Daily Memphian Power 15: Munford surges into second spot
The undefeated Cougars move behind Lausanne following a Week 3 loss by Briarcrest. Collierville High rises to the third spot after last week’s win over White Station.
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The undefeated Cougars move behind Lausanne following a Week 3 loss by Briarcrest. Collierville High rises to the third spot after last week’s win over White Station.
Here are this week’s Daily Memphian Power 15 high school football rankings, along with the full area schedule for Week 3.
Covington and CBHS fall after losses; Whitehaven, Germantown, Houston and MUS all move up.
Late touchdown sinks No. 11 team in the Daily Memphian rankings.
Standouts from Brighton, Central, Germantown, Munford, MUS and Sheffield are up for consideration this week.
Victories for Briarcrest, Collierville, Central and Bartlett among the other Week 1 highlights.
Munford is as good as advertised, a couple of regions will be battles and kicking counts.
Quarterback play, run game, experience make the Lynx the team to beat.
Law Wright says he’s approaching his final high school season with the same kind of approach he did the backyard games with his brothers Hays, a sophomore who is the backup at Central, and Brooks, a seventh grader at Bellevue Middle.
Jordan Ware won two individual titles and anchored two winning relays for Rashad Haynes’ championship squad.
The competition may have been in Murfreesboro, but the day was Memphis-made.Related story:
Jordan Ware matched last year’s performance while Bartlett’s Kylan Bernard swept both hurdles races. In Class A girls, East’s Alyssa Raymond wins three events.
The Central High junior sets two individual meet records and gets a third as part of 400 relay.
Also named are the specials teams and freshman players of the year, coach of the year and the all-metro teams.
It will take work, but Vernard Watkins could well be the man to return Central’s boys basketball program to its 1981 and 1982 glory days.
Central’s team of Tyler Bell, Dohnavon Hunt, Quincy Briggs and Jordan Ware performed the fastest 800 relay ever recorded by a Tennessee team.
Former Freedom Prep teammates reunite in celebration. At Collierville, several standouts opt to gamble on themselves as preferred walk-ons.
Twenty-six players from the Shelby-Metro area named among the state’s best for 2021 by Tennessee Sports Writers.
Central star Jamarious Brooks ends the regular season as the area’s leader in several categories.
Winners will be announced Dec. 7 in Nashville. One Memphian has potential for a second consecutive victory.
Senior running back now has 38 touchdowns for playoff-bound Warriors. Also, see how the Power 15 fared and check out all the scores and summaries of Memphis-area games.
Sophomore Jordan Bell will be leading Munford against Central, the winner of which will be a No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
The Dragons could cap the second 10-0 regular season in school history with a victory over Arlington on Friday.
Lynx are now 7-0 following a victory over St. George’s last week.
Regular-season championships, and top playoff seeds, are on the line in Regions 8-5A and 8-2A.