Eight area players – highlighted by a pair of former winners – were chosen Thursday as semifinalists for this year's Tennessee Titans Mr. Football awards.

1. Eric Gray, Lausanne, 212.6

Here is this week's Daily Memphian high school honor roll, honoring the top performers in football, cross country and girls soccer over the past seven days.

MURFREESBORO--Probably the best thing Houston's Emma Riales did Saturday was just leave the ball alone.

Here are the results for Thursday's Region 8 cross country meet at Shelby Farms. The top three teams qualify for next Saturday's state meet at Percy Warner State Park near Nashville. The top 10 individuals also qualify.

Here is the complete playoff schedule for area teams for the first round of the TSSAA postseason. All games will be played at 7 p.m.

MURFREESBORO – Saturday afternoon in Murfreesboro it will be Houston vs. Collierville, Round 3. And this time, it's for the biggest prize of all.

Not many people have defeated Whitehaven over the last several years. And even fewer have been able to top the Tigers two seasons in a row.

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Undefeated teams continue to hold the top spots in this week's Daily Memphian Power 12, led by Lausanne and its extensive winning streak. Meanwhile, with Central losing to Germantown last week, the Warriors drop from the rankings, opening the door for Fairley to grab the final spot.

How does the old saying go? Those who can do and those who can't teach? Not at Memphis Academy of Health Sciences.

Yep, they beat Houston alright.

Here's a closer look at the area teams that will be competing in the state tournaments at the Siegel Soccer Complex this week. Play in Division 1 begins on Wednesday with Division 2 play beginning on Thursday.

Here is this week's Daily Memphian high school honor roll, saluting the week's top performers in football, soccer and volleyball.

Here is the area schedule for Week 11 of the high school football season. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted.

With one week remaining in the regular season, Germantown is 9-0. But with a huge game looming next week, coach Chris Smith knows his team will have to be even better than that.

MURFREESBORO - Just like last year, the Briarcrest volleyball team entered this week's Division 2-AA state tournament as the team to beat. But unlike last year, they left the tournament with that status intact.

With no real upsets to impact the top of The Daily Memphian's Power 12 rankings, there was no change in the top half of the list. But Briarcrest's shutout loss to MUS dropped the Saints from the rankings and gave ECS the opportunity to grab the last spot.

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Here is the complete Week 10 high school football schedule for teams in the Shelby-Metro area. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted.

Here is this week's Daily Memphian high school honor roll, saluting the top performers from football, girls soccer and volleyball.

Briarcrest and Harding were the only two local volleyball teams to avoid defeat on the first day of the state tournaments Tuesday in Murfreesboro, while Houston is still alive as well.

The numbers that the Briarcrest volleyball team has put up this season speak for themselves. Heading into this week's Divison 2-AA state tournament in Murfreesboro, the Saints are 37-2 overall and 15th in the nation, according to MaxPreps.

The TSSAA state volleyball tournaments begin Tuesday at various sites around Murfreesboro leading up to the championship matches which will take place Thursday at Middle Tennessee State. Here's a look at the six local teams competing for titles this week.

MUS linebacker Matthew Rhodes watched his offense march crisply down the field on the opening series against Briarcrest Friday and said 'oh my goodness, if we can play offense like this ...'