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I guess it will be Perry County at McKenzie in opening round of the region.  I expect McKenzie to win 

In the district finals.  McEwen must be pretty good

Well McKenzie won like many expected.  I knew McKenzie was a strong team, but yesterday’s performance was off the charts good.  I do think Wayne County is a very solid team — if McKenzie hits 7 of 14 instead of 11 of 14 then obviously it’s a much closer game.  

On 3/3/2023 at 7:10 PM, ball21 said:

9:30 sunday

I’m assuming this is accurate but I didn’t see anything on TSSAA website

 

 

I give Huntland much credit it seemed it was a pretty close game throughout despite it being high scoring.  I really thought if McKenzie could put up a bunch of points early then they would have a much easier time 

29 minutes ago, Daddytalk14 said:

 

I don’t think Huntland will turn it over every time, but McKenzie forces plenty of turnovers against virtually everyone.  Huntland has size advantage, and #14 will be a tough matchup in particular — but Davis and the Reynolds’ sisters will be even tougher matchups for Huntland.  At the end, I think McKenzie will be in front by a comfortable margin

1 hour ago, Daddytalk14 said:

I’ve watched plenty of tape on both teams and saying they will win easily is far fetched. McKenzie has speed and gets plenty of steals but Huntland has good guard play and is alot bigger. If huntland gets into a half court set against them then they will have a field day down on the low block. Huntland has a chance to upset them if they limit turnovers to under 15 

Yes it could be close if Huntland can establish the pace it desires, but I think McKenzie will force enough turnovers that Huntland will be playing catch-up and unable to play at a slower pace and utilize its size.  

3 hours ago, cat1973 said:

Have several tall girls. When trapped they just throw it over the top. Huntland has pretty decent ball handlers.

 

Makes sense that it was so close of Wayne County couldn’t get the turnovers.  I know Huntland has good size.  Huntland’s defense must have been solid in the half court as well.  Huntland will need good ball handlers to stay with McKenzie

What are the keys to slowing down Wayne County?  I know Huntland is big and have a couple of good players as I’ve seen them play twice, but I haven’t gotten to see WC play.  It seems from the score that Huntland held the Lady Cats in check 

I have seen Huntland play but only a couple of times.  Really good size and #14  and #21 appeared to be good players in the games I saw.  Also #31 has good size, but there wasn’t a ton of production in the games I watched.  I don’t see Huntland having much of an opportunity to win this game as I think the McKenzie pressure will force enough turnovers to win easily.  McKenzie is the much faster team so I suppose for Huntland to have any chance then it will have to really control the tempo.  I just don’t think the Lady Hornets will be able to do that

I don’t think Huntland will challenge McKenzie as the Lady Rebel pressure and speed will be enough to offset the size of Huntland

Well McKenzie will play Huntland which a big team but not very fast.  I see McKenzie’s pressure forcing tons of turnovers in this one as the Lady Rebels roll to victory

I didn’t see PC beating HC but congrats to the Lady Vikings.  I imagine McKenzie will take the region crown.  Huntland vs Wayne County should be a good matchup in region 5

Well did all the games in region 5 & 6 go as many expected?  I wasn’t sure how region 5 would go, but it appears that District 9 was much stronger 

So is pretty clear that Wayne County will win the other region?  I’ve seen times where teams played so hard to win a region and avoid a particular team only to have that team (to be avoided) lose in its regional final

I see McKenzie winning the region and Houston County being runner-up.  I think both teams can end up in Murfreesboro though

From looking at the scores it seems Summertown had two excellent games in the Richland tournament.  I saw Richland earlier and I thought the game against Summertown would be a competitive game but that wasn’t the case at all

On 12/3/2022 at 9:20 PM, maddams said:

Wayne County has a PG with multiple NAIA offers and a 6’1 sophomore (?) with multiple D1 offers. They can play

I’ve seen WC a couple of times now and the 6’1 sophomore has quite an impact on the game especially on the defensive end.  So I would definitely consider that team a challenger, but I still see McKenzie as clearly the top team when healthy

17 hours ago, Jaychapman said:

Summertown Up 14 in 1st half  never called time out when WC started a run - up 10 w 1:50 left keep shooting 3s like we behind still no TO let them catch up - called TO when 10 down w 1.8 seconds left - that’s correct 1.8 seconds but had no 10 point play to call 

Wow Summertown went from up 10 with 1:50 left to losing by 10.  That’s quite a turnaround if I’m reading that correctly 

On 11/30/2022 at 10:15 AM, BallIsLife1 said:

I believe right now all we're doing is waiting to see if the bracket will be set for a Upperman vs South Side rematch

I haven’t seen South Side yet, but I saw Upperman earlier and that squad is loaded.  Plenty of shooting surrounding quite a good post.  

2 minutes ago, maddams said:

Wayne County has a PG with multiple NAIA offers and a 6’1 sophomore (?) with multiple D1 offers. They can play

Okay sounds like the Lady Cats have some top talent then

14 minutes ago, cat1973 said:

Wayne County is as good as last year. Maybe with a

little more depth.

Depth is always important but to really challenge a team like McKenzie they better have some top talent. Both the Reynolds girls and of course Davis are extremely talented 

On 12/2/2022 at 8:16 PM, Jaychapman said:

Worst coaching job by Summertown I’ve seen in long time 

What did Summertown coach do that turned out so bad?  Folks were saying in another thread that Wayne County could challenge McKenzie and if that’s the case then WC must be pretty good

As for Wayne County, I was thinking since the Lady Cats graduated three seniors that they might not be a challenger this year

34 minutes ago, LetsGoBrandon said:

 

I believe Mckenzie's Davis is down for a while based on other CoachT(ers). She left the game against WV in the 1st half with some type of hand injury. Don't know the specifics, but if she's out long it'll change the dynamics in A.  Mckenzie is still good, but they're great with her on the court. I expect another McKenzie / Wayne County showdown somewhere down the line. 

Well without Davis that would change things of course but as long as she’s back before tournaments start then it could work to Mackenzie’s advantage in a way — other players will likely get more experience