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I didn't get to see them, but I heard Clay had a solid JV team.
But if the JV center was better, why was Wagers playing 25 minutes a game and the JV center was playing five?

Jv center did not play any. Wagers played because coach knew he would quit if did not get the minutes.
Jv center had not played before this year, but got the better of Wagers every day in practice by the end of the year before he broke his hand. Clay had several more guys that could play , but Coach Marcum is more comfortable with a 6 or 7 man rotation.
Wagers knew he was leaving before regional tourney, and went to Jackson very next day after Clay lost. This may have accounted for his poor play in the regional tourney. Per Jackson coach's mother, they are giving his step dad an assistant coaching job.
He has threatened to leave every year since his 8th grade year. Even missing first two weeks of school his sophomore year saying he was going to South, but came back to Clay as soon as South's school started.