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As the regular season of MS basketball came to a close, the matchups were set and it was time for championship basketball. The SCIAA hosted the 2019-2020 Middle School Basketball Championship at Wooddale High on January 18^th, 2020. The SCIAA tournament is a qualifier for TMSAA Sectional championship. The play-in games started on Jan 9^th at the higher seed. On Saturday Jan 11^th,  the area tournament began with games all across the city. Teams from 3 classifications competed at high levels in hopes to win the SCIAA championship.  Class A girls and boys games were played by the same teams, Lester Prep and J. P. Freeman. Lester was crowned champions in both games as J .P. Freeman was the runner up. The head girls basketball coach for Lester Prep is Tavis Rutherford. The MVP for the girl’s game was Jakiya Wilbourn.  The boys basketball coach is Steven Terrell. The MVP for the boys game was Marlon McShane. Class AA girls and boys matchup was also played by the same teams, Bellevue and Lowrance. In the girls game Lowrance continued their dominant play as they were crowned champions. The head coach is Lance Williams and Tashawn Hubbard was the MVP of the game. In the boy’s game, Bellevue put together a stellar performance as they claimed the AA championship. The head coach is Byron Harris and Damion Cox led the bobcats with a balanced game and was named MVP. The Class AAA matchup for the girls was between Colonial and Ridgeway. The Colonial Patriots came out on top to claim the championship. The head coach is Mario Strickland and MVP Shamari Hamlett led the charge for the Patriots. To end the night the battle was between Ridgeway and Havenview. From the tip off to the end the game, there was non-stop action. Neither team led by more than 5 points the entire game as they both competed hard on both ends of the court. The game came down to the final possession with 2.3 seconds on the clock and Havenview with the possession. Havenview had to go the full length of the court. Coming out of the timeout, the ball was inbounded to 8th grader William H. Carver who dribbled to half court, shot and hit the miraculous buzzer beater to help Havenview win the championship. The Tigers are coached by Lawrence Myers; William H Carver was named the game MVP. The TMSAA Sectional Basketball tournament runs Feb 1^st-10^th.

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The SCIAA High School Swimming program improved this year with the addition of 2 new teams, bigger rosters and the overall competition level. On the boys side, newcomer East HS coached by Hannah Raymond  was led by a number of top swimmers who placed first including Luke Parker (200 yd freestyle), Stephen Ferreria (200 yd IM; 100 yd Backstroke, ), Daniel Graham (50 yd Butterfly) and Chris Bailey (100 yd Breaststroke). East boys also placed first in the 200 yd Freestyle Relay and the 200 yd Medley Relay. On the girls side Crosstown HS, also new this year took top honors. Crosstown was led by their coach Eddie Walsh and a number of other swimmers who grabbed points in 2nd and 3rd place as well as first place finishers Molly Rachlin (100 yd Breaststroke), Tai Goo (50 yd Butterfly; 100 yd Butterfly), Cara Beretta (500 yd Freestyle) and Isabella Lomax (50 yd Breaststroke). Crosstown girls also placed first in the 200 yd Medley Relay. Our runner up in both divisions was Kingsbury HS coached by Kaitlin Manning, whose team placed first in both boys and girls 400 yd freestyle relay and the 100 yd IM with Georgia Vaughn and Oscar Montalban swimming.

The Most Valuable Swimmers based on total points for the season was Eriyona Pointer from Central HS and Brandon Mens from Germantown HS. Both swimmers finished their senior year with 317 points for the season. Eriyona will be attending Delaware State in the fall and will continue to swim. Brandon will be enlisting in the Coast Guard to train as a rescue swimmer.

Other top place finishers include:

Girls 200 yd Freestyle-Dottie Ferreria, East

50 yd Backstroke-(Girls) Lou Davis, Central: (Boys) Maxwell Saine, Germantown

50 yd Freestyle-(Girls) Eriyona Pointer, Central: (Boys) Brandon Mens, Germantown

Boys 50 yd Breastroke- Ivory Washington, Germantown

Boys 100 yd Butterfly-Lenny Sears, Crosstown

100 yd Freestyle- (Girls) Dottie Ferreria, East: (Boys) Brandon Mens, Germantown

Girls 200 yd Freestyle Relay-East HS

Girls 100 yd Backstroke-Sadie Kiel, East

Mixed Gender Freestyle Relay-Germantown HS

I’d like to thank all of the great fans and supporters we had out as well as our meet staff and congratulations to all of this years winners! See pics from the event and interviews with the Championship teams here.

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The SCIAA hosted the High School Volleyball Championship October 3rd at Airways. This year’s contenders featured some familiar teams and one newcomer. The first match of the night was the AA Division with last year’s champion Kirby Cougars taking on 2017 Champions MLK Prep. It was a great match up between these two teams and a close first set with Kirby winning 25-21. MLK fell behind in the 2nd set losing 25-16. In the third set it could’ve been anyone’s game. The Rams chased after every ball and scored off of a couple great rallies but it wasn’t enough to take down the Cougars who became back to back champs after winning that set 26-24. Kirby is coached by Deanna Smith, game MVP honors went to sophomore Guya Acoff.

The second match of the night was a rematch from last year’s championship featuring White Station and Germantown. These two teams know each other well and have met up for the past few championships. Germantown started the game strong but cooled off a bit as White Station easily won the first set 25-13. The Spartans won the next two sets 25-18 and 25-16. Although Germantown fell in 3 sets they had a very talented team that made some great plays but they once again had to settle for the runner-up plaque as Coach Theresa Thomas and her Spartans won their 8th straight title for the AAA Division. The game’s MVP was senior Devyn Davis.

The final match of the night was for the A Division where last year’s champions East took on newcomer Hillcrest. East has a very athletic squad but that didn’t stop Hillcrest. The Vikings came ready to play and played the ball very well. The Mustangs kept attacking and set up several spikes to keep Hillcrest at bay in the first set 25-19. The second set went much like the first but despite their best efforts Hillcrest just couldn’t get the edge on East who won the set 25-20. More than halfway through the third set it looked as though the match was coming to an end but Hillcrest came back from being down 7 points and played their hearts out. It seemed to take East by surprise after playing almost flawlessly they let Hillcrest back in the game with the Vikings serving up several unanswered points. The Mustangs started volleying back and forth and from that point on each side traded scores. Hillcrest almost forced a 4th set but after an extremely great effort they fell 33-31. East went on to celebrate their second consecutive championship, their first under Coach Meah King. The MVP of the game was Condoleeza Black.

Each of this year’s winners won titles last year which is the first time all three divisions had back to back wins. The talent in Memphis is rising and each team including our runner-ups MLK Prep, Germantown and Hillcrest had some great moments. As always the SCIAA would like to thank the fans and parents who support these teams throughout the year. Check out post-game interviews on our Facebook page.

Championship photos can be viewed here.

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This year was perhaps the best season of middle school volleyball ever in the district. So many talented teams came to compete in the tournament and all were deserving of a title and extremely competitive. At Treadwell, the home team was unable to keep up with Bellevue and fell 2-0. Up next JP Freeman beat MBA 2-0 and squared off with Bellevue in the final. Bellevue was the site champion securing another return to the SCIAA Championship. At STEAM Academy, the Knights played a good Barrets Chapel team and advanced with a 2-0 win. EE Jeter played Lowrance next and the very talented Jets won their game 2-0 and went on to defeat STEAM Academy in the semi-finals in a tough 2-1 match.

On the large school side, Ridgeway played host to Germantown and won 2-0, they were also host to Cordova and American Way with Cordova advancing from that match 2-0. That set up the semi-final game between Ridgeway and Cordova. Both teams played hard trading sets and forcing a third and final set to decide the match. Despite Cordova’s best efforts they lost to Ridgeway 2-1 setting the stage for potential back to back wins in the Championship. The last site of playoff games were held at Snowden. The Green Dogs had a great season, earning a number 1 seed and played a tough opening match against Hickory Ridge winning 2-1. In the next match another set of tough teams played it out to 3 sets. Colonial and White Station who have met several times this season played hard every set. In previous meetings Colonial beat White Station including in last year’s playoffs, causing White Station to miss the Championship for the first time in many years. The Spartans came ready to avenge those losses and defeated Colonial 2-1 and were ready to take on Snowden in the semi-finals. Snowden was the site of some really great match ups with all games being decided by 3 sets. The Spartans stayed hot and were ready to make it back to the championship and did so by defeating the very talented Green Dogs.

With the playoffs complete the championship matches were set. First game of the night the #1 Roadrunners came ready to defend their title against the #3 Spartans who fought back to the finals after having a tough 5-4 season. In a close first set Ridgeway won 25-21 but White Station came back and won 25-18 in the second set. Ridgeway and White Station played a non league game the first match of the season and Ridgeway won easily 2-0. Tonight’s game would be decided by a third set and Ridgeway never let the Spartans get close again. Coach Watkins and her team went on to win back to back championships after winning the third set 15-7. The game MVP for Ridgeway was Cassidy Preston.

The Small Divsion was next with EE Jeter going for their first ever title against Bellevue who haven’t missed a championship appearance in a very long time. Bellevue despite their talent looked a little out of sorts and were unable to keep up with Jeter losing the first set 25-14. This was Jeter’s first appearance in the finals after losing in last year’s semi-finals. The Jets have been steadily progressing year after year and their hard work paid off winning the second set 25-17 and becoming the new Small Division Champions. Coach Daggs was led by a talented group of 8th graders including game MVP Janie Smith.

All four participants will represent SCS in the TMSAA West TN Sectional on Thursday, October 3rd. The Small schools will travel to Northview MS and West Collierville MS will host the Large schools.

Thank you as always to all of the parents, fans and supporters of athletics. Check out the post game interviews with the champions on Twitter @SCIAAFEVER.

Photos from the tournament can be viewed here: Tournament Photos

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On Monday, September 30th, four sites will play host to the middle school playoffs. Each site will have 3 games starting with the top of the bracket at 5pm. The winners from each site will play on Tuesday, October 1st at the SCIAA. The Large Division will start at 5:30pm followed by the Small Division. Admission for the playoffs and finals is $5. See the bracket for match-ups and host sites.

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The SCIAA held the 2019 Small Schools Golf Championship at The Links at Fox Meadows Golf Course, September 18th.  In the Girls Division, the Bulldogs of Middle College High School clinched the Championship title in back-to-back fashion while the Soulsville Tornadoes took home Runner-Up with team scores of 205 to 233.

It was a close one in the Boys Division, the Bulldogs of Middle College High School edged out the Explorers of Crosstown with a team score of 393 to 395 with a back-to-back SCIAA championship win.  This was the Explorers first year fielding a full boys golf team as they clinch Runner-Up honors.

Kahmya White and Boris Combest of Middle College High School earned Most Valuable Player honors as the top finishers.

Additional top finishers for the girls include: #2 Makayla Harley (Middle College), #3 Tanyejah Lee (Soulsville), #4 Angelique Hawkins (Soulsville) and #5 Mary Cromer (Crosstown).

Boys top finishers include: #2 Rowan Renken (Crosstown),  #3 Michael Boyd (Middle College), #4 Simon Lawrence (Crosstown) and #5 Darryl Faciane (Soulsville).

A special thanks goes out to The Links at Fox Meadows Golf Course.  We appreciate all that you do to support our student-athletes.

2019 Small School Boys Golf Champions

2019 Small School Girls Golf Champions

2019 Small School Golf MVP Girls

2019 Small School Golf MVP Boys

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