WGM Classic Players to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The annual White Greer Maggard tournament at Lexington Catholic is consistently the best tournament in Kentucky after Christmas. This year's edition appears to be no different as the field is loaded with talent. Here's a look at some players to watch if you're in Lexington this weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Newport - [player_tooltip player_id='1359138' first='James' last='Turner'], [player_tooltip player_id='2272617' first='Griffin' last='Starks'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2326411' first='Amontae' last='Lowe'] all hold D1 offers and DaShawn Anderson holds multiple non-D1 offers as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Manual - [player_tooltip player_id='1783054' first='Malachi' last='Coleman'] is an electric scoring guard and [player_tooltip player_id='2115231' first='Justice' last='Decker'] is a D1 talent. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Butler County - UT Martin signee [player_tooltip player_id='1229151' first='Ty' last='Price'] is the headliner but [player_tooltip player_id='2700459' first='Justin' last='Castlen'], [player_tooltip player_id='1428320' first='Briar' last='Griffin'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2634155' first='Trever' last='Deweese'] are all talented and likely to play in college.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>North Laurel - [player_tooltip player_id='1558733' first='Reece' last='Davidson'] is a top prospect in the state in 2026 and [player_tooltip player_id='1543623' first='Jordan' last='Rawlings'] is a big time shooter in the 2026 class.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cooper - [player_tooltip player_id='2357590' first='Andy' last='Johnson'] is headed to UIC and is one of the leading scorers in the state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Frederick Douglass - [player_tooltip player_id='1543594' first='DeMarcus' last='Surratt'] has multiple D1 offers while Juante Jenkins and [player_tooltip player_id='2045987' first='Tate' last='Robinson'] both should be scholarship level players.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Green County - [player_tooltip player_id='1123543' first='Hayden' last='Blakeman'] is tracking to be the school's all time leading scorer. Eric Green Jr. and [player_tooltip player_id='2628796' first='Modi' last='Kouyate'] both hold D1 offers and [player_tooltip player_id='1587777' first='Jayden' last='Marr'] is a big X factor.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Woodford County - WKU bound [player_tooltip player_id='1344607' first='Armelo' last='Boone'] is having a huge season while Senior [player_tooltip player_id='1123569' first='Makhi' last='Smith'] and Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='2046737' first='Thurman' last='Wade'] are both impact players.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>George Rogers Clark - Juniors [player_tooltip player_id='2120028' first='Malachi' last='Ashford'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1543588' first='Sam' last='Spillman'] and Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='2122438' first='Montez' last='Gay'] hold D1 offers. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='1745594' first='Maddox' last='Hager'] has multiple football offers while Senior [player_tooltip player_id='1424162' first='Eli' last='Craig'] and Junior [player_tooltip player_id='2610096' first='Amari' last='Bartelson'] are both good players who should play in college.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>LaRue County - [player_tooltip player_id='1702596' first='Landon' last='Blakey'], [player_tooltip player_id='1543598' first='Jagger' last='Mardis'] and Lucas Thompson are all averaging double figures while [player_tooltip player_id='2634182' first='Michael' last='Harris'] is a Sophomore to keep an eye on.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lyon County - [player_tooltip player_id='1543608' first='Bray' last='Kirk'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2122607' first='Nolan' last='Coffman'] are top players in the Sophomore and Junior classes, respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lexington Catholic - The Knights have 4 guys averaging double figures in [player_tooltip player_id='1567477' first='Hank' last='Woodall'], [player_tooltip player_id='2404015' first='Ryan' last='Harward'], [player_tooltip player_id='2125711' first='Jacob' last='Holland'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1558735' first='Max' last='Meagher'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bryan Station - [player_tooltip player_id='1565985' first='Amari' last='Owens'] just got his second D1 offer last week while [player_tooltip player_id='2317259' first='Taeshawn' last='Adams'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1429406' first='Rashaad' last='Faulkner'] are both scholarship level players.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Boyd County - [player_tooltip player_id='1359133' first='Jacob' last='Spurlock'] is the big name for Boyd while [player_tooltip player_id='2476294' first='Cole' last='Hicks'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2082035' first='Jackson' last='Childers'] are both averaging double figures.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trinity - Junior [player_tooltip player_id='1359139' first='Jayden' last='Johnson'] is our top ranked 2026 while Senior [player_tooltip player_id='1144955' first='Julius' last='Edmonds'] is a top Senior prospect with multiple offers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Calloway County - Stony Brook Signee [player_tooltip player_id='1513532' first='Jonah' last='Butler'] and fellow Senior [player_tooltip player_id='1229152' first='Eli' last='Finley'] both average over 20 PPG.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->