BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Camryn Brown needed an extra second to process the moment. The final buzzer sounded in Northview's 3A state semifinal against Dyersburg, and Brown — a senior guard — admittedly thought the game was headed to … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Carsyn Swaney, the Heritage High senior star and Miss Basketball finalist, sat on a trainer's table Friday afternoon in a corner of MTSU's Murphy Center, peeking over her right shoulder often to see if her teammates … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — One team had Reese Beaty. The other didn't. Not hard to sum up the the Class 2A girls state semifinal Friday afternoon between Gatlinburg-Pittman and York. Had Beaty not returned late in the regular season … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Coalfield's girls basketball team should not be short on motivation next season. The Lady Jackets had a championship-game appearance within their grasp Friday at MTSU's Murphy Center, only to see it ripped from … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — All went stress-free for the Bearden girls' basketball team in its Class 4A state quarterfinal Thursday, but the big test is coming. Junior guard Natalya Hodge scored a game-high 19 points and senior Kendall … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Consider it rare in high school girls basketball when you have to defend against a lob pass on an inbounds play. Despite the infrequency of it, Oak Ridge still prepared to guard against it. Oak Ridge coach Paige … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — She might be a sophomore by roster, but Northview Academy guard Mikinna Russell played Thursday like a seasoned vet. And what a time to do it, right? At the state tournament? Russell scored 13 points and … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Carsyn Swaney, the senior standout on the Heritage girls basketball team, got the first shot of the second half in the Lady Mountaineers' Class 3A state quarterfinal Thursday. And as she fired in the 3-pointer … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — For a brief stretch of Thursday's Class 3A state quarterfinal, Cocke County's girls basketball team displayed the magic that helped it make a run to the 2024 state semifinals. The Lady Red had trailed South … [Read more...]

BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — It's no secret around Gatlinburg that Maliyah Glasper loves a good 3-point shot. After all, she made 11 in a game in mid-December, and she had made more than 90 of them this season entering this week's Class 2A … [Read more...]