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Overton basketball poised to make some noise in 2022
After finishing 12-13 two seasons ago and getting shut down by the pandemic last year, Wolverines are an unknown ─ but very talented ─ quantity.
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After finishing 12-13 two seasons ago and getting shut down by the pandemic last year, Wolverines are an unknown ─ but very talented ─ quantity.
This year’s game takes place on Dec. 11 at MUS.
Scholarship, good food and good hoops are the hallmarks of the city’s longest-running tournament.
East’s Kenji Lewis was voted top offensive player, with Mark Joseph of Sheffield voted the top defender.
Lausanne, CBHS, MAHS and Covington all fall in playoff action.
BlueCross Bowl berths are on the line in Division 2, while MAHS and Covington travel for quarterfinal games.
Future Murray State player scores 24 points to lead MHEA past Rossville on Monday.
Teams played a double-overtime thriller in September, with Briarcrest coming out on top.
Forward’s 21 goals fired team into the postseason for the first time.
Three goals in second half send the University of Memphis women’s soccer team to its first NCAA victory since 2011.
Northpoint quarterback Jack Patterson ends his season with more than 3,000 yards.
Dallan Hayden shines once again, rushing for 208 yards and three touchdowns. Brothers will visit Montgomery Bell Academy on Nov. 19. Plus, check out the playoff results, summaries and pairings.
The new leader of the Brothers team also gets to christen a new gym befitting a player of his talent.
Central star Jamarious Brooks ends the regular season as the area’s leader in several categories.
Cameron Miller of MAHS and Freedom Prep’s Tyler Woodard were named the league’s offensive and defensive players of the year.
A 2000 graduate, Yarbrough spent 12 seasons as an assistant at his alma mater before taking over when Joe Rocconi left for Collierville.
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Arlington’s Ann-Marie Braese and Landen McNair of Bartlett each take second place in Class AAA state meet.
The high school football postseason begins for TSSAA schools on Friday.
It was the first USL playoff game in the club’s three-year history and came after a record-breaking season. Kyle Murphy finished the year with 21 goals.
Rico Schwartz, who lost all of his senior season, will be able to play after the family filed suit against the TSSAA.
Memphis will be the underdog Saturday in its first playoff game, but it also has plenty of positive momentum and nothing to lose.
League’s coaches pick the offensive and defensive players of the year, and name Collierville’s Joe Rocconi as coach of the year.
Quarterback passed for 258 yards and two touchdowns in victory over Arlington.
Winners will be announced Dec. 7 in Nashville. One Memphian has potential for a second consecutive victory.