Top Thursday Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To be included in this or future articles, DM @PrepHoopsTN always.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1299052' first='Ethan' last='Meadows']</strong> surpassed 1,000 career points at the Harriman Christmas Classic. His Meigs County Tigers won the game over Wartburg.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tyshaun Poore</strong> (Cane Ridge) put up 20, a remarkable 40% of his team's 50 points in a frustrating 51-50 loss to Summit on Summit's floor. Poore is one of the best freshmen in the state. His stat line also included three assists and three steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Josh Thompson</strong> (Douglass) scored nine points and hauled in four rebounds in a 52-49 loss to Haywood High School in a tournament semifinal. Those two teams are out in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at an event as old as a giant sequoia tree. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1852774' first='Jarmon' last='Brittman']</strong> was important, registering eight points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In their final game of the week, playing in Todd County Central High School (Kentucky), Central Magnet aims Friday to beat Covington. In a blowout 72-47 loss to the hosts, Central Magnet leaned on four players for scoring: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1677082' first='Mason' last='Brown']</strong> 15 pts, <strong>Owen Zubkus</strong> 9 pts, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2298206' first='Jake' last='Maddox']</strong> 7 pts, <strong>Mclane Martin</strong> 7 pts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1476101' first='Davis' last='Long']</strong> scored 16 points to lead the team. Franklin crushed a Mississippi team hardly worth mentioning as they lost 66-22! Franklin High is attempting to claim the Sandestin Beach Blowout Championship Friday (today). Curiously, the Rebels will play a team comprised of players that live less than 10 minutes from their houses...in Tennessee. Independence and Franklin could have played this game without traveling the 425 miles each, each way, but then that wouldn't be in the basketball Christmas spirit, now would it?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/BriarcrestHoops/status/1608688544729690112?s=20u0026amp;t=DdCpRJV75LpEWGcUCeBFHA","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/BriarcrestHoops/status/1608688544729690112?s=20&amp;t=DdCpRJV75LpEWGcUCeBFHA </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cookeville is now 10-4. They conquered Pace, a Floridian outfit, 59-41 on the backs of Josh Heard (26p) and [player_tooltip player_id='1335783' first='Jack' last='Oakley'] (12).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In Pigeon Forge, the Black bracket wrapped Thursday. Take a wide-ranging look at the event and then the lens will adjust to specific players and their Thursday success.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>December 27th</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>44 M.B.A.<br>40 Centennial</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>47 Jefferson County<br>32 Cincinnati Country Day (OH)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fairview (AL)<br>Bearden</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Scott County (KY)<br>Elizabethton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>December 28th</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>M.B.A.<br>Jackson County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Loser's Bracket</span><br>63 Centennial<br>37 Cincinnati Country Day (OH)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>December 29th (Thursday) </h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>49 Scott County (KY) <br>23 Jefferson County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->