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Basketball photos from state quarterfinal game

Posted at 12:28 pm March 19, 2021
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Oak Ridge advanced to a state semifinal basketball game on Friday, March 19, 2021, with a 68-57 win over Siegel in a Class AAA quarterfinal game in Murfreesboro on Thursday. Pictured above shooting a jump shot is Oak Ridge senior Jeremy Miller (23). (Photo by Zack James)

Oak Ridge advanced to a state semifinal basketball game on Friday with a 68-57 win over Siegel in a Class AAA quarterfinal game on Thursday.

Here are photos of Thursday’s game by Zack James.

The Wildcats (28-5) will play Houston (19-3) of Germantown, east of Memphis, at 8:30 p.m. Central time Friday in a semifinal game in the BlueCross Basketball Championships at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Aaron Green, basketball, Class AAA quarterfinal, Houston, Jeremy Miller, Johnathan Stewart, Jonathan Milloway, Kell Slater, Oak Ridge, Siegel, Stafford Shanklin, Wildcats, Zack James

Wildcats advance to state semifinal with win over Siegel

Posted at 10:27 pm March 18, 2021
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Oak Ridge advanced to a state semifinal basketball game on Friday, March 19, 2021, with a 68-57 win over Siegel in a Class AAA quarterfinal game in Murfreesboro on Thursday. Pictured above shooting a free throw is Oak Ridge senior Jonathan Milloway (21). (Photo by Zack James)

Note: This story was last updated at 12 p.m. March 19.

Oak Ridge advanced to a state semifinal basketball game on Friday with a 68-57 win over Siegel in a Class AAA quarterfinal game on Thursday.

The Wildcats (28-5) will play Houston (21-3) of Germantown, east of Memphis, at 8:30 p.m. Central time Friday. The BlueCross Basketball Championships are in Murphy Center at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Aaron Green, BlueCross Basketball Championships, Class AAA quarterfinal, Dyron Birdwell, Houston, Jeremy Miller, Johnathan Stewart, Jonathan Milloway, Oak Ridge, Siegel, Stafford Shanklin, Wildcats

Wildcats to play in state basketball tournament

Posted at 2:16 pm March 13, 2021
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Oak Ridge senior Jeremy Miller (23) is pictured above dribbling the basketball during a 65-61 win over Dobyns-Bennett in Kingsport on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Photo by Zack James)

The Oak Ridge Wildcats will play Siegel in the first round of the Class AAA state high school basketball championship on Thursday.

Oak Ridge (27-5) and Siegel (27-4) are two of eight Class AAA boys teams in the BlueCross State Championships in Murphy Center at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

The Wildcats and the Stars, a Murfreesboro team, are scheduled to play at 7 p.m. Thursday (Central time). You can see the tournament bracket here.

Oak Ridge, which had finished second in Region 2, advanced to the state tournament by beating Dobyns-Bennett, which had finished first in Region 1, 65-61 in a Class AAA sectional game in Kingsport on Monday, March 8.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Bearden, BlueCross State Championships, Class AAA, Dobyns-Bennett, Indians, Jeremy Miller, Kell Slater, Lucas Searcy, Oak Ridge, sectional, Siegel, Stars, state basketball championship, state high school basketball championship, state tournament, Wildcats

Oak Ridge boys finish ninth in state 4×800 meter relay

Posted at 3:45 pm May 27, 2017
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Oak Ridge senior Jake Etheridge raced in the 1,600 meter run and was part of the 4x800 meter relay team at the 2017 TSSAA Boys' State Track Championships at MTSU in Murfreesboro on Friday, May 26, 2017. (Photo by Kindell Moore)

Oak Ridge senior Jake Etheridge finished 12th in the 1,600 meter run and was part of the 4×800 meter relay team that finished ninth at the 2017 TSSAA Boys’ State Track Championships at MTSU in Murfreesboro on Friday, May 26, 2017. (Photo by Kindell Moore)

 

MURFREESBORO—The Oak Ridge boys 4×800 meter relay team finished ninth in the state track meet in Murfreesboro on Friday.

The boys 4×800 meter relay team includes senior Jake Etheridge and juniors Reid Dukes, Will Jeter, and Jose Villegas. They finished ninth in a field of 16 teams with a time of 8:14.63. Houston finished first with a time of 7:58.51. Blackman (8:03.53) and Daniel Boone (8:06.03) had the other top three finishes.

Hardin Valley Academy was sixth in the 4×800 meter relay with a time of 8:11.29, while Farragut finished 12th at 8:33.98.

The 2017 TSSAA Boys’ Track State Championships were at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on Friday.

Etheridge also raced in the boys 1,600 meter run, where he finished 12th with a time of 4:39.27. He finished just ahead of senior Brennan Humphreys of Hardin Valley, who crossed the finish line at 4:41.91. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: 2017 TSSAA Boys’ Track State Championships, Abbey Greenhalgh, Alex Crigger, Allen Etheridge, Blackman, boys 100-meter dash, boys 1600 meter run, boys 4x800-meter relay, Brennan Humphreys, Conner Hawkins, Cookeville, Daniel Boone, Donovan Whitmore, Ed Wright, Farragut, Hardin Valley Academy, Houston, Jake Etheridge, John Elrod, Jordan Graham, Jose Villegas, Memphis Central, Michael Scruggs, Middle Tennessee State University, Oak Ridge, Rashad Haynes, Reid Dukes, Riverdale, Science Hill, Siegel, state track meet, Will Jeter, Wilson Central

Wildcats win Tabernacle Baptist Thanksgiving championship in Bahamas

Posted at 10:38 am November 29, 2015
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The Oak Ridge Wildcats, pictured above with their coaches, won the Tabernacle Baptist Thanksgiving championship game in the Bahamas on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, beating the home team, St. Georges Jaguars, 69-54. (Photo courtesy Paige Green)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 11:05 a.m.

During their second trip to the Bahamas, the Oak Ridge Wildcats won the Tabernacle Baptist Thanksgiving Tournament championship game on Saturday, beating the home team, St. Georges Jaguars, 69-54.

It was the first championship for the Wildcats in the tournament. The boys basketball team also played in the Tabernacle Christian Academy Invitational Tournament in 2013, when they finished 3-2, said broadcaster David Clary of Prepradio.com.

This year, the Wildcats finished 5-0 in the Bahamas.

Junior Tee Higgins was named the most valuable player of the tournament. Higgins drilled four three-pointers and finished with 25 points, according to Grandbahamasports.com. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: championship, Cherokee, Darel Middleton, David Clary, Javien Johnson, Jefferson County, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Wildcats, Siegel, St. Georges Jaguars, St. Rita's High School, Tabernacle Baptist Thanksgiving Tournament, Tabernacle Christian Academy Invitational Tournament, Tajion Jones, Tee Higgins, Wildcats

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