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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

Basketball: Wildcats play in sectional game Monday

Posted at 5:24 pm March 8, 2021
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Oak Ridge won the District 3-AAA championship game 76-61 against Clinton at Wildcat Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Photo by Zack James/used with permission)

They won the District 3-AAA championship game against Clinton. They advanced to the Region 2 championship game by defeating West and Maryville in quarterfinal and semifinal games.

On Thursday, in the championship game, they finished second in the region, losing 55-52 to Bearden after narrowing a 15-point Bulldogs lead late in the third quarter to one point late in the fourth.

Tonight, Monday, March 8, the Oak Ridge Wildcats (26-5) will play for a chance to compete in the state basketball tournament. They will travel to Dobyns-Bennett (25-4) in Kingsport in upper East Tennessee for one of eight Class AAA sectional games across the state. The winners of the sectional games advance to the state tournament in Murfreesboro, and the season is over for the losers.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Aaron Green, basketball, Bearden, Class AAA sectional, Clinton, CoachT.com, David Clary, District 3 championship, District 3-AAA, Dobyns-Bennett, Jeremy Miller, Johnathan Stewart, Jonathan Milloway, Kell Slater, Maryville, Oak Ridge, Region 2, Region 2 championship, Region 2 quarterfinal, Stafford Shanklin, West, Wildcats

Basketball: Girls, boys play for district championships

Posted at 4:00 pm February 22, 2021
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The Oak Ridge boys and girls basketball teams will play for district championships on Monday and Tuesday. It’s the sixth consecutive trip to the district championship game for the girls and the ninth for the boys.

The Lady Wildcats (19-4) will play Powell (15-3) for the District 3-AAA girls championship at 7 p.m. Monday, February 22, in Wildcat Arena. The two teams also played for the district championship last year. Oak Ridge won that game 64-53.

Coached by Paige Taylor, Oak Ridge won district championships in each of the past five seasons, including two victories over Powell.

In the boys tournament, the Wildcats (23-4) will play Clinton (16-4) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, also in Wildcat Arena. The two teams also played for the district championship last year. Oak Ridge won that game 73-69.

The Wildcats have won the past two district championships. They are coached by Aaron Green, who recently achieved his 300th victory in 11 years.

The winners and losers of the district championship games this week will advance to the Region 2-AAA tournaments.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: Aaron Green, basketball, Clinton, District 3-AAA, district championship, Gracie Hearon, Hope Holt, Jeremy Miller, Jonathan Milloway, Kell Slater, Khamari Mitchell-Steen, Lady Wildcats, Oak Ridge, Paige Taylor, Powell, Semaj Clark, Stafford Shanklin, Wildcats

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