TSSAA high school basketball scoring leaders
More than 230 of the area’s top players ranked this week, and Tennessee Secondary Schools Association puts two Tipton-Rosemark Academy players at the top. Totals are through games of Jan. 30.
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More than 230 of the area’s top players ranked this week, and Tennessee Secondary Schools Association puts two Tipton-Rosemark Academy players at the top. Totals are through games of Jan. 30.
Former Freedom Prep teammates reunite in celebration. At Collierville, several standouts opt to gamble on themselves as preferred walk-ons.
More than 200 of the area’s top players ranked this week.
Memphis is the first professional team for 22-year-old fullback Mitchell Myers.
Andrew Thomas wins with 55% of vote; Keria McGhee wins with 57%.
Herbert Kendall previously served as varsity assistant and junior high head coach at the school.
The Brothers hang onto their perfect record. Plus Tyler Byrd’s amazing night for Tipton-Rosemark, and more.
Standouts from Bartlett, CBHS, Collierville, Northpoint and Tipton-Rosemark are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3.
Standouts from DeSoto Central, Fayette Academy, Hutchison, Olive Branch and Westwood up for consideration this week. Voting ends on Thursday, Feb. 3, at 5 p.m.
Junior is on a 3-point tear for one of the area’s top teams.
Standouts from Briarcrest, Houston, MAHS, Millington and White Station up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27.
Crysti’anna Whitehead has twin passions: basketball and writing. The former is helping her craft a potentially special ending to her high school career. And the lead paragraph could well be: “Bigger isn’t always better.”
Phil Dotson leads Dragons with 21 points.
Standouts from Bartlett, ECS, Freedom Prep, MHEA and Power Center Academy up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27.
The Lions, ranked third in the state in Class A, continue their winning ways this week. There are also standouts in girls basketball; bowling, and wrestling.
Briarcrest junior post player scores 29 points in victory over Hutchison. Also, a roundup of other games Friday and box scores.
The veteran coach, who was part of a Final Four program at Mississippi State, had been at Briarcrest for the past two seasons.
Tipton-Rosemark players boasts two leaders: Senior guard Tyler Byrd claims the top spot for boys, Raven Sims the girls.
JaSteven Walker was runaway boys winner; Kennedy Claybrooks helped her team to 4-0 run last week.
Seagrist joins former Indy Eleven teammate Rece Buckmaster in Memphis. Boyce arrives after success in USL League One.
Twenty-six players from the Shelby-Metro area named among the state’s best for 2021 by Tennessee Sports Writers.
Standouts from Bartlett, Lewisburg, St. Mary’s, Westwood and White Station up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20.
Standouts from FACS, Fayette-Ware, Germantown, MAHS, and Northpoint up for consideration this week. Voting ends on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 5 p.m.
USL Championship veteran set single-game saves record against Birmingham last year before season-ending Achilles injury.
Fullback Rece Buckmaster was a big factor for Memphis in 2020 before moving to Indy Eleven.