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17-03-2025
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Softball standouts and state finalists: Vote for the Ponce Law girls athlete of the week in Nashville
Vote, vote and vote again. You can help select the Ponce Law girls athlete of the week for the Nashville area for March 10-15. This week's list includes some of the top players from the TSSAA girls basketball state tournament that was played last week. It also includes the area's top softball players as spring sports enters its third week in Tennessee. Here are this week's candidates. Reese Beaty, York Institute: The Iowa State signee had nine points and five rebounds York's TSSAA Class 2A state quarterfinal win over Memphis Business. She finished with 31 points and 10 rebounds in Friday's semifinal win over Gatlinburg-Pittman and added 15 points and six rebounds in the 2A title game loss to Westview last Saturday. Ceilee Gudat, Warren County: Gudat was 2-for-3 with a home run, a triple and five RBIs in a 17-0 win over Spring Hill last Thursday. Shelby Higgins, Richland: Higgins had 26 points with five 3-pointers and five rebounds to lead Richland past Copper Basin, 45-25, in the TSSAA Class 1A state quarterfinals. Higgins had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead Richland in a 47-40 loss to Greenfield in the semifinals last Friday. Ava Jones, White County: Jones had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds as White County fell to Dyersburg, 52-42, in the TSSAA Class 3A state quarterfinals last Thursday. Abigail Netherton, Van Buren: Netherton had 26 points in Van Buren's 68-32 win over Memphis Middle College in the TSSAA Class 1A state quarterfinal last Wednesday. She finished with 30 points, including the game-winning shot to seal the semifinal win over Coalfield last Friday, and finished with 20 points in Van Buren's loss to Greenfield in the 1A championship game last Saturday. Lily Norman, Coffee County: Norman was 2-for-3 with a double and four RBIs and pitched seven innings allowing only two hits and striking out nine in a 10-1 win over Siegel last Monday. Charlie Roby, Cookeville: Roby had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists in Cookeville's 49-37 win over Lincoln County in the TSSAA Class 4A state quarterfinal last Thursday. She finished with 20 points to lead Cookeville in its 55-43 loss to Bartlett in the state semifinal last Friday. Tarek Scherr, Summit: Scherr was 3-for-3 with a home run and six RBIs in a win over American Christian Academy last Monday. Reagan Walter, Green Hill: Walter was 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run and an RBI. Walter was also 2-for- with a triple and four RBIs against Springfield last Thursday. Ally Weathers, Loretto: Weathers had 23 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals as the Lady Mustangs took down McMinn Central, 59-48, in the TSSAA Class 2A state quarterfinals last Wednesday. She had nine points and eight rebounds in Loretto's semifinal loss to Westview. Vote now before the poll closes at noon on Thursday. Click on the image below to make your choice. Reach sports writer George Robinson at and on the X platform (formerly Twitter) @Cville_Sports. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Vote for the Ponce Law girls athlete of the week in Nashville
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13-03-2025
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How Carsyn Swaney led Heritage to first TSSAA girls basketball state tournament win in 28 years
MURFREESBORO ― Heritage senior Carsyn Swaney spent the bus ride from Maryville to Murfreesboro Wednesday watching film on Portland ahead of Heritage's TSSAA girls basketball state tournament quarterfinal. But Swaney's thoughts weren't too far away from her future home court she'll be playing on. On the same iPad she used to break down's Portland's defense, she watched Middle Tennessee State crush Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA women's tournament. Swaney broke into a smile when thinking about what's to come. "That part of my life is coming," the 3A Miss Basketball finalist said after leading Heritage to a dominant 60-36 win over Portland in the TSSAA Class 3A quarterfinals Thursday at Murphy Center. "Right now I'm focused on my time here at Heritage and finishing that right." HOW TO WATCH TSSAA girls basketball state tournament "I watch almost every single (MTSU) game on ESPN Plus," Swaney said. "I'm just ready. I like their style of play." Swaney had 22 points, three rebounds and four assists. Chloe Heath added 21 points as Heritage (33-2) advanced to the semifinals and will play South Gibson at 4 p.m. Friday. It's the first state semifinal appearance for the Lady Mountaineers since 1997. It's the second straight trip to the Glass House for Swaney and Heritage. The Lady Mountaineers lost to Cocke County in last year's quarterfinals, 55-53. She had 21 points in that game, so she's grown comfortable on the Blue Raiders' campus. "I'm always going to want to play well here," Swaney said. "And if I want to play (at MTSU) I have to envision myself out there, on the court, and think about 'what can I do to help?'" Swaney will play for a Tennessee coaching legend in Rick Insell, who has led MTSU's program since 2005. Insell is also a legendary high school coach in Middle Tennessee, having led Shelbyville to 15 state championship games and a TSSAA-record 10 titles in 28 seasons. TSSAA BASKETBALL How Gatlinburg-Pittman's Maliyah Glasper impressed brother Ty in TSSAA basketball state tournament win TSSAA TOURNAMENT TSSAA girls basketball state tournament brackets, schedule, scores for 2025 championships "Carsyn is one of those program changers," Heritage coach Rick Howard said. "You only get so many of those in your coaching career. She's been a joy to coach and I'm going to miss her. Rick's getting a really good player." Swaney has been an anchor for Howard's program for the past four years. The Mountaineers won 50 games during her freshman and sophomore seasons, but failed to make the state tournament losing to Bearden in the region semifinals in 2022 and the sectional to Sevier County in 2023. Last year it advanced to state for the first time since 2000, before the quarterfinal heartbreaker against Cocke County. "That's why my focus right now is still with Heritage," said Swaney, who eclipsed 2,000 career points and is the school's second-leading scorer all time. "We have to be ready to play (Friday) because it's going to be a much tougher game. I'm excited about playing at MTSU, but we have more games to play this week." Cecil Joyce covers high school sports and MTSU athletics for The Daily News Journal. Contact him at cjoyce@ and follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @Cecil_Joyce. This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: TSSAA basketball state tournament 2025: Carsyn Swaney leads Heritage
