AD’s Corner
by Josh Scouten, boys’ athletics director
High School swimmers' season wraps up regionals and they head to Knoxville, and the basketball teams face Franklin Road Academy this Friday, Feb. 3.
Swimming makes a splash at Region Meet
The swim team had a fantastic showing at the region meet Friday, Jan. 27. All 23 of our swimmers swam best times, including 94 percent of the total number of swims on the day.
In a lot of cases, the results were by huge leaps and bounds: Graham Shockley cut 10 seconds in his 500 free, Ashleigh Grindon and Francesca Kusserow cut four seconds in the 100 breast, Ittai Eden cut another second in the 50, Josh Twillie went 1:03.4 in the 100 breast and then anchored our 400 free relay in 49.6 a few minutes later, Curtis Patey went from 53.0 to 51.6 in the 100, Jessica Mei cut four seconds in her 200 free, Katie Watke dropped 11 seconds in the 500, Trudy Zou crushed the 1:10 barrier in the 100 breast, and Abby Liff swam huge best times in all her events.
Special congratulations to Mia Pretorius (100 fly), Shockley (500 free), Patey (100 free), Ian Brash (100 breast), Annie French (100 breast), and Elliott Clark (100 breast) for making their state cuts. A huge thank you to Puja Jagasia, who ended her High School swimming career on about the best note possible.
The state meet is in Knoxville on Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
Boys’ basketball eyes district showdown with FRA
The boys' basketball team has had quite a run in 2017 with three more wins over the past week. The Tigers sit atop the district with Franklin Road Academy coming to Edgehill on Friday, Feb. 3. The team picked up wins over Webb School and Ezell-Harding Christian School over the weekend, then traveled to Zion Christian Academy for another district win, 74-34, on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Four different scorers have toted the load in the scoring column the past three games. Seniors Myles Hamilton, Connor Shockley, and Andrew Thornton along with junior Drew Dibble have been the top scorers in each of the past three games.
The win over Zion Christian improved the Tigers overall record to 15-8 and 10-1 in district. The only district opponent remaining is Friday, Feb. 3 against Franklin Road Academy, who sits at 9-1 with its only loss coming from USN.
Girls’ basketball picks up two weekend wins
The girls' basketball team earned two wins over the weekend. The team traveled to Antioch on Friday, Jan. 27 and picked up its first win, 57-44, over Lighthouse Christian School. The girls returned home Saturday, Jan. 28 and picked up their second district win over Ezell-Harding Christian School, 47-37. The Tigers added a late game against Nashville Central Christian on Tuesday, Jan. 31 and dropped a heartbreaker 62-60 on a buzzer beater.
Amara Payne and Elsa Wilson led the team in the scoring column in all three games. Payne had a season-high 30 points Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the loss.
The Tigers have two remaining district games and both are at home. They will play Franklin Road Academy on Friday, Feb. 3 and St. Cecilia on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
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