east tenn sports

I'm not sure about a shot clock. I'm an northeast tennessee fan and saw Stone Memorial hold the ball the last 2 minutes of the 3rd and entire fourth quarter (they began with a 5 point lead) against Elizabethton in the Sub-State. Elizabethton got a few steals and cut the lead to 1 halfway through the 4th and could have won but got tired chasing the ball. I don't think Stone made a field goal the last 10 minutes of the game and some people complained about it. However, I have seen Elizabethton run the spread and do the same thing successfully to other people when they get the lead so all is fair in love and basketball. Easily solved...just don't get behind a good team! No shot clock.

Austin-East by 13. It'll be close for a half.

I don't know about Ray Charles doing the same feat as Weems with Elizabethton. A couple of these girls went to the state their sophmore seasons but I think R. Baughman, V. Redd and C. Crapps were their leading scorers (all playing college basketball) so it's definitely not the same team...not even close! Also Eliz. lost their leading scorer 2 weeks before the District Tourn. and still came back to win the Regional Tourn. Eliz was also undefeated against the Big 9 and 13-1 in their conference... I'm sure Ray Charles would have been proud of that. Weems also had a lot of adversity dealing with his pre-mature son born during the season and I think you could find him scouting nearly every night he didn't have a game. I think Weems(30-7), Crumbley (Greeneville-also lost to Stone Memorial) and Birchfield (getting to the state)did a tremendous job and could all be candidates for COTY in east tenn..