It was a clean sweep for the teams from Knoxville over the teams from Chattanooga in Friday's semifinals in the first Division II-A East Region high school basketball tournament. Not even the District 2 champions, Chattanooga Christian's boys and Notre Dame's girls, could do anything with the District 1 runners-up.
Red Bank's boys may have come into Thursday's District 6-AA high school basketball tournament elimination game as the road team, as well as the No. 6 seed going against the No. 3 seed.
Notre Dame's boys' and girls' basketball teams will be advancing to the TSSAA state basketball tournament after victories at home Tuesday night.
East Hamilton's girls were in position to be the No. 2-seeded team in the District 5-AAA high school basketball tournament most of the regular season, but a late-season loss to Cleveland meant the Lady Hurricanes had to win their last two games to get it. They took care of the first part Friday by beating neighborhood rival Ooltewah.
Brainerd's boys won two championships in their home gymnasium Friday night. One was real. One was concocted.
Cleveland's boys already had wrapped up the District 5-AAA high school basketball regular-season championship and the accompanying No. 1 seeding for the district tournament before playing Thursday at East Hamilton. But no one could tell.
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Baylor's boys came up a little short Friday night in their TSSAA Division II-AA East/Middle Region basketball game at Baylor. Like front-of-the-rim short.
Notre Dame's girls had a chance a week ago to pretty much stake their claim to the Division II-A East District 2 high school basketball regular-season championship, yet Silverdale Baptist Academy had other ideas and protected its home court.
The boys' high school basketball seasons at Brainerd and Austin-East have been suspended by the TSSAA.
