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Jada Hart, Jasmine Bailey and Kaitlyn Patterson the first two being PG's are all good guards and can handle ball pressure and are good players. Raven Wells will be a good post. There were games this summer where any one of the one's I mentioned were in double figures. Gibson County will control TO's much better this year and they will press more and get back to playing faster. AA is down across the board. I have been all over watching ball. Alcoa jumped to AAA and Jackson County moved down. to A. No telling who wins it this year. I agree Union City, Westview and Gibson County will be a dogfight and must see basketball. Poster insuated that Gibson County has a mental block against Westview. Well give me Maddie Gray and we line up last year and they wouldn't have won a game. Let's see how Westview does this year. Their starting five last year had three transfers in it. Rogers from Obion, Trevathon from Greenfield and Gray from South Fulton. Looks like they swung and missed with the girl from Florida this year so let's see how they do playing with kids from Westview. Gibson County has a really good 7th grade class this year.I have done learned you play with what you got and work them hard and develop them and see what happens. Just keep battling and see what happens. I like our team this year. Very athletic. Every year is the same with injuries and can be catistrophic to any. I watched GC all summer long. South Side and GC was very evenly matched and was a classic war.We had some quality wins this summer. Beat Huntingdon, Henry County, Bowling Green, Liitle Rock Central as well as a couple other quality Kentucky Teams. Westview's talent pool may not be what it has been without transfers the next few. And as far as Wilkins riding off into the sunset, where do y'all seem to think he will leave?? Wilkins is a healthy dude and he loves basketball and loves coaching. I wouldn't be suprised if he coaches a few more years. He loves the game and loves every minute of coaching.

We have 2 PG's that will be added to the lineup and another guard and all are athletic and can handle ball pressure. Gibson County beat Westview 4 times in 2024. Westview brought in a Miss Basketball Candidate from South Fulton last year and you want to say Gibson County has a mental hump against Westview. I tell you what you put her on Gibson County's squad and Westview would have had a mental hump. Here is a fact. They wouldn't have won it without her last year. Last I looked Gibson County has played with who we got on our campus. Let's see how Westview does this year with who they got on their campus. I do think they will be pretty good but I don't like shots being taken at my school especially from Westview.

We played South Side this summer and it went into OT and we lost on a last second shot. I thought our girls handled their pressure as well as we have in a while and that is the reason I think we will have a really good ball handling team. South Gibson will have their hands full with Dyersburg and South Gibson has never beat South Side. Back to what I was saying South Gibson needs another ball handler especially if they have to play South Side in a do or die game and handle their pressure. As far as who wins our Region, it will be must see basketball for sure and like I said I like our team. I like your team as well. Huntingdon is loaded 5 in and 5 out and you got a great Junior High Team. Huntingdon Fans are going to have a whole lot of fun the next 5 or 6 years. Loretto is really good this year. I got to watch them in Brentwood. They got a Freshman Guard that can go. Going to be a fun year.

South Gibson better get ready to battle in the deep end because South Side and Dyersburg will be a challenge. They will have to beat Dyersburg in the District Finals to avoid South Side in the Region. South Gibson better find another guard that can handle pressure and score to take pressure off of Dunn. They need to learn to score to take it to another level. They scored 29 and only lost by 7 last year at state. As far as Westview and Union City, they will be pretty good but Gibson County might have the best ball handling team we have had in a while this year with four guards on the floor with 3 PG's. We have 3 seniors with tons of experience. I really love this team this year. Looks like Westview lost out to the girl from Florida to USJ. Unless something happens they will have 1 player back with meaningful minutes. I know they will be competitive for sure but they will have their hands full.

We ran into her at a camp I want to say it was Bethel.

So who got Elizabethton and North Green players?? We ran into Elizabethton last summer and they were down big time . Coalfield looked really good at state. Wouldn't suprise me if they are real good without the PG. They could play. Greenfield will be good. But I don't know other than them if anyone can compete with the teams I mentioned. I like Greenfield's team. They have a lot of really good young players that can play. Have a great culture. They will be around a while. Loaded.

I would imagine she won this award at last years State Tournament. Yeah it is supposed to not count but all the voters got a great chance to watch her at state. She will have to have a bad year IMO this year not to win it. She put Greenfield on her back and refused to lose. Her's to lose IMO.

Appreciate it Indian. I have been out of state for about 7 days and had to reboot some stuff. Thanks

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Van Buren, Coalfield, Greenfield, Richland, Jackson County all I have heard good things about, Cloudland, Unaka all the East TN side you know all that. Don't know about Clarkrange, Pickett....etc.....my phone won't get on coacht

They are going to have to learn to score to win it. They may well do it but there problem has been scoring consistently. Glass House causes that to happen to most teams.

We will see. I can't ever remember a year when it was this wide open. I am always a Gibson County homer but I love the makeup of our team this year. Got four guards and 3 of them have been point guards. We will play fast and aggressive on both ends and if we handle the ball like I think we will we will be very competitive to the buzzer sounds. Got two really good post players. There is no dominant team. Huntingdon will be a handful and a team I wouldn't want to have to play in a do or die game. Loretto is going to be balanced as well. York, Westview, Gatlinburg Pittman, Union City, Summertown, Smith County will be in the mix. Memphis Business Academy might the the best team in the state talent wise. Decatur County, JCM, Liberty and Adamsville's District will be tough as well. Very balanced AA and I may have missed some but it is wide open.

Well McMillan's ex-wife and his daughter's mother is on the staff there at Union City. The USJ deal on the Florida girl is I hear the kid is big into volleyball and that tipped the scales.

I agree they will be a handful for sure. Always good.

A little history on Gibson County. 11 Final Fours. 10 seasons AP ranked number 1 at end of regular season, 3 years undefeated at end of regular season, 1 year undefeated winning Gold Ball, 4 Gold Balls and 1 Runner Up with 3 Gold Balls coming when there was only 3 classifications, 1 Silver Ball when there was only 3 classifications, 1 Gold Ball when there was 4 classifications. 2020 was Covid year and was still playing in Final Four when cancelled. Been to state 18 times. Pretty good resume. 3 or 4 times when they weren't consolidated. Yorkville, Rutherford and Dyer have some history. Yorkville was Runner Up one year.

King have you ran into Upperman along the way?? I know Upper Cumberland has been pretty adamant about their Junior High and that they will be really good when they get into High School.

Gibson County and Westview has been the most consistent in West TN for a long time, IMO. Bradford was great with 6 Gold Balls but they have dropped off big time the last several years. That could change. Gleason was really good back in the day as well. South Side and Greenfield has been good a while. Gibson County and Westview has a long history.

USJ seems to have got the girl from Florida that most thought was going to Westview. Never know what might happen. Summer isn't over yet, but it does seem kinda quiet.

Didn't know that. i hadn't really paid a whole lot of attention to the new District alignments and classes.

Probably the most wide open it has been in several years. Region's 5-8 whoever survives will sure enough be battle tested. Lots of good basketball this year. We won't see many running clocks if any. Look forward to it.

Loretto, Westview, Union City, Gibson County, Memphis Business Academy, Decatur County, Alcoa, York, Gatlinburg Pittman Huntingdon, Summertown all good teams Jackson County, Nashville probably good. Bethel Camp Mon-Wed. for Gibson County. York will be good without Beaty. Championship good I don't know. Got to learn to score at the Glass House against all defenses.

They may win it all this year. Their Junior High is loaded again as well. They can flat out play. Fun to watch as long as you're not playing them. lol. Loaded.

South Side beat Gibson County on a last second shot in OT. We led the whole second half until OT. South Side is really good as always. We handled their pressure for 3.5 quarters. South Side beat Westview by single digits in a dogfight is what I heard from a South Side Fan. All 3 teams will be good as always. Huntingdon is loaded too but really young. We play y'all tommorow. South Side with a really good Freshman PG that didn't play against us today but I expect her to make a big impact on South Side's already talented team. Decatur County is in Region 5 I just seen. Had no idea they moved them. Liberty is in District with Adamsville, JCM, Scott's Hill and Madison Academic. Liberty has a ton of good young Freshman. I hear JCM has a lot of talent as well as Adamsville. From what I hear I wouldn't be suprised if Memphis Business Academy in preseason 1 or 2 in state. I hear they got a transfer post from Whitehaven and I hear they got the number one 8th grader in Shelby County to an already talented team.

I heard rumblings early in the week that USJ was in the picture and heard today myself she was going to USJ. Hear she is a really good player. I hear Westview is playing pretty good without her. Y'all will still be good with a really good PG, 6-2 post and I hear y'all got a good shooter as well.

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