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Prep boys’ basketball roundup: Tyner, McCallie take different paths to get to Best of Preps tournament championship

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Notre Dame's Tim Vaughn (1) goes up for a layup during the boys Best of Preps tournament semi final game between McCallie and Notre Dame at East Hamilton high school on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 in Ooltewah, Tenn.
Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Notre Dame's Tim Vaughn (1) goes up for a layup during the boys Best of Preps tournament semi final game between McCallie and Notre Dame at East Hamilton high school on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 in Ooltewah, Tenn. Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Notre Dame's Tim Vaughn (1) goes up for a layup during the boys Best of Preps tournament semi final game between McCallie and Notre Dame at East Hamilton high school on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

By Lindsey Young 5 min read

Tyner and McCallie will meet in the championship round of the Times Free Press Best of Preps basketball tournament Wednesday, though each took a distinctly different route to get there.

While the Blue Tornado led from start to finish in a 51-23 semifinal win over Notre Dame, the Rams had to rally from 11 down late in the third quarter to hand rival Howard its first loss, 42-41.

Tyner (10-4) trailed 10-2 five minutes into the game, rallied to go up one in the second quarter but was nearly knocked out after the Hustlin’ Tigers (8-1) used a 17-4 run that started with Jalen Taylor’s 3-pointer with 2:30 left in the second quarter and ended with back-to-back driving layups from Mark Greer with 1:50 to go in the third.

(READ MORE: Final scores and photos from Tuesday’s Best of Preps basketball tournament)

It was then Tyner coach E’Jay Ward decided to show a little tough love.