Games for October 5 and 6

Thursday, October 5

Fairley vs Manassas at Crump, Hillcrest vs Middle College at Fairgrounds, DeSoto Central at Oxford, Fayette Academy at Davidson Academy, FACS at Harding Academy

Friday, October 6

Horn Lake at Columbus, Grenada at Olive Branch, USJ at Northpoint Christian, Ripley at Covington, LR Hall at West Memphis, Saltillo at Center Hill, Searcy at Marion, Southaven at Tupelo, ECS at Arlington, Tipton Rosemark at Clarksville Academy, West Point at Lake Cormorant, White Station at Germantown, Tunica Academy at West Memphis Christian, Lewisburg at Lafayette, South Panola at Hernando, MAHS at Bartlett, Cordova at Pearl Cohn, Southwind at Kirby, Kingsbury at Munford, Oakhaven at Houston, Millington vs Craigmont, BTW vs Freedom Prep at Oakhaven, Wooddale vs MLK Prep at Raleigh Egypt, KIPP vs MASE at BTW, Trezevant vs Sheffield at Halle, Raleigh Egypt at Melrose, Central at Whitehaven, Ridgeway at Brighton, Overton at Bolton, East at Fayette Ware, Jackson Christian at Rossville Christian

Scores for September 28 and 29

Thursday, September 28

at Rhodes
49 MBA
14 White Station

  8 MLK Prep
51 Raleigh Egypt

at Crump
44 Manassas
  8 Hamilton

at JP Freeman
14 Douglass
  7 Mitchell

at BTW
20 Middle College
  0 MASE

at Whitehaven
  0 Westwood
  6 Freedom Prep

at Melrose 
35 East
  0 Craigmont


Friday, September 29

Updated individual stats before games on 9-28

Here are some stats for the area schools in a number of different categories. If you don't see your school represented, there are one of two reasons why: 1) They didn't meet the cutoff point for a specific category or 2) We don't have any information from your school. Contact the person that does stats for your school and have them e-mail them to us at shelbymetrosports@gmail.com. All we want to do is spotlight the young men who are playing high school football in the Shelby Metro area and we appreciate any help that we can get to make that happen.

Here are the categories:
Rushing-Most yards, most carries, highest average per carry, touchdowns
Passing-Most yards, touchdowns
Receiving-Most catches, touchdowns, highest average yds per catch
Punt Returns
Kick Returns
Interception Returns
Punting
Scoring
Kick Scoring
All Purpose Running

Updated team stats before games on 9- 28

Here are the top 25 teams for the area schools in team categories.

Here are the categories: (all on a per game basis)
Offense-Rushing, Passing, Total Yards, Highest scoring average
Defense-Rushing, Passing, Total Yards, Fewest points allowed

Strength of schedule part 2

We have already taken a look at the area teams in regards to the toughest schedule and/or weakest schedule and strongest league. Now's time to see how the teams that are ranked in the AP polls across the three states have fared. Are there teams ranked highly because of reputation? Of course. Are there teams ranked highly that haven't played a particularly hard schedule? Yes there are. Quite a few actually. 47 of the 86 schools ranked have played teams with an under 500 winning percentage.

Here are some other tidbits about the ranked teams: The #1 team in 6A in Tennessee, Murfreesboro Oakland, actually played a 1A team this year and beat them 70-6. Why would a 6A team play a 1A team? I don't know. Another 6A team Mt. Juliet has not given up a point in 6 games this year. That's right. 6 straight shutouts but as you can see by their SOS, they haven't exactly been playing a lot of tough competition. A 2A team, traditional power Trousdale Co, played a 6A team and beat them this year.

The numbers under the Opp Rec column represent only the teams each school has played so far and not their entire schedule.

Teams with the weakest schedule so far
.228-Munford
.241-Notre Dame
.250-South Pittsburg
.265-Anderson Co
.276-Red Bank
.286-Raleigh Egypt
.294-Whitwell
.300-Columbia Academy, East Ridge
.305-Mt. Juliet, Southwind

Teams with the toughest schedule so far
.757-Knoxville Catholic
.719-McCallie
.667-Science Hill, Pearl Cohn
.657-Spring Hill
.643-Fulton
.636-Trousdale Co
.630-Oakland, Maryville, Smith Co, Union City, NW Rankin
.621-Pearl


           TENNESSEE

6A		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	Oakland (16)	17-10	630	(5-0)
2	Maryville	17-10	630	(5-1)
3	Farragut	18-15	545	(6-0)
4	Blackman	18-16	529	(5-1)
5	Mt Juliet (1)	11-25	305	(6-0)
6	Whitehaven	16-18	470	(5-1)
7	Bradley Central	16-13	552	(4-1)
8	Science Hill	22-11	667	(5-1)
9	Brentwood	14-22	389	(5-1)
10	Cane Ridge	17-18	486	(5-1)
5A		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	Beech (17)	12-23	343	(6-0)
2	Columbia	13-21	382	(5-1)
3	Summit	18-16	529	(5-1)
4	Fulton	18-10	643	(4-1)
5	Gallatin	15-20	428	(5-1)
6	Munford	8-27	228	(5-1)
6	Knoxville Catholic	25-8	757	(3-3)
8	Page	19-17	528	(4-2)
9	Daniel Boone	18-16	529	(3-2)
10	Southwind	11-25	305	(5-1)
4A		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	Greenville (16)	15-13	536	(5-0)
2	Crockett Co (1)	15-20	428	(6-0)
3	Anderson Co	9-25	265	(6-0)
4	Elizabethton	18-15	545	(5-1)
5	East Ridge	9-21	300	(5-0)
6	Haywood Co	20-16	555	(4-2)
7	Marshall Co	17-12	586	(3-2)
8	Spring Hill	23-12	657	(4-2)
9	White House	10-19	345	(5-0)
10	Greenbrier	15-20	428	(5-1)
3A		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	Alcoa (14)	16-15	516	(4-2)
2	Raleigh Egypt (3)	10-25	286	(6-0)
3	Johnson Co	11-15	423	(5-0)
4	Austin-East	13-14	481	(4-1)
5	Pearl Cohn	22-11	667	(4-2)
6	Bolivar	17-18	486	(5-1)
7	Smith Co	17-10	630	(4-1)
8	Red Bank	8-21	276	(4-1)
8	South Gibson	19-15	559	(5-1)
10	Cheatham Co	11-22	333	(5-1)
2A		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	Meigs Co (14)	13-20	394	(6-0)
2	Union City (1)	17-10	630	(4-1)
3	Columbia Academy	9-21	300	(4-1)
4	Peabody	15-18	454	(5-1)
5	Lewis Co	13-22	371	(6-0)
6	Happy Valley (2)	10-17	370	(5-0)
7	Trousdale Co	21-12	636	(4-2)
8	Trinity	13-15	464	(4-1)
9	Oneida	14-19	424	(5-1)
10	Eagleville	19-15	559	(5-1)
10	Waverly	13-10	565	(3-1)
1A		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	South Pittsburg (15)	7-21	250	(5-0)
2	Huntingdon (1)	17-16	515	(6-0)
3	Whitwell (1)	10-24	294	(6-0)
4	Coafield	12-20	375	(6-0)
5	Dresden	16-19	457	(5-1)
6	Greenback	14-18	437	(5-1)
7	Fayetteville	13-22	371	(5-1)
8	Lake Co	11-17	393	(4-1)
9	Cornersville	17-17	500	(5-1)
9	Cloudland	12-15	444	(4-1)
D2		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	Brentwood Academy (17)	13-13	500	(5-0)
2	MBA	20-16	555	(6-0)
3	CBHS	14-19	424	(6-0)
4	Lausanne	12-16	428	(5-0)
5	Ensworth	15-19	441	(4-2)
6	Briarcrest	16-18	470	(6-0)
7	Notre Dame	7-22	241	(4-1)
8	McCallie	23-9	719	(4-2)
9	CPA	21-15	583	(4-2)
10	MUS	19-14	576	(3-3)
	ARKANSAS
6A		Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	Greenwood (8)	6-10	375	(4-0)
2	El Dorado	6-10	375	(4-0)
3	West Memphis	5-11	312	(4-0)
3	Pine Bluff	6-10	375	(3-1)
5	Searcy	7-9	437	(4-0)
	MISSISSIPPI
	OVERALL	Opp Rec	Win Pct	Record
1	West Point (12)	14-14	500	(5-0)
2	Pearl (3)	18-11	621	(6-0)
3	Tupelo	11-16	407	(5-0)
4	Starkville	19-14	576	(5-1)
5	Hattiesburg	11-15	423	(5-0)
6	Madison Central	14-13	518	(4-1)
7	Poplarville	13-13	500	(5-0)
8	Oak Grove	13-13	500	(4-1)
9	Olive Branch	15-14	517	(5-0)
10	NW Rankin	17-10	630	(4-1)

Highest scoring offense among ranked teams (PPG)
TN 1A-Coalfield 51.3
TN 2A-Peabody 39.6
TN 3A-Raleigh Egypt 46.1
TN 4A-Anderson Co 52.5
TN 5A-Beech 43, Southwind 42.8
TN 6A-Cordova 49.3
TN D2A-Tipton Rosemark 48.2
TN D2AA-Notre Dame 45
TN D2AAA-St Benedict 48.3
ARK-Searcy 49
MS-Hattiesburg 42.8

Best defense among ranked teams (PPG)
TN 1A-Whitwell 2.5
TN 2A-Happy Valley 5.4
TN 3A-Cheatham Co 7.5
TN 4A-Anderson Co 12.8
TN 5A-Southwind 10.6
TN 6A-Mt Juliet 0.0
TN D2A-Tipton Rosemark 11
TN D2AA-Lausanne 13.6
TN D2AAA-Brentwood Academy 12.4
ARK-Greenwood 13
MS-Olive Branch 7.6

Latest AP Polls for ARK, MS and TN

Here are the latest AP Polls for Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Only those classifications featuring local teams are shown. Area teams are highlighted in red.

First place votes in parentheses
	ARKANSAS
	OVERALL	PTS	REC	LW
1	Springdale Har-Ber (4)	75	(4-0)	1
2	Bryant	69	(4-0)	2
3	North Little Rock (2)	59	(4-0)	4
4	Greenwood	57	(4-0)	5
5	Pulaski Academy (2)	53	(4-0)	3
6	Bentonville West	36	(4-0)	7
7	Springdale	28	(4-0)	9
8	El Dorado	27	(4-0)	7
9	Conway	8	(3-1)	10
10	Cabot	6	(3-1)	NR
	Others receiving votes
11	Bentonville	5
11	Searcy	5
13	Arkadelphia	3
14	West Memphis	2
6A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Greenwood (8)	40	(4-0)	1
2	El Dorado	0	(4-0)	2
3	West Memphis	14	(4-0)	4
3	Pine Bluff	14	(3-1)	3
5	Searcy	13	(4-0)	5
	MISSISSIPPI
First place votes in parentheses
	OVERALL	PTS	REC	LW
1	West Point (12)	145	(5-0)	1
2	Pearl (3)	135	(6-0)	2
3	Tupelo	124	(5-0)	3
4	Starkville	90	(5-1)	4
5	Hattiesburg	85	(5-0)	5
6	Madison Central	70	(4-1)	6
7	Poplarville	40	(5-0)	7
8	Oak Grove	35	(4-1)	9
9	Olive Branch	32	(5-0)	10
10	NW Rankin	25	(4-1)	NR
	Others receiving votes
11	Warren Central	11
12	Cleveland Central	8
13	Jackson Prep	6
14	East Central	5
15	Yazoo Co	4
16	Picayune	3
16	North Panola	3
18	Philadelphia	2
19	Horn Lake	1
6A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Pearl (12)	147	(6-0)	1
2	Tupelo (3)	138	(5-0)	2
3	Starkville	120	(5-1)	3
4	Madison Central	98	(4-1)	4
5	Oak Grove	54	(4-1)	5
5A		PTS	REC	LW
1	West Point (14)	149	(5-0)	1
2	Hattiesburg	133	(5-0)	2
3	Olive Branch	118	(5-0)	3
4	Picayune	91	(4-1)	4
5	Cleveland Central (1)	90	(6-0)	5

	TENNESSEE
First place votes in parentheses
6A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Oakland (16)	169	(5-0)	1
2	Maryville	143	(5-1)	3
3	Farragut	121	(6-0)	4
4	Blackman	118	(5-1)	2
5	Mt Juliet (1)	107	(6-0)	6
6	Whitehaven	96	(5-1)	5
7	Bradley Central	55	(4-1)	7
8	Science Hill	54	(5-1)	8
9	Brentwood	36	(5-1)	9
10	Cane Ridge	22	(5-1)	10
5A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Beech (17)	170	(6-0)	1
2	Columbia	135	(5-1)	7
3	Summit	128	(5-1)	8
4	Fulton	114	(4-1)	2
5	Gallatin	92	(5-1)	9
6	Munford	57	(5-1)	5
6	Knoxville Catholic	57	(3-3)	4
8	Page	56	(4-2)	3
9	Daniel Boone	26	(3-2)	6
10	Southwind	23	(5-1)	NR
4A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Greenville (16)	169	(5-0)	1
2	Crockett Co (1)	152	(6-0)	2
3	Anderson Co	135	(6-0)	3
4	Elizabethton	117	(5-1)	6
5	East Ridge	93	(5-0)	9
6	Haywood Co	65	(4-2)	4
7	Marshall Co	61	(3-2)	5
8	Spring Hill	40	(4-2)	7
9	White House	39	(5-0)	NR
10	Greenbrier	30	(5-1)	8
3A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Alcoa (14)	164	(4-2)	1
2	Raleigh Egypt (3)	153	(6-0)	2
3	Johnson Co	130	(5-0)	3
4	Austin-East	101	(4-1)	5
5	Pearl Cohn	100	(4-2)	6
6	Bolivar	83	(5-1)	7
7	Smith Co	62	(4-1)	4
8	Red Bank	61	(4-1)	8
8	South Gibson	38	(5-1)	10
10	Cheatham Co	10	(5-1)	NR
2A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Meigs Co (14)	166	(6-0)	1
2	Union City (1)	148	(4-1)	2
3	Columbia Academy	113	(4-1)	4
4	Peabody	109	(5-1)	5
5	Lewis Co	106	(6-0)	6
6	Happy Valley (2)	92	(5-0)	7
7	Trousdale Co	62	(4-2)	3
8	Trinity	47	(4-1)	9
9	Oneida	29	(5-1)	8
10	Eagleville	19	(5-1)	NR
10	Waverly	19	(3-1)	NR
1A		PTS	REC	LW
1	South Pittsburg (15)	168	(5-0)	1
2	Huntingdon (1)	152	(6-0)	3
3	Whitwell (1)	120	(6-0)	5
4	Coafield	112	(6-0)	6
5	Dresden	97	(5-1)	2
6	Greenback	75	(5-1)	4
7	Fayetteville	61	(5-1)	10
8	Lake Co	58	(4-1)	9
9	Cornersville	32	(5-1)	NR
9	Cloudland	32	(4-1)	7
	Others receiving votes
11	Westwood	12
D2		PTS	REC	LW
1	Brentwood Academy (17)	170	(5-0)	1
2	MBA	151	(6-0)	2
3	CBHS	134	(6-0)	3
4	Lausanne	119	(5-0)	4
5	Ensworth	90	(4-2)	7
6	Briarcrest	71	(6-0)	9
7	Notre Dame	60	(4-1)	8
8	McCallie	55	(4-2)	5
9	CPA	45	(4-2)	6
10	MUS	21	(3-3)	10