Top guard performances Highlight the week so far
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Many top performers emerged in the first half of the week.
Jalen Jefferson Jalen Jefferson 6'1" | PG LEAD Academy | 2025 State TN (LEAD Academy) exploded in the second quarter Wednesday night. His Panthers put a hurting on the Vikings of Northwest High and Jefferson applied most of the pain with steals and a buzzer-beating and-1.
Azariah Anderson (MLK) managed 15 points against Stratford.
Gunnar Lewis
Gunnar
Lewis
5'11" | PG
C.P.A. | 2025
State
TN
(C.P.A.) helped his Lions take down LEAD Academy in downtown Nashville.
Jason Taylor Jr.
Jason
Taylor Jr.
5'9" | PG
C.P.A. | 2024
State
TN
(C.P.A.) played with fire and defensive intensity.
Jayden Barton
Jayden
Barton
6'3" | SG/PG
Gatlinburg-Pittman | 2026
State
TN
(Sevier County) scored 17 points with 7 rebounds.
Reed Ownby
Reed
Ownby
6'4" | SG/SF
Sevier County | 2025
State
TN
managed 15 points with 9 rebounds.
Trae Rideau
Trae
Rideau
6'1" | PG
Clarksville Academy | 2025
State
TN
(Clarksville Academy) scored 29 points with 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Jakyri McClure (Mount Pleasant) and his team improved to 4-0.
Cam Soulages (Seymour) put up 22 points against Carter High.
Kaleb Walker
Kaleb
Walker
6'3" | PG
Powell | 2024
State
TN
(Powell) finished with 27 points (10/19 FG) on 5 threes, against Jefferson County.
Zundra Jackson
Zundra
Jackson
6'1" | PG
Chattanooga Christian School | 2024
State
TN
(Chattanooga Christian School) was electric Tuesday night with 43 points and five steals!
Andrew Matukewicz
Andrew
Matukewicz
6'0" | PG
Stone Memorial | 2024
State
TN
(Signal Mountain) forced two steals in a 60-second period Wednesday night. Signal Mountain needed all of them to keep close in the first half at home.
Jacob Walker
Jacob
Walker
5'10" | PG
Sunrise Christian Academy | 2025
State
KS
(FACS) scored 26 points in a win over MHEA. Teammate
MJ Hayes
MJ
Hayes
6'4" | SG
St. George's | 2026
State
TN
helped with 18 points and 6 rebounds.
Dallas Berkley (Collierville) contributed 10 points to beat ECS.
