MURFREESBORO — A long-range shot from Haywood’s Jaybyon Snipe started the end for Unicoi County, and Tylon Chatman’s emphatic windmill dunk ended it.
The top-ranked Tomcats fought off a determined Blue Devils squad 63-43 in Tuesday’s BlueCross Championships Class 3A state quarterfinal at MTSU’s Murphy Center.
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