Opening Night Superb Performances

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Silverdale Baptist Academy 56

#2 PG Elyjah Richardson* (2024)
#3 C/PF Kennedy Okpara* (2025)
#13 Houston Holland* (2024)
#23 Kobe Jackson (2026) LH

Bradley Central 67

#1 PG Trevor Carpenter Trevor Carpenter 6'0" | PG Bradley Central | 2023 State TN (2023)
#2 SF/SG Dee Reid Dee Reid 6'1" | SG Bradley Central (football) | 2024 State TN * (2024)
#13 Macias Daniel* (2024)
#21 Ramireon Taylor Ramireon Taylor 6'1" | SG Bradley Central | 2025 State TN * (2023)
#33 Jackson Ary Jackson Ary 6'8" | SF Bradley Central | 2024 State TN * (2024)

Jackson Ary Jackson Ary 6'8" | SF Bradley Central | 2024 State TN provided needed muscle for Bradley Central. Much of the incredible mobility and springs of Kennedy Okpara were muted by Ary’s subtle yet substantial defensive effort.

Trevor Carpenter Trevor Carpenter 6'0" | PG Bradley Central | 2023 State TN hit a lovely three-pointer in dribbling off of a screen curl. He then quickly followed that make with a second triple seconds later. Carpenter’s game created a small splash last winter, wherein he similarly made three-pointers look routine. The senior certainly lacks the explosion to be a slasher, or at least appears to, but his capacity for making outside shots provided fits for the Seahawk defense.

Kobe Jackson played with some spunk. He jettisoned his way to the free throw line on back-to-back possessions with the game late in the junior varsity game. Above average first-step quickness.

Kennedy Okpara looks like a wonderful high school forward now. What will he be in two years? The crystal ball reveals hazy, foggy images of Okpara. Dunking on somebody? Everybody? Kennedy Okpara is a handful now for a future college player in Jackson Ary Jackson Ary 6'8" | SF Bradley Central | 2024 State TN . Imagine how destructive the 6-foot-6ish sophomore will be against typical DII-A frontlines? Most encouragingly, Okpara’s shooting form is resplendent. He is not a springy, supremely-raw talent. Okpara is skilled to a degree as a shooter.

Cane Ridge vs. Lebanon

Lebanon 86
#10 PG Caden Baird* (2023)
#11 SG Wyatt Bowling Wyatt Bowling 6'2" | SG Lebanon | 2023 State TN * (2023)
#25 SG Grayson Galentine* (2023)
#30 C Landen Engles* (2023) 6’8″ 230
#5 PG/SF Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN * (2023)

Cane Ridge 69

#1 Avyion McCleton* (2025)
#2 Mareo Franklin Mareo Franklin 5'10" | PG Cane Ridge | 2024 State TN * (2024) Can really, really shoot the 3.  Same with McCleton.  Remind a little of Bolivar Central 2020.
#3 Da’Ron Hall Da’Ron Hall 6'7" | PF Cane Ridge | 2024 State TN * (2024)
#14 Jaylen Summers (2023) PG 6th or 7th man
#10 Kelvin Lusk Kelvin Lusk 6'4" | SF Cane Ridge | 2023 State TN * (2023)
#32 F Waymon West
#4 G Tyshaun Poore (2026)

Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN did not shoot sharply immediately.  The #1 prospect in Tennessee missed his first two shots, and one of his first two free throws.  No matter.  Hall finished the victorious night with (UNOFFICIALLY) 10-17 FG, 7-8 FT’s, 6 assists, 9 rebounds, and 2 turnovers.

LHS opened with a 2-2-1 press with Jarred extended deep into the forecourt. When Engles played, the press kind of covered for him on all four sides as it slid back from a 2-2-1 into a quarter-court man.

Lebanon High did not list Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN as a “SF/SG/PG” on MaxPreps as a goof. Hall did actually play point guard for much of the first half. Hall is even more slender than was the last two years, though obviously he did not become physically weaker. The endurance of Jarred was always elite, with this iteration he appears yearning to push the tempo, an odd visual from a 6-foot-8 Mr. Basketball forward so accustomed to dominating the paint.

Disheveled is a customary trait of dozens of Cane Ridge games each season. Typically, the Ravens are creating that chaos for their opponent. Tuesday, in the season opener, a home opener actually, Cane Ridge struggled deeply to speed up the Lebanon men. In fact, LHS played faster willfully than the Brandon Miller-less hosts. The Ravens, ravished early needed some stabilization and guidance from Assistant Coach Marcus Kinzer to settle in, though it took a long, long time.

Credit the eager transformation of former Rebound King Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN to All-State point guard?! The Mr. Basketball Candidate looked like he lived there his entire life.

If Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN attempts to block a shot, then Lebanon must, must rebound in his absence. It can be missed how constantly Jarred is accepting or collecting defensive rebounds, and perhaps his teammates are a bit complacent when the opposing shot rises up.

Landen Engles (Lebanon) is certainly limited athletically when viewed with the same lens as Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN and Da’Ron Hall Da’Ron Hall 6'7" | PF Cane Ridge | 2024 State TN (Cane Ridge), but his composure and confidence around the rim was very, very successful. At 6-foot-8, Engles was very involved and yet never seemed to fumble over his feet or spill the basketball around the pesky, darting guards. Engles is absolutely the X-Factor for Lebanon, should they intend to return to the State Tournament.