LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Macon County felt like a team of destiny. With a group of players that had played together for a decade, this season was supposed to be the Curtain Call for the teams' four seniors that were in their fourth state tournament.
The Tigerettes were 33-and-1, winners of 30 straight games. They were ranked no. 1 in the state in Class AA and had risen to 87th in the nation according to MaxPreps’ high school rankings.
McKaylee Mix was one of the team’s important senior quartet that had reached the state’s elite eight in every season of their career. Before the state tournament began in mid-March she said that she was looking forward to the team bonding over dinners, that always included dessert at state, almost as much as the chance for the team to win Macon County’s first ever gold ball.
The Tigerettes seemed poised to do just that. After losing in the quarterfinals as freshmen, Mix and her classmates reached the semifinals as sophomores, and the championship game as juniors. Led by Class AA Miss Basketball Keeley Carter, Macon County routed Maplewood 71-50 to open the state tournament on March 12 only to have the tournament abruptly called off because of the spread of COVID-19.
They lost their shot at winning Macon County’s first gold ball, but Mix, Carter and fellow seniors Jamie Ashburn and Mariah King all deserve second helpings of dessert. It’s the least they deserve.
Congrats to them and the rest of the Macon County Tigerettes on an incredible season that earned this Curtain Call.
