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I think these teams split their regular season games with the home team winning both meetings. Gibson Co is really tough team, and especially hard to beat at home. A motivated Harrison will be the best player on the floor, but she doesn’t always appear to be motivated. As far as coaching, I’d take Wilkins over Haskins all day every day

I was looking through upcoming schedules this morning. Gibson County looks to have added a game with Bartlett on Jan 27. Bartlett is loaded - D1 guard and a high D1 post player. South Gibson looks to have added McCracken County KY and Collierville. I haven’t seen Collierville (huge school and their record looks good on here) but I saw McCracken this summer. They’re REALLY good! I’m impressed that Gibson and South Gibson are adding that level of opponents at this point in the season. Has to help get ready for postseason play

Can somebody this to a non-UC guy? Clarkrange forfeited rather than play York? Makes no sense to me

I watched the McKenzie/GC game last night on Facebook. Thanks @pioneer42 for the heads up. Great game! McKenzie had to leave that game feeling that they should have won the game. Hart and Hart are legit and GC’s role players made just enough plays to win the game. The GC role players will determine how far GC goes this year. Last year at the state tournament, North Greene basically ignored everyone not named Hart. If The role players continue defending and making open shots, GC will be hard to beat

Any links available for GC/Mckenzie? Sounds like it was a really good one!! Would love to see it

My take on these teams based on what I’ve seen and heard: Gibson County and Westview are both REALLY good. Their battle for the region title will be huge because neither wants to go to Loretto for a substate game. South Side is good but not as good as they have been in recent years. They’ll cruise to the state tournament, but I don’t think they win it unless Currie-Jelks gets healthy. South Gibson has a great record but hasn’t played anybody yet. They’ve got a game at Gibson Co in a couple weeks. That game will tell a lot. Don’t think they’ll win at Dyer but can they be competitive? Henry Co is solid, not great. Their best win is at Gleason. Their district should come down to them and Clarksville NW since Dickson Co is way down right now. Dyer Co has some wins over some bad teams but got blown out by a 1-6 USJ team and lost at home to an average Lawrence Co team.

Was this his call or administration?

I wasn’t able to see any of the action at the play days yesterday. I know Lebanon hosted a big one. I think Gibson County had a big one in West TN. Who looked good? Any surprises?

No idea what kind of talent South Gibson has for their new coach to work with. I watched her teams play a lot over the last few years in Summertown and at Columbia Academy a couple years before she got to Summertown. She does a good job and I expect she’ll be successful at South Gibson eventually. That Said, I don’t see anybody in AAA challenging South Side until they get to the state tournament. I saw them this summer. They’re skilled, fast and well coached.

South Side is going to really good. Barring injuries, they can book hotel rooms in Murfreesboro for the spring. If Currie-Jelks were completely healthy, I’d say they were the favorite to win AAA.

I’ve got Greenfield and Gleason coming out of that A region. JCM has a lot of size and may win their district, but I don’t think they have enough to make it out of region. AAA region is South Side way ahead of everybody else. I think Hardin, South Gibson and Chester battle for the second spot. Could see any one of them getting through

I think they will be dangerous at the end of the year. From a talent standpoint, they are behind Loretto, Gibson and Westview this year. But in a one game situation, they will be good enough to upset any of the three.

The Davis girl at McKenzie is the real deal. She may not win this year, as Darby will have much more name recognition throughout the state, but she's definitely in the conversation.

Summertown's guard play will be down compared to last couple years, but mostly just due to youth. They'll likely start two sophomores at the guard positions. Both are very athletic and very talented but, like croppy said, they will need to get physically stronger. Both guards are very good defensively, especially on the ball. A year from now, guard play will be Summertown's strength. Burdette will have to carry a big load for Summertown this year. She is incredibly talented but has never had to be the focal point night in and night out until this year. Will be interesting to see how she handles the role. I would put Summertown behind Loretto, Westview, and Gibson County from a talent/experience standpoint. However, if one of those teams doesn't bring their A game, Summertown will have enough to pull the upset

A month ago, I’d have said Wayne Co could compete for a title. Improved a lot last year, bringing back everyone, and adding a big time 8th grader. They beat Westview early in the summer. Then they lost their best post player to an ACL. Will still be good but not sure they have enough to compete with McKenzie and Greenfield. I haven’t seen Huntland this summer but heard they have some really good young talent. Might be a year away

I hear Huntingdon has some nice talent at the middle school level, but I can't see them being anywhere close to Westview or Gibson Co for the next 2-3 years.

Page HS is going to be really good again. They made the AAA state tournament this past year and graduated nobody. They've got a chance to win the whole thing. Jackson South Side will be strong. I heard they lost their post to another knee injury, but even without her, they'll be a threat because of the way they defend.

Upperman and Macon are not AA

York/Westmoreland for the region title will be a huge game. I don’t think either team has much trouble getting there. The winner of that region can book rooms in Murfreesboro, but the loser of that game probably plays sectional at East Nashville - not an easy place to play.

I don't know anything about the Alford girl from USJ. I do know that if Edie Darby has some help, Greenfield is really dangerous. She's really good, but Greenfield didn't have enough to go with her last year.

I think that’s accurate. McKenzie has to be the heavy favorite in A. I don’t think their lack of post play will matter much because I don’t think any other team in A will have enough guard play to stay with McKenzie. Clarkrange, Jo Byrns, Gleason, North Greene, Greenfield will all be solid. Not sure what Pickett brings back. But none of them will be favored over McKenzie

Coming from Summertown, she shouldn’t have any problem with multi-sport athletes. This past year’s Summertown team was all multi-sport athletes, several played three sports

I haven’t heard any different names than have already been discussed on here: Jeremy Jean, Jordyn Hartsfield, Krystal Edney. I expect it to be Jean, but I could certainly be wrong.

One of the most impressive things about Summertown’s success in basketball (boys and girls), baseball, softball, volleyball is they’ve done it with terrible facilities. The gym is a fantastic place to watch a game but it’s the only gym on campus (4 goals total). It has to be shared by both HS basketball team, both MS basketball teams and HS and MS volleyball. The gym, in my opinion, is also a dangerous place to practice basketball. There is about 18 inches between the sidelines and the walls. They’ve had a couple of serious injuries during games in the last couple years - serious as in neck injuries requiring Lifeflight. Summertown has been incredibly successful anyway, which speaks to the quality of their kids and their coaches.

The Summertown job will be interesting. I’ve heard the same names that @Jaychapman mentioned earlier. The obvious hire is Jeremy Jean. I believe he lives in the area and was successful at Forrest. But he was the obvious hire three years ago and they passed on him. Jordyn Hartsfield is back in the area, was a great player and has been an assistant at big program. She doesn’t have a lot of head coaching experience and her husband coaches football at Mt Pleasant, which could be awkward as they’re in Summertown’s district now. Wendi Scott would be a home run hire. She has a history of success and adding her daughter to Summertown’s roster would make them really good. Not sure I see it happening as I was told her daughter is really happy at Lawrence County. Another name I have heard is Krystal Edney, coach at Perry County. She had a couple state tournament runs a few years back. There will likely be several more applicants. Summertown’s girls don’t know anything other than winning. I suspect that continues with whoever they bring in.