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Parents, players and fans from East Tennessee pay attention. Tennessee Prep Hoops and Tennessee Prep Sports have joined forces and are publishing the inaugural "High School Hoops" magazine for East Tennessee. Every school that sent in a questionaire will be represented in both boys and girls squads. The magazine will be available for purchase starting next week at your area Pilot Foodmarts. We chose six boy's and girl's for the cover (seniors only) and are hopeful the publication will be well recieved. For more information check out www.unapproved website.com or www.tnprepsports.com. Thanks for your interest and let's make this a great year for high school basketball in East Tennessee.

East Tennessee basketball fans there is hope on the horizon. Tennessee Prep Sports and Tennessee Prep Hoops have joined forces and will launch "High School Hoops", a preview magazine that covers a great deal of the East Tennessee landscape. The magazine will be available to all for purchase at your local Pilot Foodmarts starting the week of December 12th. Hope you enjoy.

Once again look at www.unapproved website.com and you will see that Williams is in the top 5.

There are plenty of kids from the Boro. These are the top ten in each class. If you check out www.unapproved website.com you will find that Ramsey has cracked the top 10. They are basically the same rankings, the Hoopscoop editor changes them some so they are not exact.

Cromwell left Fairley before the school year started and is attending The Pendelton School which is the High School for IMG Academies. IMG Academy is located in Bradenton,Florida. check out www.unapproved website.com for additional information on Tennessee High School basketball

THE CAMP IS BEING HELD IN INDIANAPOLIS. I ALSO KNOW THAT BRANDON WRIGHT,J.P. PRINCE AND POSSIBLY PIERRE NILES WILL BE ATTENDING.

I DO NOT POST OFTEN BUT FELT THE NEED TO POST THIS TIME. IT DOES NOT REALY MATTER WHAT ANYBODY THINKS OF JAMAR AS HE HAS COMMITTED TO PLAY DIVISION I BASKETBALL ATA FINE PROGRAM. I KNOW JAMAR AND IT IS TRUE HE DID GET LOOKS FROM MAJOR SCHOOLS I KNOW THIS BECUASE I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE LOOKS THAT HE GOT. IF HE DECIDED TO CHOOSE A SCHOOL CLOSER TO HOME AND NOT A SO CALLED BIG TIME PROGRAM DOES THAT MEAN HE UNDERACHIEVED. IF YOU THINK THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS ALL ABOUT. I HOPE JAMAR READS THIS AS I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME PERSONALLY WILL READ THIS AND WILL BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT JAMAR HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WISH HIM NOTHING BUT THE BEST ANDRE WHITEHEAD TENNESEE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE HOOP SCOOP AND CONSULTANT FOR BOB GIBBONS ALL STAR SPORTS

CARL, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR SQUAD THEY PLAYED SMART AND WELL TOGETHER. BRANDON BURNEY IS A STAR IN THE MAKING AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO HELP HIM. DRE

SHAWN, YOUR TEAM WAS GREAT AT THE TOURNAMENT. I DO NOT POST OFTEN BUT WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WAS OVERLY IMPRESED WITH YOUR SQUAD AND YOUR DEPTH. I ESPECIALLY LOVED TINDALL AND HARRIS. I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET YOU IN THE TOURNMANET OF CHAMPIONS. I PROMISE I WILL DO ALL I CAN. DRE

The most underrated player in the state is Jaycean Herring from Bartlett.

GOMAB GREAT RANKING AND GOOD TALKING TO YOU TODAY I JUST COMPLETED MY TOP 20 FOR THE WEBSITE 1.LEE HUMPHREY-MARYVILLE 2.MARCUS HAMMOND-MEMPHIS EAST 3.KENYONA SWADER-SMYRNA 4.WADELE WILLIAMS-COLUMBIA 5.DANE BRADSHAW-MEMPHIS WHITE STATION 6.MARC GASOL-LAUSANNE 7.TRE WILLIAMS-MEMPHIS HARDING 8.JAKE SKOGEN-CHATTANOOGA TEMPLE 9.MONTRELL CRITTENDON-DYER COUNTY 10.ANTJUAN KOGER-LAVERGNE 11.KEITH HARDAWAY-MUNFORD 12.JOSH PEPPERS-MEMPHIS WHITEHAVEN 13.TRAVIS STRONG-MEMPHIS WHITE STATION 14.MATT MALONE-GREENEVILLE 15.COURTNEY BOHANNON-MEMPHIS HAMILTON 16.BRIAN FISK-DYER COUNTY 17.UAL BANKS-MEMPHIS RIDGEWAY 18.MARIO LUSK-MEMPHIS MANASAS 19.BRANDON HARRIFORD-NASHVILLE HUME FOGG 20.DARRYL SOMMERSET-FAYETTE WARE

LEE HUMPHREY-MARYVILLE KYLE CRUZE-BEARDEN JOSH SUDDATH-MCCALLIE JOE THOMPSON-FATHER RYAN COLE ROSE-BGA MAURICE ESSIE-AUSTIN EAST BRANDON HARRIFORD-HUME FOGG ANDY WICKE-HENDERSONVILLE

I hope Brandon is doing fine. He is a great young man.

THANKS FOR THE INVITE TO THE SHOWCASE I HAD A GREAT TIME AND GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE MIDSTATE AREA. MY TOP TEN FOR THE TOURNAMENT WERE; ANTWAN HARRIS-KENWOOD BRANDON HARRIFORD-HUME FOGG JAMAR JENKINS-FOREST CASEY HOLT-CULLEOKA CALVIN CARTER-CLARKSVILLE NE MIKE SAMPSON-KENWOOD RICKY HARPER-HOWARD EVERET BILS-FATHER RYAN JOE THOMPSON-FATHER RYAN WADELE WILLIAMS-COLUMBIA VERY IMPRESSED WITH HARRIFORD AND WILL BE GETTING HIM SOME LOOKS FROM COLLEGES NOT ALREADY ON HIS RADAR. WNNA SAY HELLO TO THE KID FROM NASHVILLE HILLSBORO, I HOPE YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SEASON AND I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN WHAT YOU DO. IF I CAN HELP EMAIL ME AT drewhitehead@charter.net