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Welch is the coach came from Macon. Nothing flashy but very solid. The play good defense and shoot it well. The 6' 9" kid will not be a problem for a solid post player. He had more blocks than points or rebounds. He doesn't jump well or have a very good post-game. This is all based on the Upperman game. Upperman post never tried to head fake him and Cobb had no issue going to the basket over him.

Not a big fan of Pelfrey's. they currently have 2 freshman from Cookeville HS Herd/Ayers, redshirt JR from Sparta Slatten, SR from Livingston Mills and redshirt SO from Celina Strong. Not sure any get significant playing time but 5 players from the Upper Cumberland.

Multiple videos show players form each team throwing intentional elbows. The 1st from Macon players wasn't seen by the officials and no foul was called. It was vicious and landed requiring stitches to the player receiving. The 2nd elbow was thrown by the brother of the player that received the damage. The game video doesn't give a good view of the 1st elbow thrown but another video I've seen shows it well. With that being said it was both teams or players from each team. Not condoning any of it. I will say in the manner the 1st elbow was thrown. I've not seen many teams where another player wasn't going to respond to that. In this case the brother was on the floor.

All one needs to do is go to their Facebook page and go to the video and live sections to see this is not accurate at all. Cookeville and Upperman may get more but they do a ton of others. Did they not do all of the tournament games in Sparta recently? I see several Pickett County videos. Macon, Smith and Dekalb. I think they do a great job. Way better than NFHS video.

I watched this online. Officiating was terrible. Way too many touch fouls on both teams. I think both teams were in the bonus each quarter. Stones size was a non-issue. Stone did a great job on Cobb in the 1st half holding him to 4 points. He did a bit better in the 2nd half finishing with 30. Supporting cast was the deciding factor. UHS came through with more help.

Didn't see this coming.

Upperman 61-41 to advance.

Wow tuned in just before the half. Beginning of the 4th quarter Upperman up 49-28.

Was it 2 years ago Upperman lost to White County twice in the regular season? Beat them in the district tournament and went then on to the state tournament. Seems like when it really matters Dana has a plan. I hope White would wins this game. Always good to get multiple teams from your district in the state tournament.

Lady Bees are a young team. Solid but not near the best team in the state in 3A.

I know of no school function or facility that a civilian is allowed to conceal carry in. That day came a long time ago. I've had a permit for over 20 years in 3 different states. Never carried to a high school basketball game.

Give Upperman time to get football guys in the flow and they will be tough to beat.

Just a snapshot from Coach T for the last 10 years Cookeville girls and Upperman girls. Cookeville overall record 2013-2022 119-115 District 54-35. With 3 seasons 500 or less and in the district 5 times. Upperman overall record 296-49 District 115-22. With 1district season of 500 or less. Understanding this really doesn't mean a lot. I think Upperman is very lopsided in the win collum over the last 10 years. The last 2 years Cookeville had a really good team. IMHO over the last 10 year if they played 20 times Upperman wins 15. After a casual glance down through 04-05 season I think it's still very lop sided in Upperman's favor. I did see where they played in the 07/08 season in the Mid-South Classic. Upperman won 46-38. In that season Cookeville was 24-8 and 12-2. Pure speculation on my part.

The same way Clay county does it. 1A school with less than 300 kids in a very small town and county.

I thought there was a bill passed in 2021 that forced all public schools in TN to be open enrollment. If the building school and class has room. SENATE BILL 788 All LEA (Local Education Agencies) I would think this means the county. Before the start of each school year, an LEA shall identify each school that, based on the school's capacities at the building, grade, class, and program levels, has space available to enroll and serve additional students. In determining available space at the class level, an LEA may use the class size averages specified in § 49-1-104 An LEA may reserve a reasonable number of enrollment spaces each school year from the number of spaces, if any, determined by the LEA to be available for enrollment for purposes of this section, to accommodate the potential enrollment of students who may relocate within the respective school zone, students who may have a sibling enrolled at the respective school, and students who may have a parent who teaches at the respective school. (c) Before the start of each school year, each LEA shall conduct an open enrollment period of at least thirty (30) days during which a parent or guardian of a student residing within the LEA may apply for enrollment of the parent's or guardian's student in a school that the student is not zoned to attend. During the open enrollment period, a parent or guardian may submit an application for transfer to a school identified by the LEA as having space available to enroll and serve additional students.