The Lenoir City High School boys basketball team finished fourth overall in the school's Christmas tournament after routing First Baptist Academy-Powell on Dec. 27 but falling to Upperman High School on Thursday and Chucky Doak High School in a thriller Friday.
On Friday, the Panthers led throughout but lost in the final 10 seconds.
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