Team Pierson 87
Union County 68
Lester "The Action Figure" Wilson (Carter) scored 24 points as Team Pierson (2-0) moved past Union County (0-2) 87-68 in Week #2 opening round action of the Pilot Rocky Top High School Fall League. Marcus Stanford (Knoxville Central) added 16 points for his squad while "My Man" Otis Littlejohn (Knoxville West) finished with 12.
Chase Buckner (Union County) had an outstanding effort finishing with 17 points. Brad Baker (Union County) and Preston Moore (Knoxville Halls) added 12 and 11 respectively.
Team Nabors 57
Team Lee 55
Chad Nabors (Knoxville Webb) drained a foul shot with little time remaining lifting Team Nabors (1-1) to a hard fought 57-55 win over a scrappy Team Lee. Zach Stinnett (Maryville) led Team Nabors with 13 points while Burton Sampson (Knoxville Webb) added 10.
Lucas Branch (Knoxville Catholic) led Team Lee with 12 points. Matt Cox (Knoxville Catholic) and Dalton Keck (CAK) finished with 11 and 10 respectively.
Team Kimber 61
Blount County 47
Brandon Lopez (Austin East) scored a game high 23 points and helped keep Team Kimber unbeaten with a 61-47 victory over a tough Blount County squad. The score was not indicative of the game with Kimber holding a narrow 28-24 advantage at the break.
Jaylen Allen (Science Hill) finished with 19 for the winners.
Matt Shown (Alcoa) continued his fine play in the fall league leading Blount County with 13 big points.
Tri-Cities 75
Cumberland/Roane County 56
Tri-Cities pushed their record to 2-0 and placed four players in double digits as the pushed past Cumberland County 75-56. Dustin Clarke (North Carolina) and Zach Garland (David Crockett) finished with 15 points apiece.
Logan Lyle (Unicoi County) and Zach Howard (Science Hill) added 13 each for the victors.
Cory Billingsley (Sweetwater) led all scorers with 20 points in the hard fought loss. Blake Rowan (Stone Memorial) added 14 and Jethro Griffin (Sequoyah) finished with 10.
Anderson County 62
Team Naler 57
Alan Holt (Anderson County) drained a three to take a late lead and foul shots from Tyler King (Scott) sealed the win as Anderson County (1-1) slipped past Team Naler 62-57.
Ross Cannon (Anderson County) led the scoring for the victors with 12. Jon McCroskey (Gatlinburg-Pittman) added 10 in the win.
Galen Campbell (Fulton) did all he could dropping 30 points in the tough loss. Jaeland Lawson (Fulton) added 10.
Sevier County 63
Team Johnson 57
Morrease "The Butcher" Barber (Gatlinburg-Pittman) scored 20 points and his partner in crime Jose Agosto (Gatlinburg-Pittman) added 14 leading Sevier County past Team Johnson 63-57 in one of the days hottest games.
Phillip "Tookie" Stanford (Knoxville West) scored 17 for Team Johnson and was joined in the scoring column by DeQuan Wright (Bearden) and Carson Brooks (Knoxville West).