Top 2026 Small Forwards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2367403' first='Aiden' last='Bolden']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Late January, we updated the 2026 player rankings. In this feature the focus is small forwards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/position-ranking-table {"name":"acf/position-ranking-table","data":{"class":"2026","_class":"field_65cfb7374abb9","position":"77247","_position":"field_65cfbfcb19ad6","national_rankings":"1","_national_rankings":"field_660c1d73c0e49"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67946e61cd6ba"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Insane Bounce</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1659513' first='Christopher' last='Washington Jr.']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2367403' first='Aiden' last='Bolden']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2345556' first='Daniel' last='Patton']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1959198' first='Joel' last='Bulis']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1947169' first='Oliver' last='Bender']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1947169' first='Oliver' last='Bender']</strong> plays football as well as basketball. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1659513' first='Christopher' last='Washington Jr.'] </strong>dunked constantly against Franklin Road Academy Friday, as he does almost every night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Providence Christian Academy Teammates <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2367403' first='Aiden' last='Bolden']</strong> and [player_tooltip player_id='1659513' first='Christopher' last='Washington Jr.'] are both D1-level athletes. Both explosive. Expect both to play at a high-major school someday. <br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Shooters</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1904052' first='Abe' last='Reinbold']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2345556' first='Daniel' last='Patton']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1952166' first='Rashad' last='Maclin']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cleveland's tall wing <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1904052' first='Abe' last='Reinbold'] </strong>was a strong outside shooter for the last few years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2345556' first='Daniel' last='Patton']</strong> (Centennial) scores 18.1 ppg while making 37.7% of his three-pointers. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1952166' first='Rashad' last='Maclin'] </strong>(Bolton) made 17 3's through his first 23 games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Creators </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2735316' first='Rylan' last='Woods']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1760996' first='Fred' last='Smith']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2678918' first='Amaury' last='St. Ann']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2431393' first='Je'Von' last='Carter']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2571757' first='Nash' last='Stark']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2735316' first='Rylan' last='Woods'] </strong>makes his own way through the dribble. A taller wing, Ryan deserves enormous credit for the greatest season in Tellico Plains' history, a season still in the making.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>State Champion <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1760996' first='Fred' last='Smith']</strong> proved last year he could score around the rim. His junior season contains a new element...ball-handling. As Fred continues to evolve as a hooper he began operating more out high and making things happen with the bounce. A naturally creative force. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->