There are 975 article(s) tagged High School Football:

• June 2019

  • Prep notes: Family ties lead legendary coach Fred Horton back onto the sidelines

    Fred Horton, Shelby County’s third all-time winningest boys basketball coach, is back on the sidelines.

    By John Varlas June 26, 2019

  • Terrance Ayers stands on broad shoulders as he takes over at KIPP

    At 25, KIPP Academy's Terrance Ayers will be the youngest football coach in Shelby County this season. But he's learned from some of the best.

    By John Varlas June 09, 2019

• May 2019

  • Chris Smith leaving Germantown for Haywood High in Brownsville

    Chris Smith leaving Germantown for Haywood job.

    By John Varlas May 09, 2019

• April 2019

  • Trey Adams is the new football coach at ECS

    ECS promotes coordinator Trey Adams to head coaching post.

    By John Varlas April 29, 2019

  • Aptitude and attitude move Collierville’s Jared Dawson to the head of the line

    Whether on the field or in the classroom, Collierville's Jared Dawson's biggest challenge comes from within.

    By John Varlas April 26, 2019

  • After just one year of high school football, Briarcrest’s Hunt headed to Alabama

    Meet Richard Hunt, Alabama's most unlikely football walk-on.

    By John Varlas April 10, 2019

• February 2019

  • Coaches notebook: Rocconi to Collierville not an easy call; MUS tabs former player to replace Bakke

    Leaving White Station was a tough call for Joe Rocconi. Meanwhile David Willson returns to MUS to coach his alma mater.

    By John Varlas February 27, 2019

  • Germantown football standouts show you don’t have to be giants to sign with one

    Every player can't sign with a Power Five school, so several local players – including a pair of Germantown Red Devils –will end up playing for a Division III power 11 hours away in Ohio

    By John Varlas February 06, 2019

  • Marlon Walls named football coach at St. Benedict

    St. Benedict tabs Marlon Walls to lead its football program.

    By John Varlas February 05, 2019

• January 2019

  • Lance Tucker named head football coach at Bartlett

    Bartlett High has tabbed a successful Alabama high school coach to lead its football program.

    By John Varlas January 24, 2019

• December 2018

  • Ridgeway football team stars in NFL playoff commercial

    The Ridgeway football team showed up on national TV over the weekend, earning a starring role in NFL playoff commercial.

    By John Varlas December 31, 2018

  • Local players revel in their success on National Signing Day

    CBHS' Bill Norton and Whitehaven's Devin Boddie Jr. lead local prep stars signing with schools outside of Memphis on National Signing Day. 

    By John Varlas December 19, 2018

  • Don Lear, legendary area football coach, dies

    Don Lear, who spent 40 years coaching high school and college football in Memphis, died Saturday following an extended illness.

    By John Varlas December 17, 2018

  • Cooley steps down at St. Benedict; Hudgens takes the reins

    John Cooley announced his retirement as St. Benedict's football coach Wednesday and the school didn't have to look far to find as he replacement, naming assistant Will Hudgens as Cooley's replacement.

    By John Varlas December 12, 2018

  • Final high school football stat leaders

    Rushing yards per game

    By John Varlas December 11, 2018

  • ECS receiver Williams takes MVP honors in hard-hitting AutoZone High School All-Star Game

    Despite being on the losing side in Saturday's AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game, Fayette Academy running back Reid Holland was pretty pumped when it was over.

    By John Varlas December 08, 2018

  • Brentwood Academy defeats error-prone MUS for fourth straight state title

    COOKEVILLE – Following his team's loss to Brentwood Academy Friday, Memphis University School coach Bobby Alston drew inspiration from the wise words of that noted philosopher Garth Brooks.

    By John Varlas December 01, 2018

• November 2018

  • Oakland rolls past Whitehaven to win Class 6A state title

    COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Whitehaven football coach Rodney Saulsberry summed up his team's performance in the Class 6A state championship game in one succint sentence.

    By John Varlas November 30, 2018

  • Tim Haney resigns as Bartlett football coach

    Tim Haney is out as football coach at Bartlett High.

    By John Varlas November 29, 2018

  • Whitehaven’s band of brothers faces Oakland in 2016 title-game rematch

    Just like in 2016, the Whitehaven football team is in the state championship game. They’ll play Murfreesboro Oakland on Thursday – just like in 2016.

    By John Varlas November 29, 2018

  • Whitehaven dominates second half against Ravenwood, advances to 6A title game

    For the first half Friday, Whitehaven looked nothing like a team that was ready for the bright lights of Cookeville. The second half, though, was a whole other story.

    By John Varlas November 24, 2018

  • TSSAA semifinal preview

    The high school football season has reached the semifinal stage in both Tennessee and Mississippi. Here's a closer look at Friday's games involving area teams. All kickoffs are at 7 p.m.

    By John Varlas November 23, 2018

  • West Memphis football team is two victories away from school history

    The biggest concern for West Memphis football coach Billy Elmore prior to last week's game against Pine Bluff may have been making sure his team wasn't overfed.

    By John Varlas November 23, 2018

  • Daily Memphian high school honor roll

    Here is this week's Daily Memphian high school honor roll, which recognizes the top individual performers over the last seven days.

    By John Varlas November 20, 2018

  • Playoff roundup: Whitehaven blanks Germantown to advance to 6A semifinals

    Forget the turkey and pumpkin pie. This Thanksgiving, Whitehaven is serving up donuts.

    By John Varlas November 17, 2018