TN State Tourney: AA and A Final Four Recaps and Highlights
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Gibson County (37-1) 38 York Institute (27-6) 35 Golly bum…..I’m glad I don’t gamble on this stuff. Reese Beaty Reese Beaty 5'8" | PG York Institute | 2025 State TN ‘s and York’s run is over. Beaty was good, but…
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Continue ReadingGibson County (37-1) 38
York Institute (27-6) 35
Golly bum…..I’m glad I don’t gamble on this stuff. Reese Beaty Reese Beaty 5'8" | PG York Institute | 2025 State TN ‘s and York’s run is over. Beaty was good, but not quite good enough to overcome South Gibson’s stifling defense.
After Beaty, the next highest scorer for York was Emma Pile Emma Pile 5'9" | SF York Institute | 2026 State TN with 6 points. Emma Cooper Emma Cooper 6'1" | PF York Institute | 2026 State TN had 3. Raylee Werner Raylee Werner 5'8" | SG York Institute | 2026 State TN had 3 and 8 rebounds. Zoe Gibson Zoe Gibson 5'11" | PG York Institute | 2027 TN added 2 points.
Micah Heart was not great in this one….but she was good enough to go to the Final 4. She finished with 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals. Sania Reaves Sania Reaves 5'11" | PF Gibson Co. | 2026 State TN had 11 points and 9 rebounds, with 2 steals. Georgia Lannom had 8 points and 8 rebounds. A’kira Riding had 7 points on the night.
Loretto (28-4) 55
Gatlinburg-Pittman (36-3) 52
Again….glad I’m not a bettor. I had GP as the 2nd best team in AA. But Loretto is hot, and confident, and they won the 32 minutes in front of them (actually this game went into overtime…..so they won more than 32 mintues….but you get the point).
Maddy Newman Maddy Newman 6'2" | C Gatlinburg-Pittman | 2024 State TN was held to 15 points, 7 rebounds on only 3-16 shooting (she normally shoots 60%). Nya Burns Nya Burns 5'7" | CG Gatlinburg-Pittman | 2026 State TN had 8 points 6 assists and 2 made threes. Leah Stinnet had 14 points on 3-5 from three, and 3 rebounds. Maliyah Glasper Maliyah Glasper 5'6" | CG Gatlinburg-Pittman | 2026 TN had 6 points and 3 rebounds.
Ally Weathers Ally Weathers 5'8" | SG Loretto | 2025 State TN was SENSATIONAL in this one! She had 33 points on 10-18 shooting, and 13-17 from the FT line. She also managed to collect 3 blocks and 2 steals. Ally Weathers Ally Weathers 5'8" | SG Loretto | 2025 State TN was the best player on the floor.
Ally Augustin Ally Augustin 5'8" | SF Loretto | 2027 TN had 10 points, 4 rebounds. Emily Cozart Emily Cozart 5'11" | C Loretto | 2024 State TN had 6 and 6. Libby Sanders Libby Sanders 5'5" | PG Loretto | 2025 State TN had three.
But in this one….it was going to come down to Newman vs Weathers….and Weathers weathered the storm and helped guide Loretto back to the AA championship game.
Pickett County (28-2) 59
Wayne County (31-4) 54
This was a game of Blair Baugus Blair Baugus 6'0" | PF Wayne Co. | 2025 State TN versus the collective greatness of Pickett. And the collective won. Pickett was actually down at the half (37-31) but really rallied in the 2nd half.
Blair Baugus Blair Baugus 6'0" | PF Wayne Co. | 2025 State TN is GREAT! She finished with 16 points, 6 rebounds and was 8-11 from the free throw line. BUT….she was only 4-6 from the field. Baugus has to shoot more than 6 field goals for Wayne to win a Final Four game.
Jacqueline Keaton had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Ava Ashley had 10 points on 4-6 shooting.
For Pickett County, Zoey Nicholas Zoey Nicholas 5'9" | SG Pickett Co. | 2026 State TN was great with 20 points on 9-14 shooting and 4 assists. Callie Reeder Callie Reeder 5'11" | PF Pickett County | 2025 State TN had 17 and 5 on 6-9 shooting. Emmy Lowe Emmy Lowe 5'9" | SG Pickett Co. | 2025 State TN had 8 points 5 assists and 3 rebounds. Addy Lowe added 9 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds.
Pickett simply has so much depth. They had 7 kids play over 10 minutes. You don’t see that often in HS postseason play.
Moore County (27-8) 38
Greenfield (23-11) 28
Greenfield was up by four at the half, but Moore dominated the 3rd and 4th quarter to win by 10.
Moore was led by Ellie Graham Ellie Graham 6'0" | SF Moore Co. | 2025 State TN who was huge with 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Madison Dingler scored 13 points on 4-8 shooting, and 2-5 from three. Katie Fletcher had 2. And that was it for Moore. Only 4 players scored….and they still figured out a way to win.