Chad Tate Shelter Insurance Middle School Showcase August 28-29, 2021
Topic: Basketball

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Chad Tate Shelter Insurance Middle School Showcase

6^th, 7^th, and 8^th Grades

Madison Central High School, Caudill Middle School & Glenn Marshall Elementary

Richmond, KY

August 28-29, 2021

 

Saturday August 28^th (8^th Grade)

 

Caudill 28  Old Kentucky Home 2 16 – The MVP of the game was Caudill’s 6-0 8^th grader Maetlyn Wilson who scored eight points.  Wilson has good size and keeps the ball high and uses her size to great advantage in the paint.  5-2 8^th grade Ashlynn Cecil led Old Kentucky Home 2 with seven points.  Cecil is a good ball handler who finishes at the rim.

 

Clark Moores Middle School 40  St. Joseph 18 – 5-4 8^th grade Maria Himes of CMMS was named MVP of the game.  Himes scored 16 points in this game.  Himes is quick with active hands and is a good mid-range scorer.

 

North Laurel 34  Foley 29 – The MVP of this game was 5-6 7^th grader Katie Sams with seven points and had an excellent floor game.  North Laurel is loaded with talent including 5-7 8^th grade Cadence Allen and 5-11 7^th grade Mariella Claybrook. 

 

St. Joseph 36  Madison 27 – 5-5 8^th grade Gracie Osborne led St. Joseph with 21 points and was named MVP.  Osborne is quick, high energy, and gets to the rim any time she wants to.  5-6 8^th grade Jordynn Miles led Madison with 17 points.  Miles is the younger sister of last year’s Miss Basketball Brooklynn Miles and has excellent speed and quickness allowing her to be a terror on defense and hard to contain in the open court.

 

South Laurel 34  Campbell 16 – 5-8 8^th grade Gracie Hoskins was named MVP and led South Laurel with 15 points. 

 

Rockcastle 40  Old Kentucky Home 1 34 – 5-11 8^th grade Macy Spivey was named MVP and led the victors with 14 points.  5-5 Nora Kate Simpson led Old Kentucky Home 1 with 10 points.

 

South Laurel 43  Knox 26 – 5-10 7^th grade Skeeter Mabe was named MVP for South Laurel and recorded 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals.  5-8 8^th grade Gracie Hoskins led South Laurel in scoring with 17 points.  5-4 7^th grade Lydia King led Knox with 12 points.

 

Rockcastle 44  Lexington Catholic 24 – 5-11 8^th Grade Taylor King was named MVP and led Rockcastle with 13 points.  5-8 8^th grade Bella Bretz led Lexington Catholic with 11 points.

 

Sunday August 29^th (8^th Grade)

 

Knox 32  Madison 20 -5-4 7^th grade Lydia King was named MVP and led Knox with 18 points.

 

Lexington Catholic 26  Caudill 22 – 5-8 8^th grade Bella Bretz was named MVP and led Lexington Catholic with 17 points.

 

Clark Moores Middle School 38  Old Kentucky Home 2 25 – 5-6 7^th grade Kennadi Britain was named MVP for CMMS and scored nine points.

 

Campbell 51  Foley 41 – This was an excellent game with Campbell prevailing in a very competitive game.  5-10 8^th grade Annette Miller was named MVP and led Campbell with 23 points.  5-2 8^th grade sparkplug guard Jaylynn Goodwin also played well for the victors.  5-8 8^th grade Laci Sandlin had an excellent game for Foley and scored 29  points as she repeatedly finished strong at the rim.

 

Old Kentucky Home 1 54  Clark Moores Middle School 30 – 5-10 8^th grade Megan Simpson was strong in the paint, was named MVP, and led OKH1 with 14 points.

 

Campbell 32  North Laurel 30 – 5-7 7^th grade Cameron Buster was named MVP for Campbell.

 

There was a lot of promising young talent at this event and I will mention several but knowing I probably missed some that will make their mark down the road at the varsity level.  5-8 7^th grader Maci Messer (South Laurel) still learning and improving has a high revving motor, rebounds, and can score from mid-range to the three point line.  5-2 8^th grader Aubrey Bundy (South Laurel) is quick on quick, high energy, sees the floor, scores, distributes the ball, and creates havoc on defense.  5-10 7^th grader Skeeter Mabe (South Laurel) has all the obvious skills but in my opinion what separates her is her high basketball IQ, court vision, and general awareness of the game and how to play it.  5-11 8^th grade Taylor King (Rockcastle) dynamic to watch, athletic, basketball IQ, scores at all three levels, versatile skills.  5-11 8^th grader Macy Spivey (Rockcastle) athletic leaper, shooter, developing finishing at rim and capable defender.  5-9 8^th grader Ella McKinney (Rockcastle) versatile player, solid in all areas, passes the ball, and can shoot the ball.  5-8 8^th grader Gracie Hoskins (South Laurel) jet quick, hard worker, and good shooter.  Knows how and when to score.  5-6 7^th grade Katie Sams (North Laurel) gives 110% effective slashing to the rim and good rebounder.  5-7 8^th grade Cadence Allen (North Laurel) rebounds, finishes at rim and a good mid-range shot.  5-11 7^th grade Mariella Claybrook (North Laurel) long wing player, athletic, defender, rim protector, rebounds, and has a decent shot, very high ceiling for her.

 

5-10 8^th grade Annette Miller (Campbell) athletic, strong, can score both inside and outside with excellent range on her shot.  5-2 8^th grade Jaylynn Goodwin (Campbell) quick, strong for size, effective with either hand, and distributes the ball.  Quick release on shot  and has good range on her jump shot.  5-6 8^th Grade Jordynn Miles (Madison Middle) tremendous speed and quickness allows her to get to rim anytime she wants, streaky shooter when hot can score points in bunches.  Quickness helps her to create havoc on defense.  5-4 8^th grade Maria Himes (CMMS) quick, good passer, active hands, good mid-range game.  5-6 7^th grader MacKenzie Hensley (Knox) solid guard skills, defends, finishes at rim, basketball IQ, and good shooter.  5-7 7^th grader Lydia King (Knox) streaky shooter but when on can score at all levels, good ball handler and always on attack mode on defense.  5-8 8^th grader Bella Bretz (Lexington Catholic) versatile swing player with good skills, works hard, and is a consistent scorer.  5-4 8^th grader Josie Cox (Lexington Catholic) excellent ball handler and a natural floor general with good skills for age.  5-8 8^th Grader Laci Sandlin (Foley) versatile skills, good shooter, finishes at rim in traffic.  5-5 8^th grader Gracie Osborne (St. Joseph) active on both ends of the court, quick, finishes at rim, and improving shooter, gets results.  5-8 6^th grader Brianna Hensley (Foley) good size, can shoot the ball, good skills for class.  5-10 8^th grader Megan Simpson (Old Kentucky Home 1) active and strong in the paint both ends of court.  5-5 8^th grader Nora Kate Simpson (Old Kentucky Home 1) versatile performer with good all around game.  5-6 7^th grader Kennadi Britain (CMMS) finishes at rim, good shooter, and dfends.

 

6-0 8^th grader Maetlyn Wilson (Caudill) good size establishes position, keeps hands high and uses size to advantage on both ends of the court.  5-2 8^th Grade Ashlynn Cecil (Old Kentucky Home 2) handles, gets to the rim, and can shoot the “3” ball.  5-8 8^th grader Abby Binkley (Old Kentucky Home 2) good basketball IQ, good mid-range shooter, and can get to the rim.  5-6 8^th grade Hayden Whitaker (CMMS) rebounds, good post-up jump shot, and good defender.  5-7 8^th grade Josie Powers (CMMS) shooter with range, excellent free throw shooter, can finish at rim.  5-5 8^th grader Skylar Collingsworth (CMMS) pure shooter and a capable defender.

 

Some players were missing today for various reasons and I watched all the 8^th grade games and wrote these comments based on my observations and talking to  the coaches.  However I’m sure I missed several players that should have been mentioned.  I hope to see all these young ladies play during the 2021-2022 season.  I missed viewing the 6^th and 7^th grade games and I understand there were some excellent players and games during this venue.  The talent level appeared to be very good to me and I expect to see several of these girls making an impact at the high school level in the near future.  A special thanks to Chad Tate for the sponsorship and to Dennis Campbell, Brad Lovely and all the volunteers for making this a first class event.