CROSSVILLE —
The Cumberland County High School basketball teams will carry momentum from their after Christmas adventures to Middle Tennessee into their District 6AAA home opener Friday against Cookeville. The Cavaliers are 16-3, and the Lady Cavaliers are 10-7 after holiday tournament action.
Coach Radhika Miller's Lady Jets finished the Stewart County Christmas Tournament with a 2-1 record, including a 52-46 overtime loss to South Fulton last Friday and a 51-36 victory over Clarksville last Saturday afternoon, to improve to 5-11 on the season.
Coach Will Foster's Jets finished second in the Macon County Nera White Tournament after a 58-49 victory over Lancaster Christian last Friday night and a 67-32 loss to Obion County in the championship game last Saturday to improve their record to 9-9.
CCHS 51, Clarksville 36: In the Lady Jets' win over Clarksville Saturday, CCHS led 22-21 at the break and 33-32 after three quarters, but used an 18-4 fourth quarter to take the victory.
Leading the way for the Lady Jets were Sloane VanWinkle (16 points), Gina Dick (10 points), Rebekah Teeple (10 points), Alli Hyder (five points), Makenzie Iles (five points) and Kassidy Sommer (five points). Sloane VanWinkle had three three-pointers.
South Fulton 52, CCHS 46: The Lady Jets led 26-14 at the break, but South Fulton outscored CCHS 26-14 in the second half tie the games at 40-40 at the end of regulation. The Red Devils outscored CCHS 12-6 in the extra period for the win.
Leading the way for the Lady Jets were Makenzie Iles with 12 points, including three treys, followed by Sloane VanWinkle (seven points with one trey), Rebekah Teeple (eight points), Gina Dick (two points), Kassidy Sommer (five points), Alli Hyder (eight points with one trey), Courtney Smith (two points) and Kelzie Eldridge (two points).
Macon County Nera White Tournament
CCHS 58, Lancaster Christian 49: The Jets trailed 20-14 after one quarter, but outscored Lancaster Christian in the second quarter 18-8 for a 32-28 lead at the break.
A 26-21 second half gave the Jets the victory.
Leading scorers for the Jets were Tayler Houston (15), J.J. Miller (12), Logan Parsons (12 points), Diego Poore (eight points), Cameron O'Rourke (six points), Cade Smith (three points) and Ty Tabor (two points).
Houston and Miller had two three-pointers each, while Parsons and Smith had one apiece.
Obion County 67, CCHS 32: No details were available.
Tayler Houston and Logan Parsons were named to the All-Tournament team.
Area Sports
CCHS hosts Cookeville Friday
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Junior golf tourneys planned in Crossville
Coach Randy Herring will be conducting a series of junior golf tournaments in Crossville this summer.
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Crossville Raceway hosting Legends Shootout May 24-25
Rain washed out the program at Crossville Raceway May 19, but the track will be hosting the Crossville Legends Shootout May 24-25.
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Harris wins Region 2A/AA singles tennis gold medal
Stone Memorial sophomore Ali Harris won the Region 2A/AA tennis singles championship Tuesday at Pigeon Forge High School to earn her a second-straight berth in next week's state meet in Murfreesboro at MTSU.
Harris defeated Chesnie Nichols of Carter High School in the first round of the tournament in straight sets 6-0, 6-0, according to SMHS coach Ray Hawn. -
Hospice of Cumberland County real winner in 22nd annual tournament
The 22nd Hospice Benefit Golf Tournament was played May 8 at Lake Tansi Golf Course. The golfers gathered at the Lake Tansi pavilion for a delicious lunch from Big Boy’s Barbeque. The full field of 33 teams took to the course with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
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CCHS runners qualify for state meet
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Record field enjoys nice weather in Senior Open
What a difference a year makes for the Tennessee State Senior Men's Open at Stonehenge Golf Club. Last year, rain washed out the tournament after 18 holes making co-champions out of Harry Taylor and Danny Green, but a record 143 players for this event were greeted with sunny, breezy skies and some early morning frost Monday for the opening round of the tournament.
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Cumberland County stroke play championship tees off June 29-30
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Lady Panther softball team ends season
The Stone Memorial Lady Panther softball team finished second in the District 4AA Tournament last week at Alcoa and ended the season Monday night, losing to Knox Gibbs 15-0 in the Region 2AA Tournament.
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Three earn Bo Patton CRYSA Scholarships
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