District 4 Notebook (4A)
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PICTURED: Caden Windle Caden Windle 6'6" | SF William Blount | 2024 State TN Who will win District 4-4A? District 4 FarragutWilliam BlountBeardenKnoxville WestMaryvilleHardin Valley District 4-4A is a district of change. Ascending: Bearden The Bulldogs of Bearden endured a…
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Continue ReadingPICTURED: Caden Windle Caden Windle 6'6" | SF William Blount | 2024 State TN
Who will win District 4-4A?
District 4
Farragut
William Blount
Bearden
Knoxville West
Maryville
Hardin Valley
District 4-4A is a district of change.
Ascending: Bearden
The Bulldogs of Bearden endured a down year in 2023. For a program that owns 10 State Tournament appearances this century alone, 13-loss seasons are rare. Expect a quick bounce-back for Bearden and Coach Jeremy Parrott.
Drew Brillhart Drew Brillhart 6'5" | SF Bearden | 2024 State TN is dependable and active. King Hubbard King Hubbard 6'4" | SG Bearden | 2025 State TN is a star in the making. Maybe he is a star now. The upside is tantalizing.
Descending: William Blount
William Blount will be both good and not as exceptional as they were a year ago because they lost some steady, strong, dependable seniors: Reese Pride, Riley Everett, Bryson Stewart, Braden Mayfield, Luke Click, Ryder Jones. The talent ( Caden Windle Caden Windle 6'6" | SF William Blount | 2024 State TN , Grady Robertson Grady Robertson 6'4" | PG William Blount | 2024 State TN ) and skill remains high, but the defensive soul moved on.
Last year Caden Windle Caden Windle 6'6" | SF William Blount | 2024 State TN averaged 22.6 ppg (57% FG) with 8.8 rpg. Few statewide lived at that elevation. Teammate Grady Robertson Grady Robertson 6'4" | PG William Blount | 2024 State TN averaged 15.1 ppg with 7.9 rpg.
To be clear the Governors might still win the challenging district, but they are not touching 30 wins again.
Players on the Rise:
Alex Walker, William Blount
Walker shot up to 6-foot-5. He is a little awkward physically, but agile and a little springy. Rangy, long arms. Walker barely played last year (9 games, 0.8 ppg), but he will play a bunch and possibly score a decent amount.
Justin Nordin
Justin
Nordin
PG
Bearden | 2026
State
TN
, Bearden
Bearden can score from multiple points on the floor, but without Nordin making sound choices their offense would be muddy. Nordin can shoot, but primarily drives the team through changing the point of attack and putting guys in positions to succeed.
Rosters
Farragut (Presumed starters*)
Head Coach J.P. Burris
#1 Berkley Naro
#2 Brevin Swartzentruber
#3 Dominic Vanacker* (2025)
#4 Tony Spadafora
#5 Aiden Vanacker*
#10 Claudio Song
#11 Britton Lewis (2026)
#12 Daniel Lanning (2026)
#13 Trey Slagle (2025)
#14 Ethan Farhat (2027)
#15 Kent Carbaugh (2025)
#20 Bryce Howard (2025)
#23
Parker Lane
Parker
Lane
5'10" | PG
Farragut | 2026
State
TN
* (2026)
#32 Carson Mactavish (2025)
#34 Brody Appling (2025)
As a sophomore, Dominic Vanacker (Farragut) scored 14.8 ppg with 191 made shots. He also made 117 free throws! Teammate Aiden Vanacker scored 8.2 ppg with 61 made 3-pointers. Look for both to improve upon their 2022-2023 seasons. Senior Berkley Naro averaged 3.7 ppg with 3.5 rpg.
William Blount (Presumed starters*)
Head Coach Kevin Windle
#0 Alex Walker (2025)
#1 Karson Hard (2026)
#4 Trevor Scarlett
#5 Brett Cortez*
#11
Grady Robertson
Grady
Robertson
6'4" | PG
William Blount | 2024
State
TN
*
#20
Caden Windle
Caden
Windle
6'6" | SF
William Blount | 2024
State
TN
*
#21 Lukas Henson
#22 Jaxon Dabrowski (2026)
#24 Alan Hughes
#32 Brooks Bird
Seth Breeding (2025)
Caden Windle Caden Windle 6'6" | SF William Blount | 2024 State TN shoots at an elite level. The volume scorer will compete for District MVP.
Bearden (Presumed starters*)
Head Coach Jeremy Parrott
#0 Dalton Siva
#2
Justin Nordin
Justin
Nordin
PG
Bearden | 2026
State
TN
* (2026)
#4
King Hubbard
King
Hubbard
6'4" | SG
Bearden | 2025
State
TN
* (2025)
#5 Drew Parrott (2025)
#12 Andrew Baker (2025)
#23
Drew Brillhart
Drew
Brillhart
6'5" | SF
Bearden | 2024
State
TN
*
#24 Jamichael Blair* (2025)
#31 Sam Tummins
#32 Domenic Mahoney (2025)
#44
Jacob Phillips
Jacob
Phillips
SF
Bearden | 2024
TN
Knoxville West (Presumed starters*)
Head Coach Aubin Goporo
Aubin coached Florida Air Academy prior to accepting a job with U Tennessee. Goporo finished 355-52 as a head coach with FAA.
Hardin Valley (Presumed starters*)
Head Coach Andy Arendt
Maryville (Presumed starters*)
Head Coach Wes Lambert
2022 DISTRICT STANDINGS
William Blount | 8-2 | 30-6 |
Farragut | 7-3 | 18-14 |
Hardin Valley | 6-4 | 23-10 |
Maryville | 5-5 | 17-13 |
Bearden | 4-6 | 19-13 |
Heritage | 0-10 | 13-16 |
2023 Postseason Recapture
#1 seed WIlliam Blount (64) vs. #5 seed Bearden (41)
#2 seed Farragut (48) vs. #3 seed Hardin Valley (56)
District Tournament Championship
#1 seed William Blount (63) vs. #4 seed Hardin Valley (49)
2022 Postseason Recapture
#1 seed Farragut (70) vs. #4 seed William Blount (52)
#2 seed Bearden (67) vs. #3 seed Hardin Valley (65)
District Tournament Championship
#1 seed Farragut (73) vs. #2 seed Bearden (62)
Prediction
(1st) Bearden |
(2nd) William Blount |
(3rd) Maryville |
(4th) Farragut |
(5th) Hardin Valley |
(6th) Knox West |