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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Box Score: Mississippi State, 49; Memphis, 23

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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Germantown stuns Whitehaven on trick play

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.

Here are 90+1 things that Memphis Grizzlies fans are wishing for when the preseason gets started one month from today.

The showcase game against Germantown in the region opener is full of subplots, talking points and potential.

The first game for defensive coordinator Matt Barnes will be against a coach whom he has tremendous respect for.

Quarterback Seth Henigan is on a path to being something special, and he showed that during his freshman season.

Here are this week’s Daily Memphian Power 15 high school football rankings, along with the full area schedule for Week 3.

Senior Lauren Rutlin takes third in Hendersonville cross country competition.

Stephen White played at Westwood High School before playing six years in the NFL and becoming a sports blogger. 

Florida transfer Chris Howard is looking for a strong ending to his college career while the Tigers are hoping to improve from last year’s rough field-goal kicking. 

Several of the Grizzlies players have gone overseas this summer, including Santi Aldama, Brandon Clarke, Steven Adams and Jaren Jackson Jr. And, Morant is now neighbors with his parents.