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Lady Wildcats hold Central to 11 points, a record low

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The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats basketball team, pictured above during an earlier game, held Central to 11 points on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats held Central to 11 points on Tuesday in a 64-11 win, a new record for least points allowed.

The previous record for least points allowed was 14, which is what the 1999 team allowed Alcoa, broadcaster David Clary said.

At 10-0, the Lady Wildcats remain undefeated atop District 3-AAA, and they have an overall record of 16-3. Central is last in the district at 0-9 and 2-16 overall.

The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats swept Clinton and Central in the past week. [Read more…]

Lady Wildcats play for championship in Lenoir City tournament on Wednesday

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The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats basketball team will play for the championship in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats will play for the championship in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Wednesday.

The Lady Wildcats advanced to the championship with a 50-37 win over Lenoir City (7-7, 1-3 District 4-AAA) on Tuesday.

The tournament championship game starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 30, at Lenoir City High School. Oak Ridge (11-2, 5-0 District 3-AAA) will play Upperman of Baxter, Tennessee (14-2, 4-0 District 8-AA). [Read more…]

With win over Sequoyah, Lady Wildcats advance to semifinals in Lenoir City Christmas Tournament

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Oak Ridge sophomore post Mykia Dowdell (34) had 15 points for the Lady Wildcats during a first-round quarterfinal game in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

LENOIR CITY—The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats advanced to a semifinal game in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament with a 49-29 win over Sequoyah on Monday.

Sophomore Mykia Dowdell led Oak Ridge (10-2, 5-0 District 3-AAA) with 15 points. Senior Caelyn Thompson scored eight, and junior Courtney Ellison and freshman Jada Guinn each added six. Nine players scored for the Lady Wildcats, who got off to an 8-0 start in the first quarter and never trailed.

Madi Haymes scored 10 for Sequoyah, a 6-8 Class AA team from Madisonville, and Bailee Lane and Haley Isbell had six each.

Oak Ridge will play Lenoir City (7-6, 1-3 District 4-AAA) in a seminal game in Lenoir City at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 29. The winner of that game will play the winner of the Upperman-Stone Memorial game in a championship game at 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 30. [Read more…]

Lady Wildcats start play in Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Monday

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The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats basketball team will compete in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament starting Monday, December 28, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats basketball team will compete in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament starting Monday.

The tournament is scheduled from Monday, December 28, to Wednesday, December 30.

The Lady Wildcats (9-2, 5-0 District 3-AAA) will play their first game on at 4 p.m. Monday, taking on Sequoyah High School (6-6, 3-1 District 5-AA). [Read more…]

Oak Ridge plays Halls in district volleyball semifinals, championship game follows

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The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats will play Halls in the semifinals of the 2015 District 3-AAA Volleyball Tournament at Halls today.

The semifinal game starts at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 7. The championship game starts at 7 p.m.

Anderson County and Gibbs are playing in the other semifinal game at 5:30 p.m. today.

The Lady Wildcats beat Powell 3-0 in a quarterfinal game on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals.

Here is more information on the high school volleyball tournaments, courtesy of our news partner WYSH Radio in Clinton: [Read more…]

Allen scores first hat trick for Lady Wildcats in 6-1 win over Grace Christian

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Senior midfielder Alex Allen (12) had her first hat trick for the Lady Wildcats on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, scoring three goals for Oak Ridge in a 6-1 win over Grace Christian at home. Pictured behind Allen is senior Ellie Brown (8), who also scored Tuesday. In background is junior Allie Dunn (1), who scored the one goal for Grace Christian. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 9:30 a.m.

Senior midfielder Alex Allen had her first hat trick for the Lady Wildcats on Tuesday, scoring three goals for Oak Ridge in a 6-1 win over Grace Christian at home.

Also scoring for Oak Ridge were senior Ellie Brown, junior Carleigh White, and senior Katie Welsh.

Junior Allie Dunn scored the one goal for Grace Christian.

“I guess I just had a good game,” Allen said.

The undefeated Lady Wildcats will play a district game at Powell at 6 p.m. Thursday. [Read more…]

Lady Wildcats win tournament championship 2-0 at Science Hill

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The undefeated Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats won the championship soccer game 2-0 in the Science Hill Tournament in Johnson City on Saturday night. (Photo by Michael Welsh)

 

The undefeated Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats won the championship soccer game 2-0 in the Science Hill Tournament in Johnson City on Saturday night.

The Lady Wildcats beat Tates Creek High School of Lexington, Kentucky, in the final game, Oak Ridge Coach Jeff Trombly said. It was Oak Ridge’s third match of the tournament.

The score was 0-0 at halftime in the competitive championship game, Trombly said. The two teams were fairly even in terms of shots on goal, he said.

Trombly said freshman forward Kate Hausladen scored first for Oak Ridge at about the 65th minute on a cross behind the defense from junior right back Leah Scudder. [Read more…]

Lady Wildcats playing in championship game after 2-0 win over George Rogers Clark

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The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats will play in the championship game at the Science Hill Invitational tonight after a 2-0 win over George Rogers Clark High School on Saturday afternoon.

It was a very competitive soccer game, and the score was zero to zero at halftime, Oak Ridge Coach Jeff Trombly said.

He said freshman forward Kate Hausladen scored in the second half for the Lady Wildcats at about the 60th minute, giving Oak Ridge a 1-0 lead.

Senior forward Macy Barclay added the second goal for Oak Ridge at about the 75th minute, converting a penalty kick into a goal. [Read more…]

Lady Wildcats open soccer season with 6-0 blowout over AC

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The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats opened the regular soccer season with a 6-0 blowout over Anderson County at home on Tuesday.

With a few minutes remaining, Oak Ridge had 37 shots on goal, compared to one for the Lady Mavericks.

Oak Ridge Coach Jeff Trombly said the Lady Wildcats have more maturity and a few more older players than Anderson County.

“I think we’re going to be strong,” Trombly said after the district game. [Read more…]

Clinton boys advance, girls lose; Oak Ridge girls play tonight

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The Clinton boys’ basketball team advanced to the second round of the District 3-AAA tournament in a 67-58 first-round win over the Gibbs Eagles at Central High School in Knoxville on Wednesday.

J’Quan Thomas led three double-digit scorers for the seventh-seeded Dragons, who will take on third-seeded Halls at 7:30 tonight (Thursday, February 12). The winner of tonight’s tilt will move on to the district semifinals Saturday at 6 p.m. against Karns and earn a berth in next week’s region tournament, while the loser’s season will be finished, WYSH Radio reported.

In the first game on Wednesday night, Gibbs’ girls closed out the Karns Lady Beavers, blowing open a close game in the third quarter on their way to a 50-37 win and a second-round matchup with the Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats that will tip off at 6 p.m. Thursday at Central.

Meanwhile, the Clinton girls’ basketball season ended in a Tuesday loss to Campbell County at Central. [Read more…]

Wildcats’ historic 14-0 season start ends in loss to Tucker, Ga.

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This season’s historic 14-0 start for the Oak Ridge Wildcats boys’ basketball team ended in a 65-49 loss to the Tucker Tigers of Georgia at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational near Atlanta on Friday.

The Wildcats, who are now 14-1 overall and 6-0 in District 3-AAA, advanced after the Friday night game to play Stephenson, Georgia, at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, December 27).

Closer to home, the Lady Wildcats will play the Loudon Redskins at 3:30 p.m. today in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament. The Lady Wildcats are 4-9 overall and 1-2 in District 3-AAA.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Dowdell scores 27 as Lady Wildcats beat Halls 82-41

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Freshman post Mykia Dowdell (34) had 27 points for the Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats in a 82-41 win over the Halls Red Devils on Friday night. (Photos by Luther Simmons)

 

Freshman post Mykia Dowdell scored 27 points for Oak Ridge as the Lady Wildcats opened up a large lead in the second half of a 82-41 win over the Halls Lady Red Devils on Friday night.

The game was closer at halftime, when the Lady Wildcats were up 30-24. Dowdell led all scorers then with 11 points.

But Oak Ridge’s rebounding and defense improved in the second half, and the teamwork was better, Oak Ridge coach David Scott said. The Lady Wildcats scored 52 points in the second half alone.

Other leading scorers on Friday were Caelyn Thompson with 14 points, Princess Bates with 12, Courtney Ellison with 10, Jas Hembry with nine, and Destiny Kassner with seven. [Read more…]