TOP PHOTO: John Long drives to the bucket in a January 2022 game.

KNOXVILLE, TN (WLAF) – John Long’s stellar high school basketball career as a Campbell County Cougar ended in February. However, the young man who wears jersey number 55, is going to continue his career at the collegiate level.

On Friday, June 23, in the gym where Long starred in the Orange-n-Blue is where he’ll sign scholarship papers with Johnson University of south Knoxville. The ceremony begins at 11am (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 06/13/2023-6AM)