Region 8-3A Tournament Players to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2797237' first='Carey' last='McClain Jr.']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After Saturday's Regional Quarterfinals four teams continued into this week: Ridgeway, Kirby, Covington, Munford.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Munford plays Ridgeway first Tuesday and Covington meets Kirby afterwards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last year Ridgeway and Munford matched up in the Regional Championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1971524"],"_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-67c5e38a31abe"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/3/25:</strong> Explosive scorer. [player_tooltip player_id='1971524' first='JaDyn' last='Lee'] scored over 1000 career points so far. His Munford Cardinals captured the 15-AAA District Championship. On top of all that Lee maintains a 3.6 GPA.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2797237"],"_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-67c5de9275ce1"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/3/25:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='2797237' first='Carey' last='McClain Jr.'], known better as CJ McClain, dropped 44 points on Freedom Prep mid-December. CJ ascended into the 1,000-point club this year and consistently maintained an average of 25+ ppg.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1560097"],"_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-67c5de9275d49"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/3/25:</strong> Kayin posted a career high 32 points in a season-prolonging win Saturday versus Brighton. He also pulled down six rebounds. Mitchell demonstrated a mastery of the hesitation dribble in the win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">A top scorer for Ridgeway, [player_tooltip player_id='1560097' first='Kayin' last='Mitchell'] gets to the rim regularly. He manages 13.5 ppg and 2.5 apg. Turnovers can be a problem (2.9 to pg).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2113587"],"_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-67c5de9275d8e"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/3/25:</strong> Great, quick hands. Marjavis averages 11.7 points per game and creates 2.5 steals per game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2416923"],"_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-67c5de9275dd2"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/3/25:</strong> Just 143-pounds, DeMario rebounds heroically (3.3 rpg) and delivers 4.1 assists per game. Johnson is a pest defensively too.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2399174"],"_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-67c5de9275e10"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>3/3/25:</strong> Senior forward [player_tooltip player_id='2399174' first='Cartrail' last='Jones'] averages 6.7 ppg along with 5.1 rebounds per, second best on the team behind Jayden Williams. Jones is also a very good offensive rebounder as he pulls down 1.6 OFF rpg.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block -->