Team Preview: Forest Hill High School
Team Preview: Forest Hills High School Yellow Jackets Coaches: Matt Sides, Danny Bailey, Keith Sides, Garrett Malone Conference: Rocky River 2A Last Season: 28-3 (10-0 RRC). Won the Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships. Advanced to the 2A Regional Finals…
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Continue ReadingTeam Preview: Forest Hills High School Yellow Jackets
Coaches: Matt Sides, Danny Bailey, Keith Sides, Garrett Malone
Conference: Rocky River 2A
Last Season: 28-3 (10-0 RRC). Won the Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships. Advanced to the 2A Regional Finals (Final 4) before losing to East Lincoln.
Key Returners:
Tyrese Barbour – Senior, PG, 5’8”, 4-year varsity player, 3 year starter, returning Honorable Mention All-Conference, terrific distributor on the break, very good shooter, D3/JUCO interest
Shamon Ratliff – Junior, Guard, 5’11”, returning starter, extremely quick, teams defensive emotional leader, great defensive instincts and anticipation, has improved his shot in the offseason, NC Top 80 participant
Jaleel McLaughln – Junior, Guard, 5’9”, quick attacking guard who has improved since last season, will compete to be in the starting lineup
Jai Rorie – Sophomore, Guard, 5’7”, Returning Honorable Mention All-Conference, one of the best shooters in the state, hit 61 3pt field goals last year while shooting over 42% from three.
Nas TysonNas Tyson – Sophomore, Guard, 6’1”, Already offered by Hampton University, Returning All-Conference Player, 12.3ppg, 6.7rpg, 2.0spg, shot over 55% from the field and 45% from 3pt, great scorer with tremendous instinct and feel for the game, interest beginning from UNC-Charlotte, D1 Recruit
Key Newcomers:
Trey Belin – Sophomore, Forward, 6’2”, wing that has the ability to play in the post as well, long and skilled with big upside, will compete to be in the starting lineup,
Keeshawn Tyson – Sophomore, Post, 6’2”, strong physical post, good rebounder
Cam Richardson – Sophomore, Guard, 5’8”, one of the most improved players in the program, quick and crafty guard that can shoot it, chance to really develop once he gets varsity playing time experience
Josh Owens – Freshman, Forward, 6’2”, can play both wing and post positions, very good post footwork, very aggressive and physical for a freshman, good rebounder, big upside that will develop with game experience
Season Outlook:
Even with the loss of 3 Senior starters, the Jackets will look to continue to build on success of the past 2 seasons (combined record of 48-10, 2015 Sectional Final, 2016 Final 4). They return 5 of the top 8 players from last season who will have to step up and be counted on to fill in scoring and rebounding that was lost with the graduating class. A challenging non-conference schedule will hopefully prepare the Jackets to compete for another Rocky River Conference championship and a state playoff run.