EJCHS travels to Philips Arena

“North Hall is a very good team that plays non-stop and shoots the ball extremely well,” Turner said. “It is going to be a fun game to watch because both teams will be doing pretty much the same stuff and it will come down to who can wear out the other one or who executes the best. It will also be another challenge getting us ready for our region schedule when we come back from the Christmas break.”

Turner said his team was invited by North Hall’s coach to play at Philips.

“Coach Benjie Wood and I have been very good friends for years,” Turner said. “We actually began coaching against each other when he was the JV coach at Madison County and I was at Franklin. We have always had the same philosophies about how we want to do things and actually we run a lot of the same stuff offensively and defensively. When we are at clinics together you will usually find us at a table drawing up what we like to do and not actually listening to speakers.

“He called me telling me that he was going to play a game out there and said if he was going to do it he might as well play one of his friends and have a good time in the process. I was fortunate enough to cancel a game with Stephens County and it was a done deal.”

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