Region 6 Tournament Players to Watch (3A)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2352126' first='Austin' last='Tinnon']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The mighty Tullahoma Wildcats appear destined to capture Region 6's first tournament of the 2025-2027 cycle. Can any of these fine players listed below inspire an upset?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">District 11</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 Creek Wood<br>#2 Montgomery Central<br>#3 Spring Hill<br>#4 Fairview</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">District 12</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 Tullahoma<br>#2 Giles County<br>#3 Lawrence County<br>#4 Marshall County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Creek Wood won District 11 Tournament, so they will be matched with Marshall County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ashton Hoffman</strong> (Spring Hill) was named Front Porch Sports Network Player of the Week twice, most recently after his 23-point performance against Fairview High. For the season Ashton averages over 20 points per game and 8 rebounds per game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jake Moore</strong> (Lawrence County) proved to be among the best outside shooters in the whole league. Just a sophomore Jake knocked down about 36% of his three-pointers. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jayden Thompson</strong> (Tullahoma) provides Tullahoma with rebounding and defense. He will score occasionally. Tullahoma likes to feed Jayden in the post and collapse the defense around him. Thompson is very strong with a strong base. THS can play Jayden alone in the post or couple him with their star [player_tooltip player_id='2352126' first='Austin' last='Tinnon']. Tinnon is adept as a face-up forward, which gives Tullahoma the versatility to shuffle their bigs a bit and change their starting positions in their various sets. Like Thompson Tinnon is a player with a lot of "gravity". He draws double teams often at the 3A level, especially within their district and region games, so Thompson gets to benefit from this and find some narrow openings at the rim or get to favorable rebounding positions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sam Bobo</strong> (Tullahoma) is a gritty, steady guard.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2352126' first='Austin' last='Tinnon']</strong> (Tullahoma), <strong>Jayden Thompson</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2817296' first='Alex' last='Bobo']</strong> (Tullahoma) brought their Wildcats to the 2025 State Championship Game where they lost to 3A State Champs Upperman High. The 32-5 season was a magical ride filled with captivating wins and touching moments. Tullahoma's Head Coach Jason Welch overcame triple-bypass surgery in the fall of 2024, and his team carried him emotionally through it all.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sam Bobo, Jayden Thompson, [player_tooltip player_id='2352126' first='Austin' last='Tinnon'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2817296' first='Alex' last='Bobo'] each earned All-District Team honors.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Picking a Region 6 Tournament MVP will be tricky, but picking the team appears quite easy on paper. Tullahoma Wildcats.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">District 11</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=103" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Creek Wood High School</a>&nbsp;(Charlotte, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=135" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fairview High School</a>&nbsp;(Fairview, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=344" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Montgomery Central High School</a>&nbsp;(Cunningham, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=474" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spring Hill High School</a>&nbsp;(Columbia, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ashton Hoffman<br>Jalen Knight</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">District 12</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=173" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Giles Co. High School</a>&nbsp;(Pulaski, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=286" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lawrence Co. High School</a>&nbsp;(Lawrenceburg, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jake Moore (2028)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=311" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Marshall Co. High School</a>&nbsp;(Lewisburg, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://portal.tssaa.org/common/directory/detail.cfm?id=518" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tullahoma High School</a>&nbsp;(Tullahoma, TN)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2352126' first='Austin' last='Tinnon']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2817296' first='Alex' last='Bobo']<br>Sam Bobo<br>Jayden Thompson</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->