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Elizabethton advances to regional final

By Rick Sheek

The pressure was obviously on, and Elizabethton’s basketball team delivered.
Sullivan North refused to go away, but the Cyclones maintained their composure and prevailed 67-58 in Tuesday night’s Region 1-AA tournament semifinals at John Treadway Gym.
Elizabethton (25-6) faces Sullivan East (26-7) on Thursday night at 7 or the region championship, with home-court advantage for the sub-state round on the line. The Cyclones are at this stage for the first time since 2003.
“Right now it’s winner go home, and I think nobody wants to go home,” said junior point guard Zeke Clark, who paced Elizabethton with 14 points and four steals. “So a lot of teams are going to play a whole lot harder, and they’re going to make a whole lot more plays than they normally would.”