Da Haven

[BlackHavenSenator]

B U M P

[kwc]

 

 

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by kwc

[kwc]

Congrats to Donte'

 

 

 

[Jokur]

Didn’t Whitehaven hire a new OC?? Are they gonna wear headsets and actually communicate this year? 6A should run through the haven.

[BoardHater71]

15 hours ago, Spearchucker37015 said:

I'm sure they can find some at a pawn shop in Memphis

 

On 5/11/2020 at 3:47 PM, Jokur said:

Didn’t Whitehaven hire a new OC?? Are they gonna wear headsets and actually communicate this year? 6A should run through the haven.

The Whitehaven coaches must be doing something right in spite of having no headsets to wear on the sidelines.  They win lots of games every year and are always in the hunt.

[Jokur]

On 6/5/2020 at 3:14 PM, howdoitknow said:

 

The Whitehaven coaches must be doing something right in spite of having no headsets to wear on the sidelines.  They win lots of games every year and are always in the hunt.

Having more talent than anyone in the state surely doesn’t hurt 

[kwc]

On 6/5/2020 at 3:14 PM, howdoitknow said:

 

The Whitehaven coaches must be doing something right in spite of having no headsets to wear on the sidelines.  They win lots of games every year and are always in the hunt.

Amen.

[fb247]

Memphis students who choose virtual school not allowed to play sports.

[pigskinred]

1 hour ago, fb247 said:

Memphis students who choose virtual school not allowed to play sports.

This just got reversed. They can play. SCS probably avoids a lawsuit.

[BIGPURPLEMACHINE]

On 7/14/2020 at 8:59 PM, pigskinred said:

This just got reversed. They can play. SCS probably avoids a lawsuit.

Several school systems are doing it. If you go virtual no play. Will be interesting to see how things pan out across the state. 

[kwc]

 

 

[kwc]

Whitehaven won't play football until Sept. 18. Will others follow?

Khari Thompson

Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Whitehaven, which made last year's Class 6A quarterfinals and won state titles in 2012 and 2016, will not play football games until Sept. 18, coach Rodney Saulsberry told The Commercial Appeal on Monday. 

That means one of the state's most dominant programs will not play games until Week 5 of the regular season. 

"Our bodies are not physically prepared to play football. Football is a collision sport," Saulsberry said. "And if you haven’t been lifting weights and been in the building to use weight equipment and all those different things, it doesn’t make sense to put your body in harm's way that way. It’s just not sensible."

The start of the high school football season is less than three weeks away, and Shelby County Schools' teams are not permitted to have contact in practices yet. SCS has not informed coaches of when they can practice with contact or whether the season will be pushed back. 

There's a chance other schools might follow Whitehaven's lead and start their seasons later than the original Aug. 21 start date.

MAHS coach Cedric Miller also said that he's "probably" going to wait until September to play games, but he will wait until he hears from SCS to make a final decision. He said he was concerned about having his team play against teams from other school districts that were allowed to start earlier. 

"I'm worried about the safety and the physicality," Miller said. "You don't want to put anybody's kids out there in harm's way if you don't have to. If TSSAA would have stuck with the eight games and starting the season in September, I would have been fine."

Metro Nashville Public Schools asked its schools last week not to have games until after Labor Day. 

Some SCS coaches, such as Melrose's Cedrick Wilson, want to play on Aug. 21.

TSSAA's football practice regulations say that an athlete cannot be considered "conditioned" in a period of only two to three weeks, so unless SCS allows contact practices this week, teams might not be able to play on Aug 21. 

 

"Right now we're just waiting on the (Shelby County Interscholastic Athletic Association), and I would really like to hear something because we're all taking the chance of getting this virus," Wilson said. "And if we're going to play, I hope that they can go ahead on and make a decision. I know it's a tough one, but we need to somehow come up with a decision."

Edited August 4, 2020 by kwc