Thirteen locals named TSWA All-State in girls basketball, boys hoops, wrestling
Thirteen Farragut area athletes in Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association winter sports recently were named All-State by Tennessee Sports Writers Association.
Basketball girls
All-State Basketball honorees included several Farragut area players.
Girls honorees included junior wing K.J. McNealy of Farragut and junior point guard Natalya Hodge of Bearden.
Also earning All-State were two members of the TSSAA Division II-AA state champ Webb School of Knoxville Lady Spartans: junior wing Meeyah Green and freshman post Kyndall Mays, along with two-time state champ Amaya Redd of Knoxville Catholic, a senior guard.
A pair from Christian Academy of Knoxville round out the All-State local girls: junior Cole Thompson and sophomore Maddie Braden.
Basketball boys
Boys honorees feature two members of Webb School’s boys Division II-AA state champion team: juniors Owen Lentz, a wing, and Cam Swearengen, a forward.
Also named were Knoxville Catholic junior Cade Murphy, Bearden junior point guard Justin Nordin and CAK senior wing Caden Owens.
Wrestling
Bearden junior Deameion Leavell, a third-place finisher in the TSSAA Division I-AA wrestling state meet in February (165-pound class) who was a regional and sectional champion, was the lone Farragut area wrestling honoree named TSWA All-State.