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LYNCHBURG — After a disappointing loss on Tuesday night, the Cascade Lady Champions responded with a big 5-0 win at Moore County on Thursday evening. Just about everything went the Lady Champs’ way on Thursday evening. Cascade belted out 10 hits, with the biggest crack of the bat coming on a triple from catcher Cenzie McAnally...

COLUMBIA — A night after seeing the offense come alive in their 2019 debut, the Cascade Lady Champions (1-1) found themselves on the tough side of a 7-0 loss at Columbia Academy. Offense was few and far between for Cascade as the Lady Champions were able to muster up just two hits, coming from leadoff batter Kailey Snell and Brooke Sudduth...

CHAPEL HILL — The Cascade Champions got their season started off on the right foot Tuesday afternoon, beating the Forrest Rockets 4-0. It was an even mix of offense by the Champs with four different players recording scores in the win. Cascade struck early, scoring off the toe of Garrett Rucker in the 10th minute off an assist by Seth Countess to take a 1-0 lead...

After a week of rainouts last week, the Cascade Lady Champions finally hit the field. Though a week’s delay may slow certain teams’ offense, Cascade belted out a whopping 14 hits in a 13-2 rout of Eagleville on Monday evening. Cascade scored the game’s first run in the bottom of the first frame when Brooke Sudduth ground into a RBI fielder’s choice, scoring Bailey Ledbetter from third...

After dropping three games to start the season last week, the Cascade Champions started the week off on a high note in their 2019 home opener, beating Huntland 7-4 on Monday evening. Champion starter Connor Marlin gave Cascade four quality innings, allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out four...

NASHVILLE — A stellar effort came up just short in overtime for the Cascade Champions in Sunday afternoon's Region 4-A semifinal matchup at LEAD Academy. The Champs did everything they could and then some but came out on the short end of a 79-74 loss that ended the season...

NASHVILLE — After splitting the two previous meetings this season, it seems only fitting the Cascade Lady Champions and Eagleville Lady Eagles would meet in an elimination round of the Region 4-A tournament. While Cascade got just the start it wanted, a sluggish third quarter ultimately was its undoing in a 52-42 loss on Monday evening...

NASHVILLE — After settling for third in the District 8-A tournament last week, the Cascade Lady Champions got just the start they wanted in the Region 4-A tournament on Friday night. Led by a stellar effort by senior Keeley Sutton, Cascade (24-5) imposed its will on an out-matched RePublic and coasted to a 67-31 victory to keep its season alive...

CORNERSVILLE — While Cascade struggled in one of the toughest games of the season in the District 8-A semifinals on Wednesday, the Lady Champions rebounded with a 56-45 win over Huntland in the district consolation game on Friday night. The game was a tale of two halves, with the first half being a highly competitive, back and forth affair...

CORNERSVILLE — Saying offense was a struggle for the Cascade Champions in Thursday night’s District 8-A semifinal game against Fayetteville could be a bit of an understatement. Seemingly nothing went right for the Champs in the first half and Cascade suffered a 54-25 loss at the hands of the Tigers...

CORNERSVILLE — Some nights you have it, some nights you don’t. After suffering what could have been the roughest start to a game this season, the Cascade Lady Champions saw their aspirations of a District 8-A tournament title slip away with a 51-43 loss to Moore County in the tournament semifinals...

CORNERSVILLE — Playing on the road is never an easy task. In Tuesday night’s District 8-A tournament opener, Cascade Champion coach Mike Edmondson wanted his team to get a hot start having to play the tournament hosts on their home court. His team did just that and coasted off a monster first half to a 55-38 blowout victory to not only advance to the district semifinals, but also the upcoming Region 4-A tournament as well...

EAGLEVILLE — Cascade had three qualifiers from the Region 3 A/AA tournament qualify for the upcoming state competition. Sanders Lovvorn took third place in the region tournament at the 182 pound weight class, defeating Nolensville’s Nathan Montpool by pin at the 2:49 mark of the consolation match...

Amidst the excitement of Senior Night and the final regular season game at Cascade Gymnasium, the Cascade Lady Champions opened up a big lead in the final quarter and went on to defeat the Santa Fe Lady Wildcats 49-40 Thursday night. Cascade (22-4) used the hot shooting of Keeley Sutton to open up a lead in the opening quarter. Sutton had eight points, including two treys as the Lady Champions took a 14-4 advantage to the second quarter...

The Cascade Champions used a strong defensive effort to set up opportunities on the offensive end as the Champions defeated the Santa Fe Wildcats 65-42 in the regular season finale at Cascade Gymnasium Thursday night. Cascade (15-11) took a 13-12 lead at the end of the first quarter with the help of two treys from Jaden Russell, but the quarter was highlighted by the return of senior Landon Parker to the starting lineup. ...

Mike Edmondson couldn’t have been happier with his team’s effort and intensity on Tuesday night. For the second-straight game, his Cascade Champions faced a top 10 ranked opponent in the Class A state poll. While Friday night ended in a loss against No. 1 Eagleville, Tuesday night proved a bit more fruitful for the Champs with a 56-52 win against the No. 6 ranked Fayetteville City Tigers...

Entering in the 2018-2019 season, the Cascade Lady Champion had the goal of finishing as regular season District 8-A champs and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming postseason tournament. Following Friday night’s win over Eagleville, the only thing that stood in Cascade’s way was a win in the regular season district finale over Fayetteville City...

Cascade is entering uncharted territory. On Friday night, the Lady Champions locked up sole possession of first place in the District 8-A standings, surviving an all-out war against the visiting Eagleville Lady Eagles. Cascade (20-4, 8-1) withstood late-game foul trouble and defeated the Lady Eagles, 50-40...

You don’t get to be the No. 1 ranked team in the state without being able to back it up. The Cascade Champions (14-11, 7-3) found that out the hard way in a 77-61 loss to No. 1 ranked Eagleville on Friday night. For much of the first half, the Eagles (21-3, 8-1) were able to exert their will on the offensive end of the court...

sports@t-g.com As the regular season draws to a close for area high school basketball teams, every game gains added significance for postseason seeding. On Friday night, the Cascade High School basketball teams will each face a unique opportunity that could shape how the postseason seeding takes place in both District 8-A tournaments...

HUNTLAND — The Cascade Lady Champions cleared a major hurdle in reaching their goal of locking up the No. 1 seed in the upcoming District 8-A tournament with Monday’s 53-41 win at Huntland. Cascade (19-4, 7-1) came ready to play and burst out of the gates with a 20-point first-quarter effort spearheaded by senior Keeley Sutton...

HUNTLAND — Steele Carter and Jaden Russell each scored 18 points and the Cascade Champions (13-10, 6-2) coasted past the Huntland Hornets on Monday night by score of 63-50. The one-two punch of Russell and Carter was more than the Hornets could counter...

Good teams find ways to win. After perhaps the most challenging quarter of basketball this season, Cascade saw a 27-20 halftime lead devolve into a near seven-minute scoring drought through the third quarter. Even with the lack of offensive production, Cascade (18-4, 6-1) did just enough and coupled with a key defensive stand, rallied back for the 47-38 win over the Moore County Raiderettes (7-17, 3-4) on Friday night...

During their first meeting this year, Cascade relied on a last-second layup by Brandon Heath to deliver a 56-54 win at Moore County. On Friday night, Cascade (12-10, 5-2) relied on a much more balanced attack and coasted to the end of the game with a comfortable 58-47 win...

LEWISBURG – In a contest of two teams tied for first place in the district standings, the Community Viqueens could not overcome a cold offensive fourth quarter as the Marshall County Tigerettes defeated the Viqueens 33-29 in a District 12-AA game Friday night...

Cascade struggled through two District 8-A losses last week against Eagleville and Fayetteville. On Tuesday, the Champions (11-10, 4-2) utilized a 16-0 run to close the second quarter and blasted the Cornersville Bulldogs, 59-40. Cornersville put Cascade in an early hole and led by as many as seven points by the end of the first quarter...

During the first meeting at Cornersville earlier this month, Cascade coach Rece Chumley felt his team struggled at times on the defensive end of the floor. Before Tuesday night’s rematch against the Lady Bulldogs (9-12, 1-5), he challenged his Lady Champions to not only put forth a stronger effort on the defensive end, but to in turn convert those stops into points...

FAYETTEVILLE — After a disappointing loss on Tuesday night at Eagleville, the Cascade Lady Champions got just the rebound they needed by doubling up Fayetteville in a 58-29 victory. Cascade jumped out to an early lead and was able to work the reserves in for the majority of the second half...

FAYETTEVILLE — Fayetteville has built an impressive record of high-scoring wins in the 2018-2019 campaign. For much of Friday night’s district meeting against Cascade, that high-flying offense was nowhere to be found. Though the Tigers (18-3, 5-0) eventually scratched out a 54-33 win over the Champions, Cascade kept the game close for the majority of regulation...

EAGLEVILLE — A closely-contested first half got away from Cascade down the stretch and the Eagleville Lady Eagles handed the Lady Champions the first District 8-A loss of the season on Monday night. Eagleville scored 19 points in the fourth quarter and beat Cascde 58-44...

EAGLEVILLE — The Cascade Champions took their first District 8-A loss of the season on Tuesday night in an 81-60 defeat at Eagleville. An efficient Eagle offense placed four players in double figures and Cascade was simply unable to match the output on the offensive end of the floor...

Jaden Russell sparked a monster second quarter for Cascade on Friday night and led all scorers in the Champs’ 78-46 romp over the visiting Huntland Hornets. Russell wasn’t the only Champion to play well on Friday night. Cascade (10-8, 3-0) was able to work the entire roster into the game and saw production from 12 players in the scoring column...

While it wasn’t the start they wanted, the Cascade Lady Champions laid the thunder to the visiting Huntland Lady Hornets with a statement, 49-24 victory to take sole control of the District 8-A standings. Though it eventually turned into a one-sided affair, Cascade (15-3, 3-0) had anything but the start head coach Rece Chumley could have wanted from his squad...

LYNCHBURG — A monster fourth quarter push was enough for the Cascade Lady Champions to knock off Moore County and score their second district win of the season on Tuesday night, defeating the Raiderettes 54-39. For the majority of the first half, the Raiderettes (3-13, 1-1) held control of the lead...

LYNCHBURG — Brayden Cashion unleashed a barrage of 3-pointers to lead Moore County to the tune of 20 points on Tuesday night against Cascade. But Cascade was able to withstand an 18-point push by the Raiders (3-15, 0-2) and escaped Lynchburg with a 56-54 District 8-A victory...

CORNERSVILLE — Offense was a struggle at time for both Cascade and Cornersville in Friday night’s District 8-A opener. Despite falling behind in the first half, the Cascade Champions rallied past the Bulldogs (6-5, 0-1) with an 18-point third quarter and held off a late surge for a 40-36 win...

On Thursday, we began our list of top local headlines from the 2018 calendar year by listing stories 10-6. That list concludes with the top five local sport stories from 2018. The Cascade Champion High School basketball team had arguably one of the roughest starts in recent memory to the 2017-2018 season...

With the turn of the new year, the staff of the sports department at the Times-Gazette took a look back at some of the top headlines from 2018 and compiled the top 10 stories. The list will conclude with the top five stories in the Friday edition of the Times-Gazette...

SUMMERTOWN — A sluggish second quarter proved to be Cascade’s ultimate undoing against Columbia Central (7-6) in the Summertown Christmas Classic. The Lions rode the 22-point second quarter effort to an eventual 61-53 win over the Champions. Cascade (7-8) essentially played the Lions evenly throughout the other three quarters, but just couldn’t get over the deficit from the second...

The Cascade Champions (7-7) were at their best on Friday night when they played through Steele Carter in the low post. Though the shooting from the perimeter was anything but consistent, Carter pitched in a team-high 18 points and led Cascade to a 66-59 win over visiting Van Buren County...

Keeley Sutton had 12 points and was the only player to reach double figures as she guided the Cascade Lady Champions a 39-29 non-district win over visiting Van Buren County (8-5) on Friday night. Cascade (12-2) utilized an aggressive defense throughout the contest, forcing the Eaglettes to continuously turn the ball over...