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EXCITING PERSONAL NEWS
Today is my last day at the
@GreeneSun
, but don't worry the best coverage of local sports is not going anywhere. I am joining
@grsportstv
as the news director. I'll still be covering your games and telling your stories, and hopefully doing it even better.
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Congratulations to Greenville's Jakobi Gillespie on being named Class 3A's Mr. Basketball.
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Here are some photos of the Chuckey-Doak Special Olympics team's game with Unicoi today.
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For the second time Greeneville QB Cade Ballard is the Class 4A Mr. Football
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If you missed Jacques Gillespie-Taylor's walk off home run that sent Greeneville baseball to the state championship game this pretty much sums it up.
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South Greene football made history tonight becoming the first Greene County school to ever advance to the state quarterfinals. With a 23-21 win over Oneida the Rebels are one of eight 2A school still playing.
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No one played bigger than Greeneville's Jackson Tillery tonight. He had 9 steals and 6 rebounds, and then after Jackson South Side "didn't respect his range" he dropped in eight points to help the Devils repeat as state champions.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Jakobi Gillespie on being named a finalist for Mr. Basketball in Class 3A
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So Jakobi Gillespie did this tonight in Greeneville's 82-46 win over Cocke County.
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AA Championship: DEVILS WIN
FINAL: Greeneville 47, South Side 46
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Connor DeBusk made the biggest shot in Greeneville basketball history this afternoon, nailing a three-pointer that gave the Devils the lead with 12 seconds left.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Jakobi Gillespie on being named a finalist for Class AA Mr. Basketball.
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For the better of 50 years North Greene assistant Ted Haley has coached basketball. Next week he will be going to the state tournament for the first time.
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This might be the best in game high school dunk ever.
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For the first time ever a basketball gold ball is heading to Greeneville.
The Greene Devils beat Jackson South Side 47-46 to claim the Class AA State Championship.
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AA Boys: Greeneville will play for a state championship.
Final: Greeneville 47, Upperman 41
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The Huskies were in good spirits after the game, and are looking ahead. Leaving the post game press meeting while carrying Andy Stevens on his shoulders Zane Potter said "Andy you better get better, we have a baseball game on Monday."
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Greeneville football player Will Albright was presented with his All-American Bowl jersey this morning.
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Earlier today legendary Happy Valley coach Charlie Bayless passed away.
South Greene coach Stephen Gregg brought out a towel and a ping pong paddle tonight to honor the man that he credits for teaching him how to become a state champion.
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For those not able to watch North Greene's 43-40 Class A State Tournament win over No. 1 Gibson County, here is a photo break down of how it went.
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North Greene girls coach James Buchanan won his 400th career game with the Lady Huskies tonight.
This is what he told me after his 300th win. It's something I've always appreciated, and thought I should bring it up again tonight.
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Congratulations to South Greene's Luke Myers on being named a finalist for Class 2A's Mr. Football award.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Mason Gudger on being named a semifinalist for Class 4A's Mr. Football award.
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Greeneville's Trent Knight wins his third state wrestling championship. He never wrestled in the third period this weekend and spent just 6:16 on the mat. A regulation match lasts six minutes.
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I was going through the archives on Monday preparing the "Remember When" section for the week and ran across this photo.
Who would have thought 25 years ago this guy would lead the Devils to their first state title?
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A VB: THE LADY rebels are state champs!!!
South Greene beats Summertown 3-2
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Greeneville coach Jerry Graham now has won four consecutive state championships, winning three with the boys in 2017, 18 & 19 and now another in his first season as the girls head coach.
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With today's win in the District 1-A Tournament Lady Huskies' coach James Buchanan became North Greene's all-time wins leader.
Here is a comment from him two years ago when he won his 300th game.
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It appears Greeneville kicker CeJ Jones set the state single-season record for extra points tonight when he connected on his 100th.
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This picture was an accident, but I really like how it captured the emotions of a critical point in the game.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Ellie Beth Youngblood on signing to join the dance team at Wofford.
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For the third time in five years the Greeneville girls soccer team is bringing home a state championship trophy.
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This was about the moment everyone in the Murphy Center realized that it was going to be a long day for Jackson North Side.
Mr. Basketball JaKobi Gilllespie led Greeneville with 22 points, four rebounds and four steals in just 21 minutes.
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Greeneville sophomore Jakobi Gillespie went one-on-one with a Mr. Basketball finalist tonight and proved he was more than up to the task. He finished with 24 points, 3 assists and 0 turnovers in the state sectionals.
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For the 5th time in program history the North Greene Lady Huskies are going to the state tournament.
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Congratulations to North Greene's Zane Potter and Greeneville's Sydni Lollar on being named the Greeneville Sun's Best of Preps male and female athletes of the year.
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In a win over University High tonight North Greene boys coach Sam Tarlton earned his 100th career victory in just his fourth season as head coach.
The Huskies also locked up the No.1 seed in the District 1-A Tournament.
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Greeneville point guard Connor DeBusk pushed the tempo all night against a fast Bolivar team. He scored 8 points and had three assists, but most importantly he played 28 minutes with just one turnover against a team that takes pride in forcing mistakes.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Reid Satterfield on being named to the TSWA's Class 3A All-State Basketball Team.
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For those of you still awake congratulations to Greeneville's Sydni Lollar and South Greene's Taylor Lamb on being named to the TSWA's Class AA All-State Team.
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I just love the reactions from the student section in this
@BryanjCannonPho
photo as Ja'Kobi Gillespie goes up for the dunk of the night.
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There was a lot of celebrating on Rebel Hill tonight as the South Greene girls beat Gatlinburg-Pittman 65-60 to advance to the state tournament for the 30th time.
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Greeneville's Cade Ballard wins the Class 4a Mr. Football award.
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Class A Boys Final: North Greene 56, Richland 55
Huskies advance to the semifinals
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Here are a few more photos of Greeneville's Jenna Baines who won the 112 lb. state championship today.
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With 1.2 seconds left Greeneville sealed its 74-71 win over No.2 Morristown East with this jam from Jakobi Gillespie.
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The Greeneville girls soccer team is heading to the state tournament for the 5th consecutive year after a dominant 8-0 win over Gibbs this afternoon.
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Through 14 games Class 4A Mr. Football Cade Ballard is 153 of 188 passing for 2955 yards with 40 touchdowns and 1 interception. On the ground he has run 82 times for 681 yards and 16 more scores.
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It got pretty wild in the Murphy Center when Haleigh Bernard drained a three at the buzzer to keep North Greene's state championship hopes alive.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Ty Youngblood for being named The Greeneville Sun's Best Of Preps Male Athlete of the Year.
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Breaking: Greeneville High Athletics have shut down after multiple students tested positive for COVID-19. Will update as I can.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Mason Gudger on being named a finalist for Class 4A's Mr. Football award.
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Congratulations to South Greene's Braelyn Wykle for being named The Greeneville Sun's Best Of Preps Female Athlete of the Year.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Lauren Bailey, North Greene's Brooklyn Anderson and South Greene's Kiley Collins on being named to the Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic All-Tournament team.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Kodiak Cannedy on becoming the 18th four-time state champion in Tennessee wrestling history.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Kenly Wilhoit, Macy Vermillion and Delana DeBusk on being named to the TSWA's Class AA All-State Soccer Team, and to Marci Merrill of Chuckey-Doak for being named to the Class A All-State Team.
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West Greene's Faith Julian is a state champion. She won the Small School girls pole vault at the state track meet.
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Congratulations to North Greene's Andy Stevens on being named to the TSWA Class A Boys Basketball All-State Team.
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It's Still Gameday-
Greeneville will take on Bolivar Central today at 7 p.m. CT in the first round of the Class AA State Tournament.
I'll have updates throughout.
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Dorien Goddard caught four passes for 82 yards and a TD tonight. In the process he broke Greeneville's school record for career receptions and now has 111 catches.
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Reid Satterfield hit 8 threes and scored 42 points tonight against Fulton to lead Greeneville to the Class AA State Tournament. Jakobi Gillespie had 24 pts and Micah Banks 14. As a team Greeneville hit 15 three pointers.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Reid Satterfield on being named to the TSWA's Class AA All-State Team.
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FINAL: HALEIGH BERNARD!!!!!!!!
North Greene 43, Gibson County 40
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Pick up a copy of today's Greeneville Sun to read about, and see a lot of pictures of North Greene's wild state sectional win over Coalfield.
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The Greeneville soccer team beat Loudon 3-0 tonight to win the program's second consecutive state championship.
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Greeneville's only seniors, Ally Johnson and Mic Kriebel, will be making their fourth appearance at the state tournament next week. The trip comes after the Lady Devils graduated seven starters from last year's team.
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Chuckey-Doak's Chris Cutshaw gave an inspired performance tonight with 204 rushing yards and two touchdowns. He wanted to honor his fallen teammate, and give his the Knights something to smile about after an emotional week.
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Congratulations to Greeneville softball coach Jenna Restivo on earning her 100th career victory with the Lady Devils tonight.
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It's State Championship Day -
Greeneville will play in its first ever state championship game today.
The Devils will take on Jackson South Side at 2 pm CT/ 3 pm ET in Murfreesboro.
I'll have updates throughout.
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Here is a fun fact, the last time the North Greene boys won a region championship Huskies' coach Sam Tarlton had not been born.
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Congratulations to North Greene's Brooklyn Anderson on being named to the TSWA's Class A All-State Team.
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For the fourth time in six years the Greeneville soccer team is bringing home the state championship trophy.
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AA boys final: Greeneville 61, Bolivar 58
Devils advance to the state semifinals
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Congratulations to South Greene's Luke Myers on being named a semifinalist for Class 2A's Mr. Football.
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Freshman Jenna Baines earned a tough 9-7 win over Betsy Nations of Collierville to claim the 112 lb. Girls Wrestling state Championship.
It is Greeneville's first girls wrestling state title.
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Zane Potter hit 6 free throws in the final 5 seconds tonight to lift North Greene to a 79-75 win over Coalfield in the state sectionals. He finished with 18 points, Andy Stevens led the Huskies with 25 points and Turner Bailey had 16.
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Jason Britton dropped 36 points tonight
... On the road
... Down two starters
... Against a team that was 27-2
... In the biggest game of the season
Now his team is going to state
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The Greeneville soccer team defeated Sevier County 2-1 today to win its third consecutive state championship.
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For the second year in a row a gold ball is coming back to Greeneville.
The Greene Devils defeated Jackson South Side 77-48 to claim the Class 3A State Title.
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The South Greene volleyball program had played in the state championship game five times before, but today it finished on top for the first time.
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AA BSB Final: Greeneville 3, Smith County 0. This is Greeneville baseball's first ever win at the state tournament
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Here are some photos of the state champ.
West Greene's Faith Julian won the girls pole vault Small School State Track and Field Meet.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Ja'Kobi Gillespie on being named to the TSWA's Class 3A All-State Basketball Team.
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Congratulations to North Greene's Carson Whaley on being named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association's Class A All-State Team.
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With two state championship games tomorrow remember Greeneville soccer and baseball players, make things easy on your local newspaper photographer and celebrate like Caleb Norris.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Jakobi Gillespie on being named to the TSWA's Class 4A All-State Football Team
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For the fourth year in a row the Greeneville girls soccer team is going to the state tournament. The Lady Devils defeated Knoxville Catholic 2-1 in the Class AA State Sectionals
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Here are some photos of the Greeneville baseball team's celebration after beating Forrest 7-5 in the state semifinals.
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AA SOC Final: Greeneville 3, Loudon 0. Devils are back to back state champions
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AA Soc championship final: Greeneville 2, Sevier County 1
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SOUTH GREENE WILL PLAY FOR A STATE TITLE!
The Lady Rebels beat Loretto 3-0(25-22, 25-16, 25-20 )
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Greeneville's Trent Knight was named the Outstanding Wrestler at the Greeneville Invitational Tournament. He also won his weight class in the GIT for the 7th consecutive year.
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With a 15-0 tech fall Trent Knight wins the Class A/AA 182 lb. State Championship, and becomes Greeneville's first three time state champion.
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Congratulations to Greeneville's Jakobi Gillespie and Reid Satterfield on being named to the TSWA's Class AA All-State Basketball Team.
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Greeneville running back Jaevon Gillespie ran for 173 yards and 2 touchdowns tonight while crossing the 1,000 yard mark for the season.
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Reid Satterfield scored 21 points, hit 6 three-pointers and was named to the Class 3A All-Tournament team while earning a second state championship tonight.
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AA SOC Final: Greeneville 3, East Hamilton 1. The Lady Devils repeat as state champions.
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