Alcoa/Loretto Guard Evaluations

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2639004' first='Corben' last='Reynolds']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MURFREESBORO</strong> - Unblemished Loretto's Mustangs captured their second TSSAA State Championship Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2281190"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67df0b40e4732"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/22/25:</strong> Jibriel was passable defensively. Thanks to Alcoa's teamwide quickness, Koko was often guarding forwards, not quards. Koko was much better in the quarterfinals and semifinals. He scored just eight points Saturday as his team narrowly lost in overtime.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2260983"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67df0b40e4790"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/22/25:</strong> Electric in the open floor. Nobody is more dangerous in 2A when they get a runway.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2639004"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67df0b40e47d8"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/22/25:</strong> Entering the game THE key to Loretto's championship chance seemingly rested in the capable hands of [player_tooltip player_id='2639004' first='Corben' last='Reynolds']. Only he could handle the swarming Alcoa defense. Only he could keep turnovers low and yet foul trouble limited Reynolds to eight first half minutes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"It hurts a lot not being out there with my team," said Reynolds. "I want to be contributing out there with my skills, and I feel like they want me out there with them. It was nice that I was able to get back out there."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"I don't think there is a feeling in the world that can match that. I can get a wife and kids and I don't think ..."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Corben's Loretto finished middle school 25-0. This year, with Corben at the point guard spot, Loretto wrapped 35-0 this year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1317550"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67df0b40e481c"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/22/25:</strong> After a quiet semifinal Grayson starred Saturday. The Mustangs played most of the first half without [player_tooltip player_id='2639004' first='Corben' last='Reynolds'] while both Jaxson Roberson and [player_tooltip player_id='2638983' first='Mason' last='Tidwell'] offered little by way of points through 16 minutes. Conversely, [player_tooltip player_id='1317550' first='Grayson' last='Burleson'] put up 13 first-half points on 5-9 (2-4 3's). Without his success the Tornadoes might just have flattened Loretto.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"They mean the world to me and we got it done." said [player_tooltip player_id='1317550' first='Grayson' last='Burleson'] on his first and only year with Loretto's player and Coach Greg Tipps.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Heading into the year [player_tooltip player_id='2611750' first='Kasen' last='Buie'] said, "Can Grayson come to open gym?' I said 'Yeah, because all open gyms are for everybody."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grayson played three years for Summertown, before this his senior year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In June, Coach Tipps hears 'Momma Burleson just enrolled Grayson. Here comes Grayson bee-bopping in.'</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The transition was not as turbulent as could be.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"If you are going to do this, the last thing you want to do is come over and sit on the bench," said Coach Tipps. "He never had any bad language. He never looked at me cross. My seniors accepted and he bought in."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2333265"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67df0b40e485f"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/22/25:</strong> Supreme confidence. Condis delivered a tremendous outlet pass into the open floor early [player_tooltip player_id='2260983' first='Jamir' last='Dean'] sprinted out and captured it, finishing an and-1. That play lifted Alcoa right away and established the elite transition game Alcoa intended to implement all afternoon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2817848"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67df10c0dadd4"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/22/25:</strong> Wonderful shooting touch. Wilkerson clawed in the lane for an offensive rebound. Slender, undersized wing. Great lateral mobility. After their semifinal victory<strong> [player_tooltip player_id='2611750' first='Kasen' last='Buie']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1317550' first='Grayson' last='Burleson']</strong> raved about Wilkerson's consistent impact on winning.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block -->