KNOXVILLE, TN (WLAF) – It was there for the taking, and Campbell County just could not cash in one of its four tries at a field goal in the closing seconds of the opening district game on Tuesday night. The homestanding West Rebels escaped with a 79-77 win after leading by 20 points late in the third quarter. Watch all the big shots and big plays right HERE on demand from WLAF.

The Cougars staged a ferocious fourth quarter comeback outscoring West 25 to 10. It was a 77-77 game after senior Spencer Boshears nailed a deep left corner three near the Cougar bench. West answered with a basket at the bucket at the right end rim to push the score out to 79-77. With 16-seconds to play, Boshears missed a three from the same spot as the make. A Rebel grabbed the carom and immediately traveled. In the game’s final eight-seconds, senior Nate Walden drove strong down the right baseline for a lay up, and the ball fell off the iron. Zac Brady’s put back missed on what was a career night for the senior big man. Bryson Horton, also a senior, snagged the ball and his last-second shot for two missed as West escaped with the victory.

Walden, a member of Campbell’s thousand-point club, led CCHS with 21 followed by Brady’s 19 and 11 points from junior Devon Jones. Junior John John Long and Boshears rang up 10 points each. David Adkins, a junior, put up four markers followed by Horton’s two.

The Cougars are 2 & 4 (0 & 1 district) and are five points away from being 5 & 1.

The Lady Cougars blitzed West 57 to 12, and the margin could have been much wider. Freshman Lacey Pemberton tallied three field goals in each half plus a pair of second half free throws to lead the game and score more points than West as a team.

Pemberton’s 14 points were tops in the game followed by fellow Freshman Karlie Whited’s 11. Senior Cora Browning posted nine points, and Freshmen Saylor Hutcheson and Carley Kitts finished with six each. Lillie Slover, a junior, had four while Senior Bailey Gillum had three, and it was two points a piece for Sophomore Emma Brandenburg and Freshman Bella Lester.

A 5 & 1 mark sits beside the Lady Cougars ledger to go along with a 1 & 0 start to the district slate.

The district schedule continues on Friday at Knoxville for Campbell. Karns will host the Cougars and Lady Cougars.

Josh Parker, Voice of the Cougars, will be behind the mic with all the fun over the WLAF – Doyle’s Tire Shop Sports Network over AM 1450 and FM 100.9 with the telecast on WLAF-TV 12 as well as 1450wlaf.com, Facebook, YouTube, RokuTV and Amazon Firestick.

Class 4A Region 2 District 3 (Halls and Clinton left the district and West is added)

Campbell Co. High School (Jacksboro, TN)

Karns High School (Knoxville, TN)

Knoxville Central High School (Knoxville, TN)

Oak Ridge High School (Oak Ridge, TN)

Powell High School (Powell, TN)

West High School (Knoxville, TN)

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Lace to Pearls                                                    

Charley’s Pizza                                                                   

Citizens Bank                                                                      

C & L Metal Sales                                                               

Robert Higginbotham – County Commissioner  

Litho-Craft Printing and Office Supply          

Grace Rehab           

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Martin-Wilson Funeral Home                                           

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Scott Kitts – County Commissioner

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Gray Insurance

CHET

Peoples Bank of the South

Robbins Guttering

Community Trust Bank

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CCHS  2021-2022  

Basketball Schedule 

Date School Site JV 
November 16 Claiborne Girls W 56-37…Boys W 90-59Tazewell JVs W 47-31JVB 
November 26 Union Tourney Girls W 56-34 (Gibbs)…Boys L 77-55 (Scott)Maynardville —- 
November 27 Union Tourney Girls W 47-24 (Union)…Boys L 71-70 (Union)Maynardville—-  
November 29 Oneida Girls L 45-42…Boys W 71-50Brown Gym  —-  
December 3 Grainger County Girls W 41-39…Boys L 85-78 OTBrown Gym  JVB 
December 7 *West Girls W 57-12…Boys L 79-77Knoxville—- 
December 10 *Karns Karns  JVB 
December 13 Oneida Oneida JVB 
December 14 Scott County Huntsville JVB 
December 17 South-Doyle Knoxville JVG 
December 20-22 Anderson Co. Christmas Classic (Girls) Clinton —-  
December 28-30 Sevier County Winterfest Shootout (Boys) Sevierville—-  
January 4 Scott CountyBrown GymJVG 
January 7 *Central Fountain CityJVB 
January 11 *Powell  Brown Gym JVB 
January 14 *Oak Ridge Brown GymJVB 
January 18 *Karns Brown GymJVG 
January 21 *West Brown Gym JVB 
January 25 *Central Brown GymJVG 
January 28 *Powell  Powell JVB 
February 1 *Oak Ridge Oak Ridge JVG 
February 4 South-Doyle Brown Gym  JVB 
February 7 Knoxville Ambassadors (Boys only) Brown GymJVB 
February 8  Union County Brown GymJVB 
February 10 Bell County (Girls only) Pineville, Kentucky JVG 
February 11 Grainger County  RutledgeJVG 
February 14- 18 District 3 AAAA Tournament Brown Gym—-  

*Denotes District Games 

Boys’Head Coach: Ernie Clawson Girls’ Head Coach: Jason Kitts 

Co-Head Coach: Brandon Clawson Assistants: Ryan Browning, Adam Assistant Coaches: Don Atherton, Jake Lane Ellison, Brooke Kitts 

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 12/08/2021-6AM)