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John Overton High School job goes to John Hopson (former assistant with Maplewood boy's) for their position.

Bryce Denton from Ravenwood (Vanderbilt) Donny Everett from Clarksville (Vandy) Both should have a choice to make as they will be drafted pretty high next summer.

Chris Claybrooks- McGavock, Sr. Guard- Most Valuable Player D'Monte Evans- Cane Ridge, Sr. Guard Kyree Elder- Cane Ridge, Jr. Forward D'Marco Steele- Hillwood, Sr. Guard Leon Howard- John Overton, Sr. Guard Kiki Davis- Hillsboro, Sr. Post Byron Dean- Hillwood, Sr. Guard Donovan Donaldson- Hillsboro, Sr. Guard Chris Williams- McGavock, Jr. Forward DeMarco Churchwell- Cane Ridge, Sr. Guard Anthony Francis- Glencliff, Sr. Post Thomas Smith- Hillsboro, Sr. Post John Ford- John Overton, Soph. Forward Honorable Mention- Baugus (Antioch), Buckner #10 (Hunters Lane), Woodland (Glencliff), Alexander (Antioch), Norris (McGavock), Butts (John Overton), Washington (Hillwood), Anderson (Glencliff), Richardson (Hillsboro), Buckner #30 (Hunters Lane) Coach of the Year- Marlin Simms from Cane Ridge

I didn't say Ensworth was scared as I don't have a dog in the hunt BUT when Lighthouse recruits as well as Ensworth, things change, eh? And with Lighthouse not being TSSAA the recruits can play the next day they are enrolled instead of redshirting them in middle school like many of the private school teams do....

Will Ensworth play Lighthouse? I heard last year that Ensworth cancelled their game with Lighthouse with less than a weeks notice?

Station Camp is a very good team they just had a bad night. You can throw a lot of things out the window when traditional district rivals play one another, especially in this case when it's a well coached MJ team. Lighthouse is one of the areas best at any level with those 3 good guards! That Hamilton Heights team must be a powerhouse though to beat Lighthouse by a double digit margin. I believe the head coach of HH is Zach Ferrell who played at CPA a few years back.

Final Day Scores from the 2014 John Overton Holiday Tournament 09:20 AM Jemison, AL- 62 Lancaster Christian- 41 12:00 PM Spring Hill over Grace Christian by 18 02:40 PM Franklin over ML King by 10 05:20 PM Marshall County- 59 Independence- 57 in Third Place Game 08:30 PM Lighthouse Christian- 61 John Overton- 57 in Championship Game Thanks to all teams for playing and all the fans for coming out. Congrats to Lighthouse on back to back wins.

Is he eligible to play though?

Finals from Monday 12/29/2014 Consolation Bracket; 09:20 AM Grace Christian- 70 Lancaster Christian- 63 12:00 PM Spring Hill- 72 ML King- 70 in 2 OT's 02:40 PM Franklin over Jemison, AL by 15 or so, pulled away late for the win 05:20 PM John Overton- 66 Independence- 48 (Semi-Finals) 08:00 PM Lighthouse by 15 over Marshall County (Semi-Finals) Tuesday 12/30/2014 Match Ups 09:20 AM Jemison, AL vs. Lancaster Christian (LaVergne, TN) 12:00 PM Spring Hill vs. Grace Christian 02:40 PM Franklin vs. ML King 05:20 PM Independence vs. Marshall County (TN)- Third Place Game 08:00 PM John Overton vs. Lighthouse Christian School- JOHS Holiday Tournament Finals!

Results from Opening Round of JOHS Holiday Tournament; 10:20 AM- John Overton- 81 Lancaster Christian Academy- 32 01:00 PM- Independence- 74 Martin Luther King Nashville- 43 03:40 PM- Marshall County over Franklin by 15 or so 06:20 PM- John Overton- 69 Spring Hill- 49 09:00 PM- Lighthouse way big over Jemison AL Monday 12/27 semi-final matchups; 09:20 AM- Grace Christian vs. Lancaster Christian Noon - MLK vs. Spring Hill 02:40 PM- Jemison, AL vs. Franklin 05:20 PM- John Overton vs. Independence (semi-finals) 08:00 PM- Marshall County vs. Lighthouse Christian

No, sorry our man from iHigh is now the announcer and DJ so he has his hands full.

Slight change in the 25th annual JOHS Holiday Tournament as Stratford dropped out of the tournament this very morning. Here is the updated Day #1 schedule for Saturday 12/27/2014; 09:00 AM- Game cancelled 10:20 AM- Lancaster Christian Academy vs. John Overton 01:00 PM- Independence vs. MLK 03:40 PM- Marshall County vs. Franklin 06:20 PM- Lancaster Christian/ John Overton winner vs. Spring Hill 09:00 PM- Jemison (Huntsville AL) vs. Lighthouse Christian School

12/9/2014 I don't see any scores posted except for the following; 12AAA Hillwood over McGavock by 13 Overton over Glenclifff by 18 CR/ HB score HL/ Antioch score AA Maplewood over Stratford by 10 A LEAD Academy over NCS by 2

Only thing that I saw was Metro Nashville. CPA and Goodpasture don't belong in this conversation since they can recruit all over the place but still play against the AA and A teams that cannot. Both should be in the private school ranks where the really belong.

AAA- Should be a good year in 12-AAA as all of the teams are pretty good and on any night all of them could beat each other. Most of the teams in the district are returning most all of their core players so it sets up to be a exciting year in the district. Returning champ CR should be viewed as the favorite but Hunters Lane, Hillsboro, Overton, McGavock, Hillwood, and Glencliff are all returning a lot from last year. AA- East Nashville just keeps on reloading and are probably the best team in Nashville once again. MLK looks pretty good with Duke and Pearl-Cohn should be pretty good too. A- LEAD Academy has been taking their knocks playing up in division but they are good and have experience to make another run at Murfreesboro once again.

How about 12-AAA? The best I have seen it top to bottom in 10 years! Could be a long year for 11-AAA outside of BW come 6-AAA time.

Probably so. 1) Brentwood- Brentwood is Brentwood. Shooters out the butt, but gonna have to be creative inside. Don't doubt past success. 2) Franklin- Tallest team in the district, could go to 1 or fall to 3. Well coached and lots of experienced players! 3) Indy- How good is the new guy? Lots of good young talent, a future force! 4) Dickson County- Improving young talent and well coached. 5) Ravenwood- One year away from being really good. 6) Centennial- Coach has them playing hard + they have a good move in from Indiana

John Overton High School in Nashville TN will be hosting their 25th annual Holiday Tournament on Saturday 12/27, Monday 12/29 and Tuesday 12/30 and needs one BOYS' Team only to round out the tournament for this year. There is a three game guarantee to all participating teams. Participating teams include Overton, Stratford, Franklin, Independence, Spring Hill, MLK, Lighthouse Christian, Marshall County and Jemison (Huntsville, AL). Interested teams should contact Boys' Coach- James McKee- at 615-268-9384 or james.mckee@mnps.org

Great event hosted by Ravenwood! The winners were; Silver Bracket Finals- Glencliff over MLK Gold Bracket Finals- East Nashville over John Overton

It won't be Brentwood advancing! Overton demolished them tonight! John Overton-5 Brentwood- 1

Lots of good young talent! Most of their better players are sophomores and juniors, should be a juggernaut next year.

Overton threw their sophomore lefty against Oakland last night at Vandy. Probably their #3.....

Workinprogress and ecu, you both are right. This year was a down year for most of the metro AAA teams. Hillsboro graduates many from it's team this year, Hunters Lane loses some this year and will graduate most everything after next season but should remain relatively strong and always be extremely well coached under Sewell. Antioch didn't have a good season and they also graduate most all of what they had. The rest of the AAA teams were all quite young this year and the league looks to be much better next year. Cane Ridge (regular season champ), Hillwood (good guards, good 10th grade group) and Overton (many injuries,dressed 6 freshmen on varsity) all graduate only one senior from their team from this season. McGavock should also return a good bit of talent (Claybrooks, Williams) and an improved Glencliff team only loses 3 players (both guards, one post). Look for things to pick up over the next few years in Nashville AAA

1) 1995? Clarksville High School- Upset in the substate at Overton High by Brandon Wharton led team (Mr. Basketball, University of Tennessee, and others who played college bball). Clarksville had two guys named Trenton Hassell and Shawn Marion who went on to play for many years in the NBA. 2) Goodpasture team from the 90's (Ron Mercer, Drew Maddux, Sam Howard) team that lost to little old Battle Ground Academy (Seth Pettus, RIP) no way in the world BGA should have won but they did!

Please keep Coach Wilson in your prayers at this time.