Fairley’s All-Stars Victorius in Games

Posted in Recognition on December 11th, 2011 by Andy

Fairley was represented by John Gillespie in Saturday’s Liberty Bowl All-Star Game.

“Red team wins battle of stars on late TD pass
Whitehaven’s Mitchell comes through
By John Varlas (commercialappeal.com)

For perhaps the only time during the high school football season, fun was the focus Saturday at Memphis University School.

And the winning Red team had the most fun of all.

Whitehaven quarterback Timmarious Mitchell threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell receiver Nate Cole midway through the fourth quarter to give the Red a 14-7 victory over the Blue in the 10th edition of the season-ending AutoZone Liberty Bowl All-Star game…”

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The West won the East-West All-Star Game in Jefferson City by a score of 20-14 aided by Fairley standouts Marcus Holliday and Shaquille Moore.

Congratulations to all who participated!

Fairley Players to Compete in All-Star Games

Posted in Recognition on December 6th, 2011 by Andy

Two All-Star Games will be played this Saturday in Tennessee and Fairley will be represented in both!

James Harmon #9 DB and John Gillespie #51 OL were chosen to represent the Fairley Bulldogs on the Red Team in this Saturday’s game.

“The 10th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game will feature the top 84 high school seniors representing 42 schools from the Memphis City Schools, Shelby County Schools and private schools within the Memphis metro area. Each player was selected on the basis of his character, his on and off-field achievements and his classroom performance…

The All-Star Game will be played Saturday, December 10 at Memphis University School. The kickoff will be at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through the AutoZone Liberty Bowl ticket office, 795-7700. The game will be televised live by Comcast Cable (Channel 31) and broadcast on radio by Sports 56 WHBQ.”

Read the full story here and see the rosters

Toyota East-West All-Star Game

On the other side of the state, two Bulldogs will be representing Fairley in the 5th Annual Toyota East-West All-Star Game.  Marcus Holliday will be at Running Back and Shaquille Moore at Corner Back.

“Nearly 100 of the state’s top high school senior football players have been selected to compete in this year’s fifth annual Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic, scheduled for Saturday, December 10, at 1:00 p.m., EST. The event will again take place at Carson Newman College in Jefferson City…

This year’s game will be streamed over the internet via WKCS-FM 91.1, the FM radio station for Knox County Schools. Fans can access the broadcast at www.wkcsradio.org. Skip McMillan will handle play-by-play duties and former Fulton Coach Buck Coatney will take care of analysis.”

Click here to read the full article on chattanoogan.com

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