Enjoy Future D1 forwards at the Southeast Showcase

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2631817' first='Lawson' last='Lee']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Southeast Showcase is a Thanksgiving Weekend must. More food than you can gobble awaits and the flavors...are you kidding me? Reigning State Champions Hillsboro and State Runners-Up Battle Ground Academy headline Friday's slate. Pope John Paul II hosts the event at the Hendersonville campus.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2025</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>10:30 AM - Lipscomb Academy vs. Shelbyville Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Noon Ezell-Harding vs. Hale County (AL)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1:30 PM Paul Bryant (AL) vs. Battle Ground Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3:00 PM Notre Dame vs. Goodpasture</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4:30 PM McCallie vs. Trinity (KY)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6:00 PM Hillsboro vs. Knoxville Catholic</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>7:30 PM JP2 vs. Centennial (CA)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>10:30 AM Ezell-Harding vs. Shelbyville Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Noon West Creek vs. Notre Dame</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1:30 PM McCallie vs. Battle Ground Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3:00 PM Paul Bryant (AL) vs. Knoxville Catholic</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4:30 PM Hale County (AL) vs. Knoxville Catholic</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6:00 PM JP2 vs. Trinity (KY)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>7:30 PM Webster Groves (MO) vs. Centennial (CA)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Forward Headliners</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2631817' first='Lawson' last='Lee'] - Battle Ground Academy<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1719620' first='Ryan' last='Wingard'] - McCallie<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2880037' first='Jacob' last='Williams'] - Goodpasture<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2042762' first='Tae'Shawn' last='Shelton'] - Shelbyville Central<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2289220' first='CJ' last='Turner'] - JP2<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2299334' first='Zay' last='Bridges'] - Ezell-Harding<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2841498' first='Luke' last='C. Smith'] - McCallie<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2634289' first='Malachi' last='Brown'] - Knoxville Catholic<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2418779' first='Ali' last='Ege Tore'] - Ezell-Harding<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2571757' first='Nash' last='Stark'] - Lipscomb Academy<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2470563' first='Landon' last='Lee'] - Knoxville Catholic<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2907006' first='Malcolm' last='Suleiman'] - McCallie<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2856293' first='Logan' last='Williams'] - JP2<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2314414' first='Slim' last='Leavell'] - Goodpasture<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2559440' first='Finn' last='Kerschbaum'] - Knoxville Catholic<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2884439' first='Jevon' last='Lee'] - Shelbyville Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2631817' first='Lawson' last='Lee'] </strong>(Battle Ground Academy) hit a beautiful wing three-pointer on Donelson Christian Academy to start the season and about 300 D1 programs realized they made a mistake not recruiting or offering him earlier. Former Lipscomb University Head Coach Lennie Acuff signed Lawson this month to Samford University, which will turn out to be a foundational piece to Coach Lennie's Samford era.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lee was a target of Coach Acuff and his staff when they held the Lipscomb University job and immediately upon the coaching hire in Birmingham Coach Acuff extended an offer to a player, who frankly, had done very little at the high school varsity level to justify an offer. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was a brilliant bit of foresight and also a reflection of the sterling AAU dominance displayed by [player_tooltip player_id='2631817' first='Lawson' last='Lee'] all summer with Pro One (AL).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fans can see Lawson compete at 1:30 PM both Friday and Saturday and decide for themselves if the dude is D1 ready.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>"Tae" Shelton </strong>can bounce like a bunny. The center/forward stars for Shelbyville Central (5-1). The Golden Eagles will surpass their 15-win total from a year ago. They compete today and tomorrow at 10:30 AM. One challenge for Shelton will be Ezell-Harding's athletic forward <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2299334' first='Zay' last='Bridges']</strong>. Bridges possesses slightly better mobility around the lane than Shelton, but nobody jumps higher than Shelton in Tennessee. Their individual battle Saturday morning will be worth the price of admission.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saturday <strong>Gage Mayfield</strong> (Oklahoma signed) takes his Hale County Wildcats into conflict with Knoxville Catholic's Fighting Irish. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1959161' first='Cade' last='Murphy']</strong> (Eastern Kentucky signee) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2634289' first='Malachi' last='Brown']</strong> (Michigan signee) are game for the challenge.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>He is a lengthy wing who can score at all levels and has emerged as a prospect who excels at creating his own offense off the dribble and can consistently get to his spots and finish with confidence. His ability to create match-up problems with his size, length, and ball handling has been an area of his game that has many intrigued. - Terry Drake evaluation on Gage Mayfield</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mayfield took official visits to Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt before his commitment to Oklahoma University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The best hooper coming from Alabama to the Southeast Showcase outside of Mayfield is Paul W. Bryant High forward <strong>Tyjavian Byrd</strong>, a 6-foot-8 junior.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->