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Carson Newman becomes Dobyns Bennett the Sequel
Pictures and Videos By Josh harwood for ModelCitySports.com With the coup the Eagles pulled by getting 3 stars from one of the best Dobyns-Bennett teams in history, the Eagles assured themselves for success in the next 4-5 years. Chrsi Sensabaugh, Sean Seabolt, and Cory Hall all will join Zach Fleming and Issac Kinley in the Orange and Blue. Brenton Leeper will be on the other side as he joins the Tornados of Brevard. For Pics/Video/ and Recap Continue Reading.....
Find your latest D-B apparel at: All- State Team With the High School football year closing in the Dobyns- Bennett team is making waves around the area for being such a combination of explosiveness and expierence. With Sensabaugh leading the way at-tail back.(yes tail-back the Indians will be returning to a single-wing/wildcat formation) Though Sensabaugh may be getting his share of the hype it isn't the ESPNU 160 recruit who made the Tennessee All-State team for the Indians. Derrick Steele will come home with that accolade as the small but Powerful corner /WR heads into his senior season. For the Whole Squad we turn to....... Murphy Fair.
State Titles: 1964, 1960, 1959, 1955, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1945, 1940, 1939, 1936, 1935, 1923 Dobyns-Bennett High School (Through 2008 Season) Coaching Records
Years - Coach - Record - PCT. 16 Graham Clark 166 - 40 - 0 .815 11 Ted Wilson 96 - 26 - 0 .787 13 Leroy Sprankle 81 - 38 - 9 .633 10 Fred Walton 78 - 27 - 0 .743 6 Tom Brixey 47 - 11 - 4 .758 4 Lyle Rich 43 - 4 - 2 .878 4 Ed Shockey 36 - 4 - 1 .878 4 Bill Jasper 32 - 7 - 2 .780 4 Howard Boweres 28 - 13 - 0 .683 3 Alex Williams 25 - 2 - 2 .862 3 Tom Pugh 19 - 11 - 0 .633 2 Rudy Rohrdanz 18 - 2 - 2 .818 3 Jimmy Freeman 16 - 12 - 3 .516 2 Ed Schwarz 13 - 7 - l .619 1 James Hoggatt 10 - 1 - 0 .910 1 Jack Henderson 5 - 3 - 2 .500 1 Don Williamson 2 - 7 - 1 .200
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Reeves Comes Up Just Short in No-Hit Bid – Tribe Starts Off Year with 4-1 Win over Tough Blazer Squad
By Josh Harwood ModelCitySports.com 3/13/13 Weather has been a thorn in most every baseball coaches’ side this year as most of “spring” practice has been snowed out. Dobyns Bennett (1-0) has made little work of the 3 scrimmage game leading up to the season against Knox Powell, Morristown West, and Virginia High allowing a combined 4 runs along the way, while scoring 19. The Indians started the season off in similar fashion as Kyle Reeves took a no-hitter into the 7th only to cough up 2 hits as the Tribe still walked away with a 4-1 win over Daniel Boone (1-1). “We only have the 2 and 4 holes back and they went hitless tonight,” stated Ryan Wagner. “We know those guys will hit so with how well are underclassmen played that says a lot for our offense this year.” Micah Ewers came out an answered the question of who will fill Elijah Sutherland’s shoes. Ewers went 3-4, drove in one and scored one run. Ewers came in a bit nervous as the season kicked off. “I just wanted to go out and play well,” said Ewers. “Moving in where Elijah (Sutherland) left out was a bit nerve wracking, he was always above .500 and I don’t want to disappoint.” The game started rocky for Reeves as he walked the first batter on 4 straight pitches. Jacob Davis came in as a pitch runner for Daniel Cox at first and after taking too big of a lead Sam Salyers through behind the runner to first catching Bacon and from that point on Reeves took control. Reeves threw first pitch strikes to the next 7 hitters – 17 in all – which led to 10 strikeouts. Reeves would run through 13 straight out without letting a man on base running into the top of the 5th. Even with the error to start the inning, Reeves stayed calm and struck out the next hitter and got the last two to ground out.
“The first inning was the most nerve wracking after that walk,” said Reeves, “I wanted to start well and when Sam (Salyers) made that throw it seemed to get me focused and my pitches were working well. I knew about the no-hit bid and I just wanted to make sure we got the win.” The Tribe came through from 1-9 in the batting lineup, which included former Sullivan North star Paton Marshall. Marshall opened his Indian career with a 2-3 day that included 2 steals. Christian Bailey was the main force driving in 2 runs on a triple that made the score 4-0 at the time.
The last bit of danger for the Tribe came in the top of the 7th as Reeves was looking to complete a no-hitter. With 1 out, Dustin Chandler hit a rope in the gap for a double that ended the no-hit bid. Zach Peters drove in Chandler two batters later, but the end would come one play later as Chris Cook would gram the infield pop up. “We have shown that we have some good pitching in the past weeks,” said Wagner. “Reeves showed what he could do and we didn’t want to push him to hard and if he hit his pitch limit he still was coming out. However, its just one win and we got to keep it up.”
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Game Preview: Dobyns Bennett and Sevier County Meet Up for Battle for Sub-State
Josh Harwood ModelCitySports 2/25/2013 All eyes from the Smoky Mountains to Kingsport will be on the most controversial game of the week as Dobyns Bennett faces Sevier County. Most know the story, I’m not here to elaborate, but the Sevier County District 2-MVP Devin Schmidt will not be available for legal reasons. It creates a hug hole for the Sevier County offense that I’m not sure can be field. The Bears and the Tribe have ended one another’s year 3 straight years in the playoffs with Dobyns Bennett moving on twice. 24.5 points are going to have to be found somewhere if the Bears want to fill the gap that the Delta State Signee left. Dobyns Bennett should be motivated by the big chance for a 4th matchup against Science Hill in the Regional Finals, but an injured Smokey Bear is first and an injured Bear can be dangerous. DB is coming off a 39 point win over Cocke County to advance to a match-up for a chance against Sevier County (or Sullivan South). The Indians had to turn things around after losing 3 straight to end the year, which followed 3 wins in 4 games in the playoffs. Sevier County has been a top 15 team all year and is coming in on a 9 out of 10 stretch that looked like they would be the one to most likely face Science Hill as the 1 seed from Region 2. Sevier County plays defense like Tennessee High, but offense like Sullivan North – based all around Devin Schmidt. However, Dobyns Bennett can’t let this team play the we don’t have a chance without our lead dog card….the Tribe has to come out with everything. Scouting DB’s Offense & Sevier Counties Defense: Dobyns Bennett has been a team of extremes and when they are on top of their game can knock off 99% of the teams in Tennessee. The Tribe try to get out in the transition and score a lot of points off their defense, but when they need a slasher AJ Anderson can feel The Sevier County defense wants to force teams to pass it around the edge and hope they can force mistakes and lose the sight of how they want to play. The Smokey Bears will want to slow the game down even more and hopefully make it a 3-4 possession game without Schmidt to rely on. The biggest problem for Sevier County is how they plan on stopping Conner Mitchell, John Fulkerson, and Jeremiah Sokol (all 6’4 to 6’7) when the Bears only have 1 player that has significant playing time, Cody Underwood, that is taller than 6’2 that actually starts. Micha Baker a 6’4 junior has been on the edge of their rotation and may get the most playing time of his year to try and slow down the rebounding advantage of Dobyns Bennett. The Tribe has a plus 7 advantage on the boards for the year and it should be even higher against a small zone team. The Tribe is always good at getting 7-8 people involved in the offense. Anderson (9.5 ppg), Foreman (9.0 ppg), and Thomas Palmer (8.2 ppg) will be the scorers from the perimeter. The trio combined for 39 points against Cocke County in the first round of the Regions. The Indians have started to look at John Fulkerson as the future of the Indians and alongside Conner Mitchell the 6’6 sophomore has grown at a furious rate. Fulkerson (7.2 ppg), Mitchell (10.5 ppg), and Josh Holt (6ppg) will log the most minutes down on the block. Holt won’t have any plays run for him, but he can find ways to score on the boards. If the Tribe can score in the 70s they have a 90% chance of winning, if they score in the 50’s the chance is 50/50.
Scouting the Bears Offense and Tribe Defense: This is going to be the greatest unknown as Devin Schmidt, once again, was half of the offense. The team averaged just 62.6 points a game and sometimes, the Ewing effect can come into play, where the team is better when it stops relying on its best player to do everything. The Bears scored just 40 points when the two teams met in the first round of the Regions last year and now the Bears will look to Jacob Whaley (10.8 ppg) and Cody Underwood (7.0 ppg) to be the top two scoring options in a game that will have to surpass the 40 points that ended their year last year. The Indians would usually press a team with a high powered scorer hoping to make him work and tire him out, but with that out of the question and no true scorers in the Black and Purple the Tribe may use the pace of Sevier County against them. If you play the pace of Sevier County and don’t have a go to scorer, the style can suffocate you and all game lon you will just slowly go to your death instead of at a high speed. However, I still look for Tribe coach Charlie Morgan to up the ante and press a team that will be out of sorts. With Trey Kincaid, Devin Stuart, and Foreman being the hassle and haggle trio at the point its hard for one oint guard to not get tired. I just don’t see a way for Sevier County to replace 40 % of their offense in 3 nights. However, who knows… Key Players: Tribe: Conner Mitchell (6’7 F Sr.) 10.4 ppg, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 1.5 steals Thomas Palmer (5’11 G Sr.) 8 ppg, 3 rebounds, 3 assist, and 1 steals AJ Anderson (6’3 Sr.) 9.7 ppg, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.2 assist Makele Foreman (5’11 So.) 9 ppg, 4 ast, 2 boards, and 2 steals John Fulkerson (6’6 So.) 7 ppg, 2 blocks, and 5 boards Dobyns Bennett Team Stats: Totals: 2FG: 50% 3FG: 30% TFG: 45% FT: 63% Game Avg: PPG: 60.8 Ast: 13.6 Oreb: 12.2 Dreb: 20.4 Blk: 3.2 Stl: 8.7 TO: 16.1 The Winter Streak: Dobyns Bennett Falls to Science Hill for 14th Time in a Row, 70-55
By Josh Harwood ModelCitySports.com 2/20/13 The Toppers (34-2) may struggle against Dobyns Bennett (20-10) during the fall, but they have taken over the winter with a gap between them and the other Seven that mirrors the size of a football field. After an overtime thriller, which christened the rivalry between the Indians and the Tribe at Science Hill’s new arena, everyone expected an encore for the District championship. The first 16 minutes looked like the pack house was in for a treat, but it was too ‘Good’ to be true as CJ Good put on a 30 point display, that rivaled Ryan Gaitor’s against DB from the Semi-finals. “We seemed to finally play like we had during mid-year,” said Science Hill coach Ken Cutlip. “Dobyns Bennett always gets the best out of us as we do them and if we want to go anywhere we needed to get back playing better.” If you told Tribe coach Charlie Morgan before the game that only 2 Science Hill players would have more than 9 points, and the Tribe put 5 over 8, he would most likely think the Tribe had the 1 seed in the regions. However, CJ Good and Will Adams combined for 47 points, while those 5 Indians combined for 47 points as well. The difference came down to the fact that the Hilltoppers had role players like Marc Aples play above his head in the paint and Reed Hayes add 9 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assist. The 1st half was all Good in the beginning, who had 13 of 15 straight points to build a quick 19-12 lead just as the 2nd period kicked off. While the Toppers looked in control early on the Indians roared back with a 14-6 run that gave them the 1 point lead going into halftime with Trey Kincaid providing a big spark. “Trey (Kincaid) has really steeped up this postseason,” said Morgan. “There have been a lot of good thing, but it came down to fatigued in the end and we just seemed to lose our handle.”
The two teams both scored way under their average for a half in the first half, but the 2nd everything picked up and the 3rd period started to show who could keep up and who couldn’t. The difference between game 1 (win by 15) and 2 (OT) was the amount of turnovers. DB had kept it to a minimum during the 1st half with just 6 and it showed on the scoreboard. The 16 that Science Hill took away from the Indians in the 2nd half truly changed the pace of the game into a foot race and not any one team in NET can keep up with the Toppers when the gun goes off. The Toppers ran out to a quick 8 point lead at 37-29 with treys from Will Adams and Reed Hayes.
“We did a good job of keeping a body on (C.J) Good at times,” said Morgan, “but we just lost him even if it was for ˝ a second, that’s all he needed and it cost us in the end.” The Indians looked to get back into the game as Conner Mitchell got a putback that cut the lead to 6. As soon as the Indians faithful saw a crack in the door, CJ Good shut it back with a 7 point run to push the lead to 15 at 56-41. From that point on, the Tribe looked to try and pressure the Toppers and put them at the foul line, which just kept the lead at 15 for the most part. The Toppers knocked down 7 of 8 to close out the game and the championship.
Up Next: Dobyns Bennett host Cocke County and the Toppers host South Doyle this coming Friday (2-22)
Tribe Survives Gaitor Attack, Move on to Championship with 67-60 Win
By Josh Harwood ModelCitySports.com 2/17/13 Daniel Boone and Dobyns Bennett have gotten familiar with one another over the past few years. In the past 4 years the Tribe and Boone have faced off in the playoffs and regular season 12 times, with the Indians winning 10. The 13th matchup on Saturday night was the 5th time the two had met in the playoffs as well, but the dominance continued for the Indians. In an exciting and heated match-up, the Tribe did just enough to hold off a Blazers squad led by a unconscious Ryan Gaitor, who put up over half of the Trailblazers’ points. DB came up on top by dominating down low and move on to the Championship game against Science Hill. “We make it interesting don’t we?” said Indians head coach Charlie Morgan. “We don’t quit, but we sometimes get in trouble when we get too high or too low emotionally…and that about bit us today.” Thomas Palmer kicked off the game with a trey that started a 10-1 run that got the Tribe the quick lead. 9 points later and Ryan Gaitor tied the game back up at 10. The Blazers switched defenses, but the Tribe used a 1-3-1 zone with man to man defense for the most part. The 3-2 defense by Boone caused a lot of trouble on the offensive boards for Ryan Arnold’s Blazers. Arnold went on to talk about it after the game, “I think over all our defense worked well, but when your getting out rebounded 20-3 on your own side that is the big issue and maybe the difference in the game.” The game was a set of back and forth runs that were dictated by offensive rebounding for the Indians and Ryan Gaitor for Boone. After the game got knotted back at 15, the Blazers took their biggest lead on 4-0 run to take a 19-15 lead, which would be their last lead of the day after the bench for Dobyns Bennett opened up a small run of their own to take the lead for good at 24-23, by a Tery Kincaid still and basket. “Our bench is where we got our biggest help,” said Morgan, “with Trey (Kincaid) and Josh (Holt) adding what they did it really helped make up for some of our foul trouble.” Jeremiah Sokol was another one off the bench that helped make up for the minimal playtime of Conner Mitchell, who was in foul trouble for most of the game. However, AJ Anderson and Mitchell would come back in and push the lead back to more than one possession with the lead back to 6 at 42-36.
“We relied on Ryan (Gaitor) too much;” said Arnold, “but when your players are being held we couldn’t make some easy buckets that would have gotten us back the lead.” In a period that bridged the 3rd and 4th periods Ryan Gaitor scored 8 straight points for Boone, but the duo of Thomas Palmer and AJ Anderson combined for 9 points to push the lead to 10 at 55-45. The physical play began to heighten as the Blazers were frustrated and one emotional outburst by Connor Mitchell nearly got the Blazers back to the lead. The refs T’d the 6’7 senior to give the Blazers 4 free throws and the ball, which completed a 8-0 run to close the gap to 55-53. “That was one of the moments I thought we had a moment to scare the Indians a bit,” said Arnold. “You have to give coach (Charlie) Morgan credit, he calmed his team down and got them back on schedule.”
After stopping the Indians on a possession that only resulted in one free throw, Jacob Littleton scored to close it to 56-55 and the Blazers defense stopped the Indians once again. After a Tribe turnover, Littleton found himself open again , but couldn’t come through to give the Blazers the lead and put the pressure on the Indians. Trey Kincaid would find Thomas Palmer for the quick two to push the lead back to 3 and after two free throws from Maleke Foreman the game was fully in the hands of Dobyns Bennett. “We really waded through a late situation,” said Morgan, “but we hit our free throws, which is a good sign and good thing to fend off such a good team…(Ryan) Gaitor was on fire and we answered.” The Tribe went on to hit on 8 of 10 free throws to push the lead to 67-60 and to grab the ticket to the Championship match with Science Hill next week. Boone was led by Ryan Gaitor’s 33 points and 8 rebounds. The Indians were led by Thomas Palmer with 17 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assist.
Part Deux – Dobyns Bennett Falls in Overtime for 2nd Straight Game - Tennessee High Wins 59-55
BY Josh Harwood ModelCitySports.com 2/5/2013 This time last year, Tennessee High (7-6, 18-10) came into Buck Van Huss and stole a game that saw the Vikings connect on a final possession only to tie the game and win the game on a free throw with no time on the clock. The Tribe (10-3, 18-6) continued their trend of close games with another overtime game as they continued to struggle to put teams away on what turned to be a sour ‘Senior Night’. The overtime was almost a remake of last weeks against Sullivan South as the Tribe went cold at the most important time only to fall in too deep of a hall as the visiting Tennessee High Vikings walked away with the 59-55 win. “We wanted to come out and get the win for our seniors,” said Tribe coach Charlie Morgan, “but, it’s a shame we just couldn’t close the deal.” The Tribe jumped out and made the 1st quarter all Maroon and Grey as the score was 16-6 at the end of the first 8 minutes. Conner Mitchell scored 8 of the first 16 points from the paint and even as the Indians would lose their lead, Mitchell had one of his best games of the year. Mitchell would have his 2nd straight double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds with 3 blocks to boot. “It looked like we were mirroring our practice yesterday early on,” said Vikings coach Roby Witcher, “but it was good to see the fight and we are getting hot at the right time.” The Vikings seemed to wake right up as the kicked off the 2nd quarter with a 12-0 run to get within 1 point at 25-24. Caleb Easterling did a lot of the heavy lifting early scoring 6 of the 12 to get the Vikings back into the game. The half would close with the score 27-26 with the Indians up by a mere point after being up by as much as 12 earlier on. “It just seems to be the same game lately,” said Morgan. “We play pretty good early on and start coming up empty on the offensive end and letting the other team right back in. Don’t get me wrong they (Vikings) made clutch shots, but we can’t let them hang around for ever if we want to go somewhere.”
The last time the two played the game got into double digits quickly and the speed of Dobyns Bennett was too much. This time the Vikings used the three (7-13) to get back into the game and eventually win the game. Dobyns Bennett slowly stopped getting to the basket and settled for jumpers, which is another reason Morgan thought the Vikings came back. “If we were making shots and getting open looks it would be fine,” said Morgan, “but we just stopped using our athleticism to get to the basket and became a jump shooting team and we aren’t a great shooting team.” The Indians shot over 60% inside the paint, while shooting just under 20% from 15 feet and out.The 2nd half looked early on as if the Indians could pull back away, but with every 4-5 point lead for the Tribe came an answer from Adam Mitchell or Chase Branscomb. The 3rd period closed on another Mitchell put back to close the score back to 2 at 37-35. Once again, the Tribe jumped out quick with a drive from Makele Foreman and a offensive putback by Conner Mitchell and the lead was back to 6 at 43-37. However, the momentum changed after a Tennessee High timeout that saw Adam Mitchell and Caleb Easterling hit back to back treys to close the gap to 3 at 48-45. The Vikings got an all important stop as the clock clicked under a minute left in regulation. Hunter Jones ran some of the clock off only to find a cutting Zak Kitzmiller in the home side corner for a 3 that tied the game and after an empty try from DB sent it into overtime tied at 45. “We had chances, like the one at the end,” said Morgan, “but we get the perfect look and just miss the shot….but that is why you don’t put yourself in that position when you have a 12-15 point lead early on.” After an early 2 from AJ Anderson in overtime, the final 4 minutes almost mirrored the overtime in Colonial Heights last Thursday. The Tribe went cold as the Vikings pulled away on put backs and being able to get to the line (16-23). Dobyns Bennett scored on a desperation 3 from Makele Foreman to close the gap to 2, but would have to foul and Chase Branscomb hit his 6th straight free throw in a row to ice the game.
Up Next : Dobyns Bennett heads to the face Science Hill for the first time in the New Johnson City Gym. The Girl’s hold on the 3rd spot is up in the air after blowing the last 2 games that could have clinched the spot. Tennessee High heads to Sullivan Central to close out their regular season. Senior Pics Below Stats
Ashley Mitchell leads with 22 points as Lady Vikings Drop Lady Indians, 63-47
Tennessee High came in and ended any hopes of Dobyns Bennett grabbing the 2nd seed within the first 16 minutes as Ashley Mitchell poured in 10 of the 30 that pushed the lead to 18 by halftime. The win for Tennessee High was the 8th straight for Mitchell and the Vikings over the Tribe. Alex Anderson was the only offense for DB early on as she dropped in over half of their first half points with 8. The 3rd quarter was great to watch if you were on the Vikings side as Mitchell put on a show dropping in 12 and basically ending any comeback ability for the Tribe. After winning 7 straight, 5 straight in the conference, the Lady Indians had 2 games to lock up the 3rd spot, but lost each game. However, Sullivan South dropped one to Volunteer at the most inopportune time on Tuesday night to basically hand the Lady Indians the 3rd place spot in the conference. Anderson led all Indians with 19 points and 7 rebounds, while the Morrisette sisters combined for 13 points. The Lady Indians head to Science Hill to put the formalities on the seeding for the Districts. We do know the Tribe will host be a 3 seed and most likely face a tough Volunteer team that comes in on a 3 game streak if they knock off Central on Thursday.
Upset Special: Sullivan South and Dobyns Bennett Put on a Game for the Ages, but South takes the Win 55-47 in overtime – Rebel’s Earn Sweep as the Lady Rebels Knock Down Lady Indians 60-54
By Josh Harwood ModelCitySports.com 1/31/13 After a year of Big Eight Basketball that saw the top tier teams far and away better than those on the bottom level, Thursday night saw a game the met the price of admission on all of those games combined. Not many games have been decided by less than 20 points, much less a game decided in overtime, with highs and lows on both ends. Dobyns Bennett (10-2, 18-5) and Sullivan South (7-5, 12-12) put on the game of the year as the two squads gave each other its best shot at times,
only to watch South comeback from the brink of defeat for a 8 point win in overtime. The Tribe came into the night need the win to stay in the race for the number 1 spot, a loss and most likely they were relegated to number 2 in the Districts. South, on the other hand, needed a win just for the sake of stopping a streak of bad losses and hopefully being able to cement their spot in the top 4 and more than anything else to get back to .500. “We have been struggling to get things going our way,” said South coach Mark Pendleton. “We thought we had to battle their size, so we went with Cody Phillips to start instead of 4 guards. It helped some and he played great and used his fouls perfectly.” The pace of the game was slow and went the way of South for the most part of the game. AJ Anderson hit a 3 to end the 1st quarter at 7-5, which was one of the worst quarters for the year for both teams. Things would pick up for the home team, but the Tribe continued to struggle as coach Charlie Morgan noted in the postgame; “We just could not answer any run or make many shots. They did what they had to do and we just failed to answer the second chance we had with overtime.” South went into the half with the lead at 19-15, as Michael Harr and Christian Comsa combined for 12 of the 19. The Indians jumped out and tied the game up early in the 3rd quarter, but each time South found an answer. The Indians out shot the Rebels by 12 shots, but the Tribe shot a poor 28% to a mediocre 41% by South that ended up being just enough.
The pace went back into a lull as both teams couldn’t put more than 13 on the board in a quarter in the 2nd half. After knocking down a free throw the Rebels had a 4 point lead at 27-23, which was the biggest of the final 16 minutes. Each squad answered the other as the pace came down to single possessions and not much transition. Josh Holt got the Tribe back on top at 31-30 as the 4th quarter kicked off, but the Tribe started to get into foul trouble that would end up costing them dearly. “We needed this game to stay in the race for the conference,” said Morgan, “but we just couldn’t make a bucket and once it got into overtime what di we miss…10 straight?”
The game got interesting as the Rebels had the ball down 2 with just under a minute remaining. Ryan Headrick got to the foul line to make 2 of his over 30 straight free throws to tie the game at 41. Thomas Palmer handed it off to AJ Anderson on the final play and with 6 seconds to go lost his dribble to Headrick who would get fouled with 2 seconds left n the clock by Anderson. After a minute delay as the refs decided on the time remaining, Headrick stepped to the line. The first one leaked out and the tension raised to a peak as Headrick had the wait of the game on one last free throw. After another miss, the Tribe faithful went wild and after a fling from Thomas Palmer it looked like the Tribe were ready to sneak away with the in in overtime. “My teammates really helped pick me back up,” said Ryan Headrick, “I broke my streak and missed two of the biggest free throws…I just wanted another shot.”
Headrick tied the Indians by his lonesome in overtime as he took the game over with 6 points to push the lead to a game high 53-44. Josh Holt closed the game with a 3, but it was too little too late as the Rebels went on to wreck the Indians chances of a comeback win. The win was everything South needed as the loss for the Tribe was the 2nd in the last 3 game for the rivals. Up Next: South and David Crockett face off in Jonesborough on Saturday, Dobyns Bennett host Tennessee High next Tuesday
Lady Rebels Knock off Lady Indians in Sweep of the Night, 60-54
The Rebels used a 32-23 run to start a game that saw the only two teams fighting for the 3rd and 4th spots in the Districts. The loss cost the Tribe a chance for 2nd place, while raising the chances for South to jump and steal the 3rd spot. Kayla Tipton and Brayton Hutchins did most of the heavy lifting for South as they combined for 43 points to lead all scorers. The Tribe made a comeback to get back to 2 points late, but the Rebels hit their free throws to pull the game out. Sasha Morrisette was the leader for the Tribe with a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Alex Anderson and Cydnee Morrisette were the only other 2 to get into double scoring with 12 and 10, in order. The game dropped DB to 8-4 and 18-7 overall, while South raised their record to 6-6 and 15-9 overall.
Revolution #9: Dobyns Bennett Dominates Volunteer for 9th Straight Win, 85-23
By Josh Harwood Stats By Bill Harwood ModelCitySports.com 1/29/13 Dobyns Bennett’s offense has started to hit on all cylinders just as their defense has become one of the stingiest in the Big Eight. After putting up 53.8 points a game on the board in the first 6 games of the current win streak, the Indians have begun to average right at 80 over the last 3 wins, while giving up only 38.7 during the entire 9 game stretch. DB held Volunteer to a season low 23 points on Tuesday night, while the Tribe scored a season-high 85 points for the year
to walk away with no worst than 2nd place locked up in the Big Eight. For the 2nd straight week, the Tribe opened up to a 10-2 run led by AJ Anderson and a trey from Makele Foreman that set the tone for the game. As the game slowly got more and more out of hand the Falcons were forced to throw away their defensive game plans. Volunteer coach Chris Martin hoped the Falcons could slow the Indians down and maybe cut the possessions by each team in half, giving the Volunteer a better shot at getting their first win. Martin would state, “We just fall behind and get in a funk. We had our gameplan thrown out by the 1st quarter and we just couldn’t find any offense…It is frustrating for everyone and we just got to keep plugging.” The Indians forced things out of hand as the route got worse on a 26-2 run to make it 36-8, Marquis Williams stopped the run to get the score to 42-12 at the half. The Tribe came roaring out of the 2nd half as they have started to learn to put teams away without letting them back in. The 21-0 run to open the 3rd quarter pushed the score to 65-14 as the Tribe totaled 8 players that had 7 points or more. “We have started to play as a team,” said Tribe coach Charlie Morgan. “It’s good to have a nice rotation where you can depend on everyone to do their job and it is finally paying off.”
The Indians closed the night out with another 20-5 4th quarter that ended a terrible night for the Falcons as Dobyns Bennett dominated in all points of the game. The paint showed the most damage as the Indian left the game plus 19 on the boards and a 17 to 2 advantage in assist. The most amazing statistic came from the Tribe’s field goal percentage as the Tribe shot 70% from the field to 21% for the Falcons. The Indians came into the night 3 games ahead of South for the 2nd spot in the District Playoffs and ended the evening with a 5 game lead that knotted up the no worse than 2nd place in the playoffs with just 3 games left that will test their mettle against South, TN High, and the season finale against Science Hill that will most likely be for the the Big Eight Championship, with a win the Tribe would be Co-Champs for the first time since 2008.
Up Next: The Tribe heads to Sullivan South on Thursday as Volunteer heads to Sullivan North to see if they can pick off a win from a non-conference opponent.
Lady Indians Turn the Tables on Volunteer for Huge Conference Win, 75-47
The Lady Indians came into Tuesday night hoping to make up for their last date with the Falcons, which Volunteer took by an 8 point advantage. The loss looked to hurt the Tribe’s chances of gaining a top 4 seed in the Districts, but DB has taken 5 straight conference games to gain a hold on one of the all important top 4 spots. Volunteer has done the exact opposite with their 5th straight loss to a conference opposite on Tuesday night. Sasha Morrisette and Madi Kilby dominated the game scoring 36 points combined, for the easy 28 point win. Samantha Starke and Alex Anderson kept the paint clear on both ends as the two added 19 rebounds along with 13 points. Cydnee Morrisette dropped in 10 more points to give the Indians a 43 to 20 run to close the game and leaving with a 75-47 win. Lindsay Overbay was the leading scorer for the Falcons with 15 points. With the win the Tribe guarantee at least a top 4 spot, but with one more win guarantee a 3rd spot behind the top two teams Tennessee High and Science Hill. Saturday Morning Gust: Dobyns Bennett take Advantage of Central’s lack of Fire Power in First Half, Win 79-35
BY Josh Harwood ModelCitySports.com 1/26/2013 Anyone that is a basketball fan knows that scoring has taken a dive this year. However, when Sullivan Central (1-8, 4-21) scored a Big Eight season low 8 points in the first half against Dobyns- Bennett (9-1, 17-4), they weren’t alone as Northern Illinois scored a NCAA record low 4 points in the first half against Eastern Michigan. While Northern Illinois would only score 21 more points, the Cougars saw some youth come around as they scored 27 points to make the game more respectable
in the 2nd half. AJ Anderson, with 20 points, led a charge by the which outscored the Cougars 41 to 8 in the first half and cruised to their 8th straight win by a score of 79-35. “I don’t know anyone that thinks they can win with 8 points a half,” said Cougars coach Tony Vaughn. “We just had no energy early and their pressure ate us up in the backcourt.” By the time Makele Foreman and AJ Anderson had 4 points a piece it was already 11-0, before Adam Church got on the board for Central. The Tribe started in a Full-Court Trap that started in a man defense that gave Chris Benton and Hunter Wood trouble in the backcourt. The Indians got half of their first 19 first quarter point in the transition. Tribe coach wanted to pressure the guards for Central, he thought that was his biggest advantage. Morgan stated, “We thought if we could get them in trouble before they got into halfcourt sets we could pull away, but it ended up being the 2nd half chances that truly made the difference.” The paint was dominated by the Indians for the first 16 minutes by a plus 12 margin, with John Fulkerson grabbing 10 boards in the first half. The Tribe shot just over 50%, but had 9 offensive rebounds that helped on the put backs.
Cody Vineyard was back in the lineup after missing most of the year with a hurt ankle. Vineyard came out gingerly and had trouble with the pace of the game and only played around 6-8 minutes on the night. However, Vaughn was happy to have another body back with the skill level of Vineyard. “He has been a little uneasy in the past few practices and I don’t want to rush him,” said Central woke up during a competitive 3rd quarter, which saw their guard play improve by leaps and bounds. Jacob Bridwell and Heath Robinette even used some pick and pop off the upper left elbow to show some much needed offense. However, AJ Anderson and Jermiah Sokol continued their excellent play combining for 17 points in the 2nd half as well as 7 rebounds. “Our kids did some good thing in the 2nd half,” said Vaughn, “we have to have the older guys show more energy so we can have something to build upon.” The Tribe opened the 4th quarter with another 11-0 run that pushed the score to 71-25 ending the night and putting the youngsters in to close things out. Josh Hayes led all Central players with 8 points and 4 assist, while the Indians were led by AJ Anderson with 20 points. However, the combination of Josh Fulkerson and Jeremiah Sokol proved too much in the pivot with 20 points and 21 rebounds combined. Up Next: The Indians host Volunteer next Tuesday, while Central heads to Crockett.
Boarded Up: Tribe Control the Glass to Overwhelm the Pioneers, 73-39
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Dobyns Bennett and David Crockett had Wednesday night all to themselves in Washington County on Wednesday night and the show was over before the half. The Tribe came in on a run of 6 straight wins -since the Arby’s Classic - by an advantage of 12 a game. The Pioneers, on the other hand, came out of the Holiday break winning 3 of 4 and standing at 7-11 before heading back into conference play and since having folded up to 3 straight losses by an average of 30 points. Dobyns Bennett
left Jonesborough with win number 7 and the Pioneers streak losses ran to 4, with the only increasing.. “We came in wanting to play a good, solid 32 minutes,” said Tribe coach Charlie Morgan. “We had a little lull in the middle there, but overall I think everyone of our guys added something good to the game.” The Indians were caught off guard a bit with a new philosophy from Crockett coach Richard Tarlton, who played a 3-2 with some man composed in 5 man sets. The Pioneers jumped out to a 5-0 lead off a 3-pointer from Josh Soults, who has grown as a point guard through the year. Dobyns Bennett answered with a 26-4 run and never looked back as their zone-man pressure forced the Pioneers into 25 turnovers on the evening. Morgan couldn’t have been happier with the involvement of everyone as 6 players scored atleast 9 points, and 9 of 11 players scored. He wanted to make the extra pass and the energy spoke for itself as he would state post game, “We wanted to focus on energy and focus on small things and not focus so much on working from the outside but trying to have the effort on the inside and I think we accomplished those things.”
“We knew they were very athletic and we tried to stay fresh with our rotation,” said Tarlton. “I don’t think it worked as their advantage inside was the biggest difference.” Crockett used a 5 man rotation that worked in spots, but had trouble with the size of Dobyns The Tribe used 57% shooting from the field to drop 44 points in the first half and kept the pace on their side. Alantez Johnson scored 9 points in the first 16 minutes and Isaac Mango almost matched him as the high scorer for Crockett with 8 at the half. The 12 turnovers in the 10 minutes before the halftime pushed the lead to 44-23. Neither team came out of for the 2nd as hot as Dobyns Bennett was in the first. Both teams shot well under 40% from the field in the last 16 minutes, but AJ Anderson knocked down 7 points to lead to a 20-7 run in the 3rd quarter to put the game away for good. Thomas Palmer was also a stat-stuffer with 9 points, 6 assist, and 5 rebounds that helped the Tribe put away the Pioneers. The 4th quarter slowed to a crawl as both teams suffered under a running clock that ended with a score of 73-39. Isaac Mango led the Pioneers with 14 points, while Luke Hopson added 3 assist and 5 rebounds. The Tribe was led by Conner Mitchell with 12 points, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks. AJ Anderson added with 9 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assist.
Up Next: Crockett host Sullivan South on Friday Night, while Dobyns Bennett host Sullivan Central on Saturday at Noon For Girl’s followed by the Guys
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that build as well as Makele Foreman. Foreman has started to grow with the team as a sophomore and in a way drives the Tribe engine. The offense has tended to stall out against the likes of 2-3 zones, which the Smokey Bears have employed during most of the past 5 years. Tennessee High and Sullivan South both found success against Dobyns Bennett by zoning the game down to a possession by possession game. If the Indians can hit their shots and control the glass with Conner Mitchell playing a controlled game the Indians shouldn’t struggle scoring and getting the game out of the Bears’ pace.
Vaughn, “but it is good to see him out there, he will get back into form.”
Bennett. The Indians used 19 offensive rebounds to get a lot of 2nd chance points, with Conner Mitchell leading the game with 10 offensive rebounds, 16 in all. 