Cascade Athletics

CORNERSVILLE — The Cascade Lady Champions picked up their first District 8-A win of the season on Tuesday night, beating Cornersville on the road, 41-26. Lani Jones led the Lady Champs with 13 points, while Kylie Calvert added 10 more points for the winners...

CORNERSVILLE — Anytime a team can end a skid, it’s a positive for a program to build on. Cascade did just that on Tuesday evening, beating Cornersville 54-49 to end an 11 game skid and also pick up its first District 8-A win of the season. During the recent skid, Cascade struggled to provide consistency on the offensive end of the court...

sports@t-g.com On Friday night, the Cascade Champions looked good on the offensive floor at times, and not so great at others. That inconsistency ultimately proved the difference in a 51-65 loss to Fayetteville in the District 8-A opener. “Right now, we struggle in stretches offensively. That’s when teams, if they can make a couple of shots on us, increase leads,” Champion coach Kevin Weeks said...

The Cascade Lady Champions had their chances on Friday night against Fayetteville City. Not once, but twice the Lady Champions rallied from a double digit deficit and held a lead late in the fourth quarter. That lead didn’t hold, however, and Fayetteville was able to execute in the clutch to escape with a 68-64 win over the Lady Champions...

Having surrendered 29 points to Giles County in the first quarter on Tuesday night, the Cascade Lady Champions cut the Lady Bobcat lead to 11 points just before the half, but a scoring drought in the third frame prevented the Lady Champs from completing the rally and Giles County coasted to the 60-42 win...

Having fallen behind by double figures in the first quarter, the Cascade Champions rallied for a halftime lead—a lead the Champions couldn’t hold down the stretch. Giles County rallied for for 41 second-half points and defeated the Champs, 73-65. Even after Giles County recaptured the lead in the third quarter, Cascade pushed the Bobcats to the final buzzer...

Another year has come and gone and 2019 wasn’t short on any sports highlights. From state tournament runs to college signings, the local sports scene was busy throughout all of last year. Listed below are the top five local sports headlines from 2019:...

MURFREESBORO — The Cascade Lady Champions just couldn’t hold the momentum from a competitive first quarter on Monday night at MTCS. After hanging with a powerful Lady Cougar offense, Cascade ran out of gas in the remaining three quarters and fell, 67-23...

MURFREESBORO — After a breakneck offensive pace dominated the first quarter that left MTCS with a 22-21 lead over Cascade on Monday night, the following two middle quarters proved to be difficult for the Champions on the offensive end of the floor. In the second and third quarters, Cascade was held to just 10 points—five points in each quarter, and the Champs suffered a 56-42 loss...

FRANKLIN — A competitive second and third quarter brought the Cascade within one possession against the Page Patriots on Friday night at the start of the fourth quarter. The Champions were unable to sustain the momentum, however, and Page closed the game on a 16-7 run to hand the Champions a 61-49 defeat...

FRANKLIN — The Page Lady Patriots just had too much offensive firepower for the Cascade Lady Champions to overcome on Friday evening. Page scored early and often and cruised to a 69-12 rout of the Cascade Lady Champions. Page blasted out of the gates with 24 points in the first frame and tacked on 25 more in the second for a 49-8 halftime lead...

A rough first half on the offensive end of the floor was more than the Cascade Lady Champions could overcome in a 52-34 loss on Tuesday night against Central Magnet. Cascade fell behind 17-6 after the first quarter, but it was a two-point second quarter that left Cascade on the wrong end of a 25-8 deficit by halftime...

Trailing by as many as 15 points early in the third quarter against Central Magnet on Tuesday, Cascade rallied on a 27-8 run and tied the game at 50 with two minutes to go in the fourth. While Cascade’s second-half push tied the game, the Tigers connected on just enough free throws in the final minutes to dash the Champs’ hopes of a come-from-behind win and defeated Cascade 57-52...

With Friday night's 84-44 win over Cascade, the Community Vikings improved their hot-streak to start the season to 11-0—a record that could be one of the best, if not the best, in school history. “There have been some nice wins, but the biggest thing is how we're playing right now with us sharing the basketball and playing together as a team. And we still have room for improvement,” Viking coach Robbie Davis said...

UNIONVILLE — While the Community Viqueens eventually claimed a 53-37 win over cross-county rival Cascade (0-6), the Purple and Gold never truly felt comfortable with any lead until the final buzzer sounded. Community (6-5) utilized a strong defensive effort and capitalized off several turnovers to hold on for the 16-point win...

Two weeks ago, Cascade came up just short at Grundy County, falling 60-59 in a physical game that went to the wire. On Thursday, Cascade got its revenge in another physical bout that could have gotten away from the Champs in the fourth quarter. Instead, Cascade held its composure and held on for a 67-49 win over the Yellow Jackets...

While wins are still proving elusive, the Cascade Lady Champions continue to show improvements on both ends of the floor. Cascade (0-5) took another step forward on Thursday night, but couldn’t finish off the Grundy County Lady Yellow Jackets (4-0) in a 58-38 loss...

The Cascade Lady Champions (0-4) are searching for an identity. While the final score of Tuesday night’s 49-23 loss to the Forrest Lady Rockets may not look like it at first glance, Lady Champion coach Kelly Davis is seeing improvements, day-to-day and game-to-game...

When the Cascade Champions trailed the Forrest Rockets (1-7) by as many as eight points in the first half, coach Kevin Weeks had one simple answer that was the root cause of his team clawing back and taking a 72-62 win over the Forrest Rockets—defense...

The Community Vikings and Cascade Champions were even in the middle quarters, but the Vikings rode the first and last periods to a 69-43 victory in the debut of basketball at the new Cascade gymnasium. The Vikings started off hot in the paint to take the lead in the opening quarter...

The Community Viqueens and Cascade Lady Champions stayed on even terms for three quarters, but an explosive Viqueen fourth quarter was the difference as Community defeated the Lady Champions 56-36 in the inaugural basketball game at the new Cascade Gymnasium Tuesday night...

Kailey Snell has been a cornerstone of Cascade High School softball for three years. Now, before entering her senior season, Snell has officially signed her NCAA letter of intent to continue her softball career at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga...

COALMONT — The Cascade Champions fell just short of picking up their second win of the season on Friday at Grundy County, dropping a 60-59 decision to the Yellow Jackets. The game was played evenly from the opening tip-off until the final buzzer. Cascade led 16-12 at the end of the first quarter, but saw the Yellow Jackets rally for a 28-27 halftime lead...

COALMONT — Following Tuesday night's loss at Forrest, the Cascade Lady Champions played a much more inspired game on Friday night at Grundy County, despite dropping the contest, 59-34. Cascade's Carmen Ray and Ally Murdock combined to score all 12 of Cascade's first quarter points, keeping the Lady Champs within three points at the end of the first quarter...

CHAPEL HILL — A 30-point first half effort was enough for the Cascade Champions to claim their first win of the season on Tuesday night at Forrest. Despite a 43 point rally in the second and third quarter, Cascade was able to edge out the Rockets on their home floor by four points, for a final 54-50 opener victory...

CHAPEL HILL — It was a rough start to the season for the Cascade Lady Champions on Tuesday night at Forrest. The Lady Rockets jumped out to a big first half lead and never let off the throttle in a 52-21 blowout win over Cascade on Tuesday night. Forrest banked 19 points in the opening frame and tacked on 13 more in the second quarter for a 32-12 lead at the half...

A lot of hard work and an unmistakeable sense of family helped land Cascade senior Matthew Pilkington a shot at playing at the next level. Recently, Pilkington signed his letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Cleveland State. While the interest from the bigger divisions of college baseball didn’t initially crop up, Pilkington says going the junior college route has become a pipeline to an even higher level of play...

Three significant plays ultimately set Cascade a little too far behind to orchestrate a comeback in Friday night's regular season finale against Westmoreland. Westmoreland on the other hand had a huge offensive night, piling up 37 points, including four touchdown passes by quarterback Ryker Hodge and the Eagles were able to shut out the Champions and spoil senior night...

HENDERSONVILLE — Last season, the Cascade Lady Champions had the tough luck of playing their final two games of the season against the two teams who eventually played for the Class A state title. Fast forward a year and Cascade saw that exact same scenario play out as Cascade dropped the Region 3-A finals against state champion Signal Mountain and against Merrol Hyde in the Class A state sectional...

For the better part of the first half, the Cascade Champions gave the unbeaten Forrest Rockets all they could handle and sat poised to carry some momentum into the half. But a late first half turnover flipped all the momentum to the Rockets and Forrest rolled after piling on 27 second half points in a 37-0 rout of the Champions...

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN — It’s always a tough draw when a team draws the defending state champion on the schedule. It’s known throughout Class A that Signal Mountain has one of the most prestigious soccer programs in the state, evidenced by the state championship from a year ago...

There's been a blueprint for Cascade's success this season—play lock down defense and be opportunistic when scoring chances arise. The Lady Champs executed that schematic to a tee on Tuesday evening in the Region 3-A semifinals against the Chattanooga School of Arts and Sciences (CSAS) in a 4-0 victory...