Wendell Shepherd

Sep 14, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Wendell Shepherd

Southern Miss football (1-1) is back at home in Week 3 for a nonconference test vs South Florida (1-1) at M.M. Roberts Stadium (6 p.m., ESPN+). Golden Eagles quarterback Tate Rodemaker threw for two touchdowns last week in the team's first victory, a 35-10 home win over Southeastern Louisiana. USF, led by coach Alex Golesh and dual-threat QB Byrum Brown, hung with No. 4 Alabama for three quarters in Tuscaloosa last Saturday until the Crimson Tide pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 42-16 win.

Sep 14, 2024 | commercialappeal.com | Wendell Shepherd

There were endless reasons why Munford football could've lost Friday night's game against Southwind. The 42-0 defeat last season. The delayed start time because of Hurricane Francine's impact on Memphis. The driving rain that led to soaked footballs that then helped cause three Cougar fumbles. None of it mattered in the end though as Munford upset Region 8-5A favorite Southwind 25-20, leaving a clearer path to the region title after snapping the Jaguars' 13-game regular-season winning streak.

Sep 14, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Wendell Shepherd

There were endless reasons why Munford football could've lost Friday night's game against Southwind. The 42-0 defeat last season. The delayed start time because of Hurricane Francine's impact on Memphis. The driving rain that led to soaked footballs that then helped cause three Cougar fumbles. None of it mattered in the end though as Munford upset Region 8-5A favorite Southwind 25-20, leaving a clearer path to the region title after snapping the Jaguars' 13-game regular-season winning streak.

Sep 13, 2024 | commercialappeal.com | Wendell Shepherd

Former Memphis basketball standout K.J. Lawson was hired as boys basketball coach at Hamilton High School on Friday, his alma mater where he won the 2015 TSSAA Class AAA state title. "I'm happy to take leadership of Hamilton's prestigious program and enter into my father Keelon Lawson's legacy and that of coach (Ted Anderson) and Todd Day," Lawson said.

Sep 12, 2024 | commercialappeal.com | Wendell Shepherd

Collierville football's Thursday night high school football game vs Douglass originally scheduled for 7 p.m. has been rescheduled for Friday at 4 p.m., Dragons coach Joe Rocconi confirmed. Thursday's game is the first to be impacted by Hurricane Francine, whose remnants are moving through the Memphis area after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in Louisiana on Wednesday. Both Collierville Schools and Memphis-Shelby County School dismissed students from campuses this morning.