THIS ARTICLE COURTESY THE KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS
By BILL LANE
blane@timesnews.net
MURFREESBORO — The performance by Dobyns-Bennett’s basketball team in the quarterfinals of the Class AAA state basketball tournament Thursday night wasn’t exactly what veteran coach Charlie Morgan has grown accustomed to.
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Clarksville Northeast defeated the Indians 85-30 to set a TSSAA record.
The Eagles (29-2) had historians scrambling. This was the widest margin of victory in state tourney annals, topping the 51 point spread by Meigs County in an 87-36 victory over South Fulton in 1962.
D-B junior Juwan Johnson said playing in the event was an experience and offered an after-thought: “We’ve got another year.’’