Thursday Flash Evaluations

<p style="text-align: left;">The Hunters Lane win up i-24 in Clarksville impressed and also unveiled a sprinkling of unknown yet key role players for the Warriors.</p> <p>Hunters Lane defeated Clarksville Northeast, 69-56.</p> <p><strong>Toughest -- Edwin Cruz (Hunters Lane)</strong></p> <p>The orange guests to Clarksville splattered Clarksville Northeast guts all over the legendary floor.  Edwin Cruz, a powerful 6-foot-0 wing guard owned the glass and also finished an and-1 in the pivotal third quarter.  </p> <p>Hunters Lane entered up four points and exited up a 11 points, 55-44.</p> <p>Cruz finished with 21 points.  </p> <p><strong>Hunters Lane Partial Roster (Starters*)</strong><br /> PG [player_tooltip player_id="1317024" first="Asa" last="Hardyway"]* (2022)<br /> SG Marke Mangum* (2022)<br /> SF Tre Rutherford*<br /> F Edwin Cruz* (2022)<br /> Brandon Simmons* (2022)</p> <p>Across town, Clarksville High whacked Kenwood, 75-57. The Wildcats walked to the finish line.  The fantastic crowd enjoyed as sharp of a game as CHS has played since March 2021.  Can Clarksville return to the state tournament? Any observer of this victory would vote ’Yes.’</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1006439" first="J.J." last="Wheat"] (Clarksville)</strong></p> <p>J.J. did not block the basketball.  He jumped so high that he caught the layup with both arms comfortably wrapped around it.  </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1262531" first="Caleb" last="Grady"] (Kenwood)</strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1262531" first="Caleb" last="Grady"] was impressive in defeat, but the visiting Knights desperately needed their star, [player_tooltip player_id="1177010" first="Jaylen" last="Washington"], to be on the floor.  He missed with an ankle injury.  Clarksville improved to 4-0 with the victory.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clarksville Partial Roster (Starters*)</span></strong><br /> #3 [player_tooltip player_id="1006439" first="J.J." last="Wheat"]* (2022)<br /> #25 G [player_tooltip player_id="1344320" first="Kirk" last="Weatherford"] (2025)<br /> #11 Jaheim Berry* (2022)</p> <p>Clarksville lead Kenwood 41-34 at halftime and truly opened up that gash with a frenetic third quarter. </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1344320" first="Kirk" last="Weatherford"] (Clarksville)</strong></p> <p>Guard play is hardly needed from any Clarksville player this season.  They have guard play.  Plenty.  In time, perhaps as soon as next November Kirk will become the backbone. Against Kenwood, KW executed the simple things perfectly. He handled a little desperate late-game pressure with poise. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>