Senior Area Code Wars: (901) vs. (615)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: Hillsboro</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You can't lose in the preseason. Sure it is hard work, draining even at times, but everybody is hopeful and eager to compete. Well, here we go. Area Code Wars. There can be only one.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">901 vs. 615</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Did you know 901 was "The Original?" The only. In 1947 the entire state of Tennessee was covered by 901, the original area code. In1954, 615 came along and snagged an enormous chunk of middle Tennessee, extending all the way to Cookeville. The two have been at war ever since [Play along]. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Major cities included in 901 are: Memphis, Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Covington, Somerville, Millington.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Major cities included in 615 are: Nashville, Murfreesboro, Brentwood, Franklin, Mount Juliet, Hendersonville, Lebanon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Methodology</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How does this work?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The #1 player in the state, [player_tooltip player_id='1318564' first='Christian' last='Brown'] gets 200 points.&nbsp; The 200th best player in the state adds 1 point.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 = 200<br>#2 = 199<br>#3 = 198<br>#198 = 3<br>#199 = 2<br>#200 = 1</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The format does not account for team cohesion or coaching impact or strength of schedule.&nbsp; For these reasons and more, this will not be "Best Team"!&nbsp; It will reveal the "Area Code Champions."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here we go!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Hillsboro:</strong> 608<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1259396' first='Cortez' last='Graham-Howard'] = 193<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1664831' first='Tyren' last='Fisher'] = 148<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2042562' first='Xavier' last='Washington'] = 137<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1477574' first='Jalen' last='Heard'] = 97<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1549189' first='Max' last='Burtner'] = 33</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Goodpasture: </strong>538<strong><br></strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1259393' first='Jayden' last='Jones'] = 197<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1259395' first='King' last='Keary'] = 172<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2610421' first='Rhett' last='Broussard'] = 169</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Franklin: </strong>444<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1318564' first='Christian' last='Brown'] = 200<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1578700' first='Jedidiah' last='Jarrett'] = 116<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1273548' first='Sam' last='Mewborn'] = 88<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2338276' first='Zander' last='Johnson'] = 40</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Father Ryan: </strong>199<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1455019' first='Cade' last='Bennerman'] = 199</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>M.B.A.:</strong> 261<strong><br></strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1549166' first='Collin' last='O'Neal'] = 192<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2449228' first='Kevin' last='Die''] = 69</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Independence:</strong> 191<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1318557' first='Tylan' last='Lewis'] = 191</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Battle Ground Academy:</strong> 237<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1368094' first='Arnett' last='Hayes'] = 188<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2111660' first='Greyson' last='Williams'] = 49</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Antioch:</strong> 245<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1663729' first='Jaiden' last='Claybrook'] = 184<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1719842' first='Takhyian' last='Whitset'] = 61</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>University School of Nashville:</strong> 181<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1578683' first='Clay' last='Payne'] = 181</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LaVergne:</strong> 179<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1947172' first='Landon' last='Bryant'] = 179</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Green Hill:</strong> 176<br>*[player_tooltip player_id='1316860' first='Aaron' last='Mattingly'] = 176</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Blackman:</strong> 344<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1830667' first='Garrison' last='Eady'] = 170<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2237638' first='Dyson' last='Elam'] = 89<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1669216' first='Christian' last='Johnson'] = 85</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Siegel:</strong> 165<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1664285' first='Carter' last='Webb'] = 165</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MLK:</strong> 281<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1400904' first='MJ' last='Floyd'] = 164<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1400906' first='Avery' last='Townsend'] = 117</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Pope Prep:</strong> 162<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1498844' first='Kamden' last='Days'] = 162</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cane Ridge:</strong> 292<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1722765' first='Adam' last='Clark'] = 149<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2238887' first='Avyion' last='McCleton'] = 143</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Franklin Road Academy:</strong> 147<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1378680' first='EJ' last='Jordan'] = 147</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Hume-Fogg:</strong> 146<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1259398' first='Michael' last='Nwoye'] = 146</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Wilson Central:</strong> 144<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1769962' first='Towan' last='Siler'] = 144</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>C.P.A.:</strong> 139<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1352801' first='Gunnar' last='Lewis'] = 139</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Station Camp:</strong> 134<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1299445' first='Ashton' last='Kirby'] = 134</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TN Heat:</strong> 130<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1549167' first='Craig' last='Lewis II'] = 130</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ezell-Harding:</strong> 126<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1529424' first='MJ' last='Gibbs'] = 126</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Smyrna:</strong> 240<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1663715' first='Tyreque' last='McCarver'] = 125<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2341792' first='Jalylle' last='Batey-Roberts'] = 115</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Oakland:</strong> 124<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1578709' first='Malcolm' last='Ashley'] = 124</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LEAD Academy:</strong> 100<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2116000' first='AJ' last='Petway'] = 99<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2285497' first='Jalen' last='Jefferson'] = 1</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Providence Christian Academy:</strong> 98<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1789095' first='Tryce' last='Grensing'] = 98</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Page:</strong> 118<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1526361' first='Joshua' last='Spining'] = 86<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2609260' first='Pablo' last='Hernandez'] = 32</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Whites Creek:</strong> 84<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2373080' first='Michael' last='Palmer'] = 84<br><br><strong>Stewarts Creek:</strong> 117<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2304337' first='Tahj' last='Roseburr'] = 73<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2610417' first='Micah' last='Shaw'] = 44</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ravenwood:</strong> 80<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1666922' first='Reese' last='Hunsinger'] = 63<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1507449' first='Max' last='Kimpel'] = 17</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rockvale:</strong> 114<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1549187' first='Wyatt' last='Gilleland'] = 57<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1665187' first='Ty' last='Newton'] = 30<br>Imari "Moca" Dewberry = 27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Friendship Christian:</strong> 50<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1937818' first='Noah' last='Major'] = 50</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Hunters Lane:</strong> 37<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1803089' first='Nehemiah' last='Cartwright'] = 37</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Grace Christian:</strong> 25<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1858624' first='Ty' last='Gibbs'] = 25</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Greenbrier:</strong> 22<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1367876' first='Logan' last='Lorenz'] = 22</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Glencliff:</strong> 5<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2275497' first='Lazaros' last='Odwar'] = 5</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span style="text-decoration: underline">901</span></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Whitehaven:</strong> 695 <br>[player_tooltip player_id='2101848' first='Ottabwa' last='Dickson'] = 189<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1852698' first='Taquez' last='Butler'] = 183<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2111745' first='Cameron' last='Brown'] = 178<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2416925' first='Jarmon' last='Brittman'] = 145</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fayette Ware: </strong>427<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1321569' first='Tacarien' last='Freeman'] = 160<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1927473' first='Tarecous' last='Stevens'] = 159<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1572498' first='Quaylan' last='Hampton'] = 108</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Houston:</strong> 307<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1532545' first='Keron' last='Jackson'] = 166<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1672419' first='Kaleb' last='Jeffries'] = 141</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Christian Brothers:</strong> 249<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2131647' first='Carson' last='Chandler'] = 131<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2080410' first='Marcus' last='Moore'] = 118</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Evangelical Christian:</strong> 232<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1547250' first='Landon' last='Royston'] = 154<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2363258' first='Ryan' last='Scott'] = 78</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Germantown:</strong> 220 <br>[player_tooltip player_id='1400890' first='Kingston' last='Goodwin'] = 124<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1547248' first='Devin' last='Hall'] = 96</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MHEA:</strong> 204<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1578681' first='Caleb' last='Thomas'] = 132<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2336421' first='Kor'Mar' last='Stewart'] = 72</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Southwind:</strong> 187<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1400891' first='Kristopher' last='Carroll'] = 187</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bartlett:</strong> 185<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1330881' first='KJ' last='Neville'] = 185</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Douglass:</strong> 173<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2416923' first='DeMario' last='Johnson'] = 94<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2113587' first='Marjavis' last='Chandler'] = 79</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Harding Academy:</strong> 128<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1352796' first='Chazaiah' last='Curry'] = 128</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rossville Christian Academy:</strong> 127<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1578691' first='Fredrick' last='Motley'] = 127</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Memphis Central:</strong> 114<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1318567' first='Damion' last='Cox Jr.'] = 114</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Memphis Business Academy:</strong> 112<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2336414' first='Teryck' last='White'] = 110<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1952238' first='Caleb' last='Carpenter'] = 2</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tipton-Rosemark Academy:</strong> 90<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1503911' first='Dillon' last='Butler'] = 90</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FACS:</strong> 80<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1400892' first='Tre' last='Watts'] = 80</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cordova:</strong> 77<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1318560' first='Tyler' last='Moseley'] = 77</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Trezevant:</strong> 62<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2315787' first='Courtney' last='Chaffin'] = 62</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ridgeway:</strong> 21<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1919392' first='Kareem' last='Ollins'] = 21<br><br>*Likely to skip bball season</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>EDITOR's NOTE: Douglass lost two ranked players to transfer in the last 8 months. Imagine how talented the Red Devils would be if [player_tooltip player_id='1852698' first='Taquez' last='Butler'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2416925' first='Jarmon' last='Brittman'] suited up for them as seniors in 2024-2025.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prephoops.com/2021/10/the-most-talented-2a-teams/">Scan the Most Talented 2A Teams</a>.<br><a href="https://prephoops.com/2021/10/the-most-talented-class-a-teams/">Scan the Most Talented A Teams.</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->