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Standouts from CBHS, Cordova, Douglass, Fayette-Ware and Lakeland Prep are up for consideration this week.
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Standouts from CBHS, Cordova, Douglass, Fayette-Ware and Lakeland Prep are up for consideration this week.
Standouts from Covington, Fairley, Germantown and Houston are up for consideration this week.
The Houston High Mustangs advanced to their first BlueCross Bowl Class 6A state title game after Friday’s win in Brentwood, Tennessee. But Southwind and Fairley fell in their respective semifinal games.
Tough road tests await Memphis teams in the semifinals.
Ten 901 FC players from last season are under contract and eight are confirmed to be moving on.
The Tigers’ women’s soccer team falls in the round of 16 for the second straight season, and the men’s team loses in a second-round NCAA Tournament match.
Southwind and Fairley also advance in their respective classifications.
The Tigers will face Pittsburgh in the round of 16 at 6 p.m. Sunday in Fayetteville.
Several top teams from the region will be on hand Monday and Tuesday in an event that salutes Lynn Whitfield.
Covington, Fairley, Germantown, Houston, Memphis Business Academy and Southwind are all hoping to extend their seasons Friday.
The voters have spoken, and they have chosen Jamarion Morrow as the final Daily Memphian high school football player of the week.
Both Bartlett and Germantown and Collierville and Houston renew acquaintances with a berth in the quarterfinals on the line.
Everyone is 0-0 but there’s not much margin for error as the road to Chattanooga begins for Shelby-Metro area teams.
Vinny Garcia had just wrapped up his junior season at Manhattanville College.
On Monday, Nov. 13, the NCAA announced coach Richard Mulrooney’s men had received an at-large bid into the field of 64 and will open tournament play this weekend.
Record crowd watches as early goals from Mya Jones and Momo Nakao send Tigers into a second-round game against Notre Dame at 3 p.m. Friday. ESPN+ will broadcast the game.
Standouts from Bartlett, Collierville, FACS, Lausanne, Melrose, Millington, Oakhaven and Southwind are up for consideration this week.
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Madison Griggs and Raven Sims combine for 34 points in a dominant performance.
Disappointment over a third-place finish at the state meet can’t overshadow the fact that the 2023 team made remarkable strides.
The voters have spoken, and they have chosen McCoy Pugh as The Daily Memphian high school football player of the week for Week 12.
The Tigers will open the NCAA College Cup with a first-round home match against LSU on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Billy J. Murphy Soccer/Track & Field Complex on the Park Avenue campus.
Numbers can be deceiving. South Florida racked up the yards and the points, but Memphis came through late to secure the victory.
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