Way too early region 3 aaa predictions

[Bearettesalltheway]

Since this will be the last time there will be 3 classes in the state i wonder how many schools will be AAAA and AAA and how many would qualify for region tournaments ??? That being said here is my early outlook for both district 5 region 3 AAA for the 2020-2021 season.

Number 1 in district is obvious so ill skip them but with Muhonen, Williams, Carman, crittenden, and sloan carpenter returning should be as balanced as last year for bradley. 2nd could be a battle between walker valley and cleveland. Jamarian blair will boost clevelands playing level up a bit and could make it harder for the other teams this year. Walker valley with drew lyness as coach now has allot of talent on that team and should be able to contend with cleveland for 2nd. 4-7 could be anybody but i think based off of experience east ham gets 4th even without the hayes sisters only because the competition below them isnt that great. 5th will probably go to mcminn for same reason stated above. Mcminn and east ham aee pretty much level as far as skills are concerned. Same with soddy and ooltewah. Fortunately for them after this season they will likely stay in AAA and will be able to actually compete for district title with east ham. when bradley cleveland wv and mcminn move to AAAA. As far as region 3 goes allot more competition for 2nd place between stone, rhea, cookeville cleveland and walker valley. Stone had a great chance to win state last year with one of the best players in the state with emma capps now that shes gone, they have to rebuild. All that being said heres my final records for each team... District record in parenthesis..

 

1. Bradley 25-2 (12-0) 

2. Walker valley 18-9 (9-3)

3. Cleveland 17-10 (9-3)

4. East hamilton 14-13 (5-7)

5. McMinn 12-15 (5-7)

6. Ooltewah 8-19 (1-11)

7. Soddy Daisy 6-21 (1-11)

Playoffs: district 5

Bradley over w.v in  finals and cleveland over east ham. for 3rd.

District 6 

Stone over white county in finals

Rhea over cookeville for 3rd

Region playoffs. 

1) bradley over 4) cookeville

2) white county over 3) cleveland

1) Stone over 4) east ham

3) rhea county over 2) w.v

Semis:

1) bradley over 2) white county

3) rhea over 1) stone

Finals: 1) bradley over 3) Rhea

Sectionals:

Blackman over rhea

Bradley over riverdale or oakland

 

Edited October 4, 2020 by Bearettesalltheway

[Kahuna]

Bradley schedule not as tough and will go undefeated until state tournament! New name to remember Hannah Jones! Cleveland will be second in the district !! Stone will win their district ! White county second! Bradley vs stone in region championship with Bradley winning again! State final will be Bradley vs stone assuming different bracket!

[StateChampDad]

Jones will definitely be a major contributor.  Also hoping for inside strength relief from a injury returning Syler Falcon and Ashton Estrada. 

Edited October 12, 2020 by StateChampDad

[Bearettesalltheway]

On 10/4/2020 at 2:19 PM, Kahuna said:

Bradley schedule not as tough and will go undefeated until state tournament! New name to remember Hannah Jones! Cleveland will be second in the district !! Stone will win their district ! White county second! Bradley vs stone in region championship with Bradley winning again! State final will be Bradley vs stone assuming different bracket!

Couldve happened this year had bradley not got beat but then covid happened so technically bradley is still the reigning state champs. Hannah jones is good player. Shell be great coming off bench filling in for when ashlen crittenden, kelsey carman or sloan carpenter get in foul trouble. Bradley will lose couple of games. Usually do. They will get invited to some toirnament during christmas

[LadyCavsFan]

Not sure how you have Cleveland at 3.  Especially with Blair.  It’s a two team race with Cleveland taking a huge step forward this year.  I expect them to compete for first.
 

In 6AAA it’s the same story as the past few years.  Stone is the champs until someone takes them down.  They did lose Capps but they have the best player in the region returning in Miller.  After watching her this summer, I expect her to be a Ms Basketball contender.  The top 3 will be very competitive.  Yes I said 3.  Stone, Cookeville, WC.   I admit I was completely wrong about Rhea last year.  I didn’t think Hampton could carry them that far but she was unbelievable.  Without her and Cameron they won’t place higher than 4.  White county loses their big but Powers came on late in the season so I don’t expect much drop off.  Cookeville lost 3 senior leaders but return the core of their team and bench.  They will be a better team this year.  The next two years will be Cookeville’s best teams we have had in a long time.  And they are going to need to be that team with the schedule that I saw. It’s going to be a fun year.  Hopefully we get to play!  This region was just getting good and now they gotta change it up! Bummer!  Should be a very competitive final year of these matchups.  

[StateChampDad]

Cleveland has lost Kara Williams.  That’s a huge blow to their team.  Sucks as it’s her senior year.  

[LadyCavsFan]

39 minutes ago, StateChampDad said:

Cleveland has lost Kara Williams.  That’s a huge blow to their team.  Sucks as it’s her senior year.  

Wow didn’t see that until just now after reading your post.  That’s terrible.  That girl is one of the toughest players I watched the past couple years.  Love the mean streak killer mindset.  Prayers to @coachinhoops and family.   Tough loss.  She played well this summer so I am sure she will get a shot at the next level.  Cleveland will still be top 2 but replacing that scoring is gonna be hard.  

[Bearettesalltheway]

Granted blair is good but i still dont see them beating bradley with her. Coach reuter knows her playing style and will put the right defender on her. If cleveland had size then yeah they could compete with Bradley.

[LadyCavsFan]

23 hours ago, Bearettesalltheway said:

Granted blair is good but i still dont see them beating bradley with her. Coach reuter knows her playing style and will put the right defender on her. If cleveland had size then yeah they could compete with Bradley.

I don’t think you have ever seen anyone beating BC.    

[bradley86]

On 10/15/2020 at 3:47 PM, LadyCavsFan said:

Wow didn’t see that until just now after reading your post.  That’s terrible.  That girl is one of the toughest players I watched the past couple years.  Love the mean streak killer mindset.  Prayers to @coachinhoops and family.   Tough loss.  She played well this summer so I am sure she will get a shot at the next level.  Cleveland will still be top 2 but replacing that scoring is gonna be hard.  

I believe Kara Williams (& Muhonnen from BCHS) have signed with Lee University. 

[bradley86]

If Williams had not been hurt, Cleveland might have had a chance to beat Bradley this yea, but I’m not sure who can replace her points now. 
Besides Blair, who are Cleveland’s key players this year?
Is Joy Douglass playing? Is she playing VB in college? 

[bradley86]

On 11/1/2020 at 8:28 AM, LadyCavsFan said:

I don’t think you have ever seen anyone beating BC.    

It’s been 6+ years since BC lost a district game... (not sure any have even been close in 4th quarter, including 10-12 games vs last year’s Miss Basketball).

Edited November 20, 2020 by bradley86