The voters have spoken. And they have chosen Josh Huggins and Kaylin Sheffield as the final OrthoSouth fans’ choice high school basketball players of the season.

Huggins, a sophomore at Briarcrest, received 48% of the boys vote following an outstanding performance in the Division 2-AA quarterfinals against Chattanooga Baylor on Feb. 28. He scored eight of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and hit the game-winning free throws with 8.7 seconds left to send the Saints to the final four, 55-53. 

John Varlas: Standouts from Houston, Bartlett win Player of the Week fan vote

Jordan Myles of Houston finished second at 29%. I’Zahvien Perkins of Whitehaven, Kevion Robertson of City University and Fayette-Ware’s Elijah Lowe rounded out the field.

Sheffield earned an impressive 71% of the girls total after a hot-shooting display against Collierville in the championship game of the district tournament. She made three of her team’s nine first-half 3-pointers and finished with 15 points in a 68-48 victory.

Sheffield is also the second straight winner from Bartlett, following Reaghan McAdory.

Tarrin Hill of Memphis Business Academy was a distant second, followed by Houston’s Kallie Marsh, Whitehaven’s Taniyah Hurt and Tatianna Woods of Memphis School of Excellence-Winchester.

John Varlas: Standouts from Bartlett, Briarcrest win player of the week fan vote

Perkins, Marsh earn staff honors

Our staff opinions differed with the voters, and we’ll be honoring Perkins and Marsh as our OrthoSouth Grizzlies Players of the Week.

Perkins knocked down six 3-pointers as part of a 22-point night as Whitehaven beat Southwind, 66-56, in the district championship game. Marsh came through big for Houston in the district consolation contest, scoring 27 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a 54-38 win over Arlington.

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