Jason Smith

• Sheffield wins first crown in state track meet Published 05/26/2012 at midnight

  It came down to the 1,600 relay, the night's final race. Sheffield track coaches Marcus Jackson and Lashawn Lester had told their 1,600 relay team of Keith Jones, Jaquan Clayton, Dominique Williams and Larry Kimber that they needed to win ...

• Memphis-area girls turn in dominant track performances at state meet Published 05/25/2012 at midnight

  Hutchison junior Mary Carson Pitts had already won the Division 2 pole vault state title Thursday, but she wanted to go higher.

• White Station senior Kyla Walker proves a true champ Published 05/25/2012 at midnight

  As the finals of the Class AAA state long jump begin, White Station senior Kyla Walker is sitting in a portable chair near the edge of the runway, looking completely uninterested in how her opponents are faring.

• Area tennis teams shut out at TSSAA Spring Fling Published 05/24/2012 at midnight

  MUS fell to Baylor, 4-1, in the boys Div. 2-AA state final while the St. George's girls dropped a 4-0 decision to Knoxville Webb in the girls D2-A final.

• Baseball: Germantown outlasts Franklin Published 05/23/2012 at 1:16 p.m.

  Germantown remained alive in Class AAA baseball state tournament with a 9-6 elimination-game victory today over Franklin.

• Germantown falls, 1-0, in long-awaited return trip to state Updated 05/23/2012 at 9:14 a.m.

  After the Germantown baseball team had earned its first state tournament berth since 2001 with a wild 8-5 Class AAA sectional win last Saturday at Hardin County that took two days to complete, Chad Bradford and the Red Devils' six ...

• Memphis' hopes for 2013 Conference USA tourney beginning to fade Updated 05/20/2012 at 12:10 a.m.

  Memphis' chances of hosting the 2013 Conference USA men's and women's basketball tournaments appeared to grow slimmer when C-USA officials elected to leave the selection of a host city up to a June vote by the league's school presidents and ...

• Tigers make transfer Dorian Finney-Smith's list Published 05/13/2012 at midnight

  An ACC all-freshman team selection at Virginia Tech last season, the 6-8, 192-pound Finney-Smith said by text Saturday that Memphis and Florida are possible transfer destinations.

• Memphis Tigers' Drew Barham transferring Updated 05/10/2012 at 11:41 p.m.

  University of Memphis redshirt forward Drew Barham will transfer, coach Josh Pastner said this evening.

• Julian Swartz named U of M assistant director of basketball operations Published 05/07/2012 at 2:56 p.m.

  Former Marquette graduate assistant Julian Swartz will begin work Wednesday with Tigers.

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