Players from Collierville, Covington, Fairley, Munford, Sheffield, Southwind and Tipton-Rosemark are in the running for the state’s top high school football prize.

Fun facts, historical notes and tidbits you can use ahead of Friday’s action.

Standouts from Booker T. Washington, MASE, Middle College and Westwood honored by the league’s coaches.

Collierville, Houston, Southwind, Munford, Covington, Bolton, Fairley and MASE ranked in Tennessee Sports Writers Association state high school football rankings.

Here are the top times Memphis area runners produced on 5K courses this season.

Standouts from Fairley, Houston, Munford, MUS, Northpoint and Southwind are up for consideration this week.

The road to the BlueCross Bowl begins for area teams.

Cougars come alive in the second half to secure the victory at Crump Stadium.

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Houston’s Ladeadrick James and the Mustang defense shine in victory over arch-rival Collierville.

Andrew Johnson throws two touchdowns to Zyress Short while Bulldogs’ defense pitches another shutout.

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The ECS senior threw six touchdown passes in a 40-0 win, a school-record performance against St. George’s.

Collierville, Houston, University, Lausanne and Westminster won region cross country championships.

Covington and Collierville, both undefeated, finish at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the final rankings of the season.

Several region titles — and the No. 1 seed that goes with them — are on the line Thursday and Friday.

This means the Mustangs will drop into a tie for third in the region heading into Week 11.

Since Houston won the heated rivalry with Collierville last year, the trophy is sitting in its field house. Whether they keep it will depend on Friday night’s result.

Memphis is well represented in this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association high school football rankings.

This week at Shelby Farms, the Division 2-A regional meet will be raced Tuesday and the Class AAA and Class A-AA meets will be raced Wednesday.

Standouts from Brighton, Covington, East, ECS, Fairley and Germantown are up for consideration this week. 

The senior saved two penalties in the shootout, and scored one herself, as Houston caps an undefeated season with its first championship since 2018.

Collierville’s Grant Troutman throws for one touchdown and runs for another while the Dragons’ defense shines.

Lia Sanvee and state tournament MVP Allie Broadway score in the first half as the Eagles triumph over Lynx in girls soccer state championship match.

Northpoint’s Quinn Thurman was named MVP as the Trojans down Battle Ground Academy in Murfreesboro.

The youthful Lynx eliminate St. George’s on penalties while the Eagles have a shot to repeat as D2-A state champs after putting four past USJ.

Ethan Johnson was honored after a 222-yard, three-touchdown game in rivalry victory against MUS Oct. 18.