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Hernando’s Ricky Robertson may only stand 5-foot-10, but that did not hinder him as he recently high jumped 7-foot-3. The jump was the best outdoor performance to date for a high school athlete.
Can Memphis boys high school basketball teams win all five state championships?
That is the question and it will be answered next week at the boys state tournament in Murfreesboro (March 12-15).
Memphis area boys prep basketball has always been good — producing state champions, McDonald’s All-Americans, numerous college players — but this year could be a record-setting year for the number of teams winning state championships.
Memphis teams have already extended their string to 11 consecutive years with at least one state championship trophy, but is this the year Memphis takes home all the hardware? The only time that has ever happened was in 1979 when Bolton (A), East (AA) and Northside (AAA) swept the titles.
Last week in Nashville at the Division 2 state tournament at Lipscomb University, local teams won both trophies (Gold Balls).
In Division 2 Class A, Harding Academy needed overtime and the play of Marlon Brown to wrestle the state title away from Tipton-Rosemark Academy and Briarcrest’s Elgin Lee was on fire as Briarcrest Christian defeated Christian Brothers for the Division 2 Class AA championship.
Region 10 Results
From Arlington High School
Finals
103
Championship — Kendall Kermick Germantown Dec Duy Dang Bartlett
Consolation — Shane Shaffner Kingsbury Fall Zac Robinson Collierville
112
Championship — Brett Dial Collierville Dec Cullen King Cordova
Consolation — Chandler Duncan Arlington Fall Chris Skaggs Germantown
119
Championship — Chad Penson Cordova M-Dec Stefen Orozco Arlington
Consolation — Cody Muller Bartlett Dec Eddy Koren Bolton
125
Championship — Mark Suzore Bartlett Fall Chris Livingston Houston
Consolation — Andrew Sossaman Arlington Dec Ryne Stevens Bolton
130
Championship — Max Sides Houston Dec Jake Richardson Collierville
Consolation — Collin Kellett Kingsbury Dec Marquez Lee Raleigh-Egypt
Its postseason time for area basketball teams. The Division 2 basketball region tournaments begin Monday and later this week the Division 1 district tournaments get started.
The Division 2-AA tournament is at Evangelical Christian School, while St. George’s is the host for the D2-A tournament.
Here is the D2-AA schedule:
Boys
Monday, Feb. 11
(4) ECS 43, (5) St. Benedict 42
Tuesday, Feb. 12
(1) Briarcrest vs. ECS, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
(2) CBHS vs. (3) MUS, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 15
Consolation game, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Championship game, 7:30 p.m.
Looking for a high school game to watch during the holiday break? If so, here is a schedule of some of the local tournament games.
Local Basketball Tournaments
Dragon Fire Girls Invitational
At Collierville High School
Dec. 26
First round
Northside 88, Fayette-Ware 63
White Station 61, Manassas 48
Bolton 61, Hamilton 51
Fairley 59, Houston 47
Millington 57, Kirby 22
St. Agnes 59, Byhalia 46
Germantown 70, Raleigh-Egypt 33
Collierville 57, Northwest 19
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The news out of Chattanooga is good for three area girls soccer teams.
In Class AAA, Collierville is going to its third consecutive title match. The 2005 state champions and 2006 state runnerups got a early second-half goal by Jamie Neal and held on for a 1-0 semifinal win over Oak Ridge. The Lady Dragons (20-0-5) are ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 6 in the in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas high school poll.
Coach Bill Gillespie’s squad will take on Murfreesboro Siegel or Knoxville Bearden in Saturday’s championship match.
In Division 2 semifinal action, Harding Academy and St. George’s won semifinal matches to set up an all-Memphis championship in Chattanooga on Friday for the state D2-A title. Harding Academy’s Alex Black scored in the 36th minute to give the Lady Lions a 1-0 halftime lead, and Chelsea Brandon and Black scored in the second half as Harding (15-4-1) beat the University School of Nashville, 3-0 in one Div. 2-A semifinal game.
St. George’s defeated Lausanne 3-1 in the other semifinal. Adeline Brown had a hat trick for the Gryphons, scoring in the 3rd, 66th and 75th minutes.
In Division 2-AA action ECS dropped a 1-0 decision to Chattanooga Baylor in a semifinal match.
Congratulations to the girls soccer teams that won today and advance to Chattanooga for the state tournament. In Class AAA both Houston and Collierville won. Houston (18-5) won 4-0 at Arlington and Collierville (18-0-5) defeated Liberty at home, 5-0. Both have the ability to win it all, but will need the breaks it takes to win the state title.
In Division 2-AA, last year’s champion St. Agnes was defeated by Girls Preparatory School from Chattanooga 4-2 on penalty kicks. Neither team could score in regular time or OT.
Hutchison the third-seed from West Tennessee had to travel to Chattanooga Baylor and lost 5-0.
The only D2-AA team to win was the ECS Lady Eagles. They went into double overtime before prevailing 2-1 over Brentwood Academy on two goals by sophomore Abi Sanvee.
The D2-A sub-state was dominated by Memphis teams. Three of state’s final four teams are local teams. Top seed St. George’s beat IC 14-0; second seed Harding won 6-0 over St. Andrew’s-Sewanee and Lausanne outscored Davidson Academy 8-6. Only TRA lost, losing 7-0 to Univ. School of Nashville.
Division 1 play begins Wednesday and D2 starts on Thursday.
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