Vote for the spring sports athlete of the week, Week 8
Standouts from Collierville, Houston, Lakeland Prep, Lausanne, MUS and Northpoint are up for consideration this week.
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Standouts from Collierville, Houston, Lakeland Prep, Lausanne, MUS and Northpoint are up for consideration this week.
Collierville High swim coach also honored after Dragons sweep the Shelby County team titles.
Ministry organization ceasing independent operations at the end of May. But its work will go on.
Standouts from Bartlett, Houston, Munford, MUS, Northpoint, St. George’s and Tipton-Rosemark are up for consideration this week.
Here are the Daily Memphian postseason boys basketball awards, featuring our player of the year, freshman of the year, coach of the year and all-metro teams.
Nadji Ghandour scored two goals and had an assist for a third in Lausanne’s 3-0 win over St. George’s.
Just one day after Chris Smith stepped down from the Bartlett High football coaching job to take a position in his native Arkansas, the Panthers have their replacement.
Miss Basketball winner Fran Kelly is the top player, while Caidyn Sanders and Reshun Spears are also recognized for their success in 2024-25.
The Dragons will have three teams in action at the prestigious Penn Relays as they continue preparations to defend their Class AAA title.
Tucker Davis scored five goals in a victory against Briarcrest.
St. Agnes’ Matt Burkhead is the top coach after leading Stars to a state title.
The Panthers football coach takes a job in Arkansas after two playoff seasons at Bartlett.
The state governing body for high school athletics is facing the possibility of a government takeover. Or outright dissolution.
Northpoint’s K.L. Farr strikes out the side in the bottom of the seventh to cap a complete game.
Cordova’s Ashton Boswell and Griffin Davis of St. George’s share top honor; Collierville’s Brian Loeffler wins coach of the year.
Several Memphis-area could be in contention beginning Friday in Franklin.
Coach Derek Harrison feels his youthful squad is peaking at just the right time as his CBHS team and other Memphis area Division 2 wrestlers head to Nashville for the state tournament.
Standouts from Arlington, Central, Collierville, ECS, Houston, Lakeland and Whitehaven are up for consideration this week.
Cece Tashie is the second lacrosse player in a row to be voted player of the week.
The chances come late but nothing is settled between the district rivals.
Miles Nesmith is currently the nation’s No. 1 triple-jumper, thanks to a state-record leap of 51 feet, 5 inches set while competing at the Texas Relays in late March.
Houston freshman Canon Day knocks a game-winning single in the seventh inning after a terrific relief outing from Will Beasley.
A giant figure at now-closed Bishop Byrne, he coached the Red Knights to three football state championships.
Cole Photopulos drives in four runs for Briarcrest as the Saints battle back from a first-inning haymaker.
The junior, who is headed to Texas, has 28 strikeouts over his last two outings.