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Swanson, Molly has been playing with an ACL tear and a meniscus tear. Her ACL was 60% torn, but last night finished it off. She has surgery scheduled for the 25th of this month. Very tough young lady who left it on the floor. She had an outstanding high school career, and now it is time to get her knee better and get ready to be a Golden Eagle. Congratulations to RBS on the win! The Colter girl is a long range assassin. I hope to see you guys playing at the Murphy Center. Good luck!

It is an honor to just be on this list, so all of the young ladies should be very proud. The school and communities that they represent should be very proud as well. To Molly Heady I'm so proud of you. Thank you so much for the way you play the game and the type of person you are. Your hard work and dedication to the game, the classroom, and the community are why you are on this list. Your style of play endures you to us fans, and your kind heart and sweet personality seals the deal.

auntkim, You are one of the classy posters on this board. Thank you for that. The people from Chapel Hill should be proud about how you represent them on here. Girls basketball brings out the best and worst in some us but the post I have read of yours always seem to be full of integrity. Not a single girl being mentioned will be a loser. They are all headed to play Division 1 basketball and I look forward to keeping track of them throughout the rest of their careers. One thing I think we can all agree on is that Hawn, Heady, and Leonard all have that "IT" factor.

Jason, That shows you what I know! For some reason I thought Snow in 2004 was the only finalist. Oh well, scratch what I said about Lamar not coaching a Miss Basketball winner. I thought it was ironic with as much success as that program has had that there wouldn't be a Miss Basketball. I still believe all three of the girls being mentioned are very deserving. I'll go study up on my history of CHS basketball now. LOL

UT, Not trying to make it a contest between these two. Beth Hawn is having a better year than either one of them. I think Leonard is awesome. I also think Heady and Hawn are just as awesome. Nothing negative meant. I agree Leonard's 8th grade stats should count. By rule she was under the same roof and she was able to play with the high school. Single A will be represented well by this award who ever wins it. Heck, we may be doing all this talking for no reason someone not even mentioned may win it.

8 state championships, over 900 wins, the most successful single A team in the state, hall of fame coach, but not a single girl from Clarkrange has won the Miss Basketball trophy. Michelle Snow was a finalist, and was very deserving of the trophy, but did not win it. Lamar does such an outstanding job managing his teams, and his stars. That is why his teams are so scary when they get in the state tournament. I say all of that to say their is only one ball and what players like Heady and Leonard do on teams with other stars like Reed, Dickens, Wardin, and Bowman make them very special. I for one have enjoyed watching both of these young ladies play the game. They both have the same kind of qualities and when they play against each other it is worth the price of admission. Miss Hawn is also having an outstanding year, I just think the choice has to be Heady or Leonard, and I know it is a 1 year award, but these two girls have produced at the same high level for 4 years. Their stats are very similar if you take out Leonard's 8th grade stats. I think Leonard has a slightly higher average in points, but Heady has a higher average in rebounds. I will say this you will not go wrong with Heady, Leonard, or Hawn.

Kim, Molly and her family got great news today. Her injury is a minor one and she will be back next week. Lots of prayer warriors in Clarkrange and surrounding areas got busy and God answered those prayers.

My vote would be for Molly Heady from Clarkrange. She is the most humble hard working young lady I have ever been around. She has tremendous character and integrity. This young lady never takes a play off and her numbers prove that. She recently went over 2000 points for her career, and over 1000 rebounds. She has led her teams in scoring and rebounding all four years of her career. I would encourage those that have not seen her play to watch her before you vote. Her hustle and hard work is contagious to everyone she plays with and everyone that pays to watch her. Molly has accomplished all of this and has maintained a 4.0 grade point average. She is truly an amazing young lady. Lots of other girls are worthy as well but I just think Molly is the total package and what the Miss Basketball award should be all about.

Midtenn, that is pretty funny I don't care who you are. Just as long as you all are not cooking bison bacon I will be ok with it

Midtenn, I think Jackson County has a tremendous coach, and so does Clarkrange. When I say getting better I'm not talking about player development because they are both very good at that. I'm talking about learning to play with each other. In the first contest you had a seasoned team playing a team still trying to get used to each other. Coaching really can't fix that. Time is the only thing that can fix that. The Clarkrange girls are more seasoned now, and will continue to grow every game. As for the refs in the last game, they sucked and you know it, but Jackson County was the better TEAM that night.

Midtenn, Slow down brother! I know you are confident in your blue devils and you have every right to be they are a great team. However I will say that on any given night Clarkrange can beat them. Jackson County should be favored because they returned basically every starter, but don't count the lady buffaloes out. They are playing better, and will continue to get better. I look for them to peak at just the right time this year. Player for player to pretty evenly matched teams.

It is true. It appeared it was the classic case of one team had something to prove and the other just thought they were going to get off the bus and the scoreboard was going to explode. Very good lesson for the lady buffaloes. Forrest was very determined and focused for this game. They played a lot harder than the defending state champs. The good thing for Clarkrange is that it is not where you start, but where you finish that is important. Now if Forrest plays better than they did last night for the rest of the year you better look out. They should be very proud today they won all phases of the basketball game last night.

Clarkrange learned a very good lesson tonight that last year means nothing this year. I believe that this game will be a blessing as the season goes on. Swagger will only get you so far and then the whistle blows. I would imagine that there will be several trash cans set up around the gym tomorrow and they will probably be full of puke. Now with that said this game was a lot closer than the score shows. With 2 min to go it was a 6 point game and then Heady fouled out and Dickens soon followed. Hawn played out of this world she made every shot she put up so props to her. I do believe that she was protected a little bit by the referees. She had several flops and several over the backs that were let go and every time someone got close to her a fouled was called. Pretty evident in the fact that both Heady and Dickens fouled out while Hawn only had 2 fouls, however she played really good. I'm sure these two teams will face off again so it will be interesting to see how it goes the rest of the season. I feel confident that Lamar will get them adjusted. I wouldn't want to be the next team that plays them.

His team got it done against your blue devils.

Rebel, I thought 60 to 70 was a lot, maybe I'm wrong. How many applicants generally apply for head coaching jobs at mid-major div 1 schools? I'm not being sarcastic I would like to know, so us Tech fans can tell what the perception out there is. I know Tech has been one of the most successful basketball schools over the last 15 years, but the last couple may have really hurt the perception of the program. Also do you think they would be willing to pay more for a big name coach? Didn't they up the salary for their football coach?

The paper said 60 to 70 applicants had applied. That is a lot of interest. Now, out of that number how many were qualified who knows, but that is a lot of applicants for the job.

I have been told her offer will be honored by whomever is hired as the new coach. Tech needs more local girls and Molly is one of the best in the upper cumberland if not the state. I would imagine that the new coach would want her. She is the type of player and student that could be a cornerstone in the rebuilding process at TTU. Now, will Molly stay committed is the question. I know for a fact that several schools have jumped back on her now that Coach Brown stepped down. I would imagine that she will stay committed as long as Tech hires the right coach.

I could be wrong, but the Bolus ratings are based a lot on a camp that he has. If these young ladies attend his camp they will have a great chance of being ranked. Like I said I might be wrong, but I was told the best way to get ranked is by attending his camp. I also don't think it matters what year you attend his camp as long as you attend it you get on his radar and get ranked. These rankings are just what they are it is one mans opinion. Just like the TSWA all state is all based on opinions. I would put more stock into what college coaches thought. I know of a couple of girls that have D1 scholarship offers on the table that are not on that list, so his rankings are not the end all do all. Some girls seem to get a lot more exposure than others, and it has been my experience that the exposure is more important than ability for these type of ratings.

She is 6'8". If she is surrounded by other good players she could be really good. I heard she committed to Vandy.

Heady from Clarkrange should also be considered.

You don't get it! The girls you are referring to never were a part of the York team. You keep making this statement that York lost seven girls, but you can't lose what you never had. Every kid in Fentress County can go to either York or CHS. York has lost two girls to CHS that were already on their team. The fact that you keep pushing this issue shows what your agenda is. So you have come to expect this from Clarkrange fans, well Clarkrange fans have come to expect this kind of nonsense from you. GET OVER IT!

It doesn't matter where a new freshman comes from if she is good enough to take playing time from a girl who is already on the team either the older girl is not very good or the freshman is exceptional. Either way the best player should play. I guess you are one of those people that thinks playing time is something you get because of who you are or where you are from instead of your ability. I would bet you stunk in any kind of ball that you played and someone rolled you. Every girl on CHS team has to earn their playing time. That is why they have 9 gold balls. If you earn playing time on their team you are a stud. You still show your stupidity by calling these girls transfers. 2 are transfers and the rest are incoming freshman. You are a joke, but keep on stirring the pot you are good at it. To bad you were not good enough to cut it on the floor, but hey we have all got to be good at something.

This is a very misleading post. There are not 7 new transfers at Clarkrange. Fentress County is not zoned, and the 8th grade students can go to CHS or York. That is their decision. If an 8th grade student went to South Fentress for middle school and then wanted to go to York she could. These girls and their families have to make that choice. A transfer would be a young lady who enrolled in another high school and established an athletic record and then moves. The girls you are talking about are all incoming freshman. CHS just came off of a 39-0 season and a state championship. If you are an 8th grade girl in Fentress County you would be crazy not to come play for Lamar. No rules have been broken here. Carly and Molly are both transfers, but both of their families have made a bona fide move. The other girls can go where ever they choose.

I thought Clarkrange beat MC. How did Jackson Co do against Marshal Co?

I agree that TT Flowers should be on this list. I only got to see her play at the state tournament, but she really impressed me. I also think Beth Hawn should have been on the list. I think that Pickett County got a lot of love and I think that Colter deserved to be on the list, but her team was not very good so that was surprising. A lot of people will say that Green from Clarkrange doesn't deserve this, but I think in her defense you have to look at how many points the girls she covered scored. She shut down Christopher, and Faulkner in the state tournament. She also gave Leonard fits every time Jackson Co played Clarkrange, so I think she belongs on the list.