Fred Smith Wins MVP, D II-AA All-Tournament Team Named
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Briarcrest Christian won the State Championship and sophomore Fred Smith Fred Smith 6'6" | SF Briarcrest | 2026 State TN earned MVP! D II-AA All-Tournament Team Jaylen Pompey Jaylen Pompey 5'9" | PG Knox Webb | 2025 State TN –…
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Continue ReadingBriarcrest Christian won the State Championship and sophomore Fred Smith Fred Smith 6'6" | SF Briarcrest | 2026 State TN earned MVP!
D II-AA All-Tournament Team
Jaylen Pompey Jaylen Pompey 5'9" | PG Knox Webb | 2025 State TN – Knox Webb
Fred Bailey
Fred
Bailey
6'1" | PG
JPII | 2024
State
TN
– Pope Prep
Fred did not get to go out with a title. He did everything possible to make it happen, but Briarcrest took the holeshot and never looked back. Bailey will play college basketball for Trevecca Nazarene Head Coach Kevin Carroll next season.
Jackson Grisham – Briarcrest
Jackson was good in both state games, finishing Saturday with a 11-point, 5-rebound effort.
Fred Smith
Fred
Smith
6'6" | SF
Briarcrest | 2026
State
TN
– Briarcrest
Breakout star. In the Championship Game Fred scored 29 points on 12-14 shooting along with 15 rebounds.
Cooper Haynes
Cooper
Haynes
6'3" | SG
Briarcrest Christian | 2024
State
TN
– Briarcrest
Cooper will continue his basketball career for Casey Alexander at Belmont University.
“Our staff recruited Cooper for a long time and expect him to impact our program right away,” Alexander said on signing day. “Cooper has demonstrated tremendous offensive skill and playmaking ability during his high school career and AAU basketball. He plays with an edge and a level of toughness that our program values.”
George McIntyre – Brentwood Academy
There was a time when we ranked George #2 in the state for 2025. He was remarkable as a freshman wing forward with Brentwood Academy. Then, Michigan offered him as a quarterback. It immediately became clear that “we” lost another to football, meaning he will not be a college basketball prospect. Still, he is a tremendous hooper with fantastic skills and agility.
Tyler Tanner
Tyler
Tanner
6'1" | PG
Brentwood Academy | 2024
State
#133
Nation
TN
– Brentwood Academy
Gatorade Tennessee Player of the Year. The PrepHoopsTN #1 player. Tyler will play college basketball for Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt University.
In the final, Tyler scored 22 points on 7-19 shooting, but he made just 2-10 from three.