Top 10 Teams in 4A (Week 5)
Christmas Week! By the end of December, it quickly becomes clear which teams are capable of challenging for the state tournament. District Championships are always going to carry weight, but the postseason victories are sweetest and these teams are the…
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Continue ReadingChristmas Week! By the end of December, it quickly becomes clear which teams are capable of challenging for the state tournament. District Championships are always going to carry weight, but the postseason victories are sweetest and these teams are the Top 10 as it now stands.
Take a look at the Top 10!
# | What is happening | Record | Weeks Ranked | Last Week | ||
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#1 | Beech | W over #8 Bearden by 19 | 11-0 | 5 | 1 | |
#2 | Whitehaven | W Wooddale | 11-0 | 5 | 2 | |
#3 | Memphis East | 6-2 | 5 | 3 | ||
#4 | Bartlett | 8-5 | 5 | 4 | ||
#5 | Green Hill | W over Knox Webb | 10-0 | 4 | 6 | |
#6 | Overton | Lost to CBC (Mo) | 8-2 | 5 | 5 | |
#7 | Lebanon | W over Brentwood, Gallatin | 10-1 | 4 | 7 | |
#8 | Morristown East | W over Sevier County | 12-1 | 4 | 10 | |
#9 | Bearden | L to Beech | 7-2 | 2 | 8 | |
#10 | Columbia | 9-1 | DEBUT | -- |
BOUNCED: Science Hill
JOINED: Columbia Central
Beech and Whitehaven kept doing their thing. No change atop the Top 10 as the two 11-0 teams held firm. Green Hill, with Paxton Davidson Paxton Davidson 6'3" | PG Green Hill | 2022 State TN , Mo Ruttlen, and friends leapfrogged Overton. At #5, Green Hill is at their highest crest thus far.
Bartlett keeps taking losses to out-of-state teams, which are difficult to measure against the other 4A team. Bartlett features some strong guards in Jacobs and Amarr Knox Amarr Knox 6'3" | PG Bartlett | 2022 State #212 Nation TN . Their size should be a massive advantage, but frankly the offense is not wholly reliable out of this talented frontcourt ( Christian Alston Christian Alston 6'5" | SF Bartlett | 2024 State #319 Nation TN , Matthew Stokes Matthew Stokes 6'8" | PF Bartlett | 2023 State TN , etc.).
Whitehaven remains unbeaten with the inimitable Chip Brunt Chip Brunt 6'4" | PG Whitehaven | 2023 GA leading the way.
Debutants
Columbia Central is new in the Top 10. This is their first week of the season. Q Martin is a dual-sport star for Central and he has plenty of help scoring from his teammates.