Dade County’s Cole Birchfield heads past North Murray’s Austen Horn at Dade County High School.Dade County coach Glen Hicks allows others to tell his players how good they are, but warns them not to believe it until the day he says it to them.
“If I tell them they’re great, I’m lying,” he said.
Senior Cole Birchfield might not be a great player, but he definitely had a great week.
Birchfield averaged 34 points in a pair of Region 7-AA victories, earning himself Times Free Press Player of the Week honors. The Wolverines improved to 8-1 on the season with wins over region opponents Model and Armuchee last week.
The guard had his second-best scoring performance of the season against Model, with the 44-point output only being topped by a 57-point performance against Howard Thanksgiving week. He hit seven 3s in the game despite being 1-for-11 in the first half of the contest.