Basketball Edition 2019-2020

2019-20 Basketball Preview

A STAR IS BORN

Following Breakout Freshman Season, Reid Satterfield Satterfield Is Greeneville’s Go-To Player

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

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2019-20 COMPOSITE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Tuesday, Nov. 19 Greeneville at Daniel Boone Chuckey-Doak at Happy Valley South Greene at Carter West Greene at Sullivan North Thursday, Nov. 21 Cedar View Christian at North Greene Providence Academy at North Greene Saturday, Nov. 23 Powell at Greeneville (Boys) Maryville at Greeneville (Boys) Chuckey-Doak vs. Cherokee (at North Greene) Chuckey-Doak vs. Gatlinburg-Pittman (at North Greene) Cherokee at North Greene Gatlinburg-Pittman at North Greene South Greene (Boys) at Tennessee High West Greene at Alcoa West Greene at Pigeon Forge Nov. 25-30 Greeneville (Girls) at Triten Insurance Classic (Sullivan East) Chuckey-Doak (Boys) at Grainger County Thanksgiving Tournament Chuckey-Doak (Girls) at Hardee’s Ladies Classic (David Crockett) North Greene (Boys) at Hardee’s Classic (David Crockett) South Greene (Girls) at Pigeon Forge Thanksgiving Tournament South Greene (Boys) at Sullivan East Thanksgiving Tournament West Greene at Hardee’s Classic (David Crockett) Tuesday, Dec. 3 Chuckey-Doak at North Greene South Greene at Hampton Volunteer at West Greene Thursday, Dec. 5 West Greene at Washburn Friday, Dec. 6 Grainger at Greeneville Claiborne at Chuckey-Doak West Greene at North Greene South Greene at Cumberland Gap Saturday, Dec. 7 Chuckey-Doak at Unicoi County North Greene at South Greene Monday, Dec. 9

West Greene at Cherokee Tuesday, Dec. 10 Greeneville at South Greene West Greene at Chuckey-Doak North Greene at Hancock County Friday, Dec. 13 Greeneville at Dobyns-Bennett Cumberland Gap at Chuckey-Doak University High at North Greene South Greene at Grainger Claiborne at West Greene Monday, Dec. 16 Morristown West at South Greene Tuesday, Dec. 17 Chuckey-Doak at Grainger Northview Academy at North Greene West Greene at Volunteer Thursday, Dec. 19 Chuckey-Doak at Hampton Dec. 19-21 North Greene (Girls) at Tournament of the Smokies (Gatlinburg) South Greene (Boys) at Cherokee High Christmas Tournament West Greene (Boys) at Cherokee High Christmas Tournament Dec. 20-21 Greeneville (Boys) at Oakland Hardwood Classic Dec. 26-28 North Greene Boys at Oneida Christmas Classic Dec. 26-31 Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic At Greeneville Greeneville Boys at Arby’s Classic In Bristol Dec. 27-30 Chuckey-Doak Boys at Kelly Services Christmas Tourney (at Sullivan North) Friday, Jan. 3 Morristown East at Greeneville Unicoi County at Chuckey-Doak Tuesday, Jan. 7 Cumberland Gap at Greeneville Sullivan North at North Greene West Greene at South Greene Thursday, Jan. 9 South Greene at Morristown East Providence Academy at West Greene

Friday, Jan. 10 Greeneville at Chuckey-Doak North Greene at Hampton Grainger at West Greene Tuesday, Jan. 14 West Greene at Greeneville North Greene at Chuckey-Doak Claiborne at South Greene Thursday, Jan. 16 Greeneville at Jefferson County Friday, Jan. 17 Greeneville at Claiborne South Greene at Chuckey-Doak Unaka at North Greene West Greene at Cumberland Gap Monday, Jan. 20 Daniel Boone at Greeneville Tuesday, Jan. 21 North Greene at Cloudland Hampton at South Greene Washburn at West Greene Thursday, Jan. 23 North Greene at University High Friday, Jan. 24 Greeneville at Grainger Chuckey-Doak ay Claiborne Cumberland Gap at South Greene West Greene at Providence Academy Saturday, Jan. 25 North Greene at West Greene Saturday, Jan. 25 Dobyns-Bennett at Greeneville Monday, Jan. 27 Cherokee at West Greene Tuesday, Jan. 28 South Greene at Greeneville Chuckey-Doak at West Greene Cloudland at North Greene Thursday, Jan. 30 Greeneville at Knoxville Catholic Friday, Jan. 31 Cumberland Gap at Chuckey-Doak North Greene at Sullivan North Grainger at South Greene West Greene at Claiborne Saturday, Feb. 1 Happy Vall at Chuckey-Doak Monday, Feb. 3 Jefferson County at Greeneville South Greene at Unaka

Tuesday, Feb. 4 Greeneville at Cumberland Gap Grainger at Chuckey-Doak Hampton at North Greene South Greene at West Greene Friday, Feb. 7 Chuckey-Doak at Greeneville North Greene at Unaka West Greene at Grainger Monday, Feb. 10 Greeneville at Morristown East Hampton at Chuckey-Doak Tuesday, Feb. 11 Greeneville at West Greene North Greene at Northview Academy South Greene at Claiborne Thursday, Feb. 13 Hancock County at North Greene Friday, Feb. 14 Claiborne at Greeneville Chuckey-Doak at South Greene Cumberland Gap at West Greene Saturday Feb. 15 South Greene at North Greene

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Greeneville’s Reid Satterfield (left) shoots over Ben Diamond of Sullivan South during the Greene Devils’ 67-64 win in the semifinals of the Region 1-2A tournament last season at Happy Valley High School in Elizabethton.

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Lady Black Knights Continue To Rebuild every practice and every game.”

BY TATE RUSSELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Chuckey-Doak girls will need grow up a lot through the course of the season to be able to make a run in the postseason, but Chuckey-Doak coach Beth Frye thinks her squad has the work ethic to make that possible.

“We had a decent summer, but this will be a work in progress,” Frye said.

“We lost quite a bit and we are still rebuilding. We have one senior and a couple of juniors that we hope will step up. We’re going to be trying to be playing our best basketball by the time we get to the postseason.”

The Lady Knights lone senior is Sierra Jaynes. She has played a lot of minutes over the past three seasons and is a proven scorer with a smooth stroke from the outside. She will be the team’s leader and called on to do a little bit of everything to help the team win.

“Sierra is very experienced player,” Frye said.”

She has started since her freshman year and she has a lot of the burden on her this year. We need to get some other girls to step up around her so she doesn’t feel like she has to do so much.”

Where the Lady Knights will be the strongest is in the post where they will count on Gabby Carter and Earendia Davis to be very productive.

“I feel like we are pretty strong in the post,” Frye said. “We like to play that

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type of game. If we can improve our guard play, I think we can be pretty strong. They could be a very nice combination for us. The key is finding a way to get them the basketball.

Everything has to work together, but I’m anxious to see what we can do.”

Carter is a 6’1” junior and a returning starter at center. She has the size to be a dominant force in the paint, and Frye has been impressed with the work she has put in to improve her game in the offseason.

“Gabby has been a great leader for us this preseason,” Frye said. “She has been very vocal and really helps the other girls.

She has worked a lot at improving her game, and I feel like she is a lot better.

She is going to carry a big load and we have to expect big things from her.”

Davis had previously played at Greeneville, but transferred midseason last year. She will not be eligible to play until after Christmas, but Frye expects her to play a big role once she gets on the court.

The Lady Knights also have some freshmen that Frye is excited about, starting with point guard Taliah Johnson. Frye thinks Johnson is one of the quickest guards she has coached at Chuckey-Doak, which when considering some of the players that have come through the program in recent years is quite the statement.

“Taliah Johnson is a

freshman guard who I am pretty excited about,” Frye said. “She might the be the quickest guard we have had here, and we have had some pretty good ones.

She has to learn to handle her speed, sometimes she gets going too fast. Down the road, I really expect great things from her.”

Other freshmen who Frye expects to see plenty of playing time are post Lexi Hensley and guard Bailey Fair.

Sophomores Breanna Roberts and Hannah Roberts are two of the most versatile players on Chuckey-Doak’s roster and Frye thinks that they will both play key roles this season.

She can use them both on the outside at guard, while they are strong enough to

be productive underneath the basket.

Junior Madison Marion will add another quality athlete to the Lady Knights’ rotation. She has not seen much action on the hardwood, but is coming off of a prolific season on the soccer field.

Sophomore Sierra Allen will also add guard depth to the lineup.

Last year, Chuckey-Doak went 2-21 and lost in the second round of the District 2-2A tournament to Greeneville after defeating West Greene in the first round.

“We need to keep working on learning to work as a team, learning to work together,” Frye said. “They are a hard working group.

We just have to improve

Nov. 19 at Happy Valley Nov. 23 vs. Cherokee (at North Greene) Nov. 23 vs. Gatlinburg-Pittman (at North Greene) Nov. 25-30 at Hardee’s Ladies Classic (at David Crockett) Dec. 3 NORTH GREENE Dec. 6 CLAIBORNE Dec. 7 at Unicoi County Dec. 10 WEST GREENE Dec. 13 at Cumberland Gap Dec. 17 at Grainger Dec. 19 at Hampton Dec. 26-31 at Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic (Girls) Jan. 3 UNICOI COUNTY Jan. 10 GREENVILLE Jan. 14 at North Greene Jan. 17 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 24 at Claiborne Jan. 28 at West Greene Jan. 31 CUMBERLAND GAP Feb. 1 HAPPY VALLEY Feb. 4 GRAINGER Feb. 7 at Greeneville Feb. 10 HAMPTON Feb. 14 at South Greene

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Black Knights Eyeing Deep Postseason Run

BY TATE RUSSELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Chuckey-Doak boys are going into the season with a lot of unknowns, but coach Sam Broyles is confident his team can figure things out as the year goes on to make a deep postseason run.

Most of the Huskies squad also plays football which means that they have not had a chance to work together much over the summer, and will only have one week together before the regular season starts.

“Our football team had a great season and I have 13 football players this year,” Broyles said. “That means I haven’t had a chance to really put this team together yet. Chemistry is lacking right now, just because we haven’t played together much. We have three hall of fame games, and three games in a Thanksgiving tournament that will be very important for us to try to figure ourselves out.”

Of the players the Black Knights have returning, guards Alex Maupin and Jameson Cobble will be the most important, especially in the early portion of the season. Both are seniors who have proven that they can score in bunches.

“We know Alex is going to get his. We have Jameson Cobble back who helps with scoring and ball handling,” Broyles said. “Those two are going to be crucial for us starting out. They will be guys we lean on and are guys we need to bring those

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young guys along, because we don’t have much experience around them.”

Maupin will run the point for Chuckey-Doak just as he did last season. He makes the offense go and is a deft distributor in addition to being a capable scorer when called upon.

“Alex Maupin is a senior who has played very well for us. He will have to be the leader of this group. He handles the ball well and we know he can score,” Broyles said.

Cobble is a talented shooter who can get hot from behind the arc. He

also can help Maupin with the ball handling duties.

In the post, the Knights don’t have much varsity experience, but they do have some strong and physical athletes who will be hard to score on.

Corwin Ramsey is a senior but has not played since his freshman year.

On the football field, he plays defensive tackle and offensive line. Just like on the gridiron, opponents on the hardwood should not expect the path past him to be an easy one.

The Knights also have a strong presence in the post

in Eli Beddingfield. Another lineman on the Black Knights’ football team, the junior will be no pushover on the block.

“In our conference, you have to have those strong kids inside,” Broyles said.

“This is a tough league and those guys are going to be important for us. Usually coming from football it is hard to keep those guys on the floor early because they are still wanting to be physical. Corwin brings a big tough presence inside that I think can help us, we just have to get him in basketball shape.”

Matthew Palazzo will be the tallest player on the Knight’s roster at 6’3”, and while still a physical presence he also brings more finesse to the position. Palazzo did injure his knee late in the football season and Broyles does not know how soon to expect him back.

Caydon Black will also get minutes on the block and gives Chuckey-Doak a more athletic option down low.

At the other guard spot, Chuckey-Doak will be looking for senior Cayden Phillips, junior Cameron Yost or junior Tyler Ramsey to step up and fill the big

scoring void left behind by Jordan Morelock. Broyles does not think one of them on their own can replace the district’s leading scorer from a year ago, but between the three of the of them he expects a lot of production.

Broyles thinks Phillips can be an athletic mismatch for a lot of opponents while Ramsey has good length at 6’1” and has developed into a quality shooter.

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Devils Hoping To Repeat Postseason Run percentage and a 72.7 free throw percentage.

“From his freshman year Prior to the start of basto his senior year, Jaydon ketball season a year ago, has grown more than anyReid Satterfield wasn’t on body just because he loves the tips of many tongues. the game,” Woolsey said.

Sure, the tall freshman “We’d be at camp this sumguard with the sweet jump mer and you’d see Jaydon shot was coming down the challenging some random Greeneville Greene Devils’ kid in a game of one-on-one. pipeline, but his coach didn’t “He just loves playing the even mention him during game. He’s put in a lot of preseason interviews. work in the weight room As things turned out, Satand has gotten in better conterfield forced the hand of dition. That’s going to serve Greeneville’s coaching staff him well this year.” with his play. He wound up Woolsey says the Devils’ appearing in 32 of the Devoffense and defense will look ils’ 33 games and finished similar to what they’ve run second on the team in points in the past.

2019-20 GREENEVILLE GREENE DEVILS per game at 10.4.

“We have guys who can “Generally, we just like for shoot the ball, which allows kids to go through the pro2-point field goals. He also Region 1-2A championship him to direct our offense, 5.3 points and 2.6 rebounds. you to spread the floor,” he cess when they’re young,” led the Devils with a 78.3 since 2014 before falling 66- score and get the ball to He had a 57.8 effective field said. “When you have guys goal percentage and shot said Greeneville coach Brad free throw percentage. who can shoot and have the 61 at home to Austin-East in other guys who can score.

77.8 percent from the free Woolsey. “We had a number Satterfield’s offensive ability to get to the basket, it the state sectional.

We want him to score, but throw line. of wings returning last ability is undeniable and he behooves you to spread the Connor DeBusk, a 5-8 ju- we expect him to have a lot Gillespie appeared in year, so we didn’t feel like enters this season as Green- nior, takes over for the grad- of assists as well.” floor. three games last season. during the summer we had eville’s top returning scorer. uated Bryce Buchanan at “Our base offense will Austin Loven, a 6-4 “Micah is a great shooter to bring him up to varsity.

“Reid is a great scorer. He the point guard spot. In 32 be similar to last year, but senior, will start down low We knew that we were going can put the ball on the floor games last season, DeBusk we’ll probably run a little bit for Greeneville. He appeared with a beautiful touch. He’s gotten stronger as well and to, though, and it was just a and he’s a great passer. He more of a ball-screen motion averaged 6.4 points and 1.8 in all 33 games last season can score around the basket this year. We just want to matter of time. sees the floor well,” Woolsey assists with a 53.7 effective while averaging 4.7 points, better now, so we’ll be look- get shooters good shots. I “The great thing about said. “We’ve asked him to field goal percentage and a 2.9 rebounds and hitting ing to him to shoot the 3 and think that’s what any offense him is even when he wasn’t grow in his game and he’s 70.5 free throw percentage.

60.6 percent of his shots. score on the inside as well,” wants to do, and we think on varsity initially, he just started that process, espe“When you think about “Austin is a leader. He’s Woolsey said. “Jakobi can kept working and working, cially on the defensive end. the best way to do that is point guards, you think of relentless in his effort and score at the rim and shoot and he obviously earned He’s been buying in more to push the pace some and guys like Bryce, a kid who he really cares for others,” the 3. He’s good at putting that spot. He got a chance to what we’re doing on the then spread it out in the half just went hard all the time.

Woolsey said. “He’s always to really show what he defensive end. He’s really court.

Connor has that same men- holding other guys account- the ball on the floor and shooting it. We’re going to could do at the varsity level. made a lot of progress on “From a defensive pertality, same mold,” Woolsey able. He works his tail off continue to try to get him to spective, we’re still going to Once he did that, we knew that side of the ball. said. “He’s definitely ready and he encourages other buy in on the defensive side be primarily a man-to-man we needed to keep him on “He wants to get better. to take over from a character guys to do the same. He’s varsity.”

He’s worked hard in the team,” he added. “We’re just standpoint as well as his probably improved the most of the floor.”

Jaydon Manuel, a 6-foot Of the players who played weight room to get stronger ability on the court. going to try to sit down and from last year to this year.” facing the basket, the 6-foot- and I think that’s going to guard you.”

“He’s a guy with a lot of Micah Banks, a 6-2 senior, senior, looks to start the 3 Satterfield led Greeneville help him this year around Woolsey said to expect the quickness. He handles the joins Loven down low, while season as Greeneville’s top player off the bench. Last with a 58.1 effective field the basket.” usual suspects – Grainger, ball real well and he’s good Jakobi Gillespie, a 6-foot goal percentage – field goal Greeneville posted a 22South Greene and Chuckon the defensive end, too. sophomore, will play on the season, he appeared in 17 games while averaging 3.2 percentage adjusted for the 11 record last season. The ey-Doak – to compete for He’s really been working on wing. point and 1.8 rebounds. He fact that 3-point field goals Devils won the District 2-2A developing his shot over the Banks appeared in 32 SEE DEVILS ON PAGE 7 are worth 1.5 times that of championship and their first past year. We’re expecting games last season, averaging had a 56.1 effective field goal

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

Hayden Anderson gives Chuckey-Doak another option in the post.

Last year, the Black Knights went 15-14 but managed to play for the District 2-2A championship before falling to Johnson County in the Region 1-2A tournament.

Broyles expects the district to be tough again this year with Grainger returning a lot and Greeneville and South Greene being tough again, but he feels like his squad has the talent to be in the mix again.

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Name Kameron Yost Cayden Phillips Roberto Vazquez Alex Maupin Tyler Ramsey Jameson Cobble Jaylen Willett Matthew Palazzo Eli Beddingfield Caydon Black Corwin Ramsey Hayden Anderson

Grade Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So.

BLACK KNIGHTS 2019-20 SCHEDULE Nov. 23 vs. Cherokee (at North Greene) Nov. 23 vs. Gatlinburg-Pittman (at North Greene) Nov. 25-30 at Grainger County Thanksgiving Tournament (Boys) Dec. 3 NORTH GREENE Dec. 6 CLAIBORNE Dec. 7 at Unicoi County Dec. 10 WEST GREENE Dec. 13 at Cumberland Gap Dec. 17 at Grainger Dec. 19 at Hampton Dec. 27-30 at Kelley Services Tournament (at Sullivan North — Boys) Jan. 3 UNICOI COUNTY Jan. 10 GREENVILLE Jan. 14 at North Greene Jan. 17 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 24 at Claiborne Jan. 28 at West Greene Jan. 31 CUMBERLAND GAP Feb. 1 HAPPY VALLEY Feb. 4 GRAINGER Feb. 7 at Greeneville Feb. 10 HAMPTON Feb. 14 at South Greene

GREENEVILLE GREENE DEVILS No. Name Grade CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 2 Connor DeBusk Jr. the top spot in the district, and the 3 Jakobi Gillespie So. usual suspects – Elizabethton, Sulli5 Reid Satterfield So. van East and Unicoi County – to be 11 Jackson Tillery So. the top teams in the region.

12 Reid Cannon Jr. Greeneville’s non-conference 13 Micah Banks Sr. schedule seems a bit tougher this 21 Austin Loven Sr. season with games against Daniel 22 Keelen Lester So. Boone, Dobyns-Bennett, Knox Powell, 33 Bradley Wells So. Maryville, Clarksville Northeast and 34 Rashard Claridy So. Knox Catholic. The Devils will also 42 Jaydon Manuel Sr. play in the Oakland Hardwood Classic GREENE DEVILS 2019-20 in Murfreesboro and the Arby’s ClasSCHEDULE sic in Bristol.

Nov. 23 POWELL, MARYVILLE “We have some tough games, but (HALL OF FAME) I feel like our guys will be able to Dec. 6 GRAINGER compete if our mentality is right,” Dec. 10 at South Greene Woolsey said.

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Dec. 20-21 Oakland Hardwood Classic in Murfreesboro Dec. 26-31 Arby’s Classic in Bristol Jan. 3 MORRISTOWN EAST Jan. 7 CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 10 at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 14 WEST GREENE Jan. 16 at Jefferson County Jan. 17 at Claiborne Jan. 20 DANIEL BOONE Jan. 24 at Grainger Jan. 25 DOBYNS-BENNETT Jan. 28 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 30 at Knox Catholic Feb. 3 JEFFERSON COUNTY Feb. 4 at Cumberland Gap Feb. 7 CHUCKEY-DOAK Feb. 10 at Morristown East Feb. 11 at West Greene Feb. 14 CLAIBORNE

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Coach Says Young Lady Devils Fun To Watch

BY SAM BUNDY SPORTS EDITOR When Greeneville girls basketball coach Annette Watts looks at her roster for the 2019-20 season, she doesn’t see a lot of familiar names.

The Lady Greene Devils return just four players – sophomores Delana DeBusk and Grace Hayes, and seniors Macy Kennedy and Shevon Weems – from last season’s varsity squad that posted a 16-15 record, and Weems missed most of the season with an ACL injury.

But Watts says what the Lady Devils are missing in experience, they’re making up with spunk.

“All of them are just so hungry and so aggressive,” Watts said. “Sure, they’re young. They’re going to have to learn the speed of the game at the varsity level. But we were starting three freshmen during the summer and that freshman bunch held their own.

“I know from summer to season basketball, it’s different. But these kids want to play.”

Greeneville’s roster of 12 is made up of eight freshmen, two sophomores and two seniors.

“We’ve been pleased with the effort,” Watts said. “In the preseason when we lifted weights and ran, they didn’t complain, they didn’t gripe.

They would just get their work done and go on.

“They know opportunities are there. They know they’re going to get to play. They know, ‘If I go hard, especially if I rebound and play

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defense, this crazy woman will play me.’”

As with any young team, the Lady Devils will likely be prone to mistakes, especially in the early going. But the key, Watts says, is they learn quickly from the mistakes.

“It’s not going to be easy.

But it’s like I told them, ‘It’s OK. January and February are what count. Right now, we’re learning,’” she said. “I can’t let them get down. I’ve got to keep them positive.

We have to set goals for each game, meet those goals and get better. Be better tomorrow than we were today.”

An advantage of having such a young team, Watts says, is team speed. That should allow the Lady Devils to press more and work more in transition.

“These freshmen are quick, so we’re working hard at trying to play a faster game,” Watts said. “When you’re young, all you know is to go.

I love watching these kids play. They play hard.

“We’ll be a better team if we can play transition basketball, but that’s hard to know just yet with such a young group. Will we throw the ball away against teams that press us? We’ve got to be smart. But this summer, they were a much quicker team in transition than I’ve had in a few years.”

The bulk of Greeneville’s points will have to come from DeBusk, Weems and freshman Lauren Bailey.

Bailey is a 5-foot-8 wing who was the leader on Greeneville Middle School’s team a year ago.

“Lauren is a strong, physical kid,” Watts said. “She’s pretty versatile, too. She’s played some four for us as well.

“She’s a pretty good shooter. Offensively, she’s ahead of most freshmen. She understands scoring. She under-

stands controlling her body and getting to the bucket.

She has a whole lot going for her. She just has to catch up defensively.”

DeBusk is a member of Greeneville’s soccer team that won the Class 2A state championship this season, so she was a week late joining

the Lady Devils on the basketball court.

In 30 games last season, DeBusk averaged 3.2 points, 1.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds.

“She’s such a big part of what we do. She’s my floor general,” Watts said. “She’s the little engine that could.

She just finds a way to win and just wills it to happen.”

Weems played in five games for Greeneville last season before being sidelined with the ACL injury. She averaged 5.4 points and 5.2 rebounds.

“Shevon is 10 months out (from the injury), so she’s 100 percent go,” Watts said.

“She’s come back hungry.

Sometimes sitting on that bench a whole year really does something for a kid.

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Lady Huskies Return 4 Starters From Sectional Team

BY TATE RUSSELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The North Greene girls played in the state sectionals a year ago, and with four starters back the Lady Huskies are hoping for bigger things this season.

“We have four starters back who played a ton last year,” North Greene coach James Buchanan said. “We have asked each of them to improve in certain areas and give us a little bit more this year. It certainly helps to have this much carryover, especially from our juniors Breezy Savage and Haleigh Bernard. To know that we have good solid group to start with makes things a lot easier.”

The most veteran of those returners is point guard Breezy Savage who as a junior is in her third year running the Lady Huskies’ offense. She will often be the fastest player on the floor and can be a pest on the defensive end. What Buchanan likes most about her is that she has stepped up to lead the team in the offseason “When your returning point guard is also your hardest worker, and your best encourager and brings the most energy, it makes it really easy to coach the rest of them,” Buchanan said.

“She knows where everybody is supposed to be, then the energy she brings is very valuable for our team.”

The next most veteran returner is junior post Haleigh Bernard. Bernard possesses a rare combination of inside-outside skills that

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will make her a matchup problem for opponents this season. Bernard has a nice stroke from behind the arc, but also has the post moves to score on the block despite lacking true post height.

“She can stretch the floor for us,” Buchanan said.

“Late in the game when we need ball handlers, we can leave her in and not mix up the lineup. Even though she is a little bit smaller for a post, she is very strong and she scores well around the rim. She is a very versatile player for us.”

Sophomore guards Emily Britton and Sheby Davenport are the other two returning starters. Both know how to score the ball and both can give help to Savage with the ball handling duties. Both were thrust into the starting lineup last year as freshmen and Buchanan came away impressed with how well they handled the pressure in some of last season’s toughest situations.

“Since they have come in as freshmen, it doesn’t seem

like they get nervous at all,” Buchanan said. “In the sub state game on the road, where you might expect the stage to be a little too big for a freshman, Emily had one of her best games.

She made several big shots for us. That is the way those two are, whether we played in a barn or under the biggest lights you could find, nothing fazes those two. They have played a lot of basketball and they love playing basketball. They have played together since they were little and they play well together.”

Because of the quality of the guards Buchanan has in his starting lineup, he hopes that his squad can play aggressive defense to force turnovers and turn them into offense on the other end of the court.

The fifth starting spot will go to sophomore Brooklyn Anderson. She grew up in Greene County, went to Dobyns-Bennett last season, and is now back at North Greene. At 5’11”

she is the Lady Huskies’ tallest player and will bring a physical presence to the paint. Buchanan thinks she can be a difference maker on the defensive end for his squad.

While North Greene brings back most of its starting rotation, it loses almost all of its bench production from a year ago with the graduation of five seniors. That opens up a lot of minutes for some new faces, but it has also been a challenge to practice at the same level in the preseason.

The first two players Buchanan will look to off of the bench are sharp shooters Hailee English and Emma Southerland. Buchanan is confident both can spark his offense off the bench, and will make defenses pay if they don’t respect their range.

Corie Harkleroad is the only senior on the roster and Buchanan has really seen her grow over the offseason while embracing her role as the team’s leader.

“You couldn’t ask for a better leader,” Buchanan said. “She has great character and is very consistent.

She gave us good minutes off of the bench this summer. She takes care of the ball and shoots well from the perimeter.”

Freshman Sonya Wagner is another player that the Lady Huskies hope will make an impact this year.

Buchanan describes her as a pure scorer who can find the bottom of the net in a variety of ways.

Freshmen Grace Buchanan and Mikaela Johnson will add some depth at the guard spots while freshman Campbell Gaby and junior Natasha Harmon will add depth in the post.

Last season, the Lady Huskies went 28-8 while winning the District 1-A tournament. They finished the season on a pair of nail-bitting losses, first 5451 to Cosby in the Region 1-A championship game and then 54-52 to Midway in the state sectionals.

NORTH GREENE LADY HUSKIES No. Name Grade 3 Mikaela Johnson Fr. 4 Hailee English So. 10 Emily Britton So. 11 Campbell Gaby Fr. 14 Grace Buchanan Fr. 15 Sonya Wagner Fr. 20 Breanna Savage Jr. 21 Shelby Davenport So. 22 Emma Southerland Jr. 25 Corie Harkleroad Sr. 33 Natausha Harmon Jr. 34 Haleigh Bernard Jr. 50 Brooklyn Anderson So. LADY HUSKIES 2019-20 SCHEDULE Nov. 21 CEDAR VIEW CHRISTIAN Nov. 21 PROVIDENCE ACADEMY Nov. 23 CHEROKEE Nov. 23 GATLINBURG-PITTMAN Dec. 3 CHUCKEY-DOAK Dec. 6 WEST GREENE Dec. 7 at South Greene Dec. 10 at Hancock County Dec. 13 UNIVERSITY HIGH Dec. 16 at Providence Academy Dec. 17 NORTHVIEW ACADEMY Dec. 19-21 at Tournament of the Smokies Dec. 26-31 at Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic Jan. 7 SULLIVAN NORTH Jan. 10 at Hampton Jan. 14 at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 17 UNAKA Jan. 21 at Cloudland Jan. 23 at University School Jan. 25 at West Greene Jan. 28 CLOUDLAND Jan. 31 at Sullivan North Feb. 4 HAMPTON Feb. 7 at Unaka Feb. 11 at Northview Academy Feb. 13 HANCOCK COUNTY Feb. 15 SOUTH GREENE

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Coach: Huskies Are ‘Deepest Team I Have Had’

BY TATE RUSSELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The North Greene boys are coming into the 20192020 campaign bigger, faster, stronger and deeper than in recent years, and the hope is that translates to a deep postseason run in March.

“The offseason has gone really well,” North Greene coach Sam Tarlton said.

“They worked hard this summer. Ever since we got back in school, they put a big emphasis in the weight room, and I think we have noticed some results from that. They have really worked hard at our conditioning, and I think they are ready to embark on another year.”

Tarlton thinks that this is the deepest squad he has had since taking over as head coach 2017 and could see his rotation stretching to 11 players. The Huskies hope to be able to wear teams down with their depth by running the floor with their multitude of quick guards while keeping fresh legs on the floor.

“This year I think I have the deepest team I have had,” Tarlton said. “I could see us playing 10-11 guys some nights. Really, players three through 10 there is not much difference. We’re going to throw them all out there and see who works best.

“Really, I’m excited to have this many guys that can play. I think depth will be big for us. We are going to try to play fast and get up and down a little bit more.

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I’ve never really played more than seven so that will be different for me, and I’ll have to adjust.”

One of the biggest advantages the Huskies have noticed from their new found depth is that practice has become much more competitive, which Tarlton hopes will make everybody better.

The leader of this year’s North Greene squad will be Turner Bailey who has handled the Huskies’ point guard duties the past two seasons. The senior is the Huskies most experienced player and will be the focus of the defense every time they take the floor.

“Turner knows what I expect out of him, and I don’t have to worry about him,” Tarlton said. “He’s going to give 100 percent. I look for him to lead us in scoring most nights. He knows how to talk the young guys

through the defense, and him just having so much experience is big for us.”

Joining Bailey in the back court will be senior Chase Malone. He is a scrappy defender and a good ball handler. Tarlton has been impressed with how much he has improved over the offseason.

Kendall Loftis was a player the Huskies were very excited about going into last season before an injury early sidelined him for most of the campaign.

He has come back bigger and stronger as a junior and Tarlton thinks he can be one of the more dangerous players in the district. He is a long swingman who can get to the rim with ease and even play above the rim.

“It was kind of a heartbreaker for Kendall to go out last year,” Tarlton said.

“I think he played in 12 games, and we were ex-

pecting so much out of him.

He has really put on a lot of weight and spent a lot of time in the weight room. He is playing stronger. I think he is definitely going to be one of the most talented players in our league.”

In the post, Tarlton likes what he has in Shane Cooter and Seth Pierce. Cooter is a junior and Pierce is a senior.

Both are strong and physical presences on the block with very similar games. Tarlton does not know which one will start for him, but expects both to play similar minutes at the five spot.

“Both Seth and Shane are really physical players, and that is great,” Tarlton said.

“It is something that we didn’t really have last year.

They like to mix it up. I plan on playing them as one player, putting one in for three or four minutes and then going with the other for three or four minutes.

“Another thing they both can do well is step out and shoot it. I’m really excited about those two.”

At the other guard spot there is a three-way battle to find out who will make the starting lineup between Carson Whaley, Chance Campbell and Cayden Foulks. All are similar players who will bring speed to the up-andand down style the Huskies want to play.

Cody Freshour is a sophomore who will see playing time at guard off of the bench, and senior Zeke McDonald will get some minutes while providing length and athleticism to the roster.

Josh Huerto and Tyler Sanches are two strong guys who can give the Huskies some physical defense.

While sophomore Evan Starnes is another capable guard and Melvin Maerz provides some depth in the

post.

Last year, North Greene went 24-10 and finished runner-up in the District 1-A tournament to University High. The Huskies’ season ended in the Region 1-A semifinals with a 55-44 loss to Cosby.

Tarlton expects the district to be tough again this year with Hampton and University High returning key players while Sullivan North, Unaka and Cloudland will also be tough.

“It’s all about getting better every day,” Tarlton said.

“Our schedule is the toughest it has been and think that will prepare us for the postseason. We always want to be playing our best ball at the end of the year.”

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NORTH GREENE HUSKIES Chase Malone Sr. Carson Whaley Jr. Cayden Foulks Jr. Chance Campbell Jr. Evan Starnes So. Cody Freshour So. Zeke Mcdonald Sr. Turner Bailey Sr. Melvin Maerz Sr. Tyler Sanches So. Josh Huerto Jr. Kendal Loftis Jr. Seth Pierce Sr. Shane Cooter Jr.

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great understanding of the game.”

Hayes returns at guard after averaging 3.2 points and an assist as a freshman last season.

While DeBusk was at the state soccer tournament, Hayes ran the offense from the point.

“Grace is going to be very versatile for me. She can play the one, two and the three,” Watts said. “She has worked hard in the weight room. She’s much more physical looking than she was last year, and she’s looking to score with more aggressiveness.”

Kennedy averaged 2.7 points in 24 games for Greeneville last season and will join Weems down low.

“I couldn’t ask for two better leaders than Macy and Shevon,” Watts said. “They have both stepped up to the plate and taken the younger ones under their wings, trying to push them and

lead them to where they need to be.”

Freshman Chloe Marsh is in her first season on varsity and reminds Watts of Alana Collins, who was Greeneville’s lockdown defender before graduating in the spring.

“I coached Chloe’s mother, April,” Watts said. “This kid is just hard-nosed, tough. She can score, but defensively she’s my clampdown kid and she’s going to carry a big load there.

“She’s scrappy and just gets after you defensively. She’s really, really smart, and she anticipates what’s happening. And she’s a pretty good shooter. She’s just not real confident in her shot yet, but she’ll get there.”

Rounding out the roster are freshmen Lindy Carter, Tanna Bookhamer, Delaina Martin, Madison Medcalf, Tambryn Ellenburg and Eden Aiken.

Watts is particularly intrigued

by Martin, who is 5-foot-11 and

growing.

“She’s a big one and we’ve not had many big ones here,” Watts said. “She’s working hard and trying to learn the game.”

Aiken has been sidelined with a knee injury and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

GREENEVILLE LADY DEVILS No. Name Grade 3 Tanna Bookhamer Fr. 5 Grace Hayes So. 10 Lauren Bailey Fr. 11 Lindy Carter Fr. 12 Chloe Marsh Fr. 21 Macy Kennedy Sr. 22 Delana DeBusk So. 23 Delaina Martin Fr. 24 Shevon Weems Sr. 32 Madison Medcalf Fr. 33 Tambryn Ellenburg Fr. 40 Eden Aiken Fr. LADY DEVILS 2019-20 SCHEDULE Nov. 23 at Hall of Fame Playday Triten Insurance Classic at

Sullivan East Nov. 26 vs. Sullivan East at Nov. 27 vs. Unicoi County Nov. 29 vs. Morristown West Nov. 30 vs. Sullivan Central Dec. 6 GRAINGER Dec. 10 at South Greene Dec. 13 at Dobyns-Bennett Dec. 27-31 Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic at Greeneville Jan. 3 MORRISTOWN EAST Jan. 7 CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 10 at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 14 WEST GREENE Jan. 16 at Jefferson County Jan. 17 at Claiborne Jan. 20 DANIEL BOONE Jan. 24 at Grainger Jan. 25 DOBYNS-BENNETT Jan. 28 SOUTH GREENE Jan. 30 at Knox Catholic Feb. 3 JEFFERSON COUNTY Feb. 4 at Cumberland Gap Feb. 7 CHUCKEY-DOAK Feb. 10 at Morristown East Feb. 11 at West Greene Feb. 14 CLAIBORNE

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Coach Refusing To Call Lady Rebels A Rebuild ball last year.”

Being a Lady Rebel means there is pressure to perform, South Greene Coach Steand perform well. phen Gregg does not like the “I still don’t know what to often used word, rebuilding. think about this team,” the He points that out because coach said. “The expectaso many people are pointing tions here are to win every toward the Lady Rebels and game, and that’s the way it’s using that word in describing been here for a long time. the 2019-20 squad.

Realistically that will be hard “I prefer to use the word to do this year because there challenging,” he smiled are some very good teams in when talking about this our region: Grainger, Sulliyear’s edition of Rebels. “It van Central, Elizabethton, will certainly be a challenge. Unicoi County, Greeneville But there are opportunities …” out there for some folks. We Gregg knows he lost a lot need to see who will step up of points with the graduation and take advantage of this.” of Wykle and Franklin. He It’s understandable why only has one senior on the the Rebs aren’t being tabbed team, Jaelyn Casteel, who as the team to beat for Blue played sparingly as a junior.

Ridge Conference honors But as all area coaches this year. That distinction have come to realize, to write seems to go toward the South Greene off could be a Grainger Grizzlies. After all, dire mistake. There are some the Rebs lost three starters players who were thrown to graduation, including into the mix as youngsters guard Braelyn Wykle, the who are now a year oldteam’s leading scorer; TK er, and what could be the Franklin, the squad’s leading starting five for the Rebs can rebounder; and steady guard probably play with about Ashlyn Reaves. In addition, anybody in this area. post reserve Harlee Bailey “The mental barrier is the got her diploma in May as toughest challenge, I think,” well.

Gregg said. “They’ve not “Braelyn was a player, been in this position before. well, one in a lifetime for Last year those young ones a coach,” Gregg said when knew somebody had their talking about his departed back. Now they are in the players, who led the team to spotlight. We played everya 28-5 record, league title body close this summer. with an 11-1 mark, and a They competed. We got off state tournament appearthe bus at camp at Murfreesance in Murfreesboro. “TK boro and beat Blackman. was our best rebounder, Then we turn around and Reaves was steady, and lose close games because Harlee was a key off the we don’t know how to close bench. There’s really nobody things out. We must mature, left that we can say is real mentally and physically.” experienced, although some Juniors returning all saw of these girls played a lot of action last year. Kiley Collins

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started most of the year.

Jayden Merriweather was one of the first to rotate in off the bench. Haley Kells established herself as one of the team’s best 3-point shooters.

Add to that mix two freshman who started at least part of last year, Addison Williams and Braylee Woods, and you have a pretty solid lineup.

Williams established herself as somebody who plays hard and can score and rebound. Woods ran the point at times and with the departure of Wykle and Reaves, will be the chief ball-handler this season.

“She (Woods) had a good summer,” Gregg said. “So did Williams. I trust Braylee to bring the ball up the floor

for us. She’s working hard on her shot from outside.”

“Last year’s team wasn’t very big, but TK got a lot of rebounds,” the coach said. “I guess if there is a darkhorse on this team, it has to be Jayden. We’ve got to have points and rebounding from her.”

Early season practices have been good and competitive, which pleases the coach. Getting players to play hard should not be an issue.

“We’re just inconsistent right now,” he said. “We’ve got some speed, but we don’t yet know how to use it. We’ve got some shooters.

But nobody can hide now.

They’ve been playing in the shadows of some pretty good players, and now it’s their

turn.”

Sophomore post Evie Rader will be one of the first players in the rotation.

Casteel will be in there, too.

Then Gregg will have to look at some youngsters to help.

“Amelia Mullins played some last year,” Gregg noted. “Jordyn Roderick is a freshman who has potential and is coming on. Ashlyn King is a sophomore that we need to help us. Haley Susong is another freshman.

So is Allie Brown. We’ve got some potential there, but some still don’t know what the high school game is all about. Some things you do as a middle schooler you can’t get away with here.”

Gregg also has an exchange student on the roster in sophomore Claudia

Benavente from Spain.

The rotation at the start of the year looks to be about nine deep. Gregg feels that Roderick gained a lot of confidence on the volleyball court and could be ready for a greater hoops role by Christmas.

Gregg figures teams will come after his Rebels this year on defense, pressing and trying to force turnovers. Work on the transition game this fall has been good, he said.

As for offense, who will lead the point production remains a mystery. He said different people led this summer and it might be the same when the season begins.

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District 2-2A Regular Season Champs Have Holes To Fill

BY WAYNE PHILLIPS SPORTS EDITOR EMERITUS The way veteran South Greene Coach Terry Hoese sees it, his Rebels of the past season might have been overachievers, but it only goes to show what can happen if you work hard in practice and play hard during the game.

The 2018-19 Rebels finished 10-2 in District 2-2A, good enough for first place, and they finished the year with a 16-14 overall record.

Hoese lost five seniors off that squad, including his top two scorers in exchange student Lennart Schultz and guard Landon Brown, but the current Reb squad has more depth and people that can provide quality minutes than any team he has had in a while.

“Most years when you have a good team and do well, you lose a lot to graduation,” Hoese said. “We did lose some good ones. But this bunch … there’s no one particular standout, just a bunch of boys that like to play and will see the floor. We have five seniors, five juniors and four sophomores on the team, so that’s balanced pretty well.”

The 10-2 record in league play last year was especially pleasing to Hoese in what he considered “a really good league last year.”

“Playing hard was the best thing,” he said, “then there were some games where we were behind late and came back and won. That team never thought they were out of any game.”

The Reb coach knew this summer that there were some mighty big holes to fill for the

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upcoming squad, but they finished the camp season and gave the coach “some positive vibes.”

“We had a good summer,” he smiled. “And I had some kids come to me and said, ‘coach, we’re better than I thought we would be.’ I do have some kids that can shoot.

And Sully Fox is now 6-6 and has improved so much it’s really hard to imagine.”

Fox saw only limited duty last year, but he has grown some more and has turned into a “total gym rat,” the coach laughed.

“He plays all the time,” Hoese added. “He scrimmaged with us this summer, then would go somewhere else for a pickup game. He can not only finish around the bucket.

He can step out and hit the 3.

He’s really working for things that some don’t work for, those with no aspirations of playing at the next level. Sully wants to do that, and with his size and shooting, he has a chance to do that.”

The return of 6-3 senior Braxden Crum also provides a boost. Crum missed all of the second half of last year with a

knee problem, but he is well and can give the team a lift.

One guard spot should be in good hands with the return of Levi Myers, another senior who is the football team’s quarterback and will get a late start in fall practice. He’s a returning starter. So is Aydan Hawk, a junior who started most of last year as a sopho-

more.

The coach thinks the point guard spot will be in very good hands with Clint Lamb, a sophomore, at the controls.

“He loves the game, and he plays all over the country during the summer months,” Hoese said. “We expect really good things from him.”

Lamb is the brother of

former Lady Rebel standout Taylor Lamb.

Chase Carter, a 6-1 junior, also started last year and returns as soon as the football season is over.

But there are others who saw lots of playing time last year: Isaac Hoese, the coach’s son, a 5-11 junior; the Bailey boys, Preston (5-9 junior) and

Ty (6-0 junior); Jay Higgins (5-10 junior); Hunter Hartman (6-0 senior). Luke Myers (5-11 sophomore) and Chandler Fillers (6-1 sophomore) will also see playing time.

“We might use several different starting fives,” the coach said.

The team worked this summer on playing full-court defense.

“That’s something we’ve never really been able to do, get out there and get after them all over,” Hoese said. “It helps to have good size kids who can get up and down the floor. But everybody who knows me knows we love to play the match-up zone.”

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Lady Buffs Look To Keep Progressing

BY WAYNE PHILLIPS SPORTS EDITOR EMERITUS Betsy Shaw begins her second year at the helm of the West Greene High Lady Buffs with lots of enthusiasm as she continues to rebuild the program at the school.

In her maiden year as a head coach last season, Coach Shaw’s girls finished with seven wins, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but when you compare with a couple of past years, it’s a big jump.

2019-20 WEST GREENE LADY BUFFALOES “We are still trying to learn how to win,” the coach more faces on the roster this has plenty of speed, and said. “Last year we could put year with experience, even Christianna Ricker, who together one good quarter, though there’s only one semissed playing time with maybe two, but then we nior on the 2019-20 squad. an injury late in the season, would have a bad one. We That lone senior is Alison were on the floor a lot and need to learn how to keep Davis. expect them to be back out the good quarters going.

“It’s too early to tell what there this season.

There’s no lack of effort by the starting lineup will be,” The coach also expects these girls. That’s something Shaw noted. “I have 15 big things from Tayli Rader, you don’t have to coach. uniforms and I’ll use them who saw the floor often last Offensively and defensively, all. That will include six season as a freshman.

I think they are buying in freshmen, and I’m really “She’s got to make an immore than they did my first proud of that group. It’s a pact for us this year,” Shaw year.” great bunch.” said. “We need her to be a While the Lady Buffs The tough Blue Ridge consistent scorer. We’ve got went to a couple of camps Conference is hard any year, to get the ball more to her. the summer before her first but especially so when you We’ve worked a lot stopping coaching season, Shaw said have to play young people those fast shots and try to the squad played better this with little experience. get the ball in to her.” summer with more planning “Everybody in this league, Megan Daniels, a sophoand organization. every time you play, it’s more, returns and was the “We won some games this tough,” she grinned. “There team’s second leading scorer summer,” she smiled. “Last are no easy games.” as a freshman. summer we never won a Lexi Anderson, a junior, The Lady Buffs don’t have game.” started last year and will be great size, but Shaw thinks Only two players are miss- one of the main returnees. the team’s quickness is an ing from last season’s roster, Shaw says she expects a lot asset, especially at the post but that includes the team’s out of the junior and hopes positions. leading scorer and rebound- she will help guide the freshJunior Brooke Atchison er in Kattiee Shelton. Kierra men post players is another returnee who Green, who played sparingly Two other juniors also saw good minutes last year, last year, also graduated. started at times last year. and so did sophomore Tori But that means there are Guards Rianna Siders, who Bailey. Sophomore Breanna

Cloran was a post but saw very few minutes at the varsity level.

Coach Shaw likes the freshmen and thinks some of them will make an impact before the season is very old.

Madi Brown started most of the summer and the coach describes her as an excellent shooter. Kinsley Ellenburg will also play.

Turnovers were a source of aggravation all last season.

“We wrote a list down at the start of the summer of things we wanted to improve on, and turnovers was number one,” she said.

“You can’t win by making 25 or 30 turnovers a game.

In the past a lot of that was because of the youth. That’s no excuse now. We’ve got to focus on limiting turnovers.”

The number two choice on the list was shot selection, the coach said.

“If we’re open we’re shooting, but we are stressing it’s OK to give up a good shot for a better shot,” she said.

want to win more than seven games this year, but more importantly we want to keep improving, keep working hard every day. If we do that the wins will come. I preach a lot about consistency. We played in spurts last year.”

Shaw picks Grainger as the team to beat for the league crown this year, with Greeneville and South Greene both having good clubs.

“There’s a big jump from middle school to high school,” Shaw said. “Some things they could do in middle school won’t work “We don’t care who scores as now. It’s a big adjustment.

But these girls are very long as we get the points.” coachable. It’s going to take Shaw is not sure who will be the team’s leading scorer some in-game time for them to learn.” this year. She feels Tayli Rader must get points, but WEST GREENE she wants more contribution LADY BUFFALOES from other people.

No. Name Grade “If we get Rader the ball 1 Navi Justice Fr. she can score, but who 3 Lexi Anderson Jr. else wants to step up?” she 4 Tori Bailey So. asked. “We’re still looking.

5 Megan Daniels So. We’ve got some girls who 10 Brooke Atchison Jr. are capable of doing that.”

12 Madi Brown Fr. The Lady Buffs played Tayli Rader So. man to man as their primary 14 Christianna Ricker Jr. 20 defense last year, but Shaw 21 Alison Davis Sr. says the team has worked 22 Taylor Lawson Fr. more on zone this summer.

23 Breanna Cloran So. “Offensively we’ve not 24 Kinsley Ellenburg Fr. changed much,” she said.

30 Rianna Siders Jr. “We focused a lot last year 32 Hailey Ripley Fr. on fundamentals. This year 40 Breanna Ellis Fr. we’ve worked on some new 54 Mara Reagan Fr. sets” The girls finished sixth in LADY BUFFS 2019-20 the Blue Ridge last year, but SCHEDULE Shaw feels that’s not good Nov. 19 – at Sullivan North enough.

(HOF) “I want us to go past the Nov. 23 – at Alcoa (HOF) play-in game at the district tournament,” she said.

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Buffs Having To Replace Graduated Scorers

BY WAYNE PHILLIPS SPORTS EDITOR EMERITUS A summer a year ago, Jacob Deal was hired to take over the reins of the West Greene boys’ basketball program. Now after a year at the helm, Coach Deal feels more comfortable with his Buffaloes as they prepare for the 2019-20 campaign.

“I was hired last summer after the dead period (when school teams must take a break from practice and workouts), and although the team went through some summer camps, I wasn’t with them,” Deal said. “I think the players know me better now, and we had a good summer.”

Deal’s first year at West Greene was about a breakeven season (15-16 overall, 4-8 in the league), and the coach felt “pretty good” about the progress of his team.

“You always wonder what you could have done better, and we were involved in a lot of close games,” he said.

“We won a couple we probably shouldn’t have, and we lost a couple we probably should have won. But that’s the way it goes. What I must do as a coach, and what I hope our players will do, is not make the same mistakes we made last year.”

The Buffs lost heavily to graduation last spring. Picking up diplomas were the team’s leading scorer, Kyler Clowers, along with regular starters post Lucas Bennett and steady guard Grayson Potter. But several players are returning that Deal

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hopes will keep the program on the upswing.

“We lost a lot of points in Clowers and Bennett,” Deal noted. “We’ve got some capable guys that can pick up the slack, but they’ve got to get their feet wet early. Playing together this summer should pay some dividends.”

Chief among the returnees is junior point guard Jacob Stimmell. Stimmell ran the offense as a sophomore last year and obviously will be counted on heavily in the upcoming campaign.

“Jacob didn’t have to score last year,” the coach said. “He ran the offense and got the ball where it needed to be. Now we want him to score more. First and foremost we really need to have Stimmell on the floor.”

Stimmell is the only returnee that was a full-time

starter, although several others were starters at times or at the least were in on the action very early in

games. Allen Vaughn is one of those. His early practice time this fall has been limited due to football.

get him on the floor more.

He is the best scorer that we have returning.”

This year’s roster features three seniors, with Trey Fillers receiving the most minutes last year. Cole Ellenburg is another senior who suffered through some injuries last year and could not get his year going like he wanted it to, but Deal expects him to play big minutes in the upcoming months. Alan Neal is the other senior and will scrap for minutes, too.

Kenton Cobble, a junior, played sparingly as a sophomore and will get more time on the floor his junior campaign.

The coach also pointed out the speed of Damien “Last year we brought Budriss, a sophomore who Vaughn in off the bench and has excelled on the football he played well for us,” the SEE BUFFS ON PAGE 17 coach noted. “We’ve got to

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The schedule is brutal. They start out at Cloudland, then play Knox Carter.

They are in a Thanksgiving Tournament at Pigeon Forge, with Oak Ridge, Sevier County and Pigeon Forge as opponents.

They drew Meigs County in the first round of the Ladies’ Class at Christmas.

Add to that the Blue Ridge opponents, plus Morristown West, Hampton and North Greene, and it’s easy to see why the coach knows there are no breathers out there.

SOUTH GREENE LADY REBELS No. Name Grade 3 Haley Kells Jr. 5 Addison Williams So. 10 Braylee Woods So. 11 Haley Susong Fr. 12 Evie Rader So. 14 Jaelyn Casteel Sr. 20 Kiley Collins Jr. 21 Ashlyn King So. 22 Claudia Benavente So. 24 Jayden Merriweather Jr. 30 Amelia Mullins So. 31 Maddie Bryant Fr. 42 Allie Brown Fr. 53 Jordyn Roderick Fr. LADY REBELS 2019-20 SCHEDULE Nov. 19 – at Knox Carter (HOF) Nov. 23 – SULLIVAN EAST (HOF) Nov. 26-30 – at Pigeon Forge Tourney Dec. 3 – at Hampton Dec. 6 – at Cumberland Gap Dec. 7 – NORTH GREENE Dec. 10 – GREENEVILLE Dec. 13 – at Grainger Dec. 16 – MORRISTOWN WEST Dec. 17 – UNAKA Dec. 26-31 – at Ladies’ Classic Jan. 7 – WEST GREENE Jan. 9 – at Morristown West Jan. 14 – CLAIBORNE Jan. 17 – at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 21 – HAMPTON Jan. 24 – CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 28 – at Greeneville Jan. 31 – GRAINGER Feb. 3 – at Unaka Feb. 4 – at West Greene Feb. 11 – at Claiborne Feb. 14 – CHUCKEY-DOAK Feb. 15 – at North Greene

will be stronger.

“Hopefully we can be in the top four,” he said. “East Tennessee Class 2A is pretty good. The teams in District 1 are really strong.”

Never one to shy away from a tough schedule, this year’s slate is no different.

They will play in a Thanksgiving Tournament at Sullivan East, with Science Hill one of their opponents. At Christmas they will play in a Cherokee High tournament.

“We were scheduled to go to the Bahamas this December,” he said. “But we scratched that after the hurricane went through there and caused so much damage. Plus we still have Hampton and Morristown West on our regular schedule, so it’s plenty tough.”

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SOUTH GREENE REBELS Name Grade Clint Lamb So. Isaac Hoese Jr. Chandler Fillers So. Jay Higgins Jr. Aydan Hawk Jr. Preston Bailey Jr. Levi Myers Sr. Ty Bailey Jr. Hayden Hartman So. Luke Myers So. Braxden Crum Sr. Sully Fox Sr. Hunter Hartman Sr. Chase Carter Jr.

REBELS 2019-20 SCHEDULE Nov. 19 – at Knox Carter (HOF) Nov. 23 – at Tenn. High (HOF) Nov. 23 – SULLIVAN EAST (HOF) Nov. 26-30 – at Sullivan East Tourney Dec. 3 – at Hampton Dec. 6 – at Cumberland Gap Dec. 7 – NORTH GREENE Dec. 10 – GREENEVILLE Dec. 13 – at Grainger Dec. 16 – MORRISTOWN WEST Dec. 17 – UNAKA Dec. 19-21 – at Cherokee Tourney Jan. 7 – WEST GREENE Jan. 9 – at Morristown West Jan. 14 – CLAIBORNE Jan. 17 – at Chuckey-Doak Jan. 21 – HAMPTON Jan. 24 – CUMBERLAND GAP Jan. 28 – at Greeneville Jan. 31 – GRAINGER Feb. 3 – at Unaka Feb. 4 – at West Greene Feb. 11 – at Claiborne Feb. 14 – CHUCKEY-DOAK Feb. 15 – at North Greene

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Nov. 23 – at Pigeon Forge (HOF) Nov. 25-30 – at Hardees Classic, Crockett Dec. 3 – VOLUNTEER Dec. 5 – at Washburn Dec. 6 – at North Greene Dec. 9 – at Cherokee Dec. 10 – at Chuckey-Doak Dec. 13 – CLAIBORNE Dec. 17 – at Volunteer Dec. 26-31 – at Ladies Classic

GreenevilleSun.com Jan. 7 – at South Greene Jan. 9 – PROVIDENCE ACADEMY Jan. 10 – GRAINGER Jan. 14 – at Greeneville Jan. 17 – at Cumberland Gap Jan. 21 – WASHBURN Jan. 24 – at Providence Academy Jan. 25 – NORTH GREENE Jan. 27 – CHEROKEE Jan. 28 – CHUCKEY-DOAK Jan. 31 – at Claiborne Feb. 4 – SOUTH GREENE Feb. 7 – at Grainger Feb. 11 – GREENEVILLE Feb. 14 – Cumberland Gap

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field for the Buffs.

“He’s quick,” Deal said. “He has the potential to be as good on the court as he is on the football field. He never played much basketball until eighth grade, so he’s still learning.”

Kaeden Williams, another sophomore, is described by his coach as possibly the team’s best 3-point shooter.

“We will certainly play a lot of young guys,” the coach said. “We played 10 or 11 each game last year, and I expect it will be much the same way this season. We have some inexperience so we will try them all.”

One of the best traits of Deal’s team this year is “they’re coachable.”

“They play hard, and we have some guys who are buying in to what we are trying to do here at West Greene,” Deal added. “We worked in the weight room a lot this summer. We played some good teams over the summer, and I think the guys understand what a difference strength makes.”

Deal said the lack of size this year might require more zone defense by his charges.

“I think they prefer to play man-up, but they know we may have to pack it in sometimes and play zone,” he said.

Several freshmen will battle for spots on the varsity roster. He said frosh Ethan Turner has shown a lot of spark in practice and may break through early.

The roster will also include two exchange students: Jakob Mau from Germany and Alvara Escribano from Spain.

On paper, Deal thinks Greeneville and Grainger have the upper hand as the teams to beat for the conference crown.

He noted South Greene’s play last year and said you couldn’t count them out.

“I think Greeneville and Grainger, and then it could be anybody for the other seeds,” he said. “It’s a tough league and you have to be ready every night out,

SUN PHOTO BY TATE RUSSELL

West Greene’s Jacob Stimmell (right) passes the ball as Greeneville’s Jaevon Gillespie defends last season.

because anybody can beat you.”

The Buffs will open the year at the Hardee’s Classic and drew tournament host David Crockett in the first round.

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WEST GREENE BUFFALOES Name Grade Allen Vaughn Jr. Alan Neal Sr. Trey Fillers Sr. Kenton Cobble Jr. Braydan Radar Fr. Trevor Daniels Jr. Leyton Frye Fr. Cole Ellenberg Sr. Ethan Turner Fr.

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BUFFS 2019-20 SCHEDULE Nov. 19 – at Sullivan North (HOF) Nov. 23 – at Alcoa (HOF) Nov. 23 – at Pigeon Forge (HOF) Nov. 25-30 – at Hardees Classic, Crockett Dec. 3 – VOLUNTEER Dec. 5 – at Washburn Dec. 6 – at North Greene Dec. 9 – at Cherokee Dec. 10 – at Chuckey-Doak Dec. 13 – CLAIBORNE Dec. 17 – at Volunteer

Dec. 20-21 – at Cherokee Tourney Jan. 7 – at South Greene Jan. 9 – PROVIDENCE ACADEMY Jan. 10 – GRAINGER Jan. 14 – at Greeneville Jan. 17 – at Cumberland Gap Jan. 21 – WASHBURN Jan. 24 – at Providence Academy Jan. 25 – NORTH GREENE Jan. 27 – CHEROKEE Jan. 28 – CHUCKEY-DOAK Jan. 31 – at Claiborne Feb. 4 – SOUTH GREENE Feb. 7 – at Grainger Feb. 11 – GREENEVILLE Feb. 14 – Cumberland Gap

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2019-20 TUSCULUM PIONEERS 2019-20 TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY PIONEERS MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Class 0 Cameron King Sr. 1 Tariq Jenkins Sr. 2 Makai Olden Fr. 3 Cameron Willis Fr. 4 Keaston Brown Fr. 5 Zack Dixon Fr. 10 Drew Yates Fr. 11 Avishai Lowery Fr. 12 DyQuavis Wilkins Fr. 13 Justin Mitchell Fr. 14 Caleb Hodnett Sr. 15 Joshua Scott Fr. 20 Chad Emmons Jr. 22 Miguel Boskovic Fr. 23 Adrian Cohen So. 24 Brandon Mitchell Jr. 25 Dillon Smith Sr. 30 Filip Vuksanovic Fr. 33 Trenton Gibson So. 34 Peter Mgbechi Fr. 35 Garrett Anderson Jr. Coach: J.T. Burton; Assistant Coaches: Zach Holt, Darren Higgins, Justin Chartrand; Assistant Athletic Trainer: Cameron Mathis; Director of Basketball Performance: Christian Sisto.

2019-20 TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY PIONEERS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Class 0 Taylor Stibbe Jr. 1 Mia Long Sr. 2 Jalia Arnwine Jr. 3 Elle Hutchinson Jr. 4 Brittney Cupp So. 5 Marta Rodrigues So. 10 Sydney Wilson Gr. 11 Kasey Johnson Gr. 14 Kirsten Click Fr. 15 Jasmine Williams Sr. 20 Brianna Dixon Jr. 21 Aliyah Miller Jr. 22 Adalys Brown Jr. 23 Mya Belton So. 25 Maddie Sutton Jr. 30 Hannah Barr Fr. 32 Reece Stover Fr. 42 Torry Patton Sr. Coach: Devan Carter; Graduate Assistant Coaches: Ashley Rodriguez, Jourdan Sanders, Camden Boehner.

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2019-20 LOCAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Tuesday, November 5 Lady Vols at ETSU Women UNC Asheville at Tennessee Wednesday, November 6 Newberry at ETSU Men Thursday, Nov. 7 Central Arkansas at Lady Vols Friday, Nov. 8 Tusculum (Men) vs. USC Aiken Tusculum (Women) vs. Belmont Abbey ETSU Women at Liberty Saturday, Nov. 9 Tusculum (Men) vs. Clayton StateTournament Tusculum (Women) at King ETSU Men at UT-Martin Monday, Nov. 11 Lady Vols at Notre Dame Tuesday, Nov. 12 Clayton State at Tusculum (Women) Murray State at Tennessee Wednesday Nov. 13 Young Harris at Tusculum (Men) Thursday, Nov. 14 ETSU Women at High Point Winthrop at ETSU Men Tennessee State at Lady Vols Friday, Nov. 15 Tusculum (Women) vs. Georgia College Saturday, Nov. 16 Tusculum (Men) vs. UNC Pembroke Tusculum (Women) vs. North Georgia Washington vs. Tennessee (Toronto) Sunday, Nov. 17 Tusculum (Men) vs. Lees-McRae Monday, Nov. 18 ETSU Women at North Carolina A&T Tuesday, Nov. 19 ETSU Men at Kansas Stetson at Lady Vols Wednesday, Nov. 20 Alabama State at Tennessee Thursday, Nov. 21 Radford at ETSU Women Friday, Nov. 22 Johnson and Wales at Tusculum (Women) Saturday, Nov. 23 Tusculum (Men) at North Georgia UNC Ashevile at ETSU Women Delaware St. at ETSU Men Sunday, Nov. 24 Southern Utah. Charleston Southern at ETSU Men Monday, Nov. 25 ETSU Women at Appalachian State Chattanooga at Tennessee Tuesday, Nov. 26 Lenoir-Rhyne at Tusculum Appalachian State at ETSU Men

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Lady Vols Friday, Nov. 29 Florida State vs. Tennessee Saturday, Nov. 30 Catawba at Tusculum ETSU Women at Davidson ETSU Men at Arkansas Little Rock Tennessee vs. Purdue/ VCU Sunday, Dec. 1 Air Force at Lady Vols Wednesday, Dec. 4 ETSU Men at Citadel Florida A&M at Tennessee Thursday, Dec. 5 Wake Forest at ETSU Women Saturday, Dec. 7 Tusculum at Newberry ETSU Men at North Dakota State Sunday, Dec. 8 Cleveland State at ETSU Women Texas at Lady Vols Wednesday, Dec. 11 ETSU Women at Troy Colorado State at Lady Vols Thursday, Dec. 12 Lees-McRae (Men) at Tusculum Saturday, Dec. 14 Memphis at Tennessee Sunday, Dec. 15 ETSU Women at Georgia Tech Milligan at ETSU Men Wednesday, Dec. 18 Virginia Wise at Tusculum ETSU Men at LSU Lady Vols at Stanford Tennessee at Cincinnati Thursday, Dec. 20 South Alabama at ETSU Women Saturday, Dec. 21 Tusculum at Queens Cleveland State at ETSU Men Lady Vols at Portland State Jacksonville State at Tennessee Saturday, Dec. 28 Wisconsin at Tennessee Sunday, Dec. 29 Mars Hill at ETSU Men Howard at Lady Vols Tuesday, Dec. 31 Tusculum (Men) at Young Harris Alice Lloyd at Tusculum (Women) Converse College at ETSU Women Wednesday, Jan. 1 Wofford at ETSU Men Thursday, Jan. 2 Missouri at Lady Vols Saturday, Jan. 4 Tusculum at Anderson ETSU Women at Cornell ETSU Men at Furman

LSU at Tennessee Sunday, Jan. 5 Lady Vols at Kentucky Tuesday, Jan. 7 Tennessee at Missouri Wednesday, Jan. 8 Tusculum at Mars Hill ETSU Men at UNCG Thursday, Jan. 9 ETSU Women at UNCG Lady Vols at Ole Miss Saturday, Jan. 11 Tusculum at Coker ETSU Women at Western Carolina VMI at ETSU Men South Carolina at Tennessee Sunday, Jan. 12 Georgia at Lady Vols Wednesday, Jan. 15 Tusculum at Carson-Newman Samford at ETSU Men Tennessee at Georgia Thursday, Jan 16 Furman at ETSU Women Lady Vols at Florida Saturday, Jan. 18 Wingate at Tusculum Wofford at ETSU Women ETSU Men at Western Carolina Tennessee at Vanderbilt Monday, Jan. 20 Alabama at Lady Vols Tuesday, Jan. 21 Ole Miss at Tennessee Wednesday, Jan. 22 Lincoln Memorial at Tusculum Thursday, Jan. 23 Mercer at ETSU Women Lady Vols at UCONN Saturday, Jan. 25 Tusculum at Catawba ETSU Women at Samford Chattanooga at ETSU Men Tennessee at Kansas Sunday, Jan. 26 LSU at Lady Vols Tuesday, Jan. 28 Texas A&M at Tennessee Wednesday, Jan. 29 Tusculum at Lenoir-Rhyne Mercer at ETSU Men Thursday, Jan. 30 Lady Vols at South Carolina Saturday, Feb. 1 Newberry at Tusculum Chattanooga at ETSU Women UNCG at ETSU Men Tennessee at Mississippi State Tuesday, Feb. 4 Tennessee at Alabama

Wednesday, Feb. 5 Tusculum at Virginia Wise ETSU Men at Chattanooga Thursday, Feb. 6 Western Carolina at ETSU Women Mississippi State at Lady Vols Saturday, Feb. 8 Queens at Tusculum UNCG at ETSU Women ETSU Men at Mercer Kentucky at Tennessee Tuesday, Feb. 11 Arkansas at Tennessee Wednesday, Feb. 12 Mars Hill at Tusculum Citadel at ETSU Men Thursday, Feb. 13 ETSU Women at Wofford Lady Vols at LSU Saturday, Feb. 15 Tusculum at Anderson ETSU Women at Furman ETSU Men at VMI Tennessee at South Carolina Sunday, Feb. 16 Texas A&M at Lady Vols Tuesday, Feb. 18 Vanderbilt at Tennessee Wednesday, Feb. 19 Carson-Newman at Tusculum Furman at ETSU Men Thursday, Feb. 20 Samford at ETSU Women Lady Vols at Arkansas Saturday, Feb. 22 Coker at Tusculum Mercer at ETSU Women ETSU Men at Samford Tennessee at Auburn Sunday, Feb. 23 Vanderbilt at Lady Vols Wednesday, Feb. 26 Tusculum at Lincoln Memorial ETSU Men at Wofford Tennessee at Arkansas Thursday, Feb. 27 Ole Miss at Lady Vols Saturday, Feb. 29 Tusculum at Wingate ETSU Women at Chattanooga Western Carolina at ETSU Men Florida at Tennessee Sunday, March 1 Lady Vols at Auburn Tuesday, March 3 Tennessee at Kentucky Saturday March 7 Auburn at Tennessee

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