Tim Hayes

BRISTOL, Va. – It had all the intensity of a playoff game, and the final result turned out to be a familiar outcome for the girls basketball team at George Wythe High School.

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LOCALS IN COLLEGE NOTES: Former Union star Sean Cusano of Chattanooga competes against Indiana Hoosiers

BRISTOL, Va. – Kara Kelley inexplicably stumbled and fell as she exited Monday's game for good with 30.9 seconds showing on the clock following a substitution.

Tom Mott will not only be coaching the St. Joseph High School Knights from Santa Maria, California, in The Classic at Tennessee High, he will also be taking a stroll down memory lane.

BRISTOL, Va. – Mike Danser is six games into his first season as the head boys basketball coach at John Battle High School and he offered a status report on his Trojans.

Landon Lee has long been among the legion of youngsters to partake in a local tradition – spending five days of the holiday break from school watching prep basketball teams compete in the annual tournament at Viking Hall.

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Of course, folks flock to the annual holiday tournament at Viking Hall each December to see teenagers from other parts of the country who will one day make noise in the NCAA Tournament and/or do noticeable things in the NBA.

Roast beef sandwiches won't be on the menu at the annual holiday tournament at Viking Hall this week, but quality high school basketball will still be served in abundance.

Reed Kirtner didn't get a curtain call at the 2023 Arby's Classic at Viking Hall, but he will get a chance to perform an encore in the venue 12 months later.