The Jellico Blue Devils and the Powell Panthers will round out the year against one another at at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Jellico knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Powell likes a good challenge.
Jellico fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Midway on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took an 83-79 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Green Wave. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (63), the Blue Devils still had to take the loss.
| 12/20/24 vs Midway | 27 |
| 12/19/24 vs Oliver Springs | 24 |
| 12/13/24 @ Harriman | 17 |
| 12/10/24 @ Coalfield | 41 |
| 12/06/24 vs Pickett County | 22 |
| 12/03/24 @ Oakdale | 15 |
Jellico might have lost, but man, Trey Vann was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten rebounds. The game was Vann's sixth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Gavin Dabney, who posted 15 points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Powell was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 63-59 to McMinn County. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 209th, while the Cherokees are ranked 100th).
This is the second loss in a row for Powell and nudges their season record down to 4-7. As for Jellico, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-5.
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