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Yeah, he is 'no nonsense'. He's definitely OLD SCHOOL.

Or, what he means to that school and the community. All you have to do is watch the championship game from last year, and in particular, pay close attention to the interview he gave at half time. Why would a man who is lauding how the football team is leading the school academically be trying to play players who can't make grades, when he is the one who makes sure those boys get their school work so they can get in college? All of the allegations are all out of whack with his character. I understand how folks outside of Memphis think of him ... but those of us who actually pay attention to what the program is doing know better. Teli is about using football to get into college. He is all about furthering your education. Doesn't matter if you get a scholly to a big school or a small school. You can't get young men into college by grade altering. It will come back and bite you. College coaches WON'T recruit your players, they will stay away like your young men have the plague. You get into college by doing your school work and paying attention in class. He and coach Saulsberry are alike in that regard. Now, all of a sudden he's grade fixing to win games? Yeah ... there is something shady going on for sure.

It happens every year. Some deserving young man isn't included.

Look who decided to post. Where have you been hiding lasal2000? You decided to come out of lurkmode for a moment?

Congrats to all of the young men who's names are on the list. I'd like to give a special congrats to the two young men from Whitehaven and to all of the young men from the Memphis area who are listed as follows: 2016 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Semifinalists CLASS 5A LINEMAN Trevis Hopper, Memphis Central CLASS 6A LINEMAN Aubrey Miller, Whitehaven DII-A LINEMAN Will Lawrence, Harding Academy DII-AA LINEMAN Griffin Hawkins, Briarcrest Dorian Hopkins, MUS CLASS 2A BACK Caleb Johnson, MAHS Cordarrian Richardson, Trezevant CLASS 4A BACK Timothy Taylor, Memphis East CLASS 6A BACK Kylan Watkins, Whitehaven DII-A BACK Calvin Austin III, Harding Academy Eric Gray, Lausanne Chase Hayden, St. George’s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have all represented well.

Congrats to all of the young men who's names are on the list. I'd like to give a special congrats to the two young men from Whitehaven and to all of the young men from the Memphis area who are listed as follows: 2016 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Semifinalists CLASS 5A LINEMAN Trevis Hopper, Memphis Central CLASS 6A LINEMAN Aubrey Miller, Whitehaven DII-A LINEMAN Will Lawrence, Harding Academy DII-AA LINEMAN Griffin Hawkins, Briarcrest Dorian Hopkins, MUS CLASS 2A BACK Caleb Johnson, MAHS Cordarrian Richardson, Trezevant CLASS 4A BACK Timothy Taylor, Memphis East CLASS 6A BACK Kylan Watkins, Whitehaven DII-A BACK Calvin Austin III, Harding Academy Eric Gray, Lausanne Chase Hayden, St. George’s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have all represented well.

2016 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Semifinalists CLASS 1A LINEMAN Mitchell Butner, South Pittsburg Brant Lawless, Nashville Christian Spencer Norrod, Monterey Josh Silvey, Greenback CLASS 2A LINEMAN Alex Kirkendoll, Marion County Hunter McClain, Marion County Donald Staats, Watertown Slayton Wild, Forrest CLASS 3A LINEMAN Hunter Davenport, Sequatchie County Jacob Phillips, East Nashville Jacob Rimmer, Milan Jack Warwick, Alcoa CLASS 4A LINEMAN Letrall Bumphus, Hardin County Cade Mays, Knoxville Catholic Cain McWilliams, Marshall County Rutger Reitmaier, Lipscomb CLASS 5A LINEMAN Maleik Gray, LaVergne Trevis Hopper, Memphis Central Eli Katina, Centennial Mike Rhoades, Campbell County CLASS 6A LINEMAN T.D. Blackmon, Maryville D.J. Delfendahl, Mt. Juliet Aubrey Miller, Whitehaven Max Wray, Franklin DII-A LINEMAN Morgan Ernst, Webb School of Knoxville Will Lawrence, Harding Academy Cole Lusby, The King’s Academy Trey Smith, USJ DII-AA LINEMAN Tanner Antonutti, Ensworth Griffin Hawkins, Briarcrest Giovanni Hightower-Reviere, McCallie Dorian Hopkins, MUS CLASS 1A BACK Preston Rice, Wayne County Kayne Roberts, Greenback Dresser Winn, Dresden D.J. Taylor, Huntland CLASS 2A BACK Darius Harper, Austin-East Caleb Johnson, MAHS Seth Price, Watertown Cordarrian Richardson, Trezevant CLASS 3A BACK Terrell Carter, Stratford Hunter Davenport, Sequatchie County Tykee Kellogg, Alcoa Cole Smith, CAK CLASS 4A BACK Antwuan Branch, Kenwood Chase Kuerschen, Knoxville Catholic Amari Rodgers, Knoxville Catholic Timothy Taylor, Memphis East CLASS 5A BACK Caden Harbin, Knoxville Halls Tee Higgins, Oak Ridge Jordan Mason, Gallatin Jacob Murphree, Dickson County CLASS 6A BACK Cole Copeland, Bradley Central Dylan Hopkins, Maryville JaCoby Stevens, Oakland Kylan Watkins, Whitehaven DII-A BACK Calvin Austin III, Harding Academy Eric Gray, Lausanne Chase Hayden, St. George’s Elijah Howard, Webb School of Knoxville DII-AA BACK Ben Brooks, Pope John Paul II Ty Chandler, MBA Jeremiah Oatsvall, Brentwood Academy Robert Riddle, McCallie KICKER OF THE YEAR Joe Doyle, Farragut Jake McClure, East Hamilton Jacob Smith, Siegel Adam Williams, Wilson Central

Gotta do your homework ... especially in the early rounds.

Radio: Basketball: NBA, L.A. Clippers at Grizzlies, WMFS 680 AM/92.9 FM, 6:30 p.m. Football: Preps, Covington at Dyersburg, WKBQ-FM 93.5, 6:45 p.m. Preps, St. Benedict at CBHS, WPGF-FM 87.7, 6:50 p.m. Preps, Franklin Road Aca. at Harding, WHBQ-AM 560, 6:50 p.m. Preps, Hardin Co. vs. Ridgeway, WQOX-FM 88.5, 7 p.m.

BGIM: Week 11 - High school football players of the week John Varlas , john.varlas@commercialappeal.com7 p.m. CDT November 3, 2016 (Photo: Wade Payne/Associated Press) Offense Corey Jones, St. George's: Jones was at his spectacular best in Friday's 61-17 victory at University School of Jackson that gave the Gryphons the regular season region title. The senior re-wrote the school record book with 10 catches for 245 yards and five scores. It's his third 200-yard receiving game this year. Defense Traven Pulliam, Trezevant: The Bears head into the playoffs on the heels of an impressive 54-0 win over Hillcrest last Thursday, and Pulliam was a big key. The junior returned two interceptions for scores, one for 44 and one for 109 (although that one will officially be credited as 100 per high school rules). Special teams Hosea Franklin, Kirby: Franklin has been one of the area's best playmakers over the last couple of years, but he outdid himself in last Friday's 41-7 victory over Southwind that lifted the Cougars into the 5A playoffs. The senior returned two kickoffs for touchdowns (72, 76) and ran for 225 yards on 25 carries and scored three more times to finish with 373 all-purpose yards.

East High's basketball team to play on national TV John Varlas , john.varlas@commercialappeal.com7:23 p.m. CDT November 2, 2016 (Photo: Mark Zaleski/Associated Press) East High will take on national power Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in a game that will be televised on ESPN2. The Mustangs and the Hawks will play Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. at Southwind High. East is the defending AAA state champion and will be the favorites once again, thanks to the return of standouts such as AAA Mr. Basketball winner Alex Lomax, T.J. Moss (ranked 59th in ESPN's class of 2018) and Chandler Lawson (ranked 18th in ESPN's class of 2019). The visitors from Chattanooga have two terrific prospects of their own, 6-5 guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ranked 29th in ESPN's class of 2017 and committed to Virginia Tech) and 6-5 guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (committed to Florida). The East-Hamilton Heights game will be preceded by White Station taking on Southwind at 6.

HC could make this interesting if they can sustain drives against that Ridgeway 'D'. I don't know if they can though. They haven't in the past.

Thanks for the comments and posts. I suggest the other half break out mapquest. Even though Melrose Stadium is not hard to find.

Remember ... this was all created by the NEW principal. HE went public. He involved SCS and the TSSAA. It was all SELF IMPOSED. LATER ... it was discovered that Teli, nor any of the coaching staff, nor any of the school teachers did anything wrong. Yeah ... there is something shady going on, I agree. But, it's not the coach and it's not any of the teachers, or somebody would be fired by now. I've already drawn my own conclusions. Draw your own.

TSSAA CLASS 2A PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND At Whitehaven TREZEVANT 54, WESTWOOD 0 TREZEVANT 30 16 8 0 — 54 Westwood 0 0 0 0 — 0 Trez — Tavion Starks 13 run (Tavion Starks run) Trez — Antonio Nelson 1 run (Jawa Fredrick run) Trez — Desmond Clayton 29 run (Desmond Clayton run) Trez — Johnathan Gatewood 48 interception return (run failed) Trez — Jawa Fredrick 4 run (Johnathan Gatewood pass from Tyrez Johnson) Trez — Desmond Clayton 57 run (Materio Richardson pass from Sammie Swing) Trez — Jawa Fredrick 7 run (Jawa Fredrick run) TREZ WWOOD First downs 13 6 Net yards rushing 307 (-25) Net yards passing 0 128 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Trezevant, Jawa Fredrick 10-120, Desmond Clayton 6-95, Tavion Starks 9-64. Passing — Trezevant, Tyrez Johnson 0-1-0-0. Westwood, Kelton Neyland 7-13-128-1, Marvin Farmer 0-1-0-1. Receiving — Westwood, Marvin Farmer 5-81. Records — Trezevant 6-5, Westwood 4-7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The above is just FYI for those interested.

Give an explanation to who? The only organization that an explanation needs to be given to is the TSSAA. They have already shown that they aren't interested. The governing board of education to which they are under jurisdiction, Shelby County Schools, hasn't uttered a word and, from the looks of it, they will continue to handle this situation internally. So, again, to whom are they obligated to report anything to other then those two functioning bodies? I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

BGIM: Playoffs, 1 Round Scores Thursday, November 3, 2016 5. Douglass 33, Fairley 0 6. MAHS 40, Oakhaven 14 7. Trezevant 54, Westwood 0

Ok

Yep.

In the past few years HC has lost in the 2nd round to Memphis teams. In 2014 they lost in the 2nd round to Ridgeway 47-21. In 2015 they lost in the 2nd round to Memphis East 40-16. I don't see them slowing down Ridgeway's potent offense this year either. Ridgeway breaks the 40 mark against their defense this year as well.

I take it that there aren't many JNS fans on the 'T'.

BHS: Have you checked your email lately? I sent you a link the other day.

I agree with you BHS ...

Oh ... Cordova is on that revenge kick. They will represent, no doubt!

MJGoldenbears was just bored. That's all. Are there any WC posters on the 'T'?