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Almost 28 years since the injury that changed his life, Mario Reed is still in the game. Reed was a 15-year-old sophomore on the Millington football team in September 1997 when he suffered a catastrophic injury while attempting to make a tackle in a game against Houston. It left him a quadriplegic. But Reed said he doesn’t think, “Why me?” Instead he’s gone on to become an advocate and a lobbyist for people like him. He’s also created a foundation and said he has big dreams for the future, goals he will work toward alongside his many friends like Lausanne assistant football coach and former Memphis Tiger Will Hudgens. In fact those two share a connection that goes back almost 40 years. Elsewhere this week, Melrose High’s football team got bad news from the TSSAA. The state governing body for high school athletics stripped the Golden Wildcats of their Class 4A state runner-up finish due to using an ineligible player. Melrose will also forfeit all eight games the player took part in and must return its share of the gate from five postseason contests.
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By John Varlas
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