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UNIONVILLE — After trailing cross-county rival Community 7-6 by the end of the first quarter in the Duck River Valley Conference championship game, Cascade rallied and claimed a 30-19 win over the Viqueens. Community battled its way to the line and connected on 3 of 6 tries in the quarter to help cling to the one-point lead after the opening frame...

UNIONVILLE — For three quarters, the Cascade Middle Champions battled the Forrest Rockets in the DRVC Championship. After trailing 21-18 following three quarters of play, the Champs erupted for 21 points in the fourth quarter to knock off the Rockets and claim the conference tournament title with a 39-27 victory on Saturday afternoon...

All season long, Cascade has leaned on the efforts of Ellie Chumley on the offensive end of the floor to lead the Lady Champions. Chumley delivered yet again on Thursday night in Cascade’s semifinal showdown against Westwood, scoring a game-high 28 points en route to Cascade’s 42-29 win...

A strong showing in the early quarters proved to be enough for the Cascade Middle Champions in their semifinal clash against top seed MTCS on Thursday. The Champs built an 18-12 lead and strung together enough quality second-half possessions to knock off the Cougars 44-36...

After a close first half, Harris Middle School’s Golden Eaglettes fell 32-21 to visiting Coffee County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday night. After trailing 6-5 at the end of the first quarter and only 14-13 at halftime, the Eaglettes were outscored 18-8 in the second half...

The Harris Middle School Golden Eagles claimed a 39-16 win over Coffee County in a Central Tennessee Conference battle on Thursday night at home. The Eagles posted leads of 18-2 after the opening period, 21-9 at the intermission and 29-12 after three quarters...

A fourth quarter comeback fell a few points shy as Community Middle School’s Vikings ran out of time in a 46-39 loss to Middle Tennessee Christian School in the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament at Community Middle School. After trailing 16-7 at the end of the first quarter, 23-8 at halftime and 33-18 after three periods, the Vikings rallied in the fourth quarter and outscored their opponent 21-13 in the final stanza but it was too little too late...

Cascade Middle used a balance scoring attack and pressure defense to claim a 50-35 win over Westwood on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament hosted by Community Middle School. The victory put the Champions in the semifinals tonight at 8 against Middle Tennessee Christian School...

UNIONVILLE – The Cascade Middle Lady Champions overcame a slow start with a huge run and used a strong defensive effort to defeat the Fayetteville City Lady Tigers 27-16 in a quarterfinal matchup of the DRVC tournament Monday. Cascade, the top seed in the North division, scored the first four points of the game and appeared to be off to the races...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Middle Viqueens, the second seed in the North division, used a strong start to take an early lead, then rode their defense en route to a 31-22 win over the Huntland Lady Hornets in a quarterfinal game of the DRVC tournament Monday night...

The Community Middle Vikings, the fifth-seed in the North Division, used a strong defensive effort in the second half to defeat the Liberty Patriots 41-28 in a play-in game of the DRVC Boys’ Basketball Tournament Saturday afternoon. There was very little scoring in the opening quarter as the Vikings ended the period with a 6-5 lead...

The Community Vikings just couldn’t match Cascade on the offensive end of the court on Thursday night. While it was a close battle in the first half that left Cascade with just a 17-13 lead at the intermission, the Champs were able to put enough work in on the offensive end of the court in the second half to take the 39-27 win...

It was a low-scoring battle that saw Cascade Middle knock down enough free throws in the fourth quarter to fend off a pesky Community Viqueen squad, 36-26, on Thursday night. Cascade connected on 4 of 5 tries in the final frame to pull away for the 10-point victory over its cross-county rival...

Harris Middle School finished strong, but it wasn’t enough in a 41-38 loss to visiting White County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday night. After trailing 8-5 at the end of the first quarter, 22-13 at halftime and 32-17 after three periods, the Eagles outscored White County 21-9 in the fourth quarter but fell a little short...

After a close first half, Harris Middle School’s Eaglettes dropped a 29-12 decision to White County at home on Monday evening. Harris Middle led 4-2 at the close of the opening frame, trailed 10-6 at the intermission and was behind 18-10 going into the fourth quarter...

The Community Middle Viqueens showed no signs of struggle against visiting backyard rival Eagleville on Monday night. The Viqueens shut down the Lady Eagles’ offense and coasted to a 35-13 win. Community’s M.J. Simmons guided the Purple and Gold to an early 7-2 lead, accounting for five of the team’s points in the opening frame...

Finally, the Community Middle Vikings were able to shake off their tough luck streak and picked up a win over the visiting Eagleville Eagles. Community got a big leg up in the 33-28 win in the first quarter. The Vikings saw Stratton Lovvorn make good on six of the team’s 10 points, including a big 3-pointer...

NEWBERRY, Fl. — Local speedster Chase Prince recently won a national motocross title at the Thor Winter Olympics, held in Newberry, Florida. Prince’s win marks the first national title win of his young career. Prince won in the 85cc 12-13 limited class...

EAGLEVILLE — Even a scoreless fourth quarter wasn’t enough to derail the Cascade Middle Lady Champions on Thursday night at Eagleville. Cascade’s one-two punch of Lani Jones and Ellie Chumley was more than enough to give the Lady Champs a leg up in the opening frame...

EAGLEVILLE — The Cascade Middle Champions entered the fourth quarter at Eagleville on Thursday night with a five-point lead. Despite playing competitively through three frames, the Champions were held scoreless in the fourth and suffered a 40-37 defeat by the Eagles...

MURFREESBORO — The Community Middle Vikings stayed close with the MTCS Cougars for one half, but a dominant third quarter for the Cougars was the difference as the Vikings fell 56-31 in a DRVC game Thursday night. Maki Fleming had five first quarter points and Stratton Lovvorn had a trey for Community as MTCS took a 15-10 lead after one quarter...

MURFREESBORO — The Community Middle Viqueens fell behind after one quarter, but gradually fought back to take the lead and went on to defeat the MTCS Lady Cougars 32-28 in a DRVC game Thursday night. The Viqueens put themselves in a hole from the start as the Lady Cougars took a 10-4 lead after one quarter...

Cascade’s start against MTCS on Monday night wasn’t the cleanest or most efficient. Everything after the first quarter, however, went according to plan in Cascade’s 35-25 win over the Lady Cougars. Sarah Wishiowski was unstoppable for MTCS in the first frame...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Vikings led in the fourth quarter, but went cold down the stretch as the Forrest Rockets defeated the Vikings 34-27 in a DRVC game Monday night. Maki Fleming of the Vikings scored five points, but the Rockets took a 14-7 lead after one quarter...

It was a gut-wrenching way to drop a loss, though not for lack of effort. After leading the majority of regulation, the Cascade Middle Champions came up just short against visiting MTCS on Monday night, 51-50. It was a closely-contested battle throughout most of the game, with Cascade holding a slim lead through the first three quarters...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueens spotted the Forrest Lady Rockets a 17-0 lead, then fought back but could not climb to the top of the hill as the Viqueens fell 35-29 in a DRVC basketball matchup Monday night. It was a nightmarish first quarter as the Viqueens could not tally a single point. Meanwhile the Lady Rockets scored early and often and took a 15-0 lead to the second quarter...

The Cascade Lady Champions used a dominant first quarter to take a huge lead and never looked back as the Lady Champs defeated the Forrest Lady Rockets 44-15 in a DRVC basketball contest Monday night. The Lady Champs shared the wealth in the opening quarter as six different Cascade players scored. Meanwhile, the Cascade defense pitched a shutout as the Lady Champs took a 14-0 lead to the second quarter...

CHAPEL HILL – The Cascade Middle Champions led after one quarter, but had trouble finding the basket in the second and fourth quarters as the Forrest Rockets defeated the Champs 44-30 in a DRVC basketball game Monday night. Lucas Clanton scored five first quarter points as the Champions got off to a fast start and took a 9-4 lead to the second quarter...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Vikings outscored the Westwood Rockets in the second half, but a rough first half was too much to overcome as the Rockets defeated the Vikings 51-40 in a DRVC basketball matchup Monday night. Dallas Grooms scored the first five Viking points as Community got off to a quick 5-2 lead, but the Rockets went on a 13-2 run to take a 15-7 advantage. Both teams scored four points as Westwood ended the first quarter with a 19-11 lead...

Weston Coop has been a driving force for the Liberty Patriots as of late. But the Cascade Champions were able to corral Coop and limit him to 11 points, while penciling 11 players of their own into the scoring column in the Champions’ 66-38 blowout win over the Patriots on Monday evening...

It was total domination for the Cascade Middle Lady Champions on Monday night when they hosted visiting Liberty. The Lady Champions held the Lady Patriots scoreless in two quarters and cruised to the 38-10 win over their cross-county rival. Liberty simply had no answer for Cascade’s pressure, led by Lani Jones...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueens fell behind early and could never gain the lead as the Westwood Lady Rockets defeated the Viqueens 30-22 in a DRVC basketball matchup Monday night. The Viqueens could only manage two field goals as the Lady Rockets took a 9-4 lead after one quarter...

Harris Middle School’s Eaglettes fell 33-7 to visiting Franklin County North in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday evening. The Eaglettes trailed 5-0 after the first quarter, 19-0 at halftime and 23-4 going into the fourth stanza. Harris was led in scoring by sixth-grader Paige Blackburn with three points, all in the fourth quarter...

Harris Middle School dropped a 61-32 decision to Franklin County North in a Central Tennessee Conference contest on Monday night. North took an early lead and led 18-6 at the end of the opening period, 37-19 at the intermission and 52-12 after three periods...

Weston Coop did everything and then some to keep the Liberty Patriots in the game against Eagleville. He scored a game-high 31 points, but in the end, Liberty fell 59-54 to the Eagles. Liberty led 13-11 after the first quarter and clung to a slim 26-25 lead at the half...

FAYETTEVILLE — It took the Community Middle Viqueens until the final minutes, but in the end, the Purple and Gold was able to fend off Fayetteville in a low scoring affair, 25-22. Community led 8-4 by the end of the first frame, but saw the Lady Tigers rally and tie the game at 12 apiece by halftime...

HUNTLAND — It was by no means a scoring masterpiece, but the Cascade Middle Lady Champions managed enough production on the offensive end of the court to claim a 30-20 win on Thursday night at Huntland. Cascade asserted its dominance in the game in the first quarter, scoring nine points among five players...

HUNTLAND — A huge second quarter lifted the Cascade Middle Champions on Thursday night at Huntland. Cascade scored 19 points in the decisive second frame and coasted to a 47-33 win over the Hornets. After falling behind 12-9 in the first quarter, Cascade exploded in the huge second quarter, dispersing its offense among six different Champions...

FAYETTEVILLE — The Community Middle Vikings just didn’t have enough to hang with a talented Fayetteville Tiger team on Thursday night. The Tigers scored early and often in a 50-21 rout of the Vikings. Fayetteville penciled eight players in the scoring column and connected on five 3-pointers to help pull away...

A stellar effort by the Liberty Lady Patriots came up on the tough-luck end of a 30-28 decision against visiting Eagleville on Thursday night. Mezzie Dunn provided the heroics for Liberty. She dominated the paint and scored 19 points to lead all scorers in the game...

The Cascade Middle Lady Champions are finding ways to win close games. On Monday night, the Lady Champs were able to overcome a relentless Raiderette team in overtime and pull off their second-straight win over Moore County, 38-37. Following the first half, Cascade trailed 20-16 to its visitors, but was able to cut the Raiderette lead to one point after three quarters of play...

UNIONVILLE — The Liberty Patriots took a big lead after one quarter, and then held off a furious Community Middle Viking rally as the Patriots defeated the Vikings 58-47 in a DRVC basketball game Monday night. Weston Coop scored 33 points, including 10 free throws in the final two minutes to secure the win for the Patriots...

The Cascade Middle Champions had no problem building an early lead on visiting Moore County in the first half of Monday night’s meeting. Though it wasn’t the cleanest finish in the second half, Cascade held on for the 43-25 win over the Raiders. Defensively, Cascade was entirely disruptive on the defensive end of the floor, holding the Raiders scoreless from the floor until the 1:06 mark of the second quarter...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueens used the middle two quarters to open up a sizable lead and then held off a late Liberty Lady Patriot rally as the Viqueens defeated the Lady Patriots 36-26 in a DRVC basketball contest Monday night. It was a seesaw affair in the opening quarter as the lead changed hands six times...

LYNCHBURG — A prime time feature of two of the top teams in the DRVC saw the Cascade Lady Champions get a huge win at Moore County on Thursday night. After falling behind the Raiderettes in the first half, Cascade had just a little more gas in the tank and pulled away with a stellar second half for the 43-40 win...

LYNCHBURG — What started as a seesaw affair between the Cascade Middle Champions and the Moore County Raiders turned into a big win for the Champs after a stellar second half. Cascade banked 31 points in the second half and pulled away from the home team for a 56-40 win on Thursday night...

CHAPEL HILL — The Community Middle Vikings never could recover following a tough first quarter on Thursday night at Forrest. The Rockets posted an 11-2 lead at the end of the first period and coasted their way to a 44-21 win over the Vikings. Forrest built on its early lead, adding 12 more in the second frame, and closed out the game with 21 more points...