There are 272 article(s) tagged Briarcrest Christian School:

• November 2020

  • Saturday preps report: Early results are promising for MUS and Briarcrest

    Owls and Saints both off to undefeated starts.

    By John Varlas November 28, 2020

  • TSSAA high school football stat leaders: Briarcrest’s offense leads all area teams

    The Saints are averaging almost 400 yards per game.

    By John Varlas November 08, 2020

  • Pennington, Hayden, Dallas named Mr. Football semifinalists

    ECS lineman Pennington is a repeat semifinalist and is joined by Division 2-AAA standouts Dallan Hayden and Michael Dallas.

    By John Varlas November 05, 2020

• October 2020

  • Houston, Briarcrest, St. George’s fall in state soccer semifinals

    First time since 2014 that Shelby County won’t have at least one state champion.

    By John Varlas October 31, 2020

  • Briarcrest volleyball three-peats at state with victory over Baylor

    Senior Zykia Jones named MVP of the championship match.

    By John Varlas October 22, 2020

  • TSSAA high school football stat leaders: Briarcrest, Houston rank 1-2 in total offense

    Covington, Lausanne, CBHS all rank in the top five in both total offense and total defense.

    By John Varlas October 01, 2020

• September 2020

  • Tuesday prep report: Youthful Briarcrest blanks St. George’s

    Ashley Wood takes her season goal total to four as Briarcrest beats St. George's.

    By John Varlas September 01, 2020

• August 2020

  • Calkins: Collierville High suspends football games — but this isn’t about Collierville

    Two individuals "specific to" the football team have tested positive for COVID-19. But the story is less about this school than the unnecessary risks inherent to high school football. 

    By Geoff Calkins August 26, 2020

  • Opinion: A bad look for Collierville Schools

    Here's hoping that Collierville Schools will realize the press wasn't out to be its enemy in covering a high school football game. Only providing reporting of high school sports as we've always done.

    By Clay Bailey August 24, 2020

  • Several local private schools release initial reopening plans for fall

    Private and independent schools have far more autonomy in the decision-making process as opposed to schools in the districts like Shelby County. 

    By Omer Yusuf August 03, 2020

• June 2020

  • Prep notes: Gatorade honors Ham; Davis lands coaching role

    Briarcrest's Sydney Ham captures top state soccer honor. Meanwhile, former Central and Baylor basketball star Nina Davis goes to work at Middle Tennessee State.

    By John Varlas June 18, 2020

  • Five-star point guard Kennedy Chandler finds ‘big bro’ in Grizzlies star Ja Morant

    Kennedy Chandler met Ja Morant at the secret Memphis hoop sessions. Now the Grizzlies star is taking the high school senior under his wing. 

    By Drew Hill June 14, 2020

• May 2020

  • Teams set for January’s Kevin Durant National Hoopfest

    Nation's best high school basketball players—both locally and from around the U.S.—will be competing in Memphis in January.

    By John Varlas May 08, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 13: Grizzlies to pay game-night employees

    • Germantown cancels programming until end of March
    • Bartlett changes municipal services
    • Municipal school districts to close through March 27
    • First Shelby County coronavirus patient released from hospital
    • Weekend looms large for restaurateurs

     

    Confirmed cases

    Tennessee

    26

    Shelby County

    2

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • Suburban schools open ahead of spring break; private schools delay in-class instruction

    Suburban schools will open Friday, but some private schools are already preparing for online classes for a few weeks.

    By Abigail Warren March 13, 2020

  • Chandler, Lawson, Cisse all win Mr. Basketball awards

    Lawson adds to family's trophy case while Chandler brings home honors for the second year in a row.

    By John Varlas March 10, 2020

  • Lack of rebounding costs Briarcrest in state-title game loss

    The Saints end the year at 25-6 and were denied a second straight championship.

    By John Varlas March 07, 2020

  • Briarcrest eases past Chattanooga Baylor and into a second straight D2-AA title game

    Marcellus Brigham scores 26 points as Briarcrest brushes Baylor aside.

    • CBHS, Briarcrest girls fall in state semifinals

    By John Varlas March 06, 2020

  • CBHS, Briarcrest girls fall in state semifinals

    Facing a team with a tremendous size advantage and a sophomore guard who’s being recruited by several SEC schools, CBHS knew it would be in for a tough one at the BlueCross Division 2-AA state tournament Friday.

    By John Varlas March 06, 2020

  • A guide to the Division 2 state basketball tournaments

    Seven local Division 2 schools are in the hunt for state championships beginning Thursday in Nashville.

    By John Varlas March 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Four local players named Mr. Basketball finalists

    Last year's Division 2-AA winner Kennedy Chandler heads the list of Memphis finalists for 2020.

    By John Varlas February 13, 2020

  • Briarcrest standout Kennedy Chandler expanding his repertoire

    Already the city's top prospect, Briarcrest's Kennedy Chandler adding new wrinkles that will make him even more attractive to college recruiters.

    By John Varlas February 13, 2020

  • High school sports results for Feb. 7: Big plays by Thomas, Malone help Briarcrest edge CBHS

    Briarcrest outlasts CBHS with big plays in the final two minutes.

    By John Varlas February 12, 2020

  • Briarcrest two-sport athlete to walk-on to Memphis football team

    Briarcrest Christian two-sport athlete Rodney Newsom will walk-on to the Tigers football team.

    By Jonah Jordan February 02, 2020

• January 2020

  • High school sports results for Friday, Jan. 24: Briarcrest overcomes slow start to edge Hutchison

    Julia Bonasso gets the biggest bucket but Addie Moore's effort was vital to Briarcrest's comeback.

    By John Varlas January 24, 2020