Nearly 40 Remaining 3A Players Have State Tournament Experience

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2276554' first='Miles' last='Rucker']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monday 16 teams play for a spot in the Class AAA State Tournament. From the remaining 16 teams 38 players already have State Tournament game experience.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fulton's Falcons are the 2-time Reigning State Champions. While they lost a ton of experience to graduation the Falcons do start legitimate vets <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2495403' first='Nick' last='Steen']</strong> and <strong>Derrick Smith</strong>. Smith played 49 minutes between all 6 Fulton wins dating back to March 2023 and Steen already played 72 game minutes in Murfreesboro. Smith won all six games he played so far, which bodes well for Fulton should they defeat Unicoi County and return.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After a two-year hiatus South Side is just one win away from returning to The Glass House. Three players on the current Hawks played in their 2022 run to the State Championship with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1347852' first='Chris' last='Mitchell']</strong> playing 22 minutes. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Greeneville could get back with a victory over Carter High. In 2022 the Greene Devils won it all and one player from that squad still plays...<strong>Isaac McGill</strong>. GHS hosts Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"center"} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Most State Tournament Experience</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Years in <br>State Tournament</td><td>Minutes played</td><td>Record</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1347852' first='Chris' last='Mitchell']</td><td>South Side</td><td>2022</td><td>22</td><td>2-1</td></tr><tr><td>Cash Montgomery</td><td>South Side</td><td>2022</td><td>3</td><td><br>2-1</td></tr><tr><td>Jamarion Burns</td><td>South Side</td><td>2022</td><td>6</td><td><br>2-1</td></tr><tr><td>Isaac McGill</td><td>Greeneville</td><td>2022</td><td>5</td><td>3-0</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1321569' first='Tacarien' last='Freeman']</td><td>Fayette-Ware</td><td>2022, 2024</td><td>36</td><td>0-2</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1574449' first='Jackson' last='Simmons']</td><td>Unicoi County</td><td>2023</td><td>32</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>Garrett Sellars</td><td>Unicoi County</td><td>2023</td><td>1</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>Brady Simmons</td><td>Unicoi County</td><td>2023</td><td>1</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1550551' first='Keilet' last='Rodriguez']</td><td>Unicoi County</td><td>2023</td><td>1</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1400904' first='MJ' last='Floyd']</td><td>MLK</td><td>2023</td><td>55</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1400906' first='Avery' last='Townsend']</td><td>MLK</td><td>2023</td><td>54</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Kingston Alford</td><td>MLK</td><td>2023</td><td>11</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Sevi Hansen-Murray</td><td>MLK</td><td>2023</td><td>5</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Derrick Smith</td><td>Fulton</td><td>2023, 2024</td><td>49</td><td>6-0</td></tr><tr><td>Travis Ballenger</td><td>Fulton</td><td>2023, 2024</td><td>5</td><td>3-0</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2495403' first='Nick' last='Steen']</td><td>Fulton</td><td>2024</td><td>72</td><td>3-0</td></tr><tr><td>Rejuan Womble</td><td>Fulton</td><td>2024</td><td>1</td><td>3-0</td></tr><tr><td>Daniel Hinton</td><td>Fulton</td><td>2024</td><td>1</td><td>3-0</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2133810' first='Ty' last='Cobb']</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>54</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Evan Huddleston</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>36</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Branson Turnbow</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>29</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2816000' first='Jack' last='Torrence']</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>12</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2675160' first='Bronzden' last='Chaffin']</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>57</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Collier Bush</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>2</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Landon Hall</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>1</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2815986' first='Colton' last='Johnson']</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>2</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>Fyn Sissom</td><td>Upperman</td><td>2024</td><td>1</td><td>1-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2373251' first='Isiah' last='Ring']</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>25</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2276554' first='Miles' last='Rucker']</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>23</td><td><br>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>Samuel Craddock</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>2</td><td><br>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1259398' first='Michael' last='Nwoye']</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>19</td><td><br>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>RJ Dunlap</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>21</td><td><br>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>Alonzo Rhodes</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>29</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2373252' first='John' last='Nwoye']</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>8</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>Kenechukwu Ezekakou</td><td>Hume-Fogg</td><td>2024</td><td>2</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1927473' first='Tarecous' last='Stevens']</td><td>Fayette-Ware</td><td>2024</td><td>29</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1572498' first='Quaylan' last='Hampton']</td><td>Fayette-Ware</td><td>2024</td><td>14</td><td>0-1</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2283267' first='Elijah' last='Lowe']</td><td>Fayette-Ware</td><td>2024</td><td>3</td><td>0-1</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table -->