MJ Hayes and the Best 2026’s from Tuesday Night

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='1549096' first='MJ' last='Hayes'] (FACS)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>55 Chattanooga Christian School<br><strong>57 Knox Catholic</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1296308' first='Reid' last='Conley']</strong> (CCS), a sophomore, scored 23 points in the loss. In the same game <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1959161' first='Cade' last='Murphy']</strong> (Knox Cath) put up 16 points. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2349746' first='Carson' last='Asbaty']</strong> (Knox Catholic) hit a three-pointer in the first quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>77 FACS</strong><br>56 Sacred Heart of Jesus</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1549097' first='Cello' last='Jackson']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1549096' first='MJ' last='Hayes']</strong> are two of the best sophomores in the state. Hayes dropped 30 and dunked an elegant reverse in the second quarter as FACS began to pull away. Cello helped with 12 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>56 McCallie</strong><br>49 Knox Webb</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Scorching shooting opened the game, as the two schools combined for 15 points in the first 150 seconds of play. Webb eventually made their 10th three-pointer just 90 seconds into the second half.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1277258' first='Tahj' last='Bowers']</strong> ('27) completed a Herculean task of slowing down college-bound big <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2166966' first='Kenneth' last='Chime']</strong> ('24) Tuesday. Chime found it unusually difficult to establish in the lane thanks to Bowers and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1277259' first='Cam' last='Swearengen']</strong> uprooting him. He was not entirely stifled, but it was not the dunkfest he is capable of enjoying. Chime began to draw fouls on the Spartans in the fourth quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":2350177,"width":"223px","height":"auto","sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/OwenLentz.jpg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/OwenLentz.jpg?w=768" alt="" class="wp-image-2350177" style="width:223px;height:auto" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sophomore <br>[player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the last year <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2166129' first='Alexander' last='Leeth']</strong> added a lot of good weight, simply maturing into his tall, lean body. The sophomore projects as a sensational high-flying wing and yet he was constantly doubling down and helping out on Chime Tuesday evening. Long-term, he still needs to get heavier and hold his position in rebounding battles. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1277259' first='Cam' last='Swearengen']</strong> kept hitting three-pointers, especially in the opening half. Despite their youth the two guards really buried the hosting McCallie High team in the second quarter. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->