Region 2-AA Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Region 2-AA in the Upstate would traditionally be a very good football region with some of these schools. Let's instead take a look at basketball though. Who will be the top team in Region 2-AA ? Read more inside right here. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Prep Hoops Season Predictions: </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Abbeville HS</strong> - The Panthers made some noise last season with a (17-4) record. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Newberry HS</strong> - The Bulldogs will need a big year from <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1513797' first='Chrishaud' last='Cromer']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1220047' first='Darius' last='Elkins']</strong>. The Bulldogs will need to improve on their (8-13) record from a season ago.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Saluda HS</strong> - It's one last go around for <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='865344' first='Zion' last='Wright']</strong> and the Tigers. The Tigers finished (15-8) and played in a different region. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mid-Carolina HS</strong> - The Rebels were (3-20) last season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ninety-Six HS</strong> - Can Junior <strong>Evan Adams</strong> lead the offense? Adams averaged 14 ppg last season for the Wildcats (7-15). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_635fb568c8598","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["865344"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":1154379,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Zion has been around awhile it seems for the Tigers. Prep Hoops first saw him as 9th grader on the football field and hardwood. Zion is a long and rangy forward who can get to the rack by slashing to the cup. 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