Silverdale Comeback and other Game Capsules
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PICTURED: Kennedy Okpara Kennedy Okpara 6'7" | SF Silverdale Baptist | 2025 State TN So many games. You may have missed these along the way. Tuesday, January 31 Friendship Christian (66) vs Mt. Juliet Christian (32) Noah Major Noah Major…
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Continue ReadingPICTURED: Kennedy Okpara Kennedy Okpara 6'7" | SF Silverdale Baptist | 2025 State TN
So many games. You may have missed these along the way.
Tuesday, January 31
Friendship Christian (66) vs Mt. Juliet Christian (32)
Noah Major Noah Major 6'3" | SG Friendship Christian | 2025 State TN continued to score and rebound consistently. He was coming off a BCAT D-2 District 4A Player of the Week (17.3 ppg, 6 rpg and played even better in a drubbing of Mt. Juliet Christian.
Back in mid-January Colby Jones tied the school record with 8 made three-pointers in a game.
Thursday, February 1
Signal Mountain (80) @ Silverdale Baptist Academy (78)
Incredibly, Silverdale Baptist coaxed a comeback from down 40-21 at the halftime break, only to lose in overtime, 80-78!
Signal Mountain’s Eagles pummeled the hosts in the first half. Everything was working and the game ballooned from blowout to a standing-8 count. Kennedy Okpara Kennedy Okpara 6'7" | SF Silverdale Baptist | 2025 State TN played well defending the rim, but the Eagles completed backdoor cut after backdoor cut. They made three-pointers in rhythm. They caused turnovers at a bothersome rate. Silverdale is not some middling team; they entered the game 24-2 with, at a minimum, two future college basketball players in their squad (Okpara, Brett Wright Brett Wright 6'7" | SG Silverdale Baptist | 2024 State TN ).
Andrew Matukewitcz (Signal Mountain) delivered a masterpiece, scoring 23 points in the win. Chris Kennedy Chris Kennedy 5'10" | PG Signal Mountain | 2025 TN was big with 18 points and Blake Woffard managed 16 points. Josh Thompson helped with 14 points while Malik Davis (5) and Ben Timblin Ben Timblin 6'2" | SG Signal Mountain (baseball) | 2024 TN (4) contributed too.
Friday, February 2
East Ridge (44) @ Soddy Daisy (55)
The hosting Soddy Daisy Trojans came out in a 1-3-1 zone and obliterated the orange-clad East Ridge Pioneers, 55-44.
Soddy Daisy’s defensive rebounding dominated early. Specifically, Taylor Hughes (SDHS) and Jonathan Love wrangled hard rebounds.
The team cut expertly away from the ball and delivered sharp passes to those cutters allowing them to catch without slowing their darting maneuver.
The first quarter ended with a small 4-0 run by Soddy Daisy. Hughes blocked Cadion Harris‘ left-handed layup attempt. A teammate sent a two-handed chest pass upcourt to a fleeing Aidan Haile Aidan Haile 6'4" | SG Soddy Daisy | 2026 State TN . Despite a heroic defensive challenge, Haile made a fastbreak layup. It was part of Soddy’s huge second quarter, during which they pulled away.
Soddy Daisy roster
#10
Aidan Haile
Aidan
Haile
6'4" | SG
Soddy Daisy | 2026
State
TN
* (2026)
#22 Noah Patterson* (2025)
#24 Jonathan Love*
#30 Nathan Landtroop*
#42 Taylor Hughes*
#32 Braxton Angel (2025)
#44 Holden Gravley (2025)
East Ridge roster
#1
Hasani Jackson
Hasani
Jackson
6'3" | SF
East Ridge | 2025
TN
* (2025)
#3 Derrick Carnes* (2025)
#5 Cadion Harris*
#10 Jacob Harwood*
#24 Darius Hamilton*