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Well, here comes another silly site...Bearden's start too much for Boone
Coach Ryan Arnold's worst fears came to fruition Monday night as his young Daniel Boone High School Trailblazers struggled out of the gate against tournament-tested Bearden in the Class AAA basketball sectionals.The Bulldogs forced eight turnovers on their way to a nine-point first-quarter lead and rolled to an 83-60 home win to earn a berth in the state tournament in Murfreesboro."It was what I ...
Bearden's fast takeoff too much for West
No hatchet of elimination was hanging over Bearden High School or West on Thursday night in the Region 2-AAA boys' basketball tournament title game, it just seemed that way.With bids to Monday's sectionals already secured, the District 4-AAA rivals nonetheless went toe-to-toe in an all-out, frenetic fight to the finish.Tournament MVP Ty Greene of Bearden hit all eight of his free throws in the ...
Knoxville civic leader dies at 90
W. Jack Walker, a prominent Knoxville businessman and civic leader, died Sunday at Mercy Medical Center St. Mary's. He was 90.With a bus converted into a mobile store, Mr. Walker began a grocery business that became the Family Pantry Markets in Knoxville and Maryville, which he sold in the late 1970s. He was also a chairman of the board of First Tennessee Bank and associated with Kenesaw ...
30 Knox teaching positions to be cut
Knox County middle and high schools will lose 30 teaching positions next year based on a preliminary analysis of schools' needs for the 2010-11 budget.Teaching gains or losses at individual schools were determined based on enrollment fluctuations and student-to-teacher ratios, Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre said Monday.The 2 percent position reduction at middle and high schools ...
Dobyns-Bennett run too much for West
Playing every postseason game on the road clearly hasn't fazed the West High School boys' basketball team - that road carried the Rebels to their first sectional game in school history.Unfortunately, that road ended one stop too early.Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett used a second-half surge and held off a late West rally for a 75-70 home win in a Class AAA sectional game Monday at Kingsport."It was a ...
Bearden jewelry store burglarized
KNOXVILLE - Police this morning are investigating the break-in of the Kimball's Jewelers store in Bearden in which an undisclosed amount of items was taken.Police responded to the burglary call at 8:47 p.m. Tuesday, according to Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk.Officers found a side window to the building at 6464 Kingston Pike had been broken. The burglar apparently used that ...
Hornets eager to pack their bags
At least one high school team in tonight's boys state sectionals might like this rallying cry: Road trip!Carter's had to hit the road for a Class AA state sectional last year, and it responded with a victory over Union County for a berth in the state tournament.The Hornets (22-10) face the same type task when they play at Sullivan East tonight in a state sectional with a state berth on the line ...
Winning at any speed for Bearden, 69-46
Fast or slow, it doesn't matter.Tuesday night proved the Bearden High School boys' basketball team can win at any tempo.Junior guard Ty Greene poured in 27 points and the Bulldogs dismantled visiting Central 69-46 in a Region 2-AAA semifinal game.Bearden (29-2) clinched its second consecutive sectional berth. The Bulldogs host either Lenoir City or West on Thursday.Bearden trudged through Oak ...
West takes another 'big step,' 66-59
LENOIR CITY - The 3-point shot by the Lenoir City High School boys' basketball team continuously served as its proverbial ticket back into the game against West Wednesday night.In the end, however, the free throw shooting and overall play of West proved too much to overcome, and the Rebels won, 66-59, to advance to the Region 2-AAA finals tonight against Bearden. West (20-10) also managed a pass ...
Sports Digest: March 5
College basketballRaby leads King to title gameBRISTOL - Beth Raby scored 21 points to lead King College to an 88-74 victory over Tennessee Temple University (11-15) in the semifinals of the NCCAA Division I Mid-East Region women's basketball tournament on Thursday. The second-seeded Lady Tornado (16-11) will play at top-seeded Bluefield (Va.) College on Saturday in Bluefield.Raby, a former ...