COOKEVILLE-Lady Bulldog senior Taylor Strong’s District 6-A MVP nod, which was the first for her school in over 15 years, highlighted an eight-player representation by Clay County High School on this year’s all-conference teams, which were chosen by the league’s coaches here at last Friday’s district meeting.
Strong became the first CCHS girl to be anointed as the conference’s top player since Holly Wright Robbins back in 2003, and she was joined by her classmate Kenzie Arms on the first team.
Both current Lady Dawgs are averaging just under 20 points per game this season, were Ms. Basketball nominees, and have legitimate shots at eclipsing Robbins’ all-time scoring record of 1,861 career points.
Before Monday night’s opening round of the District 6-A tournament, Arms sat in second place with 1,819, after recently passing her mother Teia Ashlock Arms (1,788), and Strong wasn’t far behind with 1,765.
Strong also set her school’s single-game scoring mark earlier this season with a 46-point outing, which broke the record previously held by her mother Tricia Fox Strong.
Sophomore Rachel Copass also joined Strong and Arms with all-district honors by being named to the third team, while senior Maddy Harlan was named to the all-defensive team.
Harlan and sophomore Katie Arms also received all-conference honorable mentions, while Eliza Jenkins was named to the all-freshman team.
Clarkrange’s Kassie and Kaylie Monday, Pickett County’s Aaliyah Brown, and Trousdale County’s Shelby Jane Petty joined Strong and Arms on the first team.
On the boys side, senior Landen Woodcock—who recently scored his 1,000th point in less than two seasons at CCHS—and junior Jake Ashlock were honored as first-team selections, while seniors Gavin Silk, Heath Kimes, and B.J. Emberton were named to the second team.
Kimes was also named the league’s Defensive MVP, junior Mason Sharp got an honorable mention, and both Jefferey Spivey and Grant Strong were named to the all-freshman team.
Red Boiling Springs junior big man Dalton Marsh was the MVP, while Monterey’s Peyton West, Gordonsville’s Hunter Mann, and Trousdale County’s Keyvont Baines joined Woodcock and Ashlock on the first team.