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Tryouts for Tennessee Rush basketball will be held Saturday February 27, 2016 at ALLONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Overton County. Time for each age group in grades 3-8 is listed below. Anyone that has any questions or needs more information regarding AAU tryouts, please contact me at 931-510-8835 or email me at tennesseerush@gmail.com Tryout location: Allons Elementary School Address: 312 Old Celina Rd Allons, TN 38541 Times for each age group are as follows: 9a-10a: 3rd Grade Girls 10a-11a: 4th Grade Girls 11a-12p: 7th Grade Girls (D2 AAU State Runner Up in 2014, D2 AAU Final Four team in 2015) 12p-1p: 6th Grade Girls (D2 AAU State Runners-up in 2015) 1p-2p: 8th Grade Girls (YBOA State Runner Up in 2014) 2p-3p: 5th Grade Girls (D2 AAU State Champions in 2015) Tryouts for 9th Grade, 10th Grade (AAU D2 State Champions in 2015), and 11th Grade (AAU D1 Final 4 in 2015, AAU D2 State Champions in 2014) will be posted at a later date. They will tryout immediately following the TSSAA State Tournament for high school basketball. If you are interested in trying out, or getting information about any of these age groups please contact me immediately at 931-510-8835 or tennesseerush@gmail.com. Thanks for considering Tennessee Rush Basketball. Coach Ferrell

If this is the case, it's actually a huge advantage to be the 1 seed because you would be guaranteed a region berth without even having to play a game. Semi finals would still likely be the 1vs4 so really the bye is the only change. No disadvantage at all!

Sorry. I should've been more clear. I meant the schools that put these tournaments on do it to raise money. The teams playing obviously do it to improve.

If that were the case there would've been no Jackson or clarkrange in this one. And they do these tournaments to raise money. Without those big gate teams, guess what? No money. Meaning no tournament. So, take it or leave it I guess.

I don't know the situation here but I believe it would have been agreed upon on he front end of coming to the tourney that Jackson wouldn't play those two with both of them being on the regular season schedule. That's not an unusual request and usually the host school agrees upon that to get teams that will bring good crowds in the tournament. It's very normal.

Clarkrange over Oneida by 15-20 points. Especially at home.

I agree. New systems are difficult to learn sometime. But, you have to remember that you had a very good team last year, but a large part of that was one very, very good player. I mean she did lead the Upper Cumberland in assists by a pretty decent margin and also was the leading scorer on White County by a pretty decent margin as well. That is not easily replaced. Add to that the fact that several other starters and key contributors also graduated and you could expect a learning curve for this year. Coach Dodgen will have this team turned around and playing extremely well by the tournament time. Always does. Good coaches know when their team needs to peak and he will make it happen.

Lost some players?? If by some you mean your top 4 or 5....including by far the best player on the floor last year then yep...you're right. Also that same team beat Pickett by 12 later in the year last year. Be realistic. This team at white county isn't what it was last year because of the personally. Coach Dodgen does an excellent job and it won't be long before the people of white county are singing his praises. Cannon county wasn't by accident all those years. Good luck to WC the rest of the way

85-75 final with smith county over Pickett county.

Reminder again...if you are wanting to participate in this years tournament in Livingston and Cookeville May 22-24 you need to contact Coach Matt Ferrell asap at 931-510-8835. We are hovering right around 80 teams right now and about every age group will be playing. IF you have 3rd-11th grade girls or boys and you are looking for a place to play on memorial Day Weekend, please contact me asap. I am almost full but will take as many as possible until I fill up my last few remaining spots. Contact me at 931-510-8835 or at tennesseerush@gmail.com

Added several teams in the last few days. We now stand at 78 teams coming to the 2nd Annual Rush 2 Gold Tournament in Livingston/Cookeville area. If you have not contacted us about the tournament and are considering playing, please do so as soon as possible. Currently, we have 7 gyms almost filled to capacity and we do not want to leave out anyone that wants to play. This tournament is going to be a success so please enter now...once we fill up all the gyms that we can get, there will be no one else added to the tournament. Please contact Matt Ferrell at 931-510-8835 if you have any questions about the tournament or if you would like to enter. Thanks.

BUMP!! We are currently at around 65 teams committed to this tournament. We have limited gym space available so anyone else that may be interested please contact Matt Ferrell at 931-510-8835 as soon as possible. Once we are out of gym space, we will close entry into the tournament. Thanks.

http://www.infosports.com/listing.cgi?t=t&s=bb&n=75604&lr=TN Above is a link to the information about the 2nd Annual Rush 2 Gold Memorial Day Tournament in Livingston, TN. Dates are May 22-24 and will be held in the Livingston and Cookeville areas. Last years first annual had about 65 teams in it, and we are expecting a great tournament once again this year. We will have limited gym space available so please sign up early to make sure that your team gets in. A great tournament to end the travel season on and lead your players into the middle school and high school camp season in June. You can also get more information on the tournament at www.tennesseerush.webs.com. If you are interested in more information, or in signing a team up, please contact Matt Ferrell at 931-510-8835 or by email at tennesseerush@gmail.com.

Tryouts for the 9th-11th grade Tennessee Rush AAU/Exposure basketball teams have been finalized! Tryouts are at Livingston Baptist Church next Sunday March 8, 2015. Times are as follows: 9th: 1-2 PM 10th: 2-3 PM 11th: 3-4 PM For any questions, comments, etc please contact Coach Matt Ferrell at 931-510-8835 or at tennesseerush@gmail.com. You can also check the RUSH out at www.tennesseerush.webs.com.

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Saturday at LA 3p Jackson county vs Monterey girls 4:30p Pickett county vs clarkrange boys 6p Pickett county vs clarkrange girls 7:30p Jackson county vs clay county boys

Due to the winter storm that has effected our area and the delaying of many junior high and high school tournaments, we are going to postpone the Tennessee Rush Basketball tryouts by ONE DAY. All junior high tournaments should end on Feb. 28 with girls high school substates also being that day so we will have tryouts for GRADES 3-8 in girls on SUNDAY, MARCH 1ST, 2015. Tryout times are as follows: 3rd grade girls: 2:15-3:30 PM 4th grade girls: 1-2:15 PM 5th grade girls: 1-2:15 PM 6th grade girls: 2:15-3:30 PM 7th grade girls: 3:30-4:45 PM 8th grade girls: 3:30-4:45 PM AGAIN, THESE TRYOUTS ARE ON SUNDAY MARCH 1, 2015 AT Livingston Baptist Church in Livingston,TN. For any more information or questions, comments, etc please contact Coach Matt Ferrell at 931-510-8835 or by email at tennesseerush@gmail.com.

Quite possibly the best basketball game that you will ever see. Anyone that was there last night can probably attest to that. Tension was high all night for both teams and fan bases. Both teams played really well, and never gave up. It was what you hope to see in a great high school atmosphere! Three overtimes, three game extending buzzer beaters....it was the best girls game that most people will see I would think. I was privileged enough to watch Livingston Academy boys beat Station Camp when Jenkins was a junior in the region semis, Upperman beat Station Camp when John Jenkins was a senior in the region semis, Pickett girls beat Jackson in the region semis, etc....and this game topped all of those. A great night of basketball in the Upper Cumberland, which I believe is the BEST place to watch girls basketball in the country!

What's every ones projections on the four first round games? I'm going with: LA over York by 20 Cannon county over smith county by 8 Macon county over central magnet by 4 (Macon finally puts it together) Upperman over dekalb county by 4 (won't be surprised for this one to go the other way) Just my guesses on this one. What does everyone else think?

I may be wrong about this but I think the 7A District Tournament schedule will be: Tuesday 3/10- Play in games for the 4/5 seed girls followed by boys Thursday 3/12- Girls Semifinal Games Friday 3/13- Boys Semifinal Games Monday 3/16- Girls consolation and finals Tuesday 3/17- Boys consolation and Finals Region Tournament first round should be Friday 3/20 (girls) and Saturday 3/21 (boys) Could be wrong but I think that is how it should be.

Tennessee Rush Tryouts for Grades 3-8 will be Saturday Feb. 28, 2015 at Livingston Baptist Church in Livingston, TN!!! The times for those tryouts are as follows: 3rd Grade girls: 12-1 PM 4th Grade girls: 10-11 AM 5th Grade girls: 10-11 AM 6th Grade girls: 11-12 PM 7th Grade girls: 11-12 PM 8th Grade girls: 12-1 PM Feel free to contact Coach Matt Ferrell at 931-510-8835 or tennesseerush@gmail.com for more information or questions regarding tryouts. Also follow the website for additional updates and information on the Tennessee Rush program. The website is www.tennesseerush.webs.com!

What are the district matchups going to most likely be? There should be some interesting go or go home matchups to start the district tournament if I am correct. #1/#2 Upperman/LA depending on who wins that game next week #3 Central Magnet #4 Smith County #5 Cannon County #6 Macon County #7 Dekalb County #8 York Is this the correct order or how is it?

You are correct. She was the UC Freshman of the Year as published in the Herald-Citizen. To someone else's point earlier, Jayna Ferrell was the District 7-A Freshman of the year that same year.

From the upper Cumberland top players would be: Single A: Lakelyn Bouldin- van Buren county Double A: Callie Hackett- smith county Triple A: Bella Taylor- white county Not sure on all their stats but each of these are great players that really Make their teams go.

Hands down MVP. If anyone else geta a vote (other than smith county's who can't vote for their own) then they need to do away with entire award. If she's not a miss basketball finalist I would be floored. One of the best players that's been through the UC in a long, long time. Fun to watch. Prayers for a Speedy recovery and a great college career.