Lady Cougars’ loss to Central puts Campbell on the road for region

Central wins going away 63-51

KNOXVILLE, TN (WLAF)- It was a nip and tuck night for Campbell and Central until the three-minute mark of the game. That’s when Campbell went cold, and Central scored the final 12 points.

Campbell and Central had each other right where they wanted; tied at 51 with 3:06 left in the game. However, that’s where the game changed as Central shutout the Lady Cougars down the stretch to win 63-51.

The one glaring stat came at the free throw line as Central all but doubled Campbell’s free tosses 30 to 16. Central made 23 of its free throws as Campbell hit 14.

Preslee Chapman’s 17 points were tops for the Lady Cougars as Reagan Davis was also in double-figures with 10. Eight points each came from Taraji Abernathy and Addy Coleman. Kaylee Albright totaled five points with three coming from Karlie Allen.

The perk from winning Thursday’s game with Central was that the winner will play its first region game, Fri., Feb. 27, at home. The loss puts the Lady Cougars on the road that night on a District 4 opponents home court likely Bearden or Farragut.

Campbell takes a 13 & 10 mark into Monday’s third place game in the District 3-AAAA Tournament against Karns at Halls. Tip time is 6pm. WLAF will send you all the live televised and radio coverage with the Voice of the Cougars Josh Parker.

Mondays live telecast is presented by Kristy and Brian Osborn. “These girls have worked so hard, and this is another way we can show our support for them,” said Brian Osborn.

It’s a radio-television-website-social media broadcast Monday night, and you are invited to join the “Voice of the Cougars” Josh Parker for all the fun over WLAF of Campbell’s third place game in the District 3-AAAA at Halls. The WLAF Doyle’s Tire Sports Network spans ten WLAF media platforms. Listen and watch beginning at 6pm on Monday as the Lady Cougars play against Karns over WLAF TV-1089 on Comcast-Xfinity, 1450wlaf.com, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, WLAF Radio AM 1450 & FM 100.9 and Amazon Alexa.

Season results 2025-2026

Lady Cougars 46 Oliver Springs 43…-…Cougars 72 Oliver Springs 61- Tue., Nov. 18, 2025, at Brown Gym

Lenoir City 47 Lady Cougars 18…-…Lenoir City 66 Cougars 54- Thu., Nov. 20, 2025, at Brown Gym

Clinton 54 Lady Cougars 28- Tue., Nov. 25, 2025, at Gibbs Thanksgiving Classic

South Doyle 71 Cougars 48- Wed., Nov. 26, 2025, at Claiborne Thanksgiving Tournament

Seymour 57 Lady Cougars 43- Fri., Nov. 28, 2025, at Gibbs Thanksgiving Classic

South Doyle 72 Cougars 60- Fri., Nov. 28, 2025, at Claiborne Thanksgiving Tournament

Lady Cougars 57 Gibbs 49- Sat., Nov. 29, 2025, at Gibbs Thanksgiving Classic

Cougars 62 Knoxville Ambassadors 47- Sat., Nov. 29, 2025, at Claiborne Thanksgiving Tournament

Lady Cougars 57 Scott 39…-…Scott 53 Cougars 50- Tue., Dec. 2, 2025, at Brown Gym

Oneida 67 Lady Cougars 49…-…Oneida 71 Cougars 58- Fri., Dec. 5, 2025, at Oneida

Lady Cougars 60 Karns 32…-…Karns 66 Cougars 62- Tue., Dec. 9, 2025, at Brown Gym

Oliver Springs 56 Lady Cougars 49…-…Cougars 59 Oliver Springs 48- Tue., Dec. 16, 2025, at Oliver Springs

Lady Cougars 63 Carter 20 …-… Carter 80 Cougars 76 (OT)- Fri., Dec. 19, 2025, at Brown Gym-Homecoming

Games at Barbourville, Kentucky, (Sat., Jan. 24) at Loudon (Mon., Jan. 19) postponed; Lady Cougars withdrew from Music City HoopFest Tourney

Cougars 64 Gibbs 54- Sat., Dec. 27, 2025, at Strawberry Plains at Carter Christmas Classic

Heritage 68 Cougars 35- Mon., Dec. 29, 2025, at Strawberry Plains at Carter Christmas Classic

Lakeway Christian Academy 70 Cougars 56- Tue., Dec. 30, 2025, at Strawberry Plains at Carter Christmas Classic

Through December 31, 2025, the Lady Cougars are 5 & 5 and 1 & 0 in the District while the Cougars are 4 & 9, 0 & 1

Lady Cougars 53 Halls 39 …-… Halls 88 Cougars 65- Tue., Jan. 6, 2026, at Brown Gym

Lady Cougars 56 Central 48 …-… Central 68 Cougars 57- Fri., Jan. 9, 2026, at Knoxville

Powell 42 Lady Cougars 29 …-… Powell 68 Cougars 43- Tue., Jan. 13, 2026, at Powell

Lady Cougars 54 West 45 …-… West 81 Cougars 70- Fri., Jan. 16, 2026, at Brown Gym

Loudon 47 Lady Cougars 43 OT …-… Loudon 56 Cougars 54- Mon., Jan. 19, 2026, at Loudon

Lady Cougars 42 Karns 38 …-… Karns 81 Cougars 70- Tue., Jan. 20, 2026, at Karns

Lady Cougars 48 Halls 43 …-… Halls 81 Cougars 59- Fri., Jan. 23, 2026, at Halls

Lady Cougars 50 West 38 …-… West 82 Cougars 65- Fri., Feb. 6, 2026, at Knoxville West (10 straight losses for the Cougars)

Lady Cougars 78 Knoxville Ambassadors 14 …-… Cougars 70 Knoxville Ambassadors 60- Mon., Feb. 9, 2026, at Brown Gym

Powell 61 Lady Cougars 37 …-… Powell 69 Cougars 63- Tue., Feb. 10, 2026, at Brown Gym

Knoxville Central 63 Lady Cougars 56 …-… Central 72 Cougars 61- Thu., Feb. 12, 2026, at Brown Gym

Lady Cougars 39 Scott 38 …-… Scott 82 Cougars 58- Sat., Feb. 14, 2026, at Huntsville

Regular season games at Barbourville, at Carter and home with Oneida were cancelled.

West 75 Cougars 64 in quarterfinal District 3-AAAA game at Halls on Wed., Feb. 18, 2026. The Cougars finish the season 5 & 21.

Central 63 Lady Cougars 51 in semifinal District 3-AAAA game at Halls on Thu., Feb. 19, 2026

Lady Cougars vs. Karns in third place District 3-AAAA game at Halls on Mon., Feb. 23, 2026, at 6pm

Lady Cougars vs. Bearden or Farragut in first round Region 2-AAAA game at Bearden or Farragut on Fri., Feb. 27, 2026, at 7pm

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Campbell County Sports is made possible by these outstanding corporate partners:

Alco Builders & Realty                                                                               

First National Bank

Greeneview Farms Market

Boshears Paving

Lyons Liquor Locker

Where My Heart Leads

Smith’s Metals and Dock Sales    

Byrge Screen Printing                                                                               

Rice Oil – Big O’s                                                                                        

C & L Metal Sales   

Lindsay’s Carpet & Paint Center

Hensley Tire & Service

Peoples Bank of the South                                                                       

E.E. Hill & Son Insurance                                                                          

La Follette Mine Supply                                                                             

Grace Rehab

La Follette Medical Center                                    

Citizens Bank                                                                                        

HOMEstretch Home Services

La Follette Nutrition                                                                                                                                                           

Quality Lawn Sales & Service

LUB                                                                                                               

Clayton Homes

Litho-Craft Printing & Office Supplies                                                                             

Hammer’s Dry Goods                                                                                 

Community Trust Bank                                                      

Builtwell Bank

Gray Insurance Group                                                                               

Kitts Paint & Body Shop

C & C Concrete                                                                                           

Holston Gases

TCAT

Doyle’s Tire Shop                                                                                       

JCR Construction   

Local Realtor Gage Dople                    

Jacksboro GNC                   

Bullock Law Firm

PCUD

Melissa Marlow with Preferred Living Homes

Cumberland Equipment Rentals

Here are the team rosters.

Freshmen

10 Jack Sexton

14 David Smith

Sophomores

15 Koalton Cupp

4 Asher Foust

24 Braxton Fox

12 Braydon Graham

1 Caden Heatherly

Juniors

2 Will Croley

3 Hunter Dotson

5 Jake Hatmaker

11 Sam Sexton

Seniors

There are no seniors.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-02/20/2026-6AM)