3A STATE SEMIFINAL: Alcoa topples Tullahoma; Tornadoes to face Fulton in 3A finale
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Alcoa athletes don’t lose championship games very often. Take junior Alcoa standout Jamir Dean, for
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3A STATE SEMIFINAL: Fulton Falcons stun defending champion Upperman Bees, 54-51
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — As the Fulton Falcons ran off the Murphy Center floor on Friday following a state
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Longtime girls’ basketball coach Johnny Galyon steps down at Morristown West
BY JESSE SMITHEY Johnny Galyon has rarely missed a day of work. With some 250 sick days stored up, Galyon
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5STAR PHOTOS powered by SmartBank: Day 2 of 2026 TSSAA Boys Basketball State (Farragut, Bearden)
MURFREESBORO — See all the photos from 2026 Class 4A boys basketball state quarterfinals featuring Bearden vs. Beech and Farragut
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4A STATE QUARTERFINAL — Bearden (37-1) overcomes Cutter Sisk challenge and Beech, 55-52
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — For the last 10 days, since the Bearden boys’ basketball team won its state sectional
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4A STATE QUARTERFINAL: Farragut falls to Walker Valley in tough fourth quarter
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Senior point guard Parker Lane drove down the right side of the foul lane early
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5STAR PHOTOS powered by SmartBank: Day One Boys Basketball State Tournament Gallery (G-P, Fulton, Alcoa)
MURFREESBORO — Below, you’ll find photo galleries from three boys’ basketball state tournament games from Wednesday, March 18, at the
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CLASS 3A STATE QUARTERFINAL: Alcoa Tornadoes downs Fayette-Ware by 44
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Say this for the rims at the Murphy Center: they can take a beating. The
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CLASS 3A BOYS QUARTERFINAL: Nick Steen’s shooting touch powers Fulton past Portland
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Not that Nick Steen needed to write his name any more on Fulton’s Class 3A
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2A BOYS QUARTERFINAL — After rally in third quarter, Gatlinburg-Pittman goes cold in fourth of 61-45 loss to Westview
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Rashid Moore, the Gatlinburg-Pittman boys’ basketball coach, labels himself as a defensive-minded coach. “I really
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