South Greene's girls and boys along with the North Greene boys were winners Tuesday in the opening round of the Greene County Thanksgiving Classic, but the North Greene girls stumbled in their game against Morristown East.

The Lady Rebels routed University High, the South Greene boys beat Providence Academy, and the North Greene boys rolled over King's Academy in opening games.

Chuckey-Doak and West Greene are involved in the tournament today, which is being staged this year at South Greene's gym. Chuckey-Doak's girls and boys are taking on Hampton in games which began at 10 a.m. The West Greene girls play Cherokee this afternoon while the West Greene boys battle Pigeon Forge.

There will be no games Thursday, but action will continue Friday morning at 10 a.m. with four loser's bracket games, followed by the four semifinals in the late afternoon and evening. Games will be held again all day Saturday, leading up to the championship tilts in both girls and boys that evening.

North Greene's girls got off to a bad start and trailed by 15 points at halftime. They made a run in the third but couldn't overcome the big deficit and eventually lost by a 67-50 margin to the Morristown East Lady Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes used their great height advantage to make up for a huge number of turnovers that the Huskies couldn't capitalize on due to poor shooting and floor errors of their own.

Down 36-21 at halftime, the Huskies made a rally to get the deficit down to 43-35 in the third stanza, but could get no closer.

Kayla Orrick had 13 points and 11 rebounds to lead East High (2-0), while Sam Hale also hit for 13. Sophomore Haley Vaughan was high point producer for the Huskies (2-1) with 16 points, while Mariah Britton scored 13 and Dakota White added 11.

The Huskies play University High Friday at 1 p.m.

Trailing throughout the first half and down by three points at intermission, the North Greene boys stormed back in the second half and posted a 57-44 win over the King's Academy Lions.

The difference was the defense applied to King's athletic 6-7 post Cyville Sandjon. Sandjon scored 13 points in the first half, but was held to only two more field goals the rest of the way as the North Greene boys improved to 3-0 on the year.

The guard combination of Dylan Payne and Drew Lady accounted for 40 of the Huskies' points, with Payne scoring 25 and Lady 15. Lady got all of his points in the second half.

Cody Britton banged the boards for seven rebounds against a much taller squad. Sandjon finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Lions, while David Kirkpatrick knocked down 13.

The Huskies will play on Friday at 8:30 p.m. against county rival South Greene.

The South Greene girls came out firing against University High and blitzed the Lady Bucs with a 34-4 first quarter to quickly put their contest out of reach on their way to a 79-37 romp.

The Rebel quickness forced 15 first quarter turnovers by the Bucs and most of those were turned into easy transition baskets. Reserves got plenty of playing time the rest of the ball game.

Brandi Crum led the scoring with 16 points, while Rechelle Dye and Ashley Tweed each scored 12. Melinda Blair had 11 points for University.

South Greene takes on Morristown East Friday at 7 p.m. in the semifinals.

The South Greene boys shot down Providence Academy 77-53, gradually pulling away thanks to a big first half by Scott Blake, who scored 20 of his 24 points in the opening two quarters.

Kenan Wilhoit had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Rebels (1-0).

Providence got 13 points from Vincent Johnson, 12 points from Kevin Smith and 10 points and 11 rebounds from Brett Bryan.

Leading 22-9 at the first rest stop, the Rebels got nine points from Wilhoit and seven more from Blake in the second frame to surge ahead by a 46-25 margin at intermission.

The Rebels will take on North Greene in the 8:30 p.m. game Friday.