Best Underclassmen in Region 4 Tournament
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PICTURED: Carter Webb Carter Webb 6'3" | PG Siegel | 2025 State TN (Siegel) By late February the top players are all known. Few personnel surprises remain, if any. While this story may not unearth a hidden gem it will…
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Continue ReadingPICTURED: Carter Webb Carter Webb 6'3" | PG Siegel | 2025 State TN (Siegel)
By late February the top players are all known. Few personnel surprises remain, if any. While this story may not unearth a hidden gem it will focus solely on non-seniors. To quality for an underclassmen here no player may be in his senior season. That is the only restriction.
Region 4 Tournament draw
Cookeville vs. Rockvale
Siegel vs. Lebanon
Blackman vs. Wilson Central
LaVergne vs. Oakland
Jalen Heard Jalen Heard 6'1" | SG Cookeville | 2025 State TN | ’25 SG | Cookeville
Averaging 10.8 points per game. Shooting 47% from the floor this season, including 54 made three-pointers.
Carter Webb Carter Webb 6'3" | PG Siegel | 2025 State TN | ’25 G | Siegel
Siegel’s Carter Webb Carter Webb 6'3" | PG Siegel | 2025 State TN started young and just kept improving at a steady pace. Nobody in this tournament is quicker bursting from arc to rack. Webb is a legitimate candidate for Tournament MVP though it will take one or two massive Siegel wins to get there.
Jaren Davis Jaren Davis 6'3" | SG Cookeville | 2025 TN | ’25 G | Cookeville
Cookeville is a senior-dependent team, but both Jaren Davis Jaren Davis 6'3" | SG Cookeville | 2025 TN and Jalen Heard Jalen Heard 6'1" | SG Cookeville | 2025 State TN make impacts as juniors. Davis averages 8.6 ppg and hits just over one three-pointer per night. Earned All-District 2nd Team.
Malachi Long | ’25 SG | Rockvale
Averaging 8.3 ppg.
Ty Newton Ty Newton 5'9" | PG Rockvale | 2025 State TN | ’25 PG | Rockvale
Next to Darryl Cotton Darryl Cotton 6'0" | PG Rockvale | 2024 State TN (Rockvale), Ty Newton Ty Newton 5'9" | PG Rockvale | 2025 State TN is the Rockets best scorer. He’ll give you 8.9 ppg. One of the best free-throw shooters in the entire field.
Dorien Lyles Dorien Lyles 6'3" | SG Siegel | 2026 State TN | ’26 SG | Siegel
The Siegel Stars are finally “old” again. A program stuffed with senior talent for years was young and inexperienced last year. In 2023-2024 they run out three senior starters and a junior with years of experience in Carter Webb Carter Webb 6'3" | PG Siegel | 2025 State TN . Dorien Lyles Dorien Lyles 6'3" | SG Siegel | 2026 State TN is the breakout star for Siegel though.
Landon Bryant Landon Bryant 6'4" | SG LaVergne | 2025 State TN | ’25 SG | LaVergne
Elite scorer. Destined to be a volume scorer in college. Earned All-District 1st Team. Former PrepHoopsTN Combine Co-MVP.
Cam Samuel | ’25 F | LaVergne
Fantastic rebounder.
Steven Sherman Steven Sherman 6'1" | SG LaVergne | 2026 State TN | ’26 SG | LaVergne
Earned All-District Honorable Mention.
Marques Anglin | ’26 SF | Lebanon
Earned All-District Honorable Mention.
Ja’Michael Mitchell | ’26 SF | Wilson Central
Earned All-District Honorable Mention.
Ike Boone Jr Ike Boone Jr 6'0" | PG Wilson Central | 2026 TN . | ’26 SG | Wilson Central
Earned All-District Honorable Mention.
Towan Siler Towan Siler 5'11" | PG Wilson Central | 2025 State TN | ’25 PG | Wilson Central
Earned All-District First Team.
Garrison Eady Garrison Eady 6'2" | PG Blackman | 2025 State TN | ’25 PG | Blackman
Steady lefty scorer and passer. Defends his position.
Christian Johnson Christian Johnson 6'6" | PF Blackman | 2025 State TN | ’25 PF | Blackman
Strong rebounder. Critical to the team’s defensive structure and stability.
Dyson Elam Dyson Elam 6'3" | SG Blackman | 2025 State TN | ’25 SF | Blackman
Slinky wing. Bouncy.
Keller Jackson Keller Jackson 6'3" | PF Blackman | 2026 State TN | ’26 SF | Blackman
Tough, committed. Currently, Keller is a grunt for Blackman, but he will mature into a statistical leader in the years to come. He just puts on his helmet and puts in the tough manual-labor hours now.
Bryant Haggard Bryant Haggard 5'9" | SG Oakland | 2027 State TN | ’27 G | Oakland
Wing Bryant Haggard Bryant Haggard 5'9" | SG Oakland | 2027 State TN dropped 17 points in a win over Riverdale High early in January. In his high school debut, November 14th, 2023 against Tullahoma High Bryant scored 27 points!