countered Soulages with Ethan Cupp. Cupp finished with…
