John Greer Thanksgiving Classic Preview
Scoot over to Lebanon High this weekend for two days filled with both boys and girls basketball games. John Greer State Farm Thanksgiving Classic Lebanon High School Predictions Friday, Nov. 29 10:00 Oakland vs Page (Boys) Oakland 2:30 Brentwood vs Rossview…
Access all of Prep Hoops
Continue reading this article and more.
Continue ReadingScoot over to Lebanon High this weekend for two days filled with both boys and girls basketball games.
John Greer State Farm Thanksgiving Classic Lebanon High School
Predictions
Friday, Nov. 29
10:00 Oakland vs Page (Boys) Oakland
2:30 Brentwood vs Rossview (Boys) Brentwood
5:30 Bearden vs Riverdale (Boys) Bearden
8:30 Lebanon vs Rockvale (Boys) Lebanon
Saturday, Nov. 30
11:30 Rossview vs Oakland (Boys) Oakland
2:30 Rockvale vs Page (Boys) Page
4:00 Lebanon vs Bearden (Boys) Lebanon
8:30 Riverdale vs Brentwood (Boys) Brentwood
Lebanon is playing very well to start the season. Oakland is a little unclear right now, after losing talent to graduation and Ray Tyler to transfer. Of the teams involved Rossview and Bearden are the most distant geographically. Rossview is rebuilding their starting lineup, as previewed here. Bearden is a difficult team to pin down as their three losses were two really good teams: Cleveland (PrepHoopsTN #5), Beech, Siegel. Gone are Ques Glover, Trent Stephney, and friends. Incoming are young talent and Cahlib Edwards (Chattanooga Arts & Sciences transfer). They are still developing as a unit. They better be because Division 4 AAA is challenging and surely the other teams are tired of getting stomped by Bearden High.
Riverdale achieved much success the last two years. This season they are going to take lump after lump. It is simply not a good team as only one rotation player from last season returns (Preston Whittington).
Brentwood is better than their obliteration at the hands of Ensworth. They should win two games at this event. Lebanon would likely move into the Top 10 with two wins. Page is the x-factor. Can they defeat an athletic, occasionally disjointed Oakland team? They will be challenged but should topple a young, unproven Rockvale team the following day.
Follow @AndrewForce8.