Hold Up

Defending champion Heritage isn’t quite done

In junior Kenley Coker, far left, senior Aleyah Smith, third from left, and juniors Katelyn Graves and Faith Morris, the defending Class 3A champion Heritage Lady Mountaineers return four of five starters from last year’s title game.

By Stefan Cooper
Editor
Blount Press Row

Heritage took as big a hit to graduation as a team can take after last season’s historic state championship run.

The Lady Mountaineers became Blount County’s first ever champion in the full-court era of girls basketball in Tennessee when they routed Northview in the Class 3A title game at Middle Tennessee State University.