Vote for the high school boys basketball player of the week, Week 5
Standouts from Germantown, Hamilton, Harding, Hillcrest and Munford are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29.
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Standouts from Germantown, Hamilton, Harding, Hillcrest and Munford are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29.
Cooper Haynes and Natalie Bryant are named The Daily Memphian’s boys and girls basketball players of the week.
The former basketball coach molded the lives of his players while building the Gryphons’ program into a state power.
Here are this year’s Daily Memphian postseason football awards, honoring our offensive and defensive players of the year along with special teams, freshman and coach recognition as well as our all-metro teams for the 2022 season.
Junior scores 24 points as Saints improve to 21-1.
Standouts from Briarcrest, CBHS, Fayette-Ware, Houston and MUS up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5.
Standouts from Bartlett, Houston, Memphis Business Academy, St. Agnes and Trezevant up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5.
Memphis 901 FC announced its complete schedule for 2023, its fifth season in the USL Championship.
The first-year coach instills belief in a team that struggled to find many positives the previous two seasons.
Standout running back played at Alabama after a superb career at Millington Central.
A talented trio of transfers have helped the Fayette County school to 18 straight victories.
Jakeel Truss and Ayanna Ransom honored this week.
Standouts from Bluff City, East, Hillcrest, Houston and Lausanne up for consideration this week.
Standouts from Bartlett, Lewisburg, MASE, Millington Central and St. Benedict are up for consideration this week.
Before 2022, Memphis University School had had only one state champion, and that was 18 years earlier. This year, they have a shot at two.
Tierney Kelsey and Brittani Wells lead the way for Tigers in the I Have a Dream Classic.
Carson Vom Steeg made 21 starts in the USL Championship last season.
Christian Gilliland of Northpoint and Aaliyah Converse of St. George’s sit atop this week’s charts. Check out all the scoring leaders and records for the top Memphis-area boys and girls teams.
Northpoint Christian’s Christian Gilliland leads area boys in scoring at 28.9 points per game, while Aaliyah Converse of St. George’s tops the girls with a 34.1 avg.
“Akeem is a very experienced USL defender that we are sure can come in on both ends of the pitch,” head coach Stephen Glass said in a statement.
Doing the little things — while excelling on the defensive end — has the Phoenix on a nine-game winning streak.
The voters spoke loudly making the top boys basketball as a runaway winner with 62% of the vote.
The defender represented his country in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup and also at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2021.
Christian Alston leads with 16 points as Tennessee’s second-ranked Class 4A team flashes its vast potential.
Standouts from Bolton, Briarcrest, Brighton, KIPP, MUS and St. George’s are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19.