Jefferson County High School

Marty Street's Patriots drew the opening game and traveled to Bristol only that morning. Street rotated six starters by the opponent's size and speed in an inside-oriented team built on size and balanced scoring: 6-6 junior Jarvis Stacy at about 14 points from the post, 6-0 senior shooting guard Sam Rodeffer, 6-1 senior point guard Ray Evans, the best defender with three 20-point games, 6-4 senior Danny Ray, the third guard and leading rebounder, 215-pound 6-2 senior Milford Jarnigan, and 6-4 senior Joe Dobyns, who had played every position. 9-1 coming in.