[DortonWildcat5]

Cody does still play for Dorton. He did play in this tournament. We feel like the more he plays, the better he will get. We thought about playing him on the 6th grade team this year, but decided not to because he plays the whole 7th grade game and quite a bit in the 8th grade games. We may possibly play him with the 6th grade in the BCI tournament in Florence in a couple of weeks.

I really believe he will be one of the top 2 or 3 grade school players to come out of Dorton in the last decade. He has come so far in the time he has been at Dorton (he previously played at Burdine), especially the past year. If he continues to improve like he has, he could be a special player. The thing I like most about him is that he works really hard. Last year, he didn't really affect a game defensively because he was too slow to block shots. This year he is rebounding much better and blocking lots of shots (he has had 2 triple doubles this year so far), plus he can get down the floor much better.