The ball just wouldn't drop in the hole for the Indians, which managed just 12 second half points on four 3-pointers to fall to the Falcons. “It was one of those days where there was a lid on it.

KINGSPORT — Breaking open a 41-all tie with back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the fourth quarter, Dorman’s basketball team claimed the Alpha Invitational championship on Saturday with a 60-52 win ...

Troy Boswell Jr. (21) set Alpha Invitational records with 112 total points and a 37.3 scoring average while also tying the single games record for points with 40 in defending champion Winter Haven’s ...

Gate City’s Ollie Carpenter (12) sank six three-pointers in the Blue Devils’ 5th-place game win over St. James, SC. TriCitiesSports.com photo by Allen Greene Photography. Gate City’s Ollie Carpenter ...

Dobyns-Bennett’s Cam Hayworth went for 35 points as the Tribe claimed third-place in the Alpha Invitational with a double-overtime win over Boyd County, KY. TriCitiesSports.com photo by Allen Greene ...

KACHEA’s Grant Thompson (4) poured in 33 points but the Wildcats came up just short at West Ridge in the FCA Hoops Classic. TriCitiesSports.com photo by Dawn Lambert Photography. BLOUNTVILLE — Grant ...

BLOUNTVILLE — In the end, Chilhowie had no answer for Andrew Barnett. Elizabethton’s senior guard burned the nets for 23 points, including five three-pointers, to propel the Cyclones to a 66-62 ...

KINGSPORT — Chris Poore’s next Dobyns-Bennett basketball practice might be all free throws and for good reason. The Indians — in spite of missing 23 free throws — fell just two points shy of tying the ...

KACHEA’s Grant Thompson (4) poured in 33 points but the Wildcats came up just short at West Ridge in the FCA Hoops Classic. TriCitiesSports.com photo by Dawn Lambert Photography. The KACHEA junior ...

KINGSPORT -- With Christmas just a few days away, it seemed thematically appropriate that a Carpenter hit one of the biggest shots in the entire Alpha Invitational. As in, Ollie Carpenter, a sophomore ...