The first two times Grace Academy traveled to Murfreesboro for the Class A boys’ state basketball tournament, the Golden Eagles brought home a silver ball.
At the beginning of its first full season playing home matches at the Greater Cleveland Soccer Complex, the Cleveland High School boys’ team decided to share its new facility with seven others.
The last time Brandon Andrews came to Clay County High School, he was a Tennessee Temple freshman who could only watch from the bench as the Crusaders ended their season in the Class A state basketball sectionals.
CELINA, Tenn. — The Tennessee Temple Academy boys’ basketball team advanced to the Class A state tournament for the seventh time in eight seasons with a 64-50 victory over Clay County tonight.
Forty-one seconds into the second half of Thursday night’s Region 3-A basketball championship game, Grace Academy got the opportunity to practice what the Golden Eagles have been preaching.
After Arts & Sciences won its first Region 3-A girls’ basketball championship last season, coach Clay Martin surprised his players with a dousing from the team’s water cooler.
Heading into the locker room Tuesday night, Tennessee Temple knew if something didn’t change for the second half, it might be the Crusaders’ last time to make that trip.