Weekend Event Preview: Fairdale Jamboree

<p>After last weekend's Bear Down Jamboree at Butler, I'll hit the road back to Louisville for the King of the Bluegrass Jamboree at Fairdale High School. Here's a look at the schedule and some players to watch on Saturday.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Eastern vs Spencer County (Noon):</strong></span></p> <p>Just looking at the schedule, this game appears to be the best of the day and will feature multiple future college players. Spencer County has a talented Junior class with <strong>Sam Conley and Jake Whitlock</strong> but I'm interested to see what strides Sophomore <strong>Gage Mabry</strong> has made since last season. Eastern's <strong>James Jewell</strong> is a known commodity in the 2022 class but I look forward to seeing fellow Sophomore <strong>Christian Spalding</strong> and how he plays head to head with Whitlock.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>CAL vs Apollo (1:30):</strong></span></p> <p>The Centurions are led by Senior <strong>Tyler McDaniel</strong> who provides a solid post presence. Apollo is led by Seniors <strong>Malik Wilson and Ryan Ash.</strong> Both teams are looking to bounce back from disappointing 2018-19 seasons, especially the Eagles. They only won 3 games a season ago and should be in a position to improve greatly on that.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>North Bullitt vs Lyon County (3:00):</strong></span></p> <p>The star of this one is Lyon County 8th grader <strong>Travis Perry. </strong>Lyon County doesn't make many trips to central Kentucky so I'm interested to see how Perry does. North Bullitt went 9-22 last season but return their entire team from a year ago. With that type of experience coming back, the Eagles are hoping to surprise some folks in the 6th region. I saw them this summer and they play hard and have great chemistry. </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Fairdale vs Boyd County (4:30):</strong></span></p> <p>The host Bulldogs have one of the best players in Louisville in <strong>Stephen Moore</strong> while Boyd comes in with Senior <strong>Blake Stewart</strong> comes back after averaging a team high 21.5 points per game last year. Stewart is one of the top players in the 16th region. Junior <strong>Carson Webb</strong> should have a bigger role with Boyd after averaging just under 10 points per game last year.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Doss vs Union County (6:00):</strong></span></p> <p>Union County has a tough guard duo in <strong>Kale Gaither and Eli Wilkes. </strong>Gaither is one of the best scorers in the 2021 class while Wilkes showed his passing skills at our Top 250 Expo in August. Doss is hoping to rebound from a disappointing 10-20 season and will have to do it with a roster of players who were role players last season. Union has aspirations of winning the second region. Beating Doss would be a nice start to their season.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Manual vs Daviess County (7:30):</strong></span></p> <p>Manual is anchored by <strong>Eli Roberts</strong> but will need some guards to step up and establish themselves if they want to have any hope of competing in the always tough 7th region. Daviess County graduated 5 Seniors and Dakota Walden made up about 40% of their offense last season. Seniors <strong>Chris Hillard and Ryan Thomson</strong> have their work cut out for them this year.</p>