Farragut Middle boys roll into new year on 14-game win streak
Clinton — Farragut Middle School’s boys basketball team entered the new calendar year riding the crest of a 14-game winning streak.
The Admirals (14-1) haven’t lost since dropping their season opener to rival Hardin Valley back in early November.
Still, the team has plenty of work left to do as it pursues a Knox County Middle School Basketball Conference regular-season championship. The Ads were slated to play rival West Valley on the road Monday. Results were not available at press time.
The Admirals will host Karns on Thursday at the Bobby J. Henry Gymnasium on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:45 p.m.
‘We have some big games left and even at 14-1 we’re still going to have to fight for that No. 1 seed (in the postseason tournament),” Farragut coach Shane Wells said. “We still have to play West Valley and Karns and they’re both dangerous teams.
“This is a tough, tough league.”
Farragut will close out the regular season with a non-league game at Robertsville in Oak Ridge on Thursday, Jan. 15.
Over the holiday break, the Admirals competed in the Maverick Middle School Christmas Classic at Anderson County High School. Farragut played five games on its way to winning a tournament championship.
The Ads had to work a little overtime to capture the championship with a 60-54 win over KCMSBC rival Bearden Tuesday, Dec. 30.
“That game against Bearden was a tough game. They have a good team,” Wells said.
Henry Crecy had 18 points against the Bruins. Matthew Massey added 14 points. Harrison Holmes had 10 points. Jay Hampton scored eight points and Crawford Childers finished with seven.
The Admirals also had a tournament win over Powell. Farragut defeated the Panthers, 30-18.
Crecy had 16 points and Childers came up with 12.
Farragut also beat Oneida, earning a 45-33 victory. In that game, Crecy and Childress scored nine points each. Holmes added seven and Massey added five.
In preliminary tournament games, Farragut routed Fairview, 62-25.
Crecy finished with 16 points, while Crawford Childers had 13. Rocco Childers had seven points and Nolan Titus finished with six.
The Admirals opened tournament play with a 63-31 win over Midway behind 13 points from Crecy and 13 from Holmes.
