Fairley Football

Marcus Holliday

Tigers erase 12-3 halftime deficit

* By Andre Johnson
* Memphis Commercial Appeal

Running back Marcus Holliday and Fairley had top-ranked Whitehaven on the run in the first half but Delvin Lane and the Tigers grabbed a 29-12 win.

(1) Whitehaven 29, Fairley 12

Whitehaven football coach Rodney Saulsberry had said repeatedly all week that his players didn’t need any extra motivation for Friday’s game with Fairley, considering it was a neighborhood rivalry game.
Whitehaven vs. Fairley

However, when the Tigers retreated to the locker room apparently stunned by what had transpired in the opening half Friday night, Saulsberry had no choice but to remind his players of all the hoopla surrounding the game.

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STATISTICS
WHITEHAVEN 29, FAIRLEY 12

Fairley / 6 / 6 / 0 / 0 / — / 12 /
Whitehaven / 0 / 3 / 6 / 20 / — / 29 /

F — James Harmon 9 fumble recovery (kick blocked)
W — Adam Adeleke 20 FG
F — Dedrick Guy 43 interception return (pass failed)
W — Mose Frazier 43 pass from Jeremy Malone (kick failed)
W — Julius Lewis 8 run (kick failed)
W — Julius Lewis 3 run (Adam Adeleke kick)
W — Mose Frazier 25 pass from Jeremy Malone (Adam Adeleke kick)

/ F / W /
First downs / 6 / 17 /
Net yards rushing / 24 / 85 /
Net yards passing / 35 / 247 /

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Whitehaven, Mark Dodson 9-56.
PASSING — Fairley, Carnell Morgan 4-14-35-2. Whitehaven, Jeremy Malone 16-24-247-1.
RECEIVING — Whitehaven, Mose Frazier 10-158.
RECORDS — Fairley 1-1, Whitehaven 2-0.

The Fairley JV team finished on top of BTW 18-8 in their first game of the season.

Fairley Outlast Westwood in Whitehaven Classic Marathon
Officials are forced to cancel one game and move another to Monday night
By Andre Johnson

Fairley 28, Westwood 6

After the marathon day was over and his Fairley team had come away with a 28-6 victory over neighborhood rival Westwood Saturday night in the Whitehaven Classic, Bulldog coach Rahnmann Slocum walked toward his players and said, “We’re on the wrong side of the tracks. We need to get out of the 38116 area code. We belong in the 38109 area code. Let’s get back on the other side of the tracks.”

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The Liberty Bowl High School All-Star game was played Saturday at MUS in the cold rain.  The Blue Team defeated the Red Team with the help of 3 Fairley seniors and a coach:

#8    Antoine Walker   Defensive Back

#15  Derrick Murrell    Wide Receiver

#60  Daniel Taylor       Offensive Line

Coach – Rahnmann Slocum

Congratulations to these guys for their selection to this team and an 18-15 victory over the Red Team.  The 8 year series is now even at 4-4.