15u Boys in Tennessee Tune up

[Dean Wermer]

How did the Brentwood Grizzlies do today?

[SpartanFan]

The Brentwood Grizzlies won the tourney. There was a loss Saturday night. Got down by 18 in first half with cold shooting, but cut the margin to 7 in the second half. But the winning team was playing with a bunch of 16 yr olds and turned themselves in. Grizzlies would have preferred a rematch, but the team was ejected. Beat a good Franklin County team in the finals. This is year four for the Grizzlies, with the same core group as Day 1. Only 7 or 8 on current roster, but a great group of loyal guys. Drew Kelly continues to shine. Great player, great kid. The other 6 guys all contribute points, play great defense and team ball. The Grizzlies also have outstanding coaching.

[Harlow]

The Brentwood Grizzlies won the tourney. There was a loss Saturday night. Got down by 18 in first half with cold shooting, but cut the margin to 7 in the second half. But the winning team was playing with a bunch of 16 yr olds and turned themselves in. Grizzlies would have preferred a rematch, but the team was ejected. Beat a good Franklin County team in the finals. This is year four for the Grizzlies, with the same core group as Day 1. Only 7 or 8 on current roster, but a great group of loyal guys. Drew Kelly continues to shine. Great player, great kid. The other 6 guys all contribute points, play great defense and team ball. The Grizzlies also have outstanding coaching.

 

There is no doubt that the Grizzlies are a good team. The team that beat them was the Williamson Co. Tigers. They had 3 16 year old players. The way it was told to me is was the 15 year olds that were leading the way for the Tigers. Trey Caruthers of Harpeth and Gary Adams of Dickson and Drew Bledsoe of Fairview scored the points. Daniel Rial of Dickson kept Drew Kelly from totally dominating inside as he usually does. The Tigers 15 year olds aren't as good as the Grizzlies, but they are able to give them a good game. They are also a good group of guys. Played with most of them a couple of years ago.

[SpartanFan]

I agree with that, we knew the Tigers would be a strong team with good coaching. Hopefully we can play again. We didn't feel like we got cheated, we just thought we played the first half cold. We would play up if we just had a little deeper bench anyway. The Grizzlies could probably do quite well in the sub-state and state tourneys this year, but we will never know for sure. The Grizzlies are also open to holding some scrimmages, as we do not plan to play very deep into the summer. All our players will be deeply involved in football by then.