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Greenbrier @ East Nashville

Cheatham County @ Whites Creek

Pearl Cohn @ White House Heritage

Maplewood @ White House

 

Who do you got?

 

East seems to be peaking at the right time. Greenbrier will give them fits with the "stall ball" and I predict a low scoring game with East the winner. Greenbrier does have quick point guards that can handle the ball surprisingly well with a very frustrating stall technique.  Still ehhh don't see it happening.

 

Cheatham vs WC ,  Cheatham is a quick team with no real height . can shoot the 3 pretty well and have a few really good players. Creek should wear them down with their speed and height. Cheatham is playing their best ball here late in the season but will come up "short"...  get it.

 

Pearl at White House Heritage.  Heritage is the best team in 9AA.  I saw Pearl play Maplewood at Pearl a few weeks ago in reg season. (Maplewood with out Bo Hodges)....and Pearl still got beat. They have a big that can get up and a shooter. But for the most part had trouble getting jumpers to fall. If Heritage does not rebound they will not win. Heritage will surprise Pearl with speed and defensive ability. Heritage is athletic as well is Pearl. I say even matchup and will be a close game. Unless one or the other gets out to a big lead and believe me, either team can do that. Edge Heritage at home... with the win.

 

Maplewood at White House. How healthy is Bo ?  I believe that will be the deciding factor....Maplewood without Bo Hodges is an average team at best. But with him.... could make a run to State Championship.  White House and Maplewood have played once this season with White House giving Maplewood a run until late in the game when Hodges took over. Maplewood knows what they are getting into !  It could spell trouble if White House is on their game and their game is press with sticky 1-3-1  push and shoot the 3 ball.  The 3 ball is a great equalizer.  White House can stay in this game if they play their best. Maplewood had an 8 game winning streak going until the upset vs East.....then rebounded with a huge win over Pearl. I see Maplewood continuing their winning ways.

 

Good Luck to all.

 

thenextone you up.  how do you see playing out?

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East seems to be peaking at the right time. Greenbrier will give them fits with the "stall ball" and I predict a low scoring game with East the winner. Greenbrier does have quick point guards that can handle the ball surprisingly well with a very frustrating stall technique. Still ehhh don't see it happening.

 

Cheatham vs WC , Cheatham is a quick team with no real height . can shoot the 3 pretty well and have a few really good players. Creek should wear them down with their speed and height. Cheatham is playing their best ball here late in the season but will come up "short"... get it.

 

Pearl at White House Heritage. Heritage is the best team in 9AA. I saw Pearl play Maplewood at Pearl a few weeks ago in reg season. (Maplewood with out Bo Hodges)....and Pearl still got beat. They have a big that can get up and a shooter. But for the most part had trouble getting jumpers to fall. If Heritage does not rebound they will not win. Heritage will surprise Pearl with speed and defensive ability. Heritage is athletic as well is Pearl. I say even matchup and will be a close game. Unless one or the other gets out to a big lead and believe me, either team can do that. Edge Heritage at home... with the win.

 

Maplewood at White House. How healthy is Bo ? I believe that will be the deciding factor....Maplewood without Bo Hodges is an average team at best. But with him.... could make a run to State Championship. White House and Maplewood have played once this season with White House giving Maplewood a run until late in the game when Hodges took over. Maplewood knows what they are getting into ! It could spell trouble if White House is on their game and their game is press with sticky 1-3-1 push and shoot the 3 ball. The 3 ball is a great equalizer. White House can stay in this game if they play their best. Maplewood had an 8 game winning streak going until the upset vs East.....then rebounded with a huge win over Pearl. I see Maplewood continuing their winning ways.

 

Good Luck to all.

 

thenextone you up. how do you see playing out?

I actually agree with just about everything you said. If it goes the way I think it will I will be looking forward to a whites creek heritage match up. I think they will match up well with each other.

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For those that dont know. ths is the

 

REGION 5 AA  TOURNAMENT.

 

I know it number of Students....but seem all of the schools in 10AA (Metro Nashville City District) should be and I think have been AAA schools before. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

  I think its one of the toughest Regions in the State to get out of for 9AA ( Outer laying schools from Cheatham Robertson and Sumner) and to Advance. I wish 9AA could have played elsewhere.

Just a small gripe.  But it is what it is.  I believe other Rural districts have an easier road.

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Heritage cashes that regular season and district tournament championship in on the first round of the regional tournament.  Due to those accomplishments, they get the weakest team in 10AA at home.  Pearl Cohn will be athletic but I believe that this Patriot team is not done yet.  They have shown that they can play defense, get out and run, and shoot the three well on any given night.  I expect it to be a challenge  but I believe that if they keep turnovers to a minimum, shoot better than 70% on their free throws, and rebound well, they should move on to the 2nd round with ease.  Don't be surprised if Heritage takes this one by a large margin, say 12+.

 

Greenbrier will put up a fight for 3 minutes then collapse.

 

Cheatham County will put up a fight for 6 minutes then collapse.

 

White House can pull off the upset against Maplewood.  Depends on Bo's health and ability to play.  White House will have to be red hot from trey land and shoot a lot of FT's to pull this off, but for some gut feeling I think they will.  White House wins by 5.

 

Since I'm not a player and can look ahead, wouldn't it be sweet if White House and Heritage met in the finals?!  Sweet!

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Thanks for the info on AAA status guys.

 

Good call Cleggy..........11 point victory by the Patriots.  55-44

 

Game in control . 

 

Could have...let me rephrase SHOULD have been a 25+ point victory. 

 

Pearl Cohn was out hustled out rebounded out shot and beat back up the court many times for most of the game.  The Firebird press was called off very quickly I might add after It proved ineffective against the Heritage offense.  Heritage Defense again proved to be a winner. Holding Yet another team under 50 points.  Only the 7th time all season Pearl had been held under 50.  Firebirds scored just 4 points in the second qt to Heritage 10. The game winner being the 23-13 run in the 4th quarter for the Patriots.

 

Survive and Advance.

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Well, at least 9AA won a game this year. Some years they get swept. There are no good teams in the district other than WHH and they won't go any further. 10AA is the strongest AA district in the state this year (at the top).

Since the district realignment four years ago 9aa has not been swept. If Heritage wins Tuesday 9aa will have put a team in the championship game twice in 4 years. 10aa is excellent right now and 9aa has been down, but it isn't as one sided as you suggest.
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Since the district realignment four years ago 9aa has not been swept. If Heritage wins Tuesday 9aa will have put a team in the championship game twice in 4 years. 10aa is excellent right now and 9aa has been down, but it isn't as one sided as you suggest.

I would say 9aa is way down, only one team with an overall winning record. With that said this years Heritage team is pretty solid.

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