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2021 guard Devin Perry is transferring from Florida to Desales. He originally started as a sophomore for Louisville Central before moving.

2023 G Hayden Llewellyn is transferring to Corbin from Jellico TN. Llewellyn averaged 28 ppg last year as a freshman. He is originally from Whitley County.

6'11 sophomore Cyr Malonga who has an offer from Georgia has enrolled at Evangel Christian. 6'8 freshman Johnny Djema has also enrolled at Evangel. Both are new to Kentucky and play for Lville Defenders AAU.

Have heard Michael Merriman stepped down as coach to move to Alabama. Merriman was 17-45 in 2 seasons as head coach.

Anthony Epps steps down as head coach after one season as he will join the NKU Women's staff. Epps replaced long time head coach Tim Davis last year and went 15-15 with a 20th district runner up.

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.