Basketball Edition 2018-19

2018-19 BASKETBALL

HUSKIES HUNGRY North Greene Boys Want Another Shot At State

INSIDE: Season previews, rosters, schedules for all Greene County teams

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2018-19 COMPOSITE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Nov. 13 Greeneville (boys) at Jefferson County Chuckey-Doak at Northview West Greeene at Happy Valley South Greene (boys) at Pigeon Forge Thursday, Nov. 15 Chuckey-Doak at Sullivan East KACHEA at North Greene’ Cedar View Christian at North Greene

Saturday, Nov. 17 Greeneville (boys) vs. Science Hill (at Johnson County) West Greene vs. Berean Christian (at Hancock Co.) West Greene at Hancock County North Greene at Hancock County North Greene vs. Hberean Christian (at Hancock Co.) South Greene (boys) vs. Sullivan East (at Tennessee High) South Greene (boys) at Tennessee High Nov. 19-24 Greene County Thanksgiving Tournament Greeneville at Farragut Thanksgiving Tournament Monday, Nov. 26 Happy Valley at Chuckey-Doak Washburn at West Greene Tuesday, Nov. 27 Cocke County at Greeneville KACHEA at West Greene North Greene at Providence Academy Hampton at South Greene Friday, Nov. 30 Claiborne at Chuckey-Doak West Greene at Grainger South Greene at Cumberland Gap Tuesday, Dec. 4 South Greene at Greeneville Chuckey-Doak at West Greene North Greene at Tri-Cities Christian Friday, Dec. 7 Greeneville at Cumberland Gap

Grainger at Chuckey-Doak North Greene at West Greene Claiborne at South Greene

Saturday, Dec. 8 South Greene at North Greene Monday, Dec. 10 Northview at West Greene Tuesday, Dec. 11 Chuckey-Doak at Greeneville West Greene at Claiborne Tri-Cities Christian at North Greene Grainger at South Greene Friday, Dec. 14 Greeneville at Dobyns-Bennett West Greene at Providence North Greene at University High Saturday, Dec. 15 Unicoi County at Chuckey-Doak Monday, Dec. 17 Greeneville at Morristown East Tuesday, Dec. 18 David Crockett at Greeneville Chuckey-Doak at North Greene South Greene at Unaka Dec. 20-22 South Greene boys at Gatlinburg Christmas Tournament Dec. 26-31 Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic Greeneville boys at Arby’s Classic Dec. 26-28 North Greene boys at Harriman Christmas Classic Dec. 27-29 Chuckey-Doak boys and West Greene boys at Kelly Services Christmas Classic Friday, Jan. 4 Greeneville at Grainger Chuckey-Doak at Happy Valley South Greene at West Greene Cloudland at North Greene Monday, Jan. 7

Providence at West Greene

Tuesday, Jan. 8 West Greene at Greeneville Chuckey-Doak at Cumberland Gap North Greene at Sullivan North Morristown West at South Greene Friday, Jan. 11 Claiborne at Greeneville South Greene at Chuckey-Doak Hampton at North Greene Cumberland Gap at West Greene Monday, Jan.14 Greeneville at Cocke County West Greene at Northview Tuesday, Jan. 15 Greeneville at David Crockett North Greene at Chuckey-Doak Unaka at South Greene

Chuckey-Doak at Unicoi County North Greene at South Greene Tuesday, Feb. 5 Greeneville at West Greene North Greene at Hampton South Greene at Morristown West Thursday, Feb. 7 Morristown East at Greeneville Friday, Feb. 8 Greeneville at Claiborne Chuckey-Doak at South Greene West Greene at Cumberland Gap Unaka at North Greene Saturday, Feb. 9 West Greene at North Greene Monday, Feb. 11 Hampton at Chuckey-Doak

Friday, Jan. 18 Chuckey-Doakat Claiborne Grainger at West Greene North Greene at Unaka Cumberland Gap at South Greene Tuesday, Jan. 22 Greeneville at South Greene West Greene at Chuckey-Doak Providence Academy at North Greene Friday, Jan. 25 Cumberland Gap at Greeneville Chuckey-Doak at Grainger West Greene at KACHEA University School at North Greene South Greene at Claiborne Saturday, Jan. 26 Dobyns-Bennett at Greeneville Tuesday, Jan. 29 Chuckey-Doak at Greeneville Claiborne at West Greene North Greene at Cloudland South Greene at Grainger

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Friday, Feb. 1 Grainger at Greeneville West Greene at South Greene Sullivan North at North Greene

North Greene basketball players Brandon Malone (left) and Andy Stevens (center) and fan Katie Bolton celebrate North Greene’s state sectional win over Coalfield last season.

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Lady Black Knights Lost 6 Seniors, Rebuilding

BY TATE RUSSELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Chuckey-Doak girls are rebuilding this year after finishing last year six points shy of a state tournament berth Gone are six seniors from a team that rarely went deeper than eight players into the rotation, and now coach Beth Frye has to do a lot of teaching to get an inexperienced squad ready for what will likely be a tough District 2-2A. “We lost a lot of seniors from last year and in a lot ways we are starting over,” Frye said. “The summer was little rocky because we had girls that weren’t sure if they were going to play and we didn’t get a lot done.

We’ve really been scrambling to get stuff put in in the last few weeks. The girls are working hard and this is a group that gets along.

They have good chemistry, but things are going to be rocky for a little while.

Hopefully by tournament time we can be competitive.”

Frye has been the coach at Chuckey-Doak since 2000 and it has been a long since she has had to deal with replacing almost her whole rotation, but she is embracing the challenge and getting back to the basics.

“My second year was the last time I’ve had anything like this,” Frye said. “I inherited six seniors the first year and then had to start over. It’s tough, but it’s a good opportunity for me to step back and do a lot

2018-19 CHUCKEY-DOAK LADY KNIGHTS Members of the 2018-19 Chuckey-Doak Lady Knights basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) Katie Tipton, Macy Higgins, coach Beth Frye, Kelsey Morris, Alex Gridley; (back row) assistant coach Lisa Darnell, Madison Painter, Rebecca Higgins, Sierra Jaynes, Gabby Carter, Sarah Heetmann, Madison Fletcher, Breeanna Roberts, Hannah Roberts.

of teaching. The kids have been really receptive to that coaching, and for me it has been enjoyable.”

The one key contributor back for the Lady Black Knights will be junior Sierra Jaynes. In her first two seasons at Chuckey-Doak, Jaynes has mostly been an outside shooter, but going forward a lot more will be asked of her.

She will have to handle the ball more, get to the basket more and play a bigger role on defense, all while drawing most of the attention of opposing teams.

“A lot of people are going

to key on Sierra because they know she can score, she can shoot the ball well.

I’m hoping some of the other girls can step up to take pressure off of her so she can do some of the other things we are asking of her.”

The other player back with some varsity experience is senior Alex Gridley who earned more playing time at the end of last year.

Frye has been impressed with how she has improved over the offseason, becoming a much better shooter and ball handler.

Gabby Carter is a player who has a lot of potential

as a six-foot sophomore, but translating that into production will have a large impact on how successful the Lady Knights are this season. The coaching staff as put a lot of time in with her over the offseason and has seen some good results so far.

“Gabby Carter is a big sixfoot tall girl who can really help us out if she works hard and develops like she should,” Frye said. “We are working on her being more physical and we are working on her footwork. She has come in this year more mature and wanting to learn.”

Katie Tipton and Kelsey Morris are two seniors who are back on the roster after taking a year off. Both bring leadership to the squad, but it may take a little time to get back into the swing of things.

Frye did get two surprise additions to the team this offseason in sisters Macy Higgins, a senior, and Rebecca Higgins, a sophomore, who moved in from California.

“We have Macy Higgins and Rebecca Higgins who transferred from California and have meshed well into the program,” Frye said.

“It really was a blessing to add them. They are great kids and you could can tell they have some experience playing.”

Madison Painter, Hannah Roberts, Madison Fletcher, Sarah Heetman and Breanna Roberts will add some depth for the Lady Knights.

Going into the year Frye wants her team to focus on itself and getting better everyday more so than the next on the schedule.

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Black Knights Must Replace Productive Players

BY TATE RUSSELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Chuckey-Doak boys come into this season trying to replace two of the most productive players in program history.

Gone is Karter Maupin who surpassed 1,000 points and 1,000 career assists while a Black Knight and Devin Jennigs who had over 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

Add in losing outside threat Jacob Willett to graduation and coach Sam Broyles estimates the Black Knights lost 75 percent of their scoring from a year ago.

What Broyles does have back are some talented players who are hungry to grab the reins for the first time and prove that they are pretty good players, too.

That starts at the guard spots where senior Jordan Morelock and junior Alex Maupin have stepped up in the offseason to take over as leaders of the team.

“I have seen some really good things out of Jordan Morelock this off season and he has stepped up to be a leader of the team,” Broyles said. “Alex Maupin has stepped up as well and had a good offseason. Those guys played behind Karter last year and now they are hungry to prove that they can play too. They have to take care of the ball and they have to play defense, then hopefully the scoring will come.”

Morelock is a returning starter who will likely be Chuckey-Doak’s most

2018-19 CHUCKEY-DOAK BLACK KNIGHTS Members of the 2018-19 Chuckey-Doak Black Knights basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) assistant coach William Hamilton, Nicholas Jennings, Fabricio Bertolane, Ethan Palazzo, Nick Haynes, Jordan Morelock, coach Sam Broyles; (back row) Nick Waddell, Cayden Phillips, Jameson Cobble, Cayden Black, Matthew Palazzo, Alex Maupin, Eli Beddigfield, Tyler Ramsey, Kameron Yost, Cameron Myers.

dangerous scorer. He has the ability to get hot from the outside and can run the floor as well as anyone in transition.

Maupin was a key spark off of the bench last season, but his role has grown this year and he will be counted on to replace much of the ball handling responsibilities lost with the graduation of his brother Karter.

Where Alex may have an advantage is that he has physically grown since last year, standing at 6’1” now he won’t be bullied by many perimeter defenders.

The duo are at their best when the game is fast and Broyles thinks that this year

his team my get up and down the court quicker than in years past, but most of that be determined by the players around Morelock and Maupin.

“We have a really fast team and our guards like to play really fast,” Broyles said. “The important thing will be getting our posts back from football and getting them back in shape where they can run the floor too.”

One post player who will have no problem getting up and down the court is senior Nick Jennings. The 6’2” forward is one of the best all-around athletes on the squad and possess the

ability to defend the wing as well as the block.

Jennings is a returning starter who has logged more minutes than anyone else on the roster over the course of his career, but will be asked to expand his role this year to become more of a scorer in the paint.

Senior Ethan Palazzo will be Chuckey-Doak’s other primary post option.

Palazzo is the biggest and most physical player on the Knights’ roster and he will be counted on to be a force on the block. Palazzo is listed at 6’6” on the roster and if he can find a mean streak he will be matchup problem for most teams

Chuckey-Doak faces.

“Ethan has grown and is over 6’5” now. Hopefully he will play like it,” Broyles said. “He played football this year which I think has helped him. He needs to be quicker and to be able to get up and down the floor, but he can a big part of what we do in the post.”

Senior Nick Haynes has developed a lot over the offseason and will be a big part of the post rotation. Other than that Chuckey-Doak will be looking at some talented but inexperienced sophomores to control the paint in Matthew Palazzo, Cayden Black and Eli Beddingfield.

Cayden Phillips will be the next guard up for Chuckey-Doak and Broyles feels he may the team’s top outside shooter.

Nick Waddell and Jameson Cobble will likely be the first guards off of the bench, but Broyles is concerned about going long stretches without Morelock or Maupin on the floor.

The Knights went 23-13 last year, ending the season in the Region 1-AA semifinals with a 66-63 loss to Grainger.

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the biggest obstacle in his mind will be the usual suspects, Greeneville and Grainger, who have controlled the league in recent years. After those two Broyles thinks the district will be a tough one from top to bottom and that his squad will have to be ready to play every night.

“Greeneville is really deep this year and looks good. Grainger lost seven seniors, but with a school that size they are going to be able to replace them,” Broyles said. “After that everybody else is kind of even, but you don’t know if somebody will rise up. I think this will be a pretty good conference this year.

“I think if this team works it can have a shot at winning the district. I’d like to see us back in the region and have a shot at maybe moving on from there. It’s tough to travel in this league and winning on the road will tough, but at the end of the year I would like to see us one of the top two three teams in the district.”

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Name Grade Kameron Yost So. Jordan Morelock Sr. Cameron Myers So. Cayden Phillips Jr. Fabricio Bertolane Sr. Jameson Cobble Jr. Nick Haynes Sr.

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Tyler Ramsey So. Alex Maupin Jr. Nicholas Jennings Sr. Nick Waddell Jr. Matthew Palazzo So. Eli Beddingfield So. Cayden Black So. Ethan Palazzo Sr.

rebounding, defense, just everything,” Frye said. “We need to improve a little bit everyday. This league is so tough and we have had some decent teams in the past.

People are going to want to beat us pretty bad.”

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Name Grade Katie Tipton Sr. Hannah Roberst Fr. Madison Painter Jr. Macy Higgins Sr. Sarah Heetman So. Madiosn Fletcher Fr. Kelsey Morris Sr. Rebecca Higgins So. Gabby Carter So. Sierra Jaynes Jr. Breanna Roberts Fr. Alex Gridley Sr.

LADY KNIGHTS 2018-19 SCHEDULE Nov. 13 at Northview Academy Nov. 15 at Sullivan East Nov. 19-24 at Greene County Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 26 HAPPY VALLEY Nov. 30 CLAIBORNE Dec. 4 at West Greene Dec. 7 Grainger Dec. 11 at Greeneville Dec. 15 UNICOI COUNTY Dec. 18 at North Greene Dec. 20 at Hampton Dec. 26-31 at Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic Jan. 4 at Happy Valley Jan. 8 at Cumberland Gap Jan. 11 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 15 NORTH GREENE Jan. 18 at Claiborne Jan. 22 WEST GREENE Jan. 25 at Grainger Jan. 29 GREENEVILLE Feb. 2 at Unicoi County Feb. 5 CUMBERLAND GAP Feb. 8 at South Greene Feb. 11 HAMPTON

BLACK KNIGHTS 2018-19 SCHEDULE Nov. 13 at Northview Academy Nov. 15 at Sullivan East Nov. 19-24 at Greene County Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 26 HAPPY VALLEY Nov. 30 CLAIBORNE Dec. 4 at West Greene Dec. 7 Grainger Dec. 11 at Greeneville Dec. 15 UNICOI COUNTY Dec. 18 at North Greene Dec. 20 at Hampton Dec. 27-29 at Kelly Services Christmas Classic Jan. 4 at Happy Valley Jan. 8 at Cumberland Gap Jan. 11 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 15 NORTH GREENE Jan. 18 at Claiborne Jan. 22 WEST GREENE Jan. 25 at Grainger Jan. 29 GREENEVILLE Feb. 2 at Unicoi County Feb. 5 CUMBERLAND GAP Feb. 8 at South Greene

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No More Lollar For Lady Devils To Lean On

BY SAM BUNDY SPORTS EDITOR As Sydni Lollar rewrote the Greeneville girls basketball record book the past four years, the prevailing notion about the Lady Devils was likely, “If you take away the Lollar kid, what would Greeneville have?”

Well, we’re getting ready to find out.

When Lollar graduated in the spring, she took a 27.7 points per game average – nearly half of Greeneville’s 58.8 nightly point production – with her.

“Sydni was just an incredible player. Everybody is kind of saying, ‘Eh, they won’t be much without Sydni,’” Watts said. “But I tell ya, this team is out to prove we were good with Sydni and we’re going to be good without Sydni.

“You’ll love the grit this bunch has. We might not have that player we can throw the ball to and will score 30 every night, but we have five who are going to score 12, 15, 20 every night.”

Greeneville posted an 18-14 record last season. The Lady Devils were 2-9 at the Christmas break, but won 16 of their last 21 games, including a 61-58 upset of top-seeded and state-ranked South Greene in the Region 1 semifinals and a 69-62 win over Chuckey-Doak in the region championship.

Greeneville’s season ended with a 68-56 sectional loss to Alcoa at home.

The Lady Devils return four starters from the sectional loss – senior guards Brylee Jones, Leah Fillers

2018-19 GREENEVILLE LADY DEVILS Members of the 2018-19 Greeneville Lady Devils basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) Shevon Weems, Mya Davis, Alana Collins, Ashlynn White, Leah Fillers, Brylee Jones, Macy Kennedy; (back row) Coach Annette Watts, Grace Hayes, Kameron Gentry, Kassie Martin, Earendia Davis, Kaitlyn Adkins, Delana DeBusk, Katherine Bentley, Assistant Coach Renee Skeen, Manager Mara Rich.

and Alana Collins and senior post player Ashlyn White.

Fillers is the top returning scorer at 11.9 points per game, while Jones averaged 7.6.

“Leah Fillers has been our 3-point expert for three years. Brylee Jones is our point guard who plays on the wing some, too. Those two know they have to score,” Watts said. “Alana Collins will pick up eight, 10 or 12 points a night. Ashlynn White inside has come along and plays so hard. She’ll pick up eight or 10 points.

“You’re better when you spread the ball around. It’s so easy to guard that one player. From the summer on,

I’ve seen this group step up saying, ‘Hey, as a team, we can do things. Individually, maybe not so much. But as a team, we can get this done.’

They’ve bought into that offensively and defensively.

This group plays as a team on both ends of the floor.”

Jones’ job at the point will be more crucial this season.

Instead of simply getting the ball to Lollar for points as she most always did in the past, Jones must now find multiple targets on the floor as well as add scoring punch herself.

“Brylee’s first-step quickness is tremendous and she has a beautiful jump shot,” Watts said. “She can shoot

the 3, shoot the jumper and she can really pass the ball.

“In the past, we could get the ball to Sydni and get out of her way. Now we can’t do that. Now we’re going to have to pass and move, screen and move. There’s a lot more movement and fluidity in our game this year and I love that.”

Watts says the Lady Devils will use an up-tempo style of play in hopes of getting open looks in transition.

“We’re little. We’ll press you full court, we’ll push the ball up the floor,” she said.

“Teams are going to try to slow us down, but we should be able to adjust.”

Shevon Weems, a 5-foot-

10 post player, has been Greeneville’s top scorer in the preseason.

“Shevon has taken it on her shoulders to pick up a lot of what we’re missing from Sydni,” Watts said. “She’s just doing it for us. She’s just really playing hard.”

Sophomore Earendia Davis, a 5-10 post player, and freshmen guards Delana DeBusk and Grace Hayes should see productive minutes as well.

“Wait until you see Earendia Davis play,” Watts said.

“Great feet, can hang in the air and score. She just does so many good things for a sophomore.

“Delana DeBusk and Grace

Hayes. Remember those names. During the summer, one game or another, both were in our starting five.

They’re going to be fun to watch the next four years.

Delana is a quick little point guard who loves to dish the ball off, and Grace is a shooting guard who is as long and lanky as you can be.”

Senior guard Mya Davis missed all last season with a shoulder injury.

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Devils Focusing On Shot Selection, Defense

BY SAM BUNDY SPORTS EDITOR The Greeneville Greene Devils didn’t start or finish last season as strong as they would have liked. And after spending the offseason trying to figure out why, coach Brad Woolsey has come to the conclusion that the Devils fortunes might have been better had they simply taken better shots.

“Our shooting percentage was pretty low last year, so we really emphasized this summer improving shot selection, getting our field goal percentages up and I feel like we did that this summer,” Woolsey said.

“We have some talent and we have some athleticism, but we’re going to have to continue to work hard to improve in the places that we weren’t very good last year.

“Another area we need to improve is on the defensive end of the floor. If we can take better shots and really commit to the defensive side, I think we can be pretty good.”

The Devils posted a 16-15 record last season. They got off to a 2-9 start, won 14 of their next 17 and sputtered again in the playoffs, losing their final three games.

“We played some pretty good teams early and really struggled early on,” Woolsey said. “About the middle of the season, we started clicking a little bit. And then we lost those three straight games at the end. It was definitely not the way we wanted to finish.

“Every year, one of our

2018-19 GREENEVILLE GREENE DEVILS Members of the 2018-19 Greeneville Greene Devils basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) Connor DeBusk, Kaleb Crumbley, Bryce Buchanan, Jaevon Gillespie, Jordan Gillespie, Keylan Newton, Raymond Knuckles; (back row) assistant coach Andy Barnett, assistant coach Bryan Everhart, assistant coach Nathan Hale, Austin Loven, Tyler Marsh, Dorien Goddard, Micah Banks, Jaydon Manuel, coach Brad Woolsey, manager Peyton Malone, manager Matthew White.

expectations obviously is to win the conference.

Compete to win the district, compete to win the region.

We did one of those three things last year, but the other two we left on the table. We have similar expectations this year. We feel like we have a team that can go as far really as they want to go.”

Greeneville’s offense starts with point guard Bryce Buchanan, a senior who averaged 6.6 points and 2.7 assists per game last season.

“Bryce us just a floor general,” Woolsey said.

“The way he’s going to create good shots for us is by getting the ball where it needs to be, to the people it

needs to go to, to the places where they are most likely to score.”

Buchanan says the Devils can improve their shot selection by being patient and looking for one more pass.

“If you’re contested, if you have two people on you, there’s probably somebody open,” he said. “My style is definitely pass first. I’m looking to get our playmakers the ball. I just like to distribute the ball, find the open man. If we move the ball this year, I think we can go as far as we want to go.”

Buchanan says he would also like to see the Devils get better looks in transition.

“I’ve always liked to push the ball. Once it comes out

of the net, I want my four man to grab it, get it and go,” he said. “Last year, I felt like our offense was slow. We didn’t get into it quick enough and I feel like that kept us from getting open shots.

“With the shooters we have, if we push the ball and get it to our guards or down low on the break, I feel like we’ll be in really good shape.”

With the Devils having some success on the run in the past, they plan to push the ball even more this season. They spent a good chunk of summer workouts playing at a faster pace.

“We’ve talked about playing faster in the past, but I think we really made

the commitment to that this summer and this fall,” Woolsey said. “We want to play fast, play hard and then defend in the halfcourt.”

The Devils graduated Nathaniel Moon, the team’s second leading scorer at 13.2 points per game last season, but they return enough scorers to offset the loss.

Senior Jaevon Gillespie, who led Greeneville in scoring with 14.3 points per game last season, returns at guard, while senior Dorien Goddard returns at forward after averaging 13 points a year ago.

“We’ve got shooters on the outside who can put the ball in the hole,” Woolsey

said. “Jaevon Gillespie is one. He just has a quick trigger and can stroke it, and he can get to the rack as well.

“Bryce is a pretty consistent shooter, Keylan Newton off the bench can really shoot it and Micah Banks is a great shooter who was absolutely lighting it up from 3 in a scrimmage we had.

“Dorien Goddard is another guy who is going to score for us this year.

He can shoot it from the outside, and he’s so physical inside. We’re really excited about him.”

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“I’m out for two weeks, but I’d rather heal fully and not have to play 75 percent CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 all year. I’d rather be 100 percent when I get back.”

Losing Buchanan at this point is a blow, season and sank a third of those. Expect especially considering the Devils knew more of the same this season. they would already be starting the season “We try to mix it up. We want to get without Goddard, Marsh, Knuckles and the points at the basket, but we do shoot a Gillespies, who are all still playing in the significant number of 3s,” Woolsey said. football playoffs.

“I think any good team is going to have a “Early on, it’s going to be more importmix. You’ve got to get to the basket and you ant that we take good shots and play good have to be able to shoot the 3. I think we defense,” Woolsey said. “We’re going to be have guys who will be able to do that this pretty young early. It’s going to be tough. year.”

But we have some guys who will compete Other players expected to contribute for and make some things happen.” the Devils include: • Tyler Marsh, whom Woolsey says “Can finish around the rim, shoot a mid-range GREENEVILLE GREENE DEVILS jumper and we’re hoping he can stretch it No. Name Grade out to the 3 a little bit this year.”

2 Connor DeBusk So. • Jordan Gillespie, whom Woolsey 3 Bryce Buchanan Sr. says “Is a guy who will help us athleti4 Jordan Gillespie Sr. cism-wise.”

11 Dorien Goddard Sr. • Austin Loven, whom Woolsey says 12 Keylan Newton Jr. “Plays unbelievably hard. He’s a hard 21 Austin Loven Jr. worker who always tries to do what you ask 22 Kaleb Crumbley Jr. him to do. He tries to hold other people 23 Raymond Knuckles Jr. accountable. He’s the type of kid you want 24 Jaevon Gillespie Sr. to have on your team. He’s really worked 33 Tyler Marsh Sr. on his game, getting to the basket and 34 Micah Banks Jr. finishing and he’s improved his shot some 42 Jaydon Manuel Jr. as well.”

• Raymond Knuckles, whom Woolsey GREENE DEVILS deems “A defensive irritant. He plays hard 2018-19 SCHEDULE on the defensive end and we like to put him on the other team’s best player. He has Nov. 13 at Jefferson County a great ability to get into people’s head.”

Nov. 19-22 at Farragut Thanksgiving • Connor DeBusk, whom Woolsey says Tournament “Is a sophomore who is really going to help Nov. 27 COCKE COUNTY us. He can penetrate, he’s a good distribuDec. 4 SOUTH GREENE tor and his shot has improved.”

Dec. 7 at Cumberland Gap • Jaydon Manuel and Kaleb Crumbley, Dec. 11 CHUCKEY-DOAK who will fill gaps for the Devils, especially Dec. 14 at Dobyns-Bennett early on until the football players can join Dec. 17 at Morristown East the team.

Dec. 18 DAVID CROCKETT Buchanan is suffering from shin and Dec. 26-31 at Arby’s Classic ankle ailments and had a boot on one leg at Jan. 4 at Grainger media night. He’s expected to be sidelined Jan. 8 WEST GREENE for another week or two.

Jan. 11 CLAIBORNE “It’s been bothering me for a couple Jan. 14 at Cocke County weeks. I think it’s just a usage thing,” BuJan. 15 at David Crockett chanan said. “Scrimmaging North Greene, Jan. 22 at South Greene I took a jump shot and it really hurt after Jan. 25 CUMBERLAND GAP that. I continued to play in the scrimmage Jan. 29 at Chuckey-Doak after that, which probably wasn’t the best Feb. 1 GRAINGER idea. I decided the best thing was to go Feb. 5 at West Greene to the doctor to see what they had to say Feb. 7 Morristown East about it.

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from scoring.”

Greeneville will get its season under way Nov. 19-24 at the Farragut Thanksgiving tournament.

“Our schedule is so tough, but I think it pays off down the road,” Watts said. “If you play tough teams early on, you’ll be better at the end of the season because you’ll be tested.”

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2018-19 NORTH GREENE GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lady Huskies, No Possessive Look To Make Deep Run

BY TATE RUSSELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR North Greene coach James Buchanan thinks he has a deep, talented and diverse team this year, but the question will be whether he can put together the right combinations to make a deep run in the postseason.

“This team is going to be very deep and there will be a lot of competition,” Buchanan said. “I don’t know what we are going to do as far as starters go, but I could be honest in saying that every kid on the roster has the chance to earn a starting spot if they work for it.

“We have some kids that shoot it better than others, and some handle the ball better than others. Some are better on the offensive end and some are better on the defensive end. Really our opponent, and the style of play, and the situation we are in will dictate who is playing.

It may look like a revolving door.”

The Lady Huskies are coming off of a 23-11 season in which they won the District 1-A championship but ended the year in the Region 1-A semifinals. Gone from that team are North Greene’s top three scorers Katie Bolton, Katilynn Franklin and Jacinth Crawford. That will mean the Lady Huskies have to replace a lot of production with a whole new look on the court.

The most veteran players the Lady Huskies bring back are post players Anna Reed and Kirsten Hensley.

As seniors both have played a lot for the Lady Huskies,

2018-19 NORTH GREENE LADY HUSKIES Members of the 2018-19 North Greene Lady Huskies basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) coach James Buchanan, assistant coach Randy Bailey, Hannah Sanches, Abby Reed, Anna Reed, manager Abi Painter, Kirsten Hensley, Carrie Weems, Abigail Slater, assistant coach Ted Haley, assistant coach Kurt Glover; (back row) manager Jacob Lair, Breezy Savage, Corie Harkleroad, Shelby Davenport, Hailee English, Morgan Light, Kylie Keffer, Charlotte Roschkowski, Haleigh Bernard, Natausha Harmon, Emma Southerland, Emily Britton, manager Tyler Williams.

but they have been counted on more for their defense than offense. With so many points gone from a year ago Buchanan will need both to improve their offensive outputs this season.

“Anna Reed and Kirsten Hensley are both seniors who have played big minutes in big games. Both are very solid defensively,” Buchanan said. “We have probably lost over half of our scoring from last year, and we are going need a little more offense out of those two. I know they are physical and will good defenders in the post.”

The player who will be the Lady Huskies offensive catalyst is sophomore point guard Breezy Savage. Savage started last year as a freshman, but her role will expand tremendously this season.

Buchanan likes her speed and thinks she can put a lot of pressure on opponents.

“She has a good motor and can get the up and down the

court,” Buchanan said. “Her role is going to change a lot.

Last year she didn’t have many ball-handling responsibilities, but now she is going to be our primary ball handler. That means she has to make a lot more decisions.

She plays as fast as any point guard I have had. With that comes some mistakes, but it also means she is always putting pressure on the defense.”

Beyond those three the Lady Huskies’ roster will likely be very fluid this season as Buchanan adjusts to his opponent and the situation as it arises during the course of the game.

In the post the coach likes the scoring ability of sophomore Haileigh Bernard and the way Abby Reed can stretch the defenses with her shooting ability.

If he wants to go with a bigger lineup Buchanan has a pair of six footers in Kylie Keffer and Charlotte

Roschkowski and Morgan Light who checks in at 5’11”.

In the guard rotation Buchanan likes the quickness

Hannah Sanches has to pair with Savage. Emily Britton and Shelby Davenport are a pair of freshmen who

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Huskies Hungry For Another Run At State Title

The North Greene boys are coming off of one of the best seasons in school and Greene County history, and have high hopes for another deep run this season.

The Huskies won the District 1-A and the Region 1-A tournaments before advancing to the state semifinals for the second time in school history. But four of the five starters from that team are gone.

“We lost four seniors and so this summer was a learning process,” North Greene Sam Tarlton said. “We put a lot of guys out there to see who fits together the best.

These guys have bought in and have been working hard. I’m excited for a new look team, and I think we can be a good team. We are big and athletic, and we may change the way we play a little bit. We have some good young talent. Like last year I want us to be playing our best by January.”

Turner Bailey is the only returning starter from the Huskies’ state tournament run, and will be counted on a lot this year. The point guard picked up his scoring in the postseason a year ago and Tarlton is optimistic that will carry over to a big season this year. He will also be called on to be Huskies’ floor leader and to run the offense.

“I expect him to pick up where he left off last year,” Tarlton said. “For the last 10 to 15 games last year he figured out that he could score a little bit, and then he had a good summer. He works harder than any kid I have been around and I am

2018-19 NORTH GREENE HUSKIES Members of the 2018-19 North Greene Huskies basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) assistant coach Randy Bailey, Jonah Palmer, Brandon Malone, J.P. Dickens, Turner Bailey, Drew Hall, Ezekiel McDonald, Cayden Foulks, coach Sam Tarlton; (back row) assistant coach Matt Weems, manager Jacob Lair, Chance Campbell, Ethan Atnip, Cirill Kreier, Shane Cooter, Tom Skorsch, Kendal Loftis, Seth Pierce, Chase Malone, manager Braedon Compton, manager Ethan Cooper.

expecting big things out of him this year.”

On a team that rarely went more than seven deep last year Brandon Malone and Kendall Loftis are the only other players with extensive varsity experience.

Both are long athletes who cane run the floor and get to rim, and will be mismatches against most opponents this season. Malone, a senior, is the more physical of the two and has the strength to defend the post and quickness to matchup on the wing.

Tarlton describes Loftis as potentially the most athletic player in the district, but he needs the sophomore to translate his potential into production this season.

Drew Hall, a senior, will also likely be in the starting lineup. He is one of the

Huskies’ best shooters and Tarlton hopes he can be a glue guy who makes tough plays and takes defense seriously.

“Drew Hall is a senior that does not have a lot of experience, but he is a guy that can be a floor leader.

He will do whatever we need him to do. He will be a guy knocking down some shots for us,” Tarlton said.

Beyond Hall, Loftis, Malone and Bailey the rotation is wide open. Tarlton thinks he has a handful of guys that are capable of starting, and that there is not much that separates any of them.

The most interesting of that group may be 6’8” exchange student Tom Skorsch. The German has rare size, especially for Class A basketball, and also has skills that are rare for

a player of his size. Where he will have to improve is adjusting to the physicality of the American game.

“Adding Tom was a pleasant surprise,” Tarlton said.

“Any time you have a guy that size he can alter some

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record, and I do too, everybody wants to win along the way. But a loss in November or DeCONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 cember won’t break the season, and as a matter of fact we probably learn more through losses.

Greene, but how quickly they come along this It is going to be a learning process, and our season is still a question.

From a shooting perspective Emma Souther- goal will be to be at our best come tournament land, Corie Harkleroad and Hailee English are time.” all knock-down threats from the beyond the arc. There are also seniors Abigail Slater and NORTH GREENE LADY HUSKIES Carrie Weems who have been in the system No. Name Grade and can be trusted to make the right decision 1 Abigail Slater Sr. when the pressure gets turned up.

2 Hannah Sanches Sr. “Accepting roles will be important for this 3 Abby Reed Sr. team,” Buchanan said. “I think we have some 4 Hailee English Fr. great kids who are unselfish, and if they focus 5 Anna Reed Sr. on winning we will be okay. We may need a 10 Emily Britton Fr. knock-down shooter one game, and the next 11 Charlotte Roschkowski Jr. night they may be in our face man-to-man and 14 Carrie Weems Sr. it may not be that kid’s night. One night we 15 Morgan Light Jr. may need to stretch the floor with our posts 20 Breezy Savage So. and another night we might need two bigs to 21 Shelby Davenport Fr. defend and rebound better. If the kids buy into 22 Emma Southerland So. that and support each other then we might 24 Kyle Keffer Fr. have a special group.”

25 Corie Hackleroad Jr. The Lady Huskies are the defending district 33 Natausha Harmon So. champions, but Buchanan expects the league 34 Haleigh Bernard So. to be tough again this year. Unaka made 42 Kirsten Hensley Sr. the state semifinals last season and brings NORTH GREENE 2018-19 SCHEDULE back some quality players from that squad, Nov. 15 KACHEA making the Lady Rangers the early favorite Nov. 15 CEDAR VIEW CHRISTIAN in the league. Hampton and Cloudland have Nov. 17 at Hancock County been consistently tough in recent years and Nov. 17 vs. Berean Christian (at Hancock Buchanan expects nothing less this season.

County) University High and Sullivan North may not Nov. 19-24 at Greene County Thanksgivhave the depth to win night-in-and-night-out ing Tournament in a tough conference, but they do have enough Nov. 27 at Providence Academy good players to pull some upsets in Buchanan’s Dec. 4 at Tri-Cities Christian mind.

Dec. 7 at West Greene “I like my team and I like our chances,” BuDec. 8 SOUTH GREENE chanan said. “If things come together we can Dec. 11 TRI-CITIES CHRISTIAN be in the mix for some good seeding. We are Dec. 14 at University High not going into this thinking we have the league Dec. 18 CHUCKEY-DOAK won. It is going to take some hard work and a Dec. 26-31 at Andrew Johnson Bank good year to be the best team in this district, Ladies Classic but the opportunity is there.”

Jan. 4 CLOUDLAND What Buchanan does not know is how long Jan. 8 at Sullivan North it will take his team to come together and Jan. 11 HAMPTON establish its identity. He is not too concerned Jan. 15 at Chuckey-Doak about November and December, but does want Jan. 18 at Unaka his squad to be rounding into form by January Jan. 22 PROVIDENCE ACADEMY to prepare for a run in tournament time.

Jan. 25 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL “The big thing in the early part of the season Jan. 29 at Cloudland will be establishing an identity and figuring Feb. 1 SULLIVAN NORTH out a style of play that fits our personnel best,” Feb. 2 at South Greene Buchanan said. “We would love to have that esFeb. 5 at Hampton tablished in November, but in reality it may be Feb. 8 UNAKA January before we have everything figured out.

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to 15 feet. The American game is more physical than he is used to, and he will have to adjust to that.”

Seth Pierce is a junior who Tarlton feels has worked hard to earn playing time over the offseason and will be a tough player in the paint for the Huskies.

Chase Malone is a guard that got some spot action last year and Tarlton likes the mentality and scrappiness he brings the floor on the defensive end.

Cayden Foulks, J.P. Dickens and Chance Campbell will all be heavily involved in the guard rotation as well.

In the post Shane Cooter has earned some playing time a Cirill Kreier is another exchange student who can add size and strength to the floor for the Huskies.

“Last year we played seven guys and maybe eight,” Tarlton said. “At the beginning of the year we will use up to 11 guys. Number five through 11 for us are all about even and I’m excited to see who works to get playing time. By the end of the year I would like to roll with eight or nine guys.”

From a style standpoint the Huskies are looking to change things up this year and play with more tempo that Tarlton

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feels pairs better with a lineup filled with long athletes. What North Greene does not have this year is a long list of outside shooters, and behind Bailey and Hall the Huskies need some guys to step up and add that to their repertoire.

The other area Tarlton want to see improvement is in his team’s toughness.

With so few guys with playing experience the squad is not battle tested and in the offseason he has not seen them handle adversity well. That was something key to last year’s postseason run, and if the Huskies want to have similar success it will be key again.

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Lady Rebels Entering Rebuilding Season

BY WAYNE PHILLIPS SPORTS EDITOR EMERITUS Last year’s basketball season ended on a sour note for South Greene’s Lady Rebels.

Visions of traveling to Murfreesboro and bringing home a third straight state championship were squashed in a loss in the regional tournament semifinals, even though the team finished with a 29-5 record and were considered one of the top teams in the state.

With Miss Basketball finalist Taylor Lamb now displaying her talents at Tennessee Tech, and with key team members Morgan Williams and Kinsley Wykle graduating as well, the Lady Rebels and coach Stephen Gregg face a rebuilding challenge as they try to remain one of the top programs in Tennessee.

There will obviously be some changes in the way the team attacks this year with the loss of premier post players Lamb and Wiliams along with the steady shooting of Wykle. But opposing coaches know South Greene has enough people returning, plus their rich tradition in the sport over several decades, to continue to be a threat to everybody on their schedule.

“We’re still learning our niche every day,” Gregg said of the 2018-19 Lady Rebs.

“This team is the type that could come out hot and open up a 20-point lead, and then we could give it away if the shots stop falling. But I think we can be a hard team to defend, because there are more options available with this bunch.”

2018-19 SOUTH GREENE LADY REBELS Members of the 2018-19 South Greene Lady Rebels basketball team, pictured left to right: assistant coach Marc Wright, Amelia Mullins, Braylee Woods, Haley Kells, Kiley Collins, Addison Williams, Harlee Bailey, Evie Rader, Jaden Merriweather, T.K. Franklin, Ashlyn Reaves, Braelyn Wykle, head coach Steven Gregg.

That’s not to say that the Rebs will no longer try to pound the ball inside, because that’s in Gregg’s coaching philosophy. But Gregg will rely more this year on “girls just going out there and making plays.”

“We have two starters returning, and some others who were in the rotation and started some games,” he said. “Plus we have Braelyn (Wykle) an Ashlyn (Reaves) healthy and they missed the first half of last year with the knee injuries. It’s hard to pinpoint five starters, because they know they are all fighting for starts and minutes and that’s a good formula to keep the kids playing hard.”

Wykle, now a senior, is considered one of the state’s top shooting guards, and Gregg knows he is blessed with a special player in her.

“I know she will be the subject of a lot of talk in

the locker rooms of other teams,” Gregg said of Wykle.

“She can be a point guard for anybody. But she’s a shooter, and we need to get her the ball. For her career she’s hit in the upper 40 percent of shots during her time here. We know people will be trying to chase her off the 3-point line. Somebody will need to step up and help balance the load. We think TK (Franklin) is ready to do that.”

Franklin is another returning starter with plenty of experience and she is capable at the post position. But this year’s team will obviously have a different look.

“Our overall strength is getting after people with our quickness, so we will try to beat people in the half court by utilizing that speed,” the coach said. “We will try to beat people off the dribble.

We may have four guards on the floor a lot and use a

four-out, one-in offense. It’s different. I liked having that go-to player inside (Lamb).

Now I’m putting trust in the girls to just go make plays.

They have the athletic ability to do that. I have to have confidence in them, and they must confide in their teammates. We have good shooters, so shooting the 3 will be part of the plan.”

Both Wykle and Reaves did not play until after Christmas last year because of knee surgeries. When they did return, Gregg said he felt some of those who had been contributing earlier “lost some of their fire,” and the squad never jelled down the stretch like he hoped they would.

“We would play one good game, then one not so good, and that finally caught up with us,” he said. “There are games as a coach that always haunt you, and that loss to Greeneville (in the regional semis) is one of those. We

don’t talk about it right now, but we’re not going to forget about it. We shot 19-of-53 in that game, couldn’t keep the ball out of the hands of their best player, and we still had a shot to win it late.”

Reaves returns for her senior season as one of the most experienced players, and the team’s other senior, Harlee Bailey, also got some good minutes of playing time last year.

“If Harlee is in there, you can bet we want her to get some touches on the post,” he said.

One of the major concerns for Gregg is rebounding, where Lamb excelled in the past four years.

“If we shoot a bunch of 3s, and they don’t go in, who’s going to go get those caroms?” he asked. “That’s something we’ve got to find an answer to.”

Despite the heavy graduation losses, South Greene had

an excellent summer, going 17-2 with their only losses to Class AAA power Murfreesboro Oakland and Class AA favorite Macon County.

Kiley Collins played a lot as a freshman last year and will obviously be counted on more this year, as will Jayden Merriweather, another freshman last season who picked up valuable playing time against varsity competition.

“It was a big eye-opener for them, playing as freshmen last year,” the coach said.

“They were athletic enough, but sometimes freshmen just don’t understand what they are facing when they get out there against seniors. But those two have seen it now for a year and they should be more prepared for what’s thrown at them. Their roles will change this year because they know we expect some things from them this year SEE LADY REBELS ON PAGE 14

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Rebels Have Smaller Lineup, Bigger Expectations

BY WAYNE PHILLIPS SPORTS EDITOR EMERITUS Veteran South Greene Coach Terry Hoese fielded one of the tallest teams around last year, but it was an up-and-down campaign for the Rebels that saw them finish with a 15-18 worksheet, 3-9 in the conference.

It was a squad that pulled off some upsets along the way, including a win over Greeneville in the district tournament. They finished runner-up in the district tourney and lost by a field goal to Elizabethton in the regional opener. But it was also a team that at times did not play very well.

Five players graduated from that team, leaving the Rebels with a much smaller squad for 2018-19, but one that will likely see improvement as the year progresses.

“We went from having a team with five guys who stood 6-4 or bigger to a much smaller team, more like what we have been accustomed to here,” Hoese smiled. “Our biggest guy this year is 6-4 I think, but there’s only one.”

But despite the smaller lineup, Hoese’s hopes this year are built around quickness and a team that has shooters at basically all positions.

“This is a much better shooting team,” he said.

“We’ll see how it goes, but it might be one of the best shooting teams I’ve had. And they are quick so we must use that to our advantage when we can.”

The summer saw the Rebels have about a break-even

2018-19 SOUTH GREENE REBELS Members of the 2018-19 South Greene Rebels basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) Noah Fillers, Landon Brown; (back row) assistant coach Derek Dyer, Isaac Hoese, Aydan Hawk, Levi Myers, Chase Carter, Ayden Stills, Sully Ray, Braxden Crum, Lennart Schultz, Ty Bailey, Hunter Hartman, Jay Higgins, coach Terry Hoese.

record in camps and scrimmages, as the team changed their offensive philosophy.

“We didn’t change our offense, we just changed how we are going to attack on offense,” Hoese said. “We’ll rely more on getting to the basket off drives. And we’ll rely more on the 3-pointer.”

Last year’s two top scorers are gone: exchange student Lorenz Bank has returned to Europe, and big Jake Standridge graduated. Also gone are shooter Sam Mease and post Noah Compton.

Chief among the returnees is Landon Brown, a 5-10 senior who has been a threeyear starter, and his time running the point guard slot makes him the most experienced of the group. He will obviously be looked to for a lot of leadership.

The only other senior on Hoese’s roster this year is

Noah Fillers, a 6-0 guard who played a lot of minutes last year, but was hurt late in the season and missed the post-season tournaments.

Levi Myers, a 5-11 junior, and Chase Carter, a 6-1 junior, both got in some minutes last year, as did Ayden Stills, a 6-3 junior. Outside of those team members, the squad is made up of players that comprised the junior varsity squad a year ago.

“Levi is tied up in football and that will delay him some in getting ready for basketball, and Chase will have to get in there and scrap for us,” the coach said. “Outside of those guys, we have very little varsity experience.”

But Hoese is very pleased with the young juniors and sophomores that played JV last year.

“There’s some ability there,” he said. “Plus we

have another outstanding exchange student.”

That exchange student is a very pleasant surprise. Lennart Schultz is a 6-3 sophomore from Germany and Hoese can’t help but smile when talking about him.

“We’ve been very fortunate to have some exchange students the last few years that are very good basketball players,” he said. “And Lennart … well, let’s just say the boy can shoot. He played club ball in Germany as did the other kids that we’ve had from over there. They are outstanding young men, too.

He will play different positions for us, down low and up top. He’s very confident and he feels he can make a shot from anywhere.”

“He’s not bashful,” Hoese laughed. “He’ll take it down and post up, or he’ll shoot it from outside. Fundamental-

ly, those kids that come from Europe are sound. The main problem they have is trying to understand zone defense, because they just don’t do that over there.”

His size and ball-handling ability will make him a huge asset for an otherwise young team.

Myers, the school’s football quarterback who led the Rebels into the third round of the playoffs for the first time in school history, will be slowed in basketball due to the success of the football team. So, the starting lineup in the early going will probably feature two seniors and three sophomores.

“We’ll probably go with Landon and Noah, and sophomores Ayden Hawk, Ty Bailey and Lennart,” Hoese said. “But we’ll play more than eight people. Honestly I’ve got 13 on the team right

now and wouldn’t care to throw any of them out there.”

Braxden Crum is a 6-3 junior who did get in a little varsity time last year, but he needs to stay healthy. Isaac Hoese, the coach’s son, is a 5-11 sophomore who will also be a part of the mix. Jay Higgins is a 5-10 sophomore who wants to play, too, as does junior Hunter Hartman.

Sully Ray is the tallest player on the squad this year at 6-4 and a junior, but he didn’t play last year. The coach said Ray has a big body and “is a banger” and “we want him to play to get him prepared for late in the year and next season.”

There’s a strong freshman class, Hoese said, and he’s likely to switch some of those players up to varsity as the year moves along.

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that they didn’t have to do as freshmen.”

Sophomore Haley Kells is another sophomore who was tossed into action early last year and Gregg said she is “a hidden gem.”

“She can shoot, but she must learn to channel her speed,” he said. “She’s one of our quickest girls, but sometimes she plays timid. When she’s hot we’ve got to let her shoot.”

Two of this year’s freshmen, Braylee Woods and Amelia Mullins, played a lot during the summer at camps and will be in the top eight of rotation as well. Addison Williams and Evie Rader are two more youngsters that have a bright future with

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Addison is the younger sister of two former Williams sisters, Peyton and Morgan, who excelled for the Rebs. She has loads of athletic ability, Gregg said, “but she needs to fall in love with basketball like she has with volleyball.”

“We’re just not very big, and we have little depth at post,” Gregg added. “That’s why we may go more with the smaller lineups.”

Defensively, Gregg said the team will work hard during the final week of training camp to “get in better shape defensively.”

“We didn’t schedule any Hall of Champions games this year because I felt we needed more time to prepare,” he said. “Our volleyball season lasts a long time, so the girls just haven’t gotten enough practice time.”

As for applying full court pressure, look for the Rebs to continue that angle, but the coach said where the team used four or five different presses last year, they may use only one or two this year and try to make those more effective.

There are no juniors on this year’s roster.

Gregg enters the season with excitement, but some sadness, too, after losing such a good senior class last year. He will dress 11 players early in the year for varsity action.

“It will be a challenge,” he said of the tough district race.

“Grainger has a new coach but a lot of people back. Greeneville lost only one player from their sub-state team last year. We know it will be tough, just like it always is.”

Marc Wright remains as the assistant head coach for the Rebels.

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There’s not a “go-to” player for scoring on this squad, but Hoese feels it will make it difficult for teams to make a game plan against the Rebels.

“I really believe that because we have several that can score,” he said.

“It could be one of several on a given night.”

Hoese expects Greeneville, Grainger and Chuckey-Doak to be the teams battling for the district championship this year.

“Greeneville will be strong when they get the football players,” he said.

“Grainger lost some kids but they will be right there. Chuckey-Doak has a really good bunch coming back and the Morelock and Maupin kids are two of the best in our league.

“Maybe the rest of us can sneak in

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LADY REBELS 2018-19 SCHEDULE Nov. 19-24 at Greene County Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 27 HAMPTON Nov. 30 at Cumberland Gap Dec. 4 at Greeneville Dec. 7 CLAIBORNE Dec. 8 at North Greene Dec. 11 GRAINGER Dec. 18 at Unaka Dec. 26-31 at Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic Jan. 4 at West Greene Jan. 8 Morristown West Jan. 11 at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 15 UNAKA Jan. 18 CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 21 at Hampton Jan. 22 GREENEVILLE Jan. 25 at Claiborne Jan. 29 at Grainger Feb. 1 WEST GREENE Feb. 2 NORTH GREENE Feb. 5 at Morristown West Feb. 8 CHUCKEY-DOAK

there somewhere,” he added. “We’ll see.”

Derek Dyer remains as the assistant coach.

SOUTH GREENE REBELS No. 1 2 11 13 14 25 31 33 41 43 45 50

Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Fr. Sr.

Name Grade Ayden Stills Jr. Isaac Hoese So. Jay Higgins So. Landon Brown Sr. Aydan Hawk So. Levi Myers Jr. Ty Bailey So. Braxden Crum Jr. Lennart Shultz So. Sully Ray Jr. Hunter Hartman Jr. Chase Carter Jr.

REBELS 2018-19 SCHEDULE Nov. 13 at Pigeon Forge Nov. 17 at Tennessee High Nov. 17 vs. Sullivan East (at Tennessee High) Nov. 19-24 at Greene County

Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 27 HAMPTON Nov. 30 at Cumberland Gap Dec. 4 at Greeneville Dec. 7 CLAIBORNE Dec. 8 at North Greene Dec. 11 GRAINGER Dec. 18 at Unaka Dec. 20-22 at Smoky Mountain Classic Jan. 4 at West Greene Jan. 8 Morristown West Jan. 11 at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 15 UNAKA Jan. 18 CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 21 at Hampton Jan. 22 GREENEVILLE Jan. 25 at Claiborne Jan. 29 at Grainger Feb. 1 WEST GREENE Feb. 2 NORTH GREENE Feb. 5 at Morristown West Feb. 8 CHUCKEY-DOAK

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New Coach Wants To Change Lady Buffs’ Culture

BY WAYNE PHILLIPS SPORTS EDITOR EMERITUS Due to a lack of numbers, the West Greene girls found it difficult last year to have enough players to scrimmage in practice.

The end result was a season that is best left in the past, a year where the Lady Buffs could chalk up only one victory.

New coach Betsy Shaw knows first hand how difficult the year was as she was on the bench as an assistant coach in her first year as a member of the West Greene staff. Now elevated to the head coaching job, Shaw, a Greeneville native, says the 2017 campaign was one her girls don’t talk about.

“That’s in the past,” she said. “We’re moving on. I just want to see improvement in this team from now until the end of the year.

We’ve got a long way to go, I know that. But I have no doubt that we will play hard and give it our best shot.”

Shaw played basketball for four years during her prep days at Greeneville High as a point guard. Her main focus is to change the culture of West Greene basketball.

“That’s our main focus, to change the culture here,” she said. “We want some stability in the program, something that’s been missing at West Greene. We’re working to have the girls not try to do things on their own, but to work as a team and as one unit.”

As an assistant coach last year, she is familiar with the

2018-19 WEST GREENE LADY BUFFALOES Members of the 2018-19 West Greene Lady Buffaloes basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) assistant coach Madi McInturff, Christianna Ricker, Brooke Woods, Kattiee Shelton, Kierra Green, Rianna Siders, coach Betsy Shaw; (back row) Alison Davis, Breanna Cloran, Lexie Anderson, Tayli Rader, Tori Bailey, Megan Daniels, Brooke Atchison, manager Ashton Bailey.

girls, and that’s a starting point. She worked with the girls all summer, and they went to two camps, one at Middle Tennessee State and one at King University.

“We have 15 girls out for basketball this year,” she smiled. “And that’s pretty good considering we found it hard to scrimmage at times last year. One time we were down to seven players.

We’ve got six girls returning this year that played quite a bit at the varsity level last season.”

Three of the team members are seniors, but only one of them, Kattie Shelton,

has any experience.

“Kattie has played here for four years, so most definitely she will have to be counted on a lot,” Coach Shaw said. “We expect a lot out of her.”

Shelton will be one of the team’s guards, but she can play other positions. She also will be a key part of the defense for the Lady Buffs.

“We would rather she not have to guard a post player, but she might, and if she does that’s OK,” the coach said. “We don’t have much height across the roster. But they can get up the floor well.”

Another returnee that will see time at guard is Christianna Ricker, only a sophomore but who played regularly as a freshman last year. Rianna Siders, also a sophomore, is another player who was thrown into the fire as a freshman and is looked on to play the guard position.

Lexie Anderson, a sophomore, and Alison Davis, the team’s only junior, will likely serve as the two main post players.

The coach says she will have to count on some freshmen this year for minutes, and Tayli Rader has

been promising at post. The teams other two seniors, Kierra Greene and Brooke Woods, are newcomers but also will see some minutes.

Megan Daniels is another freshman who has been a bright spot in scrimmages.

Brooke Atchison, a sophomore, and freshmen Tori Bailey and Breanna Cloren round out the roster and are looking to compete.

“Offensively we want to run the floor,” she said, “we don’t want to wait on anybody. We want to go. Our defense last year was more of an individual man-toman but the girls provided

very little help to each other. This year we’ve worked on helping each other on defense, working more as a unit. That’s been a big part of our focus.”

The Buffs know they are in a tough girls’ basketball league, and there will be no easy nights out.

“You have to be ready every time you take the floor,” she said. “But the girls will play hard. I don’t worry about that. They give me that in practice every day and they will give that effort in games.”

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Buffaloes Hoping For Winning Hand With Deal

BY WAYNE PHILLIPS SPORTS EDITOR EMERITUS West Greene High School has turned to neighboring Hawkins County for their new boys’ basketball coach, as former Cherokee High standout Jacob Deal takes over the Buffs for the 201819 campaign.

Deal, who served as an assistant coach at Morristown East High last year after 13 seasons of coaching at the middle school level in Hawkins County, is happy to have joined forces with the teaching/coaching staff of the Buffaloes.

“I’ve been in middle school coaching for years, but after getting to the high school level last year, I knew I wanted to be a head coach,” Deal said as his Buffs prepared for their maiden season under his tutelage. “I know in the 1990s West Greene had some really good teams, and I live in Rogersville so it’s a very good fit for me.

I’ve known Tracey Beets (West Greene’s athletic director and assistant principal) for years and when he came on board here I wanted to come. I know they have always had great community support at West Greene.”

The new coach looks at his new gig as a great opportunity.

“I’m not using this job as a stepping stone to go anywhere,” he said. “It’s a chance to coach some hard working kids and be a part of a great community.”

Deal came on late in the

2018-19 WEST GREENE BUFFALOES Members of the 2018-19 West Greene Buffaloes basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) assistant coach Allen Tolliver, Kyler Clowers, Lucas Bennett, Conner Shoemaker, Garrett Roe, Grayson Potter, coach Jacob Deal; (back row) Jacob Stimmell, Kenton Cobble, Jannick Hornischer, Allen Neal, Allen Vaughn, Trey Fillers, Cole Ellenburg.

summer and had a very short time to work with the team, and due to vacation, dead period, football and assorted injuries, he has yet to have his full squad available.

The Buffs finished last year with a 10-18 worksheet, 4-8 in their district, under Coach Josh Bennett, who decided to leave the education profession. He didn’t leave the cupboard bare.

There are five returning seniors, two of them fulltime starters last year and another who started much of the time.

Coaches always look for leaders, and two returnees have struck Deal as having the ability to be those floor generals.

“Several have shown the ability to lead,” he said.

“Kyler Clowers and Grayson Potter have especially shown that. Both are seniors and are veterans.”

Clowers is the team’s leading returning scorer.

He is close to scoring the 1000th point of his prep career, and will be the focus of many opponents’ defenses as the season progresses.

“Grayson Potter is not vocal at all,” Coach Deal

said. “But he leads by his work ethic.”

Potter and Clowers will likely open at the 2 and 3 positions on offense, with sophomore Jacob Stimmell penciled in as a probable starter at point guard.

“The way our offense lines up will depend on the competition,” Deal noted. “We are guard heavy, and we have some guards who can score. But the offense won’t be centered totally around our guards.”

That’s because the Buffs return senior post Lucas Bennett, who showed plenty of strength in the paint last

year. Garrett Roe, another senior, will likey start at the 4 position. The coach said Roe has picked up some size and strength over the summer.

Basic fundamentals are important to the new coach, and he said those are things the Buffs work on every day in practice.

Defensively, Deal said “I’m a man-to-man guy.”

“I like to press, but first we have to show we can guard somebody in the halfcourt, then we can expand on that,” he said.

Depth, the coach said, is a strength of this squad, and

he expects the rotation will include 10 or 11 players.

Other seniors who will look for time are Conner Shoemaker and Ty Sauceman. Look for juniors Trey Fillers, along with sophomores Allen Vaughn and Kenton Cobble to contribute. Cole Ellenburg, exchange student Jannik Hornisher and Allen Neal are other juniors looking for time, as are sophomores Chris Bolton, Trevor Daniels, Hunter Ready and Skyler Spears. Freshmen Damian Budriss and SEE BUFFS ON PAGE 17

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Kaedan Williams have been impressive.

“We don’t drop off much when we go to the bench,” Deal said. “We’ll try to define a rotation as we go along.”

Although a member of the coaching staff at Class AAA Morristown East last year, Deal said he knows this Class AA district is tough and competitive from top to bottom.

“I think it will depend on who is playing well at the end of the season,” he said. “You have to bring your game every night out.

Factor in the rivalries we have with the county schools, and it makes for a difficult schedule.”

Allen Tolliver, a former West Greene athlete, will be the assistant head coach and will handle junior varsity coaching.

WEST GREENE BUFFALOES No. 1 5 10 12 13 21 23

Name Grayson Potter Trey Fillers Jannik Hornischer Kenton Cobble Ty Sauceman Cole Ellenburg Allen Vaughn

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BUFFALOES 2018-19 SCHEDULE Nov. 13 at Happy Valley Nov. 17 at Hancock County Nov. 17 vs. Berean Christian (at Hancock County) Nov. 19-24 at Greene County Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 27 KACHEA Nov. 30 at Grainger Dec. 4 CHUCKEY-DOAK Dec. 7 NORTH GREENE Dec. 10 NORTHVIEW Dec. 11 at Claiborne Dec. 14 at Providence Academy Dec. 27-29 at Raider Classic Jan. 4 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 7 PROVIDENCE ACADEMY Jan. 8 at Greeneville Jan. 11 CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 14 at Northview Academy Jan. 18 GRAINGER

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No. Name Grade 3 Lexie Anderson So. 4 Tori Bailey Fr. The coach said the Lady Buffs do not 5 Megan Daniels Fr. have a “go-to” player that they can count 10 Kattie Shelton Sr. on for points.

Rianna Siders So. “Kattie, Christianna, Tayli … any of those 12 Christianna Ricker So. or others could lead the scoring on a given 20 21 Alison Davis Jr. night,” she added. “With us it has to be a 22 Tayli Rader Fr. team thing.”

24 Kierra Green Sr. Coach Shaw said she tries to be honest 30 Brooke Atchison So. with her players, and she tells them they 40 Brooke Woods Sr. can be competitive with some teams on 54 Breanna Cloran Fr. their schedule.

“But we have to show up and play hard,” she said. “I tell them to give 100 percent LADY BUFFALOES and be a good teammate. I’m not sure at 2018-19 SCHEDULE what rate we will improve, but I believe we will, because they try hard, and they play Nov. 13 at Happy Valley hard.”

Nov. 17 at Hancock County Madi McInturff will serve as assistant Nov. 17 vs. Berean Christian (at Hancock coach and will handle junior varsity coach- County) ing duties for the Buffs.

Nov. 19-24 at Greene County Thanksgiv-

SUN PHOTO BY DARREN REESE

West Greene’s Kyler Clowers (center) celebrates with Grayson Potter following a play in the fourth quarter of the Buffaloes’ 66-58 win at South Greene last season.

Jan. 22 at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 25 at KACHEA Jan. 29 CLAIBORNE Jan. 31 at Washburn

ing Tournament Nov. 27 KACHEA Nov. 30 at Grainger Dec. 4 CHUCKEY-DOAK Dec. 7 NORTH GREENE Dec. 10 NORTHVIEW Dec. 11 at Claiborne Dec. 14 at Providence Academy Dec. 26-31 at Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic Jan. 4 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 7 PROVIDENCE ACADEMY Jan. 8 at Greeneville Jan. 11 CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 14 at Northview Academy Jan. 18 GRAINGER Jan. 22 at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 25 at KACHEA Jan. 29 CLAIBORNE Jan. 31 at Washburn Feb. 1 at South Greene Feb. 5 GREENEVILLE Feb. 8 at Cumberland Gap Feb. 9 at North Greene

Feb. 1 at South Greene Feb. 5 GREENEVILLE Feb. 8 at Cumberland Gap Feb. 9 at North Greene

SUN PHOTO BY TATE RUSSELL

West Greene’s Rianna Siders goes up for a layup against Claiborne during the District 2-2A tournament at Chuckey-Doak last season.

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2018-19 TUSCULUM PIONEERS Members of the 2018-19 Tusculum University Pioneers men’s basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) Shemar Shakespeare, Tariq Jenkins, Nick Lancaster-Student Manager, Darren Higgins-Asst. Coach, Zach HoltAsst. Coach, J.T. Burton-Coach, Austin Galloway-Graduate Asst.

Coach, Shol Ajak-Student Manager, Cisco Montilla-Student Manager, Dillon Smith, Tyler Gibbs; (middle row) Zack Dixon, Myles Jones, Dillon Nash, Arrhen Fejokwu, Jackie Davis, Davion Moses, Connor Greene, Trenton Gibson, Malik Tyree, Donovan Donaldson; (back row) Adrian Cohen, Zach Hartle, John Bella-Hunter, Brandon Dickson, Mo Ahmed, Cam King, Caleb Hodnett, Chad Emmons, Austin Hall.

Members of the 201819 Tusculum University Pioneers women’s basketball team, pictured left to right: (front row) Ericah Burton, Mia Long, Jalia Arnwine, Aubrey Fox-Student Manager, Katelyn Weems, Marta Rodrigues, Aubrey Monroe; (middle row) Callie Patterson, Mya Belton, Danielle Catron-Asst.

Coach, Devan Carter-Coach, Lady Comfort-Asst. Coach, Jourdan Sanders-Asst. Coach, Lovely Locklear, Yolizma Cupidan; (back row) Matoria Patton, Maddie Sutton, Kendrea Duke, Deniz Dalkiran, Jasmine Williams, Kasey Johnson, Sydney Wilson.

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2018-19 COMPOSITE LOCAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Tuesday, Nov. 6 Lenoir-Rhyne at Tennessee ETSU Men at Georgia State Thursday, Nov. 8 Hiwassee at ETSU Men Friday, Nov. 9 Louisiana at Tennessee ETSU Women at Cincinnati Tusculum Women at Belmont Abbey Tusculum Men at USC Aiken Sunday, Nov. 11 Presbyterian at Lady Vols ETSU Men at Creighton ETSU Women at Michigan State Tusculum Women vs. King Tusculum Men vs. Clayton State Tuesday, Nov. 13 Georgia Tech at Tennessee Wednesday, Nov. 14 UNC Asheville at Lady Vols Tusculum Men at Lander Thursday, Nov. 15 ETSU Women at Radford Tusculum Women at Clayton State Friday Nov. 17 ETSU Men at Winthrop Tusculum Men at Lees-McRae Sunday, Nov. 18 Florida A&M at Lady Vols Monday, Nov. 19 Chicago State at ETSU Men Troy at ETSU Women Virginia State at Tusculum Women Tusculum Men at Lee Wednesday, Nov. 21 Louisville vs. Tennessee Thursday, Nov. 22 Lady Vols vs. Clemson ETSU Women at South Carolina Friday, Nov. 23 Tennessee vs. Kansas or Marquette Lady Vols vs. TBD ETSU Women vs. TBD Saturday, Nov. 24 Lady Vols vs. TBD ETSU Women vs. TBD North Dakota State at ETSU Men Lander at Tusculum Men Monday, Nov. 26 ETSU Women at South Alabama Tuesday, Nov. 27 ETSU Men at Georgia Southern Wednesday, Nov. 28 Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee Tusculum at Anderson Thursday, Nov. 29 Appalachian State at ETSU Women Saturday, Dec. 1

ETSU men at Wofford Houston at ETSU Women Tusculum at Catawba Sunday, Dec. 2 Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Tennessee Lady Vols at Oklahoma State Monday, Dec. 3 Reinhardt at ETSU Men Tuesday, Dec. 4 Liberty at ETSU Women Wednesday, Dec. 5 Stetson vs. Lay Vols Saturday, Dec. 8 Tennessee-Martin at ETSI Men Sunday, Dec. 9 Tennessee vs. Gonzaga Lady Vols at Texas ETSU Women at UNC Asheville Tusculum at Newberry Thursday, Dec. 13 North Carolina A&T at ETSU Women Saturday, Dec. 15 Tennessee at Memphis ETSU Men at Illinois Sunday, Dec. 16 ETSU Women at Duquesne Tusculum at Queens Tuesday, Dec. 18 Stanford at Tennessee Wednesday, Dec. 19 Samford at Tennessee Tusculum Women at North Greenville Tusculum Men at Barton Friday, Dec. 21 ETSU Women at Lady Vols ETSU Men vs. Wyoming Saturday, Dec. 22 Wake Forest at Tennessee Friday, Dec. 28 Murray State at Lady Vols Saturday, Dec. 29 Tennessee Tech at Tennessee Furman at ETSU Men High Point at ETSU Women Belmont Abbey at Tusculum Men Sunday, Dec. 30 Belmont vs. Lady Vols Wednesday, Jan. 2 Bluefield State at Tusculum Women Thursday, Jan. 3 Lady Vols at Auburn Samford at ETSU men Livingstone at Tusculum Women Saturday, Jan. 5 Georgia at Tennessee Chattanooga at ETSU men

Tusculum at Lenoir-Rhyne Sunday, Jan. 6 Missouri at Lady Vols Tuesday, Jan. 8 Tennessee at Missouri Wednesday, Jan 9 Mars Hill at Tusculum Thursday, Jan. 10 Kentucky at Lady Vols ETSU Men at Citadel Saturday, Jan. 12 Arkansas at Tennessee ETSU Men at Mercer ETSU Women at Chattanooga Coker at Tusculum Sunday, Jan. 13 Lady Vols at Georgia Wednesday, Jan. 16 Furman at ETSU Women Carson-Newman at Tusculum Thursday, Jan. 17 Lady Vols at Alabama VMI at ETSU men Saturday, Jan. 19 Alabama at Tennessee UNC Greensboro at ETSU Men Wofford at ETSU Women Tusculum at Wingate Monday, Jan. 21 Arkansas at Lady Vols Wednesday, Jan. 23 Tusculum at Wingate Thursday Jan. 24 Notre Dame at Lady Vols ETSU Women at Samford Wednesday, Jan. 26 West Virginia at Tennessee ETSU Men at Western Carolina ETSU Women at Mercer Catawba at Tusculum Sunday, Jan. 27 LSU at Lady Vols Tuesday, Jan. 29 Tennessee at South Carolina Wednesday, Jan. 30 Anderson at Tusculum Thursday, Jan. 31 Florida at Lady Vols ETSU Men at Samford UNC Greensboro at ETSU Women Saturday, Feb. 2 Tennessee at Texas A&M ETSU Men at Chattanooga Western Carolina at ETSU Women Tusculum at Newberry Sunday, Feb. 3 Vanderbilt at Lady Vols Tuesday Feb. 5

Missouri at Tennessee Wednesday, Feb. 6 Hiwassee at Tusculum Women Thursday, Feb. 7 Wofford at ETSU men Saturday, Feb. 9 Florida at Tennessee ETSU Men at Furman Chattanooga at ETSU Women Tusculum at Queens Sunday, Feb. 10 Lady Vols at Mississippi State Wednesday, Feb. 13 South Carolin at Tennessee Tusculum at Mars Hill Thursday, Feb. 14 Auburn at Lady Vols Citadel at ETSU men ETSU Women at Wofford Saturday, Feb. 16 Tennessee at Kentucky Mercer at ETSU Men ETSU Women at Furman Lenoir-Rhyne at Tusculum Sunday, Feb. 17 Lady Vols at Missouri Tuesday, Feb. 19 Vanderbilt at Tennessee Wednesday, Feb. 20 Tusculum at Carson-Newman Thursday, Feb. 21 Lady Vols at Texas A&M ETSU Men at VMI Mercer at ETSU Women Saturday, Feb. 23 Tennessee at LSU Samford at ETSU Women Tusculum at Coker Sunday, Feb. 24 South Carolina at Lady Vols ETSU Men at UNC Greensboro Wednesday, Feb. 27 Tennessee at Ole Missouri Lincoln Memorial at Tusculum Thursday, Feb. 28 Vanderbilt at Lady Vols ETSU Women at Western Carolina Saturday, March 2 Kentucky at Tennessee Western Carolina at ETSU Men ETSU Women at UNC Greensboro Wingate at Tusculum Sunday, March 3 Lady Vols at Ole Miss Tuesday, March 5 Mississippi State at Tennessee Saturday, March 9 Tennessee at Auburn

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