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Houston girls basketball turning the corner
The first-year coach instills belief in a team that struggled to find many positives the previous two seasons.
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The first-year coach instills belief in a team that struggled to find many positives the previous two seasons.
Memphis 901 FC announced its complete schedule for 2023, its fifth season in the USL Championship.
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.
Standouts from Briarcrest, CBHS, Fayette-Ware, Houston and MUS up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5.
Junior scores 24 points as Saints improve to 21-1.
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.
The former basketball coach molded the lives of his players while building the Gryphons’ program into a state power.
Cooper Haynes and Natalie Bryant are named The Daily Memphian’s boys and girls basketball players of the week.
Standouts from Germantown, Hamilton, Harding, Hillcrest and Munford are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29.
Standouts from Bartlett, Briarcrest, FACS, Houston and Trezevant are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29.
Murray Norman of Munford and Kayli Clarkson of Briarcrest are The Daily Memphian boys and girls high school basketball players of the week.
Wednesday’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl was the 64th in the game’s long and storied history. It may well take 64 more games to be equaled.Related stories:
Local players — and a former high school coach in the city — will be a part of college football’s biggest stage.
Both Sam Pittman of Arkansas and Kansas’ Lance Leipold are looking to close out 2022 with a victory.
Arkansas and Kansas both bring potent offenses into Wednesday’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
Standouts from Arlington, Briarcrest, Fayette-Ware, Harding and St. George’s are up for consideration this week.
Standouts from Bartlett, Briarcrest, Lausanne, MHEA and Overton are up for consideration this week.
Veteran coach Marvis Davis compares this year’s team favorably to the 2020 squad that won the Division 2-A state championship.
Andrew Thomas and Jasmine Ross are the Daily Memphian’s boys and girls basketball players of the week.
COVID-19 sent the former Wooddale standout to junior college. He signed with Auburn Wednesday on the first day of the early-signing period. Memphis high school football recruiting: Meet the area’s top commitsRelated story:
Totals are through games of Dec. 17 and are for TSSAA schools in The Daily Memphian coverage area.
Despite being only 5-8 and 188 pounds, former Northpoint Christian School star Christian Saulsberry had the drive to be a professional football player. Four months after achieving his dream, his life was taken.
Standouts from Overton and St. George’s lead this week.
Standouts from CBHS, ECS, Germantown, Hillcrest and Lausanne are up for consideration this week.
According to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department, Edmonton Elks wide receiver Christian Saulsberry was shot by a Memphis suspect.