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As the 2018-2019 basketball season was coming to an end, Kim Shibayama and Conswella Johnson were already making plans for the girls' basketball program at The Webb School. The standout high school and college basketball players, who garnered numerous honors and recognitions, wanted to continue building the program stressing commitment, dedication and hard work...

Webb’s Spoony Sizemore (12) fires a shot through the Viking defense in Webb’s 4-0 win over Community on Friday afternoon. (T-G Photo by Chris Siers)

MURFREESBORO — For the second-straight year, the Webb School’s Keon Johnson has won the Division II Class A Mr. Basketball award. The announcement came on Tuesday night at the Murphy Center on the campus of MTSU. “This is such an outstanding honor for all 30 of the young men and women recognized this evening at the Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards,” said Bernard Childress, Executive Director of the TSSAA...

Keon Johnson, a junior at The Webb School in Bell Buckle, has won the Division II Class A Mr. Basketball award. Johnson repeats as the winner after winning last season as well.

Foul trouble in Allen Arena is a headache the Webb School knows all too well. For the second-straight year, fouls plagued the Feet and Webb saw its season come to a close in a heartbreaking loss in the Division II Class A state semifinals. Webb (27-7) made a run late, but in the end, couldn’t come up with enough key stops and fell to Tipton-Rosemark, 67-62...

BELL BUCKLE — For the second-straight year, the Webb School is headed back to Lipscomb. On Saturday, the Feet knocked off Chattanooga Christian, 74-67, to advance to the Div. II Class A State Semifinals on Friday evening. At this stage of the game, all the teams are good...

Last season, the Webb School saw its remarkable postseason run come to a close in the Class A state semifinals at Lipscomb University in a 44-39 loss to eventual state champion, Grace Christian-Knoxville. Since then, Webb coach Jeff Mitchell says his team has been on a mission of unfinished business and the result has the Feet back in the state Class A quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon in front of a home crowd...

NASHVILLE — On Saturday night, the Webb School kept its stellar season rolling, blasting CPA, 63-46 in the Div. II Class A Region 2 finals. The win marked the second-straight region title for the Feet (26-6) and the second-straight over CPA. Last season, the Feet edged out a 58-55 win over the Lions to claim the region title...

NASHVILLE — With two of its top players in foul trouble late, the Webb School (25-6) had to battle through adversity in a physical contest in Friday night’s Division II Class A Middle Region contest against Clarksville Academy. Despite junior Keon Johnson fouling out, Webb made enough plays down the stretch to outlast the Cougars, 56-45...

BELL BUCKLE — The Webb School scored often and early in a 67-39 win over University School of Nashville in the Division II-A Middle Region Quarterfinal on Wednesday night at home. Junior Keon Johnson scored a game-high 29 point in just over three quarters of play to lead the winners while J Platt contributed 17 followed by Jordon Jenkins with 14...

NASHVILLE — The Webb School locked up its second-straight district tournament title on Saturday, defeating host CPA, 62-50. Webb was led by the efforts of Mr. Basketball finalist Keon Johnson, who scored 18 points while being named tournament MVP. Webb led 12-7 early and stretched its lead to 45-27 heading into the final quarter...

BELL BUCKLE — It’s a rare feat for any player to reach the 1,000-point barrier. Those who do, typically don’t achieve the feat until their senior season. Keon Johnson, reigning Division II Class A Mr. Basketball winner, accomplished the feat during his sophomore campaign last season...

BELL BUCKLE — The Webb School got just the start to the postseason it wanted in a blowout win over MTCS on Wednesday night. Webb got 34 points from Keon Johnson en route to the 75-39 Division II District 3A tournament opening win. Webb (21-6, 13-1) set the tone early and got a one-two punch from Johnson and teammate JJ Platt...

BELL BUCKLE — The Webb School (20-6, 13-1) wrapped up the regular season with a 73-45 victory over Ezell-Harding on Monday night. The win also was an opportunity to send seniors Henry Moore, Kane Edwards, Collin King and Cole Connelly out with a win...

BELL BUCKLE — Earlier this season, BGA dealt the Webb School its lone league loss in a hard-fought 66-60 decision. On Friday, the Feet (18-6, 11-1) got off to a hot start and evened the score, defeating BGA 74-57. “We had our concentration tonight. This is one of our better starts to a game. That team beat us early in the year,” Webb coach Jeff Mitchell said...

BELL BUCKLE — A huge third quarter and a balanced offense was more than the Webb School needed to cruise to a 41-point win over visiting MTCS on Tuesday. The Feet (17-6, 10-1) entered the second half with a 31-point effort in the third quarter and coasted to the 83-42 win over the visiting Cougars...

BELL BUCKLE – The Webb School took control of the Division II Class A Middle Region District 3 standings with a hard-fought 38-33 victory over visiting Christ Presbyterian Academy on Friday night. After leading 13-9 at the end of the first quarter, the Feet were outscored 10-1 at the start of the second stanza and fell behind by five points with 2:52 left in the half...

FAYETTEVILLE — What started as a close game evolved into a late-game rout as the Webb School out-scored Zion Christian 40-25 in the second half on Tuesday night and pulled away for a 78-57 win. Zion led 19-18 after the first, but Webb rallied to a 38-32 lead by the halftime intermission...

BELL BUCKLE — After battling to a 36-all halftime deadlock, the Webb School had just a little more in the tank than visiting Knowledge Academy on Monday night. The Feet out-scored their visitors 43-34 in the second half and went on to claim a 78-70 victory...

NASHVILLE — The Webb School notched its second-straight blowout win on Tuesday night, blasting Ezell-Harding 71-32. Quite simply, Ezell-Harding just couldn’t match Webb’s offensive production. Webb jumped on the Eagles on the first quarter and never let off the throttle...

BELL BUCKLE — A night after a tough 66-60 loss at BGA, the Webb School rebounded with a huge, 79-50 win over FRA on Friday night. In its first home game since December 11, Webb amped up the pressure and shot it well in the 29-point win. “We had a tough one last night. It was nice to get back home. It seems like it’s been forever since we played here,” Webb coach Jeff Mitchell said...

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...

PRINCETON, Ky. — The Webb School (11-5) dropped its second game of the West Kentucky Hoops Classic on Friday afternoon in an 83-82 loss to Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana). Hamilton placed four players in double figures, including two over 20 points each and led 23-18 by the end of the first quarter...

PRINCETON, Ky. — After battling Sapulpa, Oklahoma to a 40-40 halftime score, the Webb School saw its foe pull away with a monster third quarter and was unable to recover in a 93-77 loss in the West Kentucky Hoops Classic, held in Princeton, Kentucky...