Stephen Hargis

By now we all know the saga.

The gravelly voice on the other end of the phone was unmistakable.

The 1,000-watt smile on his face as he trotted onto the basketball court Friday night told the story of what the moment meant to Austin Schneider.

Briggs Cherry saw no reason to delay his decision any longer.

Amari Jefferson is returning to his home state.

There will be a new boys' champion at the Best of Preps tournament, and it took only one round for Red Bank to make sure of that.

The annual Times Free Press Best of Preps basketball tournament is set to tip off Thursday morning and will feature a schedule of games that rates as one of the most competitive in the two-plus decade history of the event.

This wake-up call was more like a bucket of ice water to the face Saturday night in an already cold Ohio Stadium.

Based solely on how often his cell phone began to buzz just after lunch early last Sunday afternoon, Bill Duff automatically knew who the University of Tennessee had drawn in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

It was on the brief bus ride back to McCallie that the enormity of what had just happened finally sank in for Joel Bradford.