Today's News

Campbell County High School’s girls picked up a bittersweet victory Tuesday night at Knox Halls.

The Lady Cougars won the game, 57-55, on Jessica Moore’s free throws with 8.2 seconds left.

However, the triumph was overshadowed by an injury to sophomore point guard Courtney Morris, who was hurt halfway through the second quarter. Morris went down with a possible lower back injury at the 4:28 mark and had to be carted off on a stretcher. Campbell County was leading 14-13 at the time.

Senior forward Thomas Ridenour scored 17 of his game-high 25 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, in the second half Thursday night to lead the Jellico High School boy’s basketball team to a 68-55 win over visiting District 4-A rival Oneida.

The victory allowed the Blue Devils (8-3 district, 14-8 overall) to avenge a 61-56 overtime loss at Oneida on Jan. 23.

It’s been a very good week for the Campbell County High School girl’s basketball team.

Aside from a 61-37 loss to District 3-AAA frontrunner Oak Ridge, the Lady Cougars were able to sweep rival Anderson County after getting their point guard back off the disabled list.

Courtney Morris, a sophomore, suffered a scary lower back injury — the equivalent of a football stinger —  on Feb. 2 during a game at Knox Halls. She was taken to the hospital after her lower extremities went numb.

Campbell County students may have been celebrating the recent run of snow days. But the unscheduled days off have come at a price they will likely not be happy to pay.

Thanks to snow, ice and treacherous road conditions the first week of June will see area pupils heading to the classroom rather than the swimming pool.

In order for county schools to meet the 180 day instruction requirement set forth by the state, the school year will be forced to be extended by one week, according to Dr. Michael Martin, director of schools.