Smaller schools playing football in the Shelby County Schools system start with a major disadvantage by sheer numbers. Throw in a pandemic-lost year and the path to gridiron glory becomes even more of a journey against the odds.
Coaches at...
The senior basketball class of 2024 is shaping up to a great one.
Two of its members – Curtis Givens III and R’Chaun King – are shooting up the recruiting charts. Both are sophomores at Memphis University School.
The dynamic duo...
A group of like-minded Shelby County Schools student-athletes and their parents gathered outside SCS headquarters Wednesday morning (Sept. 16) to express their anger and frustration with SCS Supt. Joris Ray’s decision to cancel all fall sports because of the...
High school football players prepare for their seasons with spring practice, but this year has presented players with a challenge:
They have not been able to see their teams, while still being required to stay in top-notch shape from March...
For the fourth straight decade, Fred Horton is taking a Memphis high school boys' basketball team to the state tournament. This time it's Whitehaven High School.
The Tigers advanced to the Class AAA state tournament after a 72-53 win over...
Thirty-five years after their last state basketball tournament visit, the Lady Golden Wildcats of Melrose are headed to state in pursuit of a Class AA title.
Melrose ended its drought with a 57-47 win over Crockett County in the sectional...
Booker T. Washington Warriors’ head coach Antonio Harris knows the value of home court in playoff basketball.
That is one of the reasons he and his athletic director wanted to host the 15-A District tournament. That home court advantage came...
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The Booker T. Washington High School boys basketball team don’t want a repeat of the feeling they had to end last season – an 80-79 overtime loss to Manassas in the semifinals...
D.J. Jeffries could have gone to any school in the area. Many coaches kindly asked him to come play for their high school basketball team. But Jeffries was not having any of that. He wanted to go to Olive...
With college football mostly behind us, it's time to focus on high school hoops!
The annual ARS/Rescue Rooster National Hoopfest Series returns this week at various locations around the city. Memphis Hoopfest tipped off Thursday Night with a game between...