Area Power Looks Like A Favorite Again

 
The WarEagles Invitational took place last weekend at various gyms across the city with a lot of local flavor on display. I saw some interesting players and some teams that could make some noise nationally, one being the Memphis WarEagles 12’s led by Coach Frank Harris, Javonte Holmes and [...]

 
Melrose Wins The State Title

“3 years Coach, 3 years” as Jermaine Hollimon embraced his head coach, Jermaine Johnson. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that Melrose won the Triple A state championship, 75-70. As the orange mound faithful cheered and Melrose’s players stormed the floor, you felt the weight on those young [...]

 
Hollins Play Critical For State Hopes
 
 
Andre Hollins is one of the best players in the country in the junior class but is often overshawdowed by his teammate, Joe Jackson but today they need Hollins to come up big. In their last matchup, Hollins did not play well and Melrose took advantage of his lack there [...]

 
Golden Wildcats Could Be Down Two For The State Championship Game

Rucker Out With Broken Ankle

Melrose won their huge game yesterday to get to the state championship game but lost a little as well. Senior Nate Rucker broke his ankle in second half to yesterday’s game as that could have a tremendous effect on today’s game. [...]

Grace Baptist Ends Westwood’s Season
 
After beating the favorite in Single A, Westwood was on top of the world but one more thing prevented them from their goal of playing for a state championship. After just shooting 34 percent and going 3-11 in from 3 in the first half, they still found themselves up 1, 29-28. [...]

For The 5th Time, White Station And Melrose Will Battle
 
There is an old saying, don’t judge a book by its cover but in this case, most did as both teams took the floor for warmups. People including myself said, this game is over, Bearden has no lenght but there was a reason they were 32-2 [...]

 
Spartans And Golden Wildcats Make It Look Easy
 
 
Siegel Vs Melrose
If you have been to the state in the last few years, chances are, you know Siegel is from the Mufreesboro area and have been pretty good over the last 4-5 years. What did this mean for Melrose? The most talented team in the state against the [...]

 
Central and Overton Girls Turning Heads In Mufreesboro
                                                                                                                          
 
Overton advanced to the semifinals of the state tournament in Mufreesboro today with a 47-42 win over Oak Ridge.  Alabama signee Jasmine Robinson led the Lady Wolverines with 18 points. They will face off against an always talented Riverdale squad tomorrow at 4:00 pm. Central also advanced with [...]

 
Melrose Moves Closer To The State
 
 
 
Was this a big game for these two teams? Apparently it was as I recieved a phone call at 4:00 telling me that a line of about 300 people was forming outside of Central. The region crown was on the line and a chance to host a substate game at [...]