Welcome to The Afternoon Drive, where the sports staff of the Times Free Press will give you a dose of (random) sports-related information that will hopefully get you thinking about more than just what’s for dinner. This information will be packed into an online list form each weekday, but the opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff as a whole.
Today’s list
Times Free Press sports writer Patrick MacCoon ranks the Chattanooga area’s top 10 high school boys’ basketball players he has seen this season:
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Christian Heritage’s Jax Abernathy (23) lines up a free throw during the Lions’ home game against Chattanooga Prep on Jan. 5 in Dalton, Ga.1. Jax Abernathy (Christian Heritage)
The “Hamilton Heights slayer” is a walking bucket. Abernathy destroys opponents with his mid-range game and finesse to the basket. His stop and start ability are super advanced and at 6-foot-4 he can rise above defenders to get nearly any shot he wants. The senior will be a star right away in college at Trevecca Nazarene and eventually be a Division I hooper.