PREP ROUNDUP: Tanner honors former hoops coach Whitt

Published 12:33 pm Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Tanner’s varsity boys basketball program honored former longtime coach Chris Whitt on Tuesday.

Whitt racked up 586 career wins and led the Rattlers to a pair of state championships (2011, 2013) during a sensational tenure that also included 12 county titles, 21 area titles, 23 regional berths, 13 regional titles and 13 Final Four berths.

Whitt was also recently inducted into the Limestone County Sports Hall of Fame.

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See local roundup from Monday, Nov. 18 through Tuesday, Nov. 19 below. Only scores and stats submitted by local coaches are listed.


Varsity Boys

Athens 61, Tanner 50

Saylor Bright: 21 points

Brayden Walker: 13 points

Matthew Fletcher: 17 points

Elyjah Jones: 11 points

Kaden Freeman: 11 points

 

Tanner 76, Ardmore 71

 

East Limestone 73, Decatur 46

Zak Cain: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists

Coleby Davis: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists

Jeb Blanton: 13 points, 4 rebounds

Charlie Eslick: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals

Rickey Speights: 8 points, 5 assists

 

West Limestone 53, Clements 42

Landon Smith: 17 points

JT Winter: 14 points

Dawson Mewbourn: 11 points

Brayden Duncan: 13 points

Jake Fleming: 13 points

 

Varsity Girls

Athens 60, Tanner 18

 

Ardmore 57, Tanner 20

 

Decatur 58, East Limestone 43

Kate Hovis: 18 points