SCIAA Shelby County Interscholastic Athletic Association | Archive | October, 2018

The 2018 Middle School Football Championship was one for the ages. The Small School Div. featured two of the best Small School football programs in the county; the Bobcats of Bellevue and the Chieftains of Chickasaw. The Bellevue Bobcats coached by Byron Harris is no stranger to the SCIAA Small School Championship game. They have participated in the last five SCIAA Championship games and they have had another stellar year. But Coach Eddie Chalmers and the Chickasaw Chieftains were also coming into the game with an 8-0 record and a chip on their shoulders. Coming into the season the Chieftains didn’t have seven players for practice, but Coach Chalmers kept saying “Chickasaw will be ready for the Middle School Jamboree”. Coach Chalmers and his 18 players came in as underdogs in the championship game on Tuesday October 16th against the Bobcats of Bellevue but came out victorious with a 14-0 win. The Chieftains were led by MVP Malik Mason with two touchdowns, and Chickasaw won its first SCIAA Small School Championship in 2018. Go Chieftains! The 2nd game featured the two best Large School programs in the county which were the reigning SCIAA Large School Champions from Havenview and the talented Roadrunners of Ridgeway. This game was everything that everyone anticipated it to be; a battle. In a game where both teams have explosive offenses it was the defense that was most impressive. Errol Harmon of the Havenview Tigers did an awesome job of stopping Coach Joseph Cherry and the potent offense of the Ridgeway Roadrunners. Havenview won the game 16-0 but it was the defensive presence of game time starter Kemron Henson who walked away with the Large School Championship MVP trophy. If you missed the SCIAA  Middle School Championship this year don’t miss next year because it’s going to be special as well.

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The SCIAA Cross Country Championship was held on Thursday, October 18th at Shelby Farms Park. Both the Small and Large School Divisions ran their 7 best athletes in hopes to win the Team Championship. In the Large School Girl’s Division, the White Station Spartans were crowned the Champions with the Whitehaven Tigers close behind as the Runner-Up. In the Large School Boy’s Division, the teams were swapped and the Whitehaven Tigers took home the Championship, with the White Station boys team earning the runner-up award. In the Small School Division, the girl’s raced first and the reigning champs of  Middle College, once again took home the Championship with Mitchell High school as the runner-up. In the boy’s division, it was a close race, but City University came out on top as the Champions, with Mitchell taking home the runner-up award. The top 3 individuals in each race were awarded medals. Large Girls: 1^st Kathryn Hayes, White Station, 2^nd Kaitlyn Thomas, White Station, 3^rd Mariam Magassouba, Whitehaven. Large Boys: 1^st Andrew Cullins, Whitehaven, 2^nd Andre Brown, Whitehaven, 3^rd Charles Huebner, White Station. Small Girls: 1^st Tashon Bryson, Mitchell, 2^nd Miata Borders, Mitchell, 3^rd Madison Williams, Middle College. Small Boys: 1^st Parker Russ, Crosstown, 2^nd Adonis Holloway, MLK Prep, 3^rd Omar Smith, City University.

All teams were eligible to compete in Regionals this week in hopes to make it to the State Cross Country Meet on November 3^rd. Good Luck!

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The SCIAA hosted the 2018 Middle School Girls Soccer Championships at Crump Stadium on October 1st.

The Small Schools Championship featured the Maxine Smith STEAM Academy Lady Knights versus the Bellevue Bobcats.  The Lady Knights won 3-1 behind the stellar performance by Jada Carter.  The SCIAA Championship win also won the Lady Knights of STEAM, the TMSAA West Tennessee Small Schools Sectional Championship plaque.

In the Large Schools Division, the Lady Red Devils of Germantown faced off with the Lady Spartans of White Station.  The game was tied 1-1 at the half, but White Station pulled out the victory, 4-1.  They were led by MVP, Mary Williams.  The SCIAA Championship win secured the Lady Spartans a berth in the TMSAA West Tennessee Sectional Championship game versus West Collierville.  The Sectional Championship game will be played Thursday, October 4th at Cordova Soccer Field.  Kick off is 5:45 pm.

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The middle school playoffs started on Monday, with tri-matches at 4 sites. Each year I try to make my way to catch a little bit of the action at every site.  I started my trip off with the Small Division. KIPP Prep hosted Jeter in the first game, losing 2-0. Barrets Chapel went up against Maxine Smith STEAM Academy next and after battling it out for 3 sets, STEAM Academy advanced to play Jeter in the semi-finals. Jeter put up a good fight but eventually fell to STEAM Academy who secured their spot in the championship game. On the other side of the bracket Westside played host to JP Freeman, advancing in that game after winning 2-0. Bellevue played MAHS, winning in 2 sets to set up the semi-final game of last year’s runner-up Westside versus defending champ Bellevue. Bellevue came out victorious once again to advance to the finals. Both teams representing Small Area 2 played once this season, giving STEAM their only loss in a game that went all 3 sets. On Tuesday at SCIAA they were ready for their rematch and looking to win their first title and unseat Bellevue who have won the Small School Division for 5 straight years. The first set was all STEAM, winning 25-14, but Bellevue was not ready to give up they came back ready in the second set winning 25-16 and forcing a 3rd and final match that ended Bellevue’s winning streak 15-6. Maxine Smith STEAM Academy coached by Margaret Norris-Williams and led by game MVP Kristian Hudson took home their first ever SCIAA Volleyball Championship.

The final two playoff sites were White Station and Ridgeway Middle. White Station hosted Havenview in the first game winning 2-0, up next was Colonial versus Craigmont with Colonial coming out on top in that match. The semi-final match was the second meeting between Colonial and White Station. Earlier this season in non-league play these two teams met with White Station winning in 2 sets. Colonial came ready to play and redeemed themselves from their earlier loss so they could advance to the championship game. At the final stop I headed to Ridgeway to catch the semi-final match between defending champ Hickory Ridge and Ridgeway. Earlier in the evening Ridgeway beat Cordova 2-0 and Hickory Ridge won against Sherwood 2-0. I think there was a little bit of nerves at play as both of these teams were excited and hoping to advance. The nerves seemed to have got the best of Hickory Ridge as they fell in 2 sets sending Ridgeway to meet Colonial in the Large Division Championship. With two of the top teams from Area 2 meeting up again for the second time this was sure to be a good match up. Ridgeway’s only loss this season was a 3 set match to Colonial. Both teams started off strong, Colonial played some good games this year and Ridgeway with their only loss at the hands of Colonial was looking to get revenge. The score stayed close the entire first set; Ridgeway edged out Colonial 25-23. In the second set, Colonial lost a little steam while the Roadrunners kept things moving, easily winning the second and final set 25-10. The MVP of the game was LaNiyah Jackson. Coach Watkins and her team were extremely excited to be crowned Large Division Champions.

Congratulations to all of the teams that participated in the tournament and our runner-ups Bellevue and Colonial. The final four will be facing the West TN area champions in the TMSAA Sectional on Thursday. The Large schools will play at Brighton Middle and Bellevue will host the Small schools. Games start at 5pm.

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Championship tonight at Airways-2601 Ketchum Rd.

Small Division Championship followed by the Large Division Championship

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