Fittingly, on his 18^th birthday, Dallan Hayden made his first “grown man” decision.

On Tuesday, the 2020 Division 2-AAA Mr. Football winner from CBHS announced that he was verbally committing to play college football at Ohio State. A host of Power 5 programs had made offers to Hayden but the race eventually came down to the Buckeyes and Notre Dame. A family visit to Columbus over Father’s Day weekend sealed the deal.

While Hayden knows where he’ll be going to college, another rising senior is just beginning to draw plenty of interest.

Bartlett’s Terrance “JR” Jacobs Jr., arguably the city’s best point guard prospect in the class of 2022, entered last weekend’s BCAT Hoopfest team tournament without any offers. When the 72-team event was over, he had offers from Jacksonville and Radford and his play in the event should mean there are more coming in the future.

And it’s postseason award time. The Daily Memphian has already announced its tennis, softball and swimming winners with the remainder of the spring sports soon to come. Stay tuned. — John Varlas

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Weekend visit pushed Ohio State past Notre Dame in the race to land 2020 Mr. Football winner.

Honorees include Walker Stearns of St. George’s, and ‘rock star’ sisters Mel and Stephanie Woodbury of Hutchison. Collierville boys coach Tony Cherone was also honored for stellar 2021 season.

Harrison Williams falls short in decathlon after losing ground in the last two events.

Featuring over 70 teams, including some of the best from Memphis, the Hoopfest had plenty of prominent schools with coaches in attendance. Texas, FSU, Creighton and Mississippi State were present at Briarcrest.

University of Memphis commit Amarr Knox put on a show in front of Penny Hardaway at the Basketball Coaches Association of Tennessee Hoopfest Saturday at Bartlett High.

Terry Rooker helped launch the careers of four players from his Germantown Giants team. 

Daily Memphian sports writer John Varlas was named best high schools writer in the state for 2020 as judged by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association. Varlas also was runner-up in two other categories.

Ranked by ESPN.com as the No. 36 player in the class of 2022, the Bartlett High student is enjoying the support of Memphis basketball fans.

New coach worked for Ed Murphy at West Georgia, among other college and high school stops.

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