Congrats to Oak Ridge!

[Julio Rodriguez]

It was a great game. Congratulations Oak Ridge!

[fed123]

It was a great game. Congratulations Oak Ridge!

Congrats to OR, I would only hope Memphis Central can represent the state of TN as well as you have. They will be competing in session 2 of this tournament that starts next Saturday.

[OmahaVol]

It is great for OR and the entire state of TN girls basketball for OR to go to Phoenix and play great and represent the state with class as they always do. It should also tell us that girls basketball in TN is one of if not the best area in the nation when it comes to girls roundball. You know as a team and player that TN girls basketball is tough when you go on a national stage and have success and then come back home and there are teams and coaches here that are better than what you played in Phoenix. Way to go Lady Cats, keep playing great and hopefully winning. If you are an OR fan, I am sure you wish that to contiinue when they return home all the way to the State tournament in March, if they are lucky enough to make it that far. After this week, there should not be any idiot newspaper writer asking "Who are these girls from Oak Ridge"? In fact, if they had a clue about girls basketball they would have known who Oak Ridge is. Having been to this tournament many times, Oak Ridge has represented itself very well. They just don't always have the #1 recruits as the so called big name schools do. I do believe that Coach P can outcoach just about anyone that she is matched up against. 800 + wins to prove it. Alot of those with inferior tallent.

 

Well, OR had a great run. Losing to Bolingbrook is not a bad loss. Hope we can beat Regis Jesuit for 3rd place. I think OR represented well. If we can win the consolation game we should remain in the top 10 nationally.

[DUKnowDaGame?]

Well, OR had a great run. Losing to Bolingbrook is not a bad loss. Hope we can beat Regis Jesuit for 3rd place. I think OR represented well. If we can win the consolation game we should remain in the top 10 nationally.

 

 

Great Job Oak Ridge!!! Way to rep Tennessee!!!

 

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[OmahaVol]

Well, OR had a great run. Losing to Bolingbrook is not a bad loss. Hope we can beat Regis Jesuit for 3rd place. I think OR represented well. If we can win the consolation game we should remain in the top 10 nationally.

 

Well, so much for OR staying in the top 10 nationally. Regis Jesuit beat the Ridgers 52-44. Bolingbrook ended up losing in the final to Cardinal O'Hara. OR did good, though. It was good, stiff competition. To come out with a 2-2 record will keep us in the top 25 nationally. It will also give us some tough games under our belt that will help prepare for the always tough Tennessee playoffs.

[MTOWN21]

Lastest ESPN RISE FAB 50 national girls basketball rankings

 

ESPN RISE FAB 50 Girls Basketball Rankings (Dec. 24)

 

Rank Team (Location) Record Previous Rank

1 St. Michael Academy (New York City) 8-0 2

2 Cardinal O'Hara (Springfield, Pa.) 9-0 9

3 Ben Davis (Indianapolis) 10-0 4

4 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 8-0 34

5 Mount Notre Dame (Cincinnati) 6-0 5

6 Bolingbrook (Ill.) 8-2 10

7 South Bend Washington (South Bend, Ind.) 9-0 7

8 Heritage Christian (Indianapolis) 9-0 9

9 Murry Burgtraum (New York City) 5-0 11

10 Potter's House Christian (Jacksonville, Fla.) 15-0 13

11 Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) 7-3 25

12 Whitney Young (Chicago) 12-1 15

13 Oak Ridge (Tenn.) 11-2 NR

14 Detroit Community (Detroit) 5-0 16

15 Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco) 5-1 14

16 Westlake (Atlanta) 8-1 17

17 University (Newark, N.J.) 0-1 8

18 Kentwood (Covington, Wash.) 6-0 22

19 Archbishop Carrol (Radnor, Pa.) 7-0 18

20 Millington (Tenn.) 11-1 26

21 Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, Mich.) 3-0 27

22 St. Mary's (Stockton, Calif.) 9-3 36

23 Wichita Heights (Wichita, Kan.) 4-0 29

24 Bob Jones (Madison, Ala.) 16-1 31

25 Westbury Christian (Houston) 25-0 35

26 Chaminade-Julienne (Dayton, Ohio) 7-2 23

27 Nimitz (Houston) 15-1 38

28 Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.) 8-3 19

29 Brea Olinda (Brea, Calif.) 7-2 NR

30 Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) 10-2 1

31 Trenton Central (Trenton, N.J.) 0-0 32

32 Germantown Academy (Fort Washington, Pa.) 6-0 37

33 Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) 4-3 3

34 Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.) 6-2 24

35 Lower Richland (Hopkins, S.C.) 7-1 28

36 Lexington Christian (Lexington, Ky.) 5-2 39

37 The Peddie School (Hightstown, N.J.) 4-1 NR

38 Murrah (Jackson, Miss.) 10-0 41

39 Cajon (San Bernadino, Calif.) 8-0 42

40 Wilson Central (Lebanon, Tenn.) 8-2 46

41 Mandan (N.D.) 1-1 47

42 St. John the Baptist (West Islip, N.Y.) 5-0 48

43 Punahou (Honolulu) 5-2 45

44 H.D. Woodson (Washington, D.C.) 5-4 21

45 Cy-Fair (Cypress, Texas) 15-2 49

46 Broomfield (Colo.) 7-0 50

47 Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) 9-0 NR

48 Union (Tulsa, Okla.) 3-1 33

49 ThunderRidge (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) 9-0 NR

50 Eleanor Roosvelt (Greenbelt, Md.)

 

Way to Go TENNESSEE TEAMS!!!!

Go Luck the rest of the way.....

[MTOWN21]

Nike TOC All-Tournament Team

 

Second Team

 

 

 

Mary Bokenkamp, Regis Jesuit, senior: Very good size for the guard position, plus seemingly NBA 3-point range.

 

Kortni Jones, Oak Ridge, senior: Great leadership skills and scoring ability make her a dangerous combo guard who can defend.

 

Chelsea Gray, St. Mary's, junior: Expanded scoring ability, particularly from deep, adds to her already-rich backcourt versatility.

 

Brooke Jelniker, ThunderRidge, junior: Has length for days, developing handle and very good range for the wing at the next level.

 

Erin Shields, Archbishop Carroll, junior: Shoots from deep with great ease; twice drilled four 3-pointers in a quarter