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Belfry has two new players 7'3 Bol Kuir from Sudan and 6'8 Roman Tut. Kuir was in South Carolina last year I believe. Both will be juniors.

John Tinsley steps down after 2 seasons as head coach. He went 53-11 with 2 district championships and 2 region semi trips.

Loads of good players individually in this tournament. Etown- Jaquias Franklin (offered by Illinois-Chicago) Ballard- Maker Bar, Jack Edelen, and Gabe Sisk. (Bar has EKU and WKU interest) Cov Cath- Chandler Starks Martin County- Trey James and Brady Dingess (James has offers from Iowa, Wake Forest) Marshall County- Zion Harmon (WKU Commit, top 25 ranked by ESPN) Bowling Green-Isaiah Mason & Turner Buttry (Mason EKU and NKU offers, Buttry EKU offer) North Laurel- Reed Sheppard and Ryan Davidson (Sheppard has Stetson offer) Spencer County- Sam Conley (22 PPG last year) Eastern- James Jewell and Christian Spalding (Jewell UK, Cincy, WKU, Xavier, Texas Tech interest) (Spaldling has Belmont, WKU, Butler interest) Male- Kaleb Glenn ( 13 PPG, 10 RPG as a Freshman) Trinity- Miles Franklin (Evansville, Morehead St. interest) Beechwood- Scotty Draud (23 PPG last year) Brentwood Academy TN- Skyy Clark (UK offer, top 20 player nationally in 2022)

$25 dollars per helmet. Even cheaper if ordered in a bundle from what I saw.

Schutt Helmets is developing "Splash Shields" which are a full faced visor to protect players from getting spit, breathed on etc, this fall. More than 50 schools have ordered it, and apparently they do not fog up, and are breathable. Sounds like a great idea, especially for high schools if they are affordable.

I have heard Terrance Brooks is likely the next coach.

Josh Kays will replace Chris Tolliver as the new head coach at Thomas Nelson. Kays has been an assistant on the boys staff recently.

Nelson is a big school with a really nice gym but its also a hard sell when they haven't made it to a region final since 1993. Bardstown having so much recent success has helped them become the premier school for that area.

Riley is possibly the best if not the best Junior in the region. Close to 6'4 and can score inside or out.

Young comes to Nelson County after having a 44-76 record at Garrard County in 4 seasons. Before that he was an assistant coach at Garrard for 2 years, and Boyle County for one year.

Per Twitter: Harrison County coach Larry Kendall has resigned after 8 seasons. He had a 96-154 record in those 8 seasons. This will be a very attractive job in the 10th region as the Harrison County 8th grade team was state champions last year.

Have heard Richard Gatewood mentioned with this one if he wants it.

Pippen takes over the job from Justin Stinson. Pippen recently was an assistant coach last year, and before that was Russell County girls coach from 2007-2019. He led them to a state tournament appearance in 2017.

I actually have heard another name mentioned and it is former Adair County and most recently Green County coach Keith Young.

Chewning according to press release on the East Jessamine twitter is the new head coach. He has been an assistant there since the 2016-17 season, and is a 2011 graduate of Taylor County.