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Written by Andre Whitehead
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Monday, 20 March 2006 |
Jewon Long leads Liberty to Class AA state championships.
Liberty Tech dug deep into their psyche and came away with an improbabale victory over Memphis Mitchell to capture the Class AA state crown. Liberty got inspired performances from Jewon Long, Devon Jones and diminutive point man Anthony Sampson in their 64-60 victory over Mitchell.
The Mitchell triumvirate made an early statement with a tough hard-fought opening round victory over Bolivar. This victory seemed to be the ignition that set the Mitchell rocket off and running. Liberty Tech had other ideas. Mitchell was the unfortunate victim of some bickering among the players that was clear to anyone in attendance and that seemed to rear it's ugly head in crunch time. Liberty was fantastic in their game preparation and fought all night to secure their first state championship. Jewon Long was rewarded for his inspired performance with the MVP trophy.
The top scoring performances for Class AA:
Brandon Evans(Liberty) 27pts vs. McMinn Central
Jarvis Varnado(Haywood County) 23pts vs. Liberty
Brandon Powell(Mitchell) 22pts vs. Liberty
Willie Kemp(Bolivar) 21pts vs. Mitchell
Beau Brown(McMinn Central) 20pts vs. Alcoa
Thaddeus Young(Mitchell) 20pts vs. Goodpasture
Thaddeus Young(Mitchell) 18pts vs. Bolivar
Josh Sain(Liberty) 18pts vs. Haywood County
Blake Derrick(McMinn Central) 18pts vs. Liberty
Jewon Long(Liberty) 18pts vs. Mitchell
C.J. Davis(Goodpasture) 17pts vs. Knoxville Catholic
Matt Parton(Knoxville Catholic) 17pts vs. Goodpasture
Ricky Taylor(Haywood County) 17pts vs. Liberty
Blake Derrick(McMinn Central) 17pts vs. Alcoa
Brandon Warren(Alcoa) 17pts vs. McMinn Central
Chris Buchanon(Goodpasture) 17pts vs. Mitchell
C.J. Davis(Goodpasture) 16pts vs. Mitchell
Brandon Powell(Mitchell) 16pts vs. Goodpasture
Beau Brown(McMinn Central) 15pts vs. Liberty
On Thursday I will choose the top 10 players from the Class AA tourney and give a brief scouting report on them.
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