Admiral Schofield hit a 3-pointer with 24 seconds left and scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half, helping No. 7 Tennessee knock off top-ranked Gonzaga 76-73 in the Colangelo Classic on Sunday.
East Tennessee State pulled away in the second half and defeated UT Martin 80-62 in a nonconference men’s basketball game Saturday at Freedom Hall.
The Science Hill boys basketball team was having fun Saturday afternoon and no one was having a better time than Jake Matherne.
After enjoying a large halftime lead, the Lady Bears (4-0) held off a furious rally from the Lady Wildcats (2-3) to take a 50-37 victory on Saturday, the final night of play at the Powell Valley National Bank Tip-Off basketball tournament at the Virginia-Wise Prior Center.
Science Hill freshman phenomenon and cross country state champion Jenna Hutchins has already accomplished a great deal this fall — and her first year in high school isn’t even half over.
Virginia-Wise got a triple-double from Michal Seals and double-double from Jordan Pointer on the way to a 105-82 Mountain East Conference win over Glenville State on Saturday.
J. Richard Carroll, who spent nearly five decades as an educator in the Bloomingdale community and was a devotee of Sullivan North athletics, died Saturday.
High school girls basketball teams from Southwest Virginia and Eastern Kentucky traveled to the Prior Center at UVa-Wise for the Powell Valley National Bank Tip-Off Friday. Participating teams include Wise Central, Union, Lebanon, Honaker, Rural
JONESBOROUGH — Dobyns-Bennett, getting a 23-point game from Marae Foreman, flexed its muscles Friday night against David Crockett and captured a 72-40 Big Seven Conference boys basketball win.
CHURCH HILL — Hitting free throws is a key for any team that wants to win a basketball game, and Sullivan South (1-1, 7-3) had been struggling at the line coming into Friday night’s non-conference contest against Volunteer (2-0, 3-6).
KINGSPORT — A lot of storied track athletes have come through Dobyns-Bennett High School in years past, but senior sprinter Jeamy Williams is among the most storied names in the history of the program.
WISE — Wise Central had plenty of chances to win it. Instead, Shelby Valley held on for the dramatic victory.
Wise Central and Union set the tone early in their opening-day games of the Powell National Bank Tip-Off girls’ basketball tournament at Virginia-Wise’s Prior Center.
The J.I. Burton Raiders scored a nondistrict win on Thursday against the Holston Cavaliers behind 31 points from Caleb Williams. Trevor Culbertson and Zach Campbell also chipped in for the Raiders with 12 and 11, respectively.
Bo Hodges is getting healthy, and that’s good news for the East Tennessee State basketball team. Hodges, the Bucs’ versatile guard, is back in the lineup after missing five games with a groin injury.
