PREPS: Lexington’s Marshall, SS’s Hicks have offers
The scholarship offers for Lexington rising senior Nick Marshall and South Side rising senior Malik Hicks continue to pour in.
Hicks, who helped lead the Hawks to the Class AA state championship in March, is now up to 10 scholarship offers.
The latest two offers came from Cincinnati and Oakland within the past week.
Those two schools are added to offers that have already come in from Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky, Southern Miss, UT-Chattanooga, Ole Miss, UT Martin, High Point and Oklahoma State.
Hicks averaged 23.6 points, eight rebounds and three blocks during his junior season.
Three days after adding Tennessee as the fourth college offer, Indiana University offered Marshall on Sunday. Clemson and South Carolina also offered the 6-foot-11 player earlier this week to bring his total to nine scholarship offers.
The other five schools to offer him are Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Memphis, Alabama and Florida.
Marshall helped lead the Tigers to the Class AA sectionals before falling to Manassas while averaging 12 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.
All-State
The Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association (TBCA) recently released its all-state teams with seven West Tennessee players honored.
In Class AA, Lexington junior pitcher Ethan Small was the lone West Tennessean honored.
In Class A, Jackson Christian seniors Hayden Crowe and Matt Poteete, Riverside senior Clint Fisher and Huntingdon senior Taylor McCarty were honored.
In Division II, University School of Jackson seniors Austin Orr and Joseph Patterson were honored.
FHU Playday
The Freed-Hardeman Playday for area high school volleyball teams will be a week early this year.
The playday will be held all day on Aug. 9 with teams playing multiple games.
The cost is $5 for fans for all-day action.
FCA Invitational
The high school golf season is always the first sports season each fall, and one of the annual first events is the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Invitational held at the Jackson Country Club.
The FCA Invitational will be held on Aug. 11 this year beginning at 8:30 a.m.
University School of Jackson boys and Milan girls are the defending champions.
First sporting event
The first high school sporting event of the year will be on July 28th this year.
On Monday, Trinity Christian Academy, Jackson Christian and Riverside will play at tri-match at Tennessee River Golf Club at 9 a.m.
More teams begin action on Tuesday.
Golf coaches
This is a reminder to all golf coaches to please email or fax in your schedule for this season.
Coaches can fax to 731-425-9639 or email to michodom@jacksonsun.com.