What about Williamson County?

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>December 30th, 2022 will go down in Williamson County basketball history as something. What exactly? Something.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"center"} --> <h2 class="has-text-align-center">Independence vs. Franklin</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Franklin won the game. Then, miraculously Independence scored at the horn to send it to overtime. Then, Franklin won it again.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>77-75. Franklin is the best Williamson County team in the Florida Panhandle tonight!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>PrepHoopsTN Andrew Force: You have some players/teammates with new roles, expanded roles. When the game became tight, tense...Did you see any fear in their eyes?...</strong><br><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1029084' first='Jack' last='Medalie'] at 8:45 PM 12/30/22:</strong> Me, Sam, and Davis played together last year. Obviously all of our roles changed this year. We were able to get a lot of tough wins last year. Our chemistry has been able to get better and better after bringing Christian in. Also, we have a bench, a senior Meyers always makes the right decision. <strong> [player_tooltip player_id='1273548' first='Sam' last='Mewborn']</strong> and <strong>Riley Jordan</strong>...you can count on them. We have a good, calm bench. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>PrepHoopsTN Andrew Force: </strong> <strong>You mentioned chemistry, as one of the reasons you won these tense games.</strong><br><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1029084' first='Jack' last='Medalie'] 12/30/22:</strong> I think that, from Franklin perspective, I love playing with my teammates. We are all very close. We are all trying to make it to state. I know that we are a close group. Our chemistry is good, partly because we all want to win and we all have the same goal. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>PrepHoopsTN Andrew Force: How was the event overall?</strong><br><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1029084' first='Jack' last='Medalie'] 12/30/22:</strong> "It went well," said [player_tooltip player_id='1029084' first='Jack' last='Medalie']. "We played two tough teams in William Blount and Independence." </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>They also defeated Montgomery Academy (AL). We also played a Mississippi team (Magnolia Heights). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>On William Blount, going into the game...</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>They have a lot of guys that are good players. Basketball guys. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>How did you defeat WB?</strong>...</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We played sound defense and had good execution. It was close the whole way. We had a crucial stop at the end of the game, that tied us up and we were able to </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was [two] pretty chaotic games (smiling).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>On who played well in WB win...</strong><br>[player_tooltip player_id='1476101' first='Davis' last='Long'], [player_tooltip player_id='1318564' first='Christian' last='Brown'] had a big game. He is always good for us on the glass. A physical presence inside. Getting him to transfer over was a nice. We all played great defense that lead to a win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>And, you played Independence. That is interesting, so far away from home.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We were on the opposite sides of the bracket. And we still met up in final. Those are fun matchups against those teams. It is always fun to go against them. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>You have some players/teammates with new roles, expanded roles. When the game became tight, tense...Did you see any fear in their eyes?...</strong><br>Me, Sam, and Davis played together last year. Obviously all of our roles changed this year. We were able to get a lot of tough wins last year. Our chemistry has been able to get better and better after bringing Christian in. Also, we have a bench, a senior Myers Tschantz always makes the ight ecisision. [player_tooltip player_id='1273548' first='Sam' last='Mewborn'] and <strong>Riley Jordan</strong>...you can count on them. We have a good, calm bench. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->