Former football lineman and jiu-jistu practitioner has sights set on a fourth state championship.

Freshman Faye Williams leads Lady Panthers; senior T.J. McNeal helps Dragons pull away late.

Standouts from Collierville, Douglass, Lausanne, Millington, MUS and Power Center Academy are up for consideration this week. 

Standouts from Bartlett, Bolton, Center Hill, Central, Fayette Academy and Trezevant are up for consideration this week. 

Two other local competitors place second as the Division 2 state tournament concludes. And, check out the Saturday district and region basketball roundup.

Senior Ian McGehee looks to make history for MUS; CBHS sends three into championship matches. Also, updates on basketball tournaments and regular-season action.

Voters chose Christian Alston, Alijah Curry and McKenzie Percoski for the Daily Memphian’s weekly award.

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Final regular-season boys and girls basketball top scorers

Standouts from Northpoint and St. George’s end the year on top of the scoring leaders for Memphis-area TSSAA schools.

The former ECS assistant comes to the program after several seasons as head coach at Trinity Christian in Jackson, Tennessee.

Drake Bowers, Wills Bronson and Alex Ropski are looking to end impressive seasons with Division 2 state championships.

The state’s governing body for high school athletics announced that both men will be part of this year’s class, which will be honored during ceremonies in Murfreesboro on April 15. Both will be inducted posthumously.

Massey, who played his high school football in Memphis, returns to take over the Saints program.

Nine Memphis area schools boys teams ranked in final state basketball polls.

Standouts from Bartlett, Douglass, East, Fayette-Ware, MLK Prep and Southwind are up for consideration this week. 

Standouts from Bartlett, Houston, Hutchison, Memphis Business Academy, Mitchell and St. Agnes are up for consideration this week. 

The top four finishers in each weight class of the Region 8 Tournament in Collierville advance to next weekend’s sectionals, which will be hosted by Independence High. 

Former Memphis tight end Joey Magnifico is joining the coaching staff as a graduate assistant after spending the last two years coaching at St. Benedict. 

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Joey Magnifico leaving football job at SBA

After two seasons at St. Benedict at Auburndale, Joey Magnifico is stepping down and will be replaced by another former Tigers player.

Voters have chosen Jaye Nash and Daejah Richmond as The Daily Memphian’s high school basketball players of the week.

Five boys and two girls from the Memphis area are finalists for the Mr. and Miss Basketball awards.

Senior standout, one of the area’s top long-range shooters, looks to close her career on a high note following the death of her mother prior to the start of the season.

The Associated Press has ranked Tennessee’s high school basketball teams for the week.

Standouts from Briarcrest, FACS, Houston, Lausanne and Trezevant are up for consideration this week.

Standouts from Collierville, FACS, Harding and Lausanne are up for consideration this week. 

Senior scores 22 points as Mustangs defeat rival Collierville for eighth win in a row. And, ECS honors its 2011 state championship team.