Tennessee’s seventh-ranked Class 2A team focuses on what it has, not what it’s lacking.

As the Jazz likely continue to clean house, many Memphis fans have publicly wondered if Jordan Clarkson could be a trade candidate.

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.

Putting proves to be the difference in one-stroke victory; St. Agnes claims team championship in area’s largest girls-only tournament.

The Memphis offense got a 50-yard TD run from Jevyon Ducker at Mississippi State, but struggled badly in the first half in a 49-23 loss. They will need to be better for the full game Saturday at Navy.

MASE running back needs only six attempts to put up 143 yards in victory over Middle College. Check out the other top performers in football, cross country, soccer, golf and volleyball.

Rodrigues Clark rushed for 1,033 yards and seven touchdowns during his Tigers career. 

The Redbirds will commemorate his walk-off home run in 2000 on Saturday, Sept. 10, with a replica of the chair where that Pujols home run landed.

After a 49-23 loss at Mississippi State, Tigers coach Ryan Silverfield said Monday there were not a lot of bright spots from the first game of the season.

Lausanne is the highest ranked Memphis-area team in this week’s Associated Press high school football rankings. The Lynx are second in the Division II-2A rankings.

The Twilight 5K at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex traditionally kicks off the high school cross country season and over 90 high school cross country teams braved the rain and lightning to participate.

Standouts from Bartlett, Collierville, ECS, Fairley, Munford and MUS are up for consideration this week. Voting ends Thursday at 5 p.m.

JSU might be ready for a new chapter, but Southern Heritage Classic Founder Fred Jones is looking at this week as if it is just another Classic in Memphis. 

The Memphis Tigers were as lousy as the weather in losing their opener to Mississippi State. Now they have to beat Navy next week. Or else. 

Box score from Saturday’s game in Starkville, Mississippi.

The Tigers showed signs of gaining in the second half, but an early deficit was too much to overcome. However senior safety Quindell Johnson is ready for the next game: “We just nip this loss in the bud and take that urgency to Annapolis.”

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Tennis Memphis is hoping to get more people, especially children, into the sport through various initiatives including an upcoming eight-week course at two South Memphis parks. 

Fairley running back scores six touchdowns for the second week in a row. The Prep Report has the roundup, scores and box scores from high school football action in the Memphis-area.

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Hook-and-ladder with 13 seconds left extends Red Devils’ improbable and impressive start to the year.

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Ja Morant questioned a report that he has a signature shoe on the way, but the point guard should be at the top of the list for Nike if they indeed separate from Kyrie Irving. 

With continuing work on Liberty Park, the City of Memphis has announced on- and off-site parking details for the Southern Heritage Classic Sept. 10 at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association rules that money paid by then-coach Penny Hardaway to star player James Wiseman rendered him ineligble.

Mississippi State’s air raid offense ranked No. 4 in the country in passing yards per game last season and passed for 419 yards in the last outing against the Tigers. 

How excited is Jackson Hughey for Memphis football? He’s postponing chemotherapy to go to Starkville Saturday. It hasn’t been the easiest offseason for college football fans. But finally, game day is back. 

Quarterback Cade Carlson fueled come-from-behind win over Houston High School last Friday. Clayton Garrison of ECS came in second in the player of the week vote.