Bearden's Non Region Schedule is murderers row
8/19 @ West Defending 5A State Champions
8/25 @ Alcoa Defending 3A State Champions
9/1 Anderson County Defending 4A State Champions
10/13 @ Oak Ridge
10/20 Morristown West
Both teams are really good this year and it will be a dogfight. One thing that Bearden did last night to try and contain Caden Windle is to face guard him all game. It slowed him down, but I still think he ended up with 14 or 15 points. He is a great player and plays old school basketball....which I love!!! Karns can really get it up and down the court. Will be a fun matchup either way
What would happen if Karns wins District 3 tournament, but loses first round of Region? Would the Region then be hosted at Central, assuming that they win?
HV was up by 2 points with about a minute to go in the 1st half and then hit back to back 3's (one at the buzzer) to go up by 8 at halftime. Bearden then walked out of the halftime locker room with about 5 seconds on the clock and didn't get a chance to warm up for the 2nd half. HV then proceeded to go on a 17 or 19 point run to start the 2nd half and that was all she wrote for the Bulldogs. Bearden is in danger of not advancing to the Regional Tournament for the first time in probably 30 years if they don't beat Maryville next Thursday night. They are a very young team, but this is very uncharacteristic of the Bulldogs that I am use to seeing.
Based on the stats provided at the award ceremony today, Dowdell had 2500+ rushing yards in the regular season vs Bishops 2300+. So unless my math is wrong, I am not sure that is 800 more rushing yards
Bishop didn't need to carry the ball as much this year as he did in 2021. Karns had a good QB that threw for 1264 yards and and 17 TD's. Desean didn't have to be the work horse for the offense like he did in 2021. He still average 214.5 yards and 3 TD's a game this season.
It sucks that both were not able to get the award. Both are very deserving and were the MVP's of their teams.
100% accurate. Karns should have never been in that situation. The defense should have been in cover 2 or cover 3 on that last drive. Great game by both teams. Carter players showed alot of class at the end. Carter’s QB is the best high school QB I’ve seen in years. Dude is an absolute stud and should do well the rest of the season and in college. Carter fans and administrator were great. Very impressive by their program.