AAAA: North Region Preview

<!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">TEAMS</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wheeling Park, Morgantown, Preston, University, Washington, Hedgesville, Martinsburg, Spring Mills, Jefferson, Musselman</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Preseason Player of the Year</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2053688' first='Jasiah' last='King']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>King the do-everything guard that simply gets it done everytime on the floor. He plays either guard spot as well as off the wing and is lethal in transition as a finisher or as a distributor. King's length and ahtleticism puts him in an elite class of combo type guard in WV. I chose him for this category based on the nightly impact he'll have to have for his team to be able to compete in this region. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Top College Prospects</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2164534' first='Waylon' last='Colistra'], [player_tooltip player_id='2554051' first='Camden' last='Kellogg'], [player_tooltip player_id='2053688' first='Jasiah' last='King'], [player_tooltip player_id='2303405' first='Kris' last='Doleman'], [player_tooltip player_id='2303391' first='Chet' last='Gore'], [player_tooltip player_id='2303399' first='Anden' last='Santamaria'] [player_tooltip player_id='2721120' first='Avorie' last='Brown'] [player_tooltip player_id='2605861' first='Teigan' last='Watson'], [player_tooltip player_id='3243062' first='Joshua' last='Huffman'] [player_tooltip player_id='2807500' first='Easton' last='Hayes'], [player_tooltip player_id='2869971' first='Kash' last='Jenkins'], [player_tooltip player_id='3243083' first='Craig' last='Schmidl'] [player_tooltip player_id='2310767' first='Akwasi' last='Opoku-Achampong'], [player_tooltip player_id='2855087' first='Chase' last='Jones'], [player_tooltip player_id='2375657' first='Tyler' last='Jones'], [player_tooltip player_id='2434245' first='Kaleil' last='Lewis'], [player_tooltip player_id='3243194' first='Eli' last='Karpinski'], [player_tooltip player_id='2413840' first='Glenn' last='Brown'], [player_tooltip player_id='2243498' first='Marcus' last='Goins'], [player_tooltip player_id='2378509' first='Jagger' last='Barnes'], [player_tooltip player_id='2717106' first='Luke' last='Byrer'] [player_tooltip player_id='2554052' first='Kayden' last='Parrish'], [player_tooltip player_id='2683734' first='Braydon' last='Swanson'], [player_tooltip player_id='2484384' first='Braylon' last='Berry'], [player_tooltip player_id='2455001' first='Nykeem' last='Thompson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">State Tournament Qualifier Prediction</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Morgantown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Like others on these lists, I'm not moving Morgantown out of contention until they remove themselves. This team is talented and deep.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Washington</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Washington is arguably the most talented team with three college level guards and a couple forwards who can develop into all -conference guys. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Spring Mills</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Cards are talented and now have extra size in [player_tooltip player_id='2303399' first='Anden' last='Santamaria']'s transfer. This program has been on fire in recent years and shold absolutely be counted in for the trip to Charleston. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>University</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Hawks are the new kid on the block here, but don't think for a minute its due to a talent deficit. As matter of fact, they could be argued to be as talented as any other team in the region.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Darkhorse</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jefferson</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jefferson has a ton of experience and talented athletes coming back. However the question of depth and size in the middle is a question. The Cougars will make a push with pressure defense and transition offense to neutralize opponents and will have a chance if their defense plays well. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Regional Roundup</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The two region split between AAAA schools presents a bigger challenge than what's on paper per se. While I think the best four teams will advance with so may teams in each region it will always seem that a team or two got shorted opportunity. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tough rebuilding year for Martinsburg as they try to replace all five starters from last year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Early matchups in this region have already happened with Morgantown defeating Wheeling Park by 25 and Washington taking down Preston in a convincing manner. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ranking the Region</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Morgantown<br>2. Washington<br>3. Spring Mills<br>4. University<br>5. Jefferson<br>6. Wheeling Park<br>7. Preston<br>8. Hedgesville<br>9. Musselman<br>10. Martinsburg</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list -->