Tickets Are Punched To The Glass House

Wow! Holy cow. The weekend was filled with a full slate of games that lived up to their hype. With the opportunity to go to state on the line, teams battled back and forth displaying an effort beyond measure. Talk about resilience, the clubs who will move on to the state tournament overcame so much to get to where they are going. This past Saturday, it was do or die for teams all over the state. You win and you are in, the almighty single elimination game that's in between what you worked all season to get to.   With the private school championship games over with, now it's time to focus on the public school sector. This past Saturday, the sub-state games took place across the state. Here is a recap of the scores from around the state:   Cloudland (38) Sunbright (30)   Gatlinburg-Pittman (67) Meigs Co. (27)   Greeneville (60) Northville Academy (56)   Bearden (55) Sevier Co. (69)   Elizabethton (53) Cocke Co. (58)   Dobyns-Bennett (54) Farragut (47)   Alcoa (42) McMinn Central (73)   North Greene (33) Midway (31)   Oakland (23) Bradley Central (67)   White Co. (62) Heritage (63)   Clay Co. (51) Van Buren Co. (41)   Pearl-Cohn (38) York Institute (64)   Cleveland (40) Blackman (38)   Smith Co. (40) East Nashville (37)   Copper Basin (55) Pickett Co. (90)   Signal Mountain (22) Upperman (41)   Hendersonville (30) Coffee Co. (63)   Cheatham Co. (36) Loretto (64)   McEwen (32) Moore Co. (44)   Chester Co. (54) Station Camp (47)   Lincoln Co. (55) Beech (39)   Summertown (49) Huntingdon (52)   Macon Co. (23) Jackson South Side (48)   Eagleville (46) Wayne Co. (54)   Collierville (51) Clarksville (62)   Covington (36) Dyersburg (76)   Trezevant (40) Gibson Co. (75)   University High-Memphis (52) South Fulton (74)   Rossview (23) Bartlett (60)   Westview (44) Memphis Business (36)   Greenfield (56) Middle College (48)   South Gibson (60) Millington (45)   Here are a few standouts from Saturday's games.   [player_tooltip player_id='245352' first='Imari' last='Berry'] (Sr./G/ Clarksville)- One more run at the state before she moves onto the collegiate ranks. Imari was hard to stop as she dropped 25 points from the field. This young lady is hot and she is ready to get back to the state where a title eluded her last year.   [player_tooltip player_id='821777' first='Emily' last='Patterson'](Fr./F/Cleveland)- She only had 5 points from the field, but they were clutch and right on time. Emily was on the boards, drew a tough defensive assignment in [player_tooltip player_id='290716' first='Aaiyanna' last='Dunbar'], and held her own. The freshman stepped up big-time in a huge game. Every year, this matchup determines the state representative and the girls were ready for this game.    [player_tooltip player_id='408995' first='Reese' last='Beaty'] (Jr./G/ York Institute)- She's tough. Too much to handle. What Reese does that others don't do is she makes everyone around her better. This past Saturday, she not only elevated her team, she took responsibility and put them on her back. She dropped 41 points in the win, talk about someone on fire. The Clemson commit is ready to go dancin in the Glass House. Look for her and the Lady Dragonettes to make some serious noise.   [player_tooltip player_id='245358' first='Molly' last='Masingale'] (Sr./G/ McMinn Central)- She's cold. The Wofford signee is a dynamic scoring threat that has had a stellar high school basketball career. She dropped 20 pts against Alcoa, she was just cookin' the competition. From 3, from the paint. You name it, the ball found the bottom of the net at a high clip. Her team returns to the Glass House and she is ready to help her club lift up that trophy.   The state tournament tips off tomorrow on the campus of MTSU. The Glass House will be rockin as teams look to advance towards that championship games. Teams have started to arrive early to get one last practice in and gather their bearings around Murfreesboro. This is a sweet time for all and a place that some players never get to.    Here are the matchups for the first round of games.   Class 4A- Wednesday tip-offs   9:30 AM Sevier Co. vs. Bartlett   11:00 AM Cleveland vs. Lincoln Co.   12:45 PM Dobyns-Bennett vs. Coffee Co.   2:15 PM Bradley Central vs. Clarksville   Class 1A- Wednesday tip-offs   4:00 PM North Greene vs. Greenfield   5:30 PM Moore Co. vs. Clay Co.   7:15 PM Cloudland vs. Pickett Co.   8:45 PM Wayne Co. vs. South Fulton   Class 2A- Thursday tip-offs   9:30 AM McMinn Central vs. York Institute   11:00 AM Gibson Co. vs. Huntingdon   12:45 PM Gatlinburg-Pittman vs. Smith Co.   2:15 PM   Loretto vs. Westview   Class 3A- Thursday tip-offs   4:00 PM Cocke Co. vs. Heritage   5:30 PM Dyersburg vs. Jackson South Side   7:15 PM Greeneville vs. Upperman   8:45 PM South Gibson vs. Chester Co.   Good luck to all teams. Let the Madness begin. March is here ladies and gentlemen. This is what all student -athletes work for. The chance to take home the gold ball! Grab your popcorn and get ready to see some dynamic players hoop!

Wow! Holy cow. The weekend was filled with a full slate of games that lived up to their hype. With the opportunity to go to state on the line, teams battled back and forth displaying an effort beyond measure. Talk about resilience, the clubs who will move on to the state tournament overcame so much to get to where they are going. This past Saturday, it was do or die for teams all over the state. You win and you are in, the almighty single elimination game that's in between what you worked all season to get to.