TOP 5 Teams each classification including Private

[pioneer42]

3 minutes ago, LadyCavsFan said:

Good to see Gleason back in the 1A conversations again.  Hey Bradford…your turn.   

Bradford is pretty good this year. You talking about a district that will be some battles. You got Greenfield, Gleason, Bradford and Dresden in the same district. Shock of the weekend for me was Gleason beating Clay County as bad as they did. Were you there??

[LadyCavsFan]

3 minutes ago, pioneer42 said:

Bradford is pretty good this year. You talking about a district that will be some battles. You got Greenfield, Gleason, Bradford and Dresden in the same district. Shock of the weekend for me was Gleason beating Clay County as bad as they did. Were you there??

That is going to be fun to see who makes it out.
 

I was not at at the game.  IMO the 1A teams in the UC are down just a little bit this year.  They are all pretty close with Clarkrange being the best I have seen so far.   But even they lost to a bad Stone team and were spanked by White county recently.  Clay has a very solid team.  But to me Pickett County has the most upside.  They are so young and are going to be so much better by the year end.  Lowe is going to be a superstar there.  Future Miss Basketball. Biggest surprise in 7A so far has to be the 11-3  RBS Lady Dawgs.  They played Clay very close a couple weeks ago. And this week they beat Riverdale and played a good Hillsboro team close.  It’s going to be fun watching this district to see who escapes into the glass house

[pioneer42]

2 minutes ago, LadyCavsFan said:

That is going to be fun to see who makes it out.
 

I was not at at the game.  IMO the 1A teams in the UC are down just a little bit this year.  They are all pretty close with Clarkrange being the best I have seen so far.   But even they lost to a bad Stone team and were spanked by White county recently.  Clay has a very solid team.  But to me Pickett County has the most upside.  They are so young and are going to be so much better by the year end.  Lowe is going to be a superstar there.  Future Miss Basketball. Biggest surprise in 7A so far has to be the 11-3  RBS Lady Dawgs.  They played Clay very close a couple weeks ago. And this week they beat Riverdale and played a good Hillsboro team close.  It’s going to be fun watching this district to see who escapes into the glass house

Yeah McKenzie and Gleason are good around here. Gleason is doing good but they are not as as good as McKenzie, IMO. Greenfield is still a dangerous team as well. I am really impressed with Clarkrange and Pickett County this year especially after what they lost. I thought it was Clay County’s to lose but is RBS still in their district and class as well?? That district looks up for grabs as well. Clay County at state last year had a bunch of good ball players. I thought they might be the team because Clarkrange and Pickett County lost several players, but got to give credit to Clarkrange and Pickett County’s teams with new players. They are playing really good. You take a good young team and get hot they may win it all. Seen Elizabethton do it at state with a bunch of young one’s a few years back that weren’t bothered by the big stage. 

[mas1821]

On 12/23/2021 at 11:39 PM, mas1821 said:

I don't want to jinx anything.  And i've been very casual on my predictions for that reason.  But, I agree.  I've seen live play or multiple videos of all the contenders in AA but Westview.  Based on what I've seen, Loretto is just playing a different game at this moment.  Karly is the X factor (everyone knows she does it all), Ally is a GREAT passer, good rebounder, can drive to the basket, forces turnovers, clifton's can both score in transition and at the perimeter, both force a lot of turnovers, Buttrum shoots well and plays tough, Laney can post, drives well, shoots well, Cozart has also stepped up this year..  There have been more contributors, but these girls are playing together in a way I've never seen at Loretto.

Karly and Ally can both jump unlike 95% of girls in TN H.S. basketball.  So the turnovers, blocked shots, tipped passes, have been in abundance this year.

I've seen Gibson Co, Upperman, Cookeville, White Co, Bradley, Bearden, and Webb School, and more..  

I've seen a LOT of teams that could beat Loretto on a given night, but Webb School is the only one one I've seen that I would say probably has a better team overall.

Meant to share this weeks ago.  Check out the vision/anticipation from Ally. Karly to Ally to Buttrum.  This is a big part of why this team is special.  Super efficient.

 

[Tennesseepicks]

Did Summertown move up to 2A?

[pioneer42]

1 minute ago, Tennesseepicks said:

Did Summertown move up to 2A?

Yes sir. 2 A is where several main events will be played. 

[Tennesseepicks]

1 minute ago, pioneer42 said:

Yes sir. 2 A is where several main events will be played. 

Wow so you have Gibson Co and Westview from the west. Loretto and Summertown in middle part. Who’s good in East?

[mas1821]

3 minutes ago, Tennesseepicks said:

Wow so you have Gibson Co and Westview from the west. Loretto and Summertown in middle part. Who’s good in East?

those 4 play each other at substate..  so only 2 make it to the boro. 

[Tennesseepicks]

1 minute ago, mas1821 said:

those 4 play each other at substate..  so only 2 make it to the boro. 

That stinks! That would have been a loaded bracket 

[pioneer42]

23 minutes ago, mas1821 said:

those 4 play each other at substate..  so only 2 make it to the boro. 

There will be two teams at state that will get automatic byes in 2 A. Running clocks.

Edited December 31, 2021 by pioneer42

[Intense]

On 12/29/2021 at 8:10 PM, Tennesseepicks said:

Crockett beats TCA

Hats off to CC for playing a tough hard nosed game.  They have a great young team and Kayla is a fantastic coach.  Covid got TCA and one of their best players was out.  TCA still should have won the game but Crockett had other plans and played super well.  I would look for CC to be a serious contender in their class in the next two years.  Kayla always has her girls playing hard!

[pioneer42]

13 minutes ago, Intense said:

Hats off to CC for playing a tough hard nosed game.  They have a great young team and Kayla is a fantastic coach.  Covid got TCA and one of their best players was out.  TCA still should have won the game but Crockett had other plans and played super well.  I would look for CC to be a serious contender in their class in the next two years.  Kayla always has her girls playing hard!

This is Crockett’s year to make state. Stay opposite of Fayette Ware in sub-state and probably will happen.