The Cannon County Lions and Lionettes high school basketball teams will kick off the 2013-2014 season today at Robert A Harris Gymnasium with a marathon of basketball games. Both teams have high expectations this year. First the Cannon County Lionettes led by two time Miss Basketball finalist Abbey Sissom will start the afternoon off at 1:30 against the Rhea County Lady Golden Eagles. The Lionettes saw the first round of the State Tournament last year and not only will be counting on Sissom but also post player Rebekah Faulkner and defensive specialist Madison Walkup to get them back to Murfreesboro again this season. Rhea County finished 19-9 but unfortunately that ninth loss was in the first round of the district tournament which ended their successful season prematurely. The Lionettes will also play Boyd Christian School tonight at 6:00. The Cannon County Lions return a nucleus of talent around the perimeter and the inside game of Tanner Larson. The Lions are picked to finish in the top 3 teams in the district according the the District 8-AA coaches. Look for field goal shooting to be much improved from last season. The Lions return a deep team featuring several talented freshmen and sophomores to go along with the experienced talent returning to the squad. They will play a Rhea County boys basketball team who won 11 games last season. Tipoff of the game will start at 4:30. The Boys will also play Boyd Christian School to wind up the Hall Of Fame Classic games Tuesday night at 7:30. WBRY AM-1540/FM96.7 will have the live broadcasts of the games starting at 12:45 this afternoon. You can also catch the games live streaming on the internet at wbry.com or on your android or i-phone based smartphone by downloading the app TuneIn Radio and once downloaded type in WBRY in the search engine
