Yes….CJ would have been the best player in this district hands down. I feel sure he will be successful wherever he goes. With that said…..I still think Goodpasture will compete for one of the top 4 spots. I know they have some young talent, along with a 6’8” post player. Station Camp and White House are probably your two preseason top teams now. Greenbrier graduated their post players but return 2 starters and a slew of young talent that went 16-1 in their JV games last year. I know there are some Portland fans on here that are expecting them to be better and they should be, but I saw them scrimmage Greenbrier in the spring and Greenbrier beat them handily. DCA should be improved as well. I expect a lot close games in 8-AA this year.
Not trying to be negative…but overall district 8-AA will be down as a whole. I really don’t anticipate any of these teams advancing to the state like Goodpasture did last year. One or two may advance to the substate and that’s only because they compete against 7-AA in the region. I do hope I’m wrong. None of these teams could compete with Pearl Cohn, Lipscomb or MLK this year.
I’m an 8-AA fan…..and looking forward to seeing some great games. Best of luck to all of these teams.