Fairley Football

Fairley was ranked 3rd in District 16AA prior to the week 8 game against Hillcrest.  The Bulldogs needed a win this week against Hillcrest who was tied for first in their division with Mitchell.  The win Friday night keeps the Bulldog’s playoff hopes alive.  They have Friday off and meet Sheffield in week nine for their crucial regular season closer.

DISTRICT 16AA / District / / Overall
/ W / L / Pct. / PF / PA / / W / L / Pct. / PF / PA
Mitchell (4A) / 3 / 0 / 1.000 / 92 / 18 / / 5 / 2 / .714 / 175 / 97
Hillcrest (4A) / 3 / 0 / 1.000 / 49 / 7 / / 4 / 3 / .571 / 138 / 100
Fairley (4A) / 2 / 1 / .667 / 92 / 43 / / 6 / 2 / .750 / 208 / 115
Sheffield (4A) / 1 / 2 / .333 / 67 / 48 / / 2 / 5 / .286 / 147 / 118
Carver (3A) / 0 / 3 / .000 / 12 / 117 / / 0 / 7 / .000 / 46 / 266
Oakhaven (3A) / 0 / 3 / .000 / 14 / 93 / / 0 / 8 / .000 / 20 / 269

GAME STATS

FAIRLEY 34, HILLCREST 15
Hillcrest / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / — / 15 /
Fairley / 14 / 0 / 14 / 6 / — / 34 /

H — Brian Baskerville 18 run (Issac Guffin kick)
F — Marcus Holliday 15 run (kick failed)
F — Dominque Smith 48 run (Marcus Holliday run)
H — Kenneth Terry 5 run (Will Johnson run)
F — Marcus Holliday 6 run (Deon Haley pass from Thurston Rubin)
F — Marcus Holliday 56 run (pass failed)
F — Marcus Holliday 2 run (kick failed)

/ H / F /
First downs / 7 / 15 /
Net yards rushing / 51 / 181 /
Net yards passing / 58 / 91 /

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Fairley, Marcus Holliday 24-151.
PASSING — Hillcrest, Cortez Caldwell 2-8-58-0. Fairley, Thurston Rubin 6-8-91-1.
RECEIVING — Hillcrest, Will Johnson 1-61. Fairley, Darrin Polk 3-69.
RECORDS — Hillcrest 4-4 (3-1), Fairley 7-2 (3-1).

source: commercialappeal.com

Fairley’s Holliday is ranked in the Memphis Area TSSAA statistical leaders for rushing and scoring prior to Week 8 game:

RUSHING
NAME / SCHOOL / DISTRICT / G / ATT / YDS / AVG / TDS / YDSG
12 / HOLLIDAY / Fairley / 16AA / 6 / 78 / 817 / 10.5 / 14 / 136.2

SCORING
NAME / SCHOOL / DISTRICT / G / TDS / XP1 / XP2 / FG / TP / PTSG
6 / HOLLIDAY / Fairley / 16AA / 6 / 14 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 88 / 14.7

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Marcus Holliday returned from an elbow injury in Week 1 to be one of the areas top rushers in Weeks 3 & 4:

Week 3

Top rushers from games played Sept. 8-9.
367 — Brian Kimbrow, East
290 — Xavier Morris, Lewisburg
270 — Marcus Anderson, Bishop Byrne
203 — Mark Dodson, Whitehaven
200 — Marcus Holliday, Fairley
200 — Jovon Robinson, Wooddale
194 — Omar Williams, St. George’s
175 — Randy Chambers, Westwood
164 — Roland Genesy, Millington
163 — Shatavius Lowe, Germantown

Week 4
441 – Brian Kimbrow, East
297 – Jordan Wilkins, SBA
287 – Brandon Boyland, Cordova
246 – Jaylen Walton, Ridgeway
217 – Randall Arnett, Houston
207 – Marcus Holliday, Fairley
186 – Jovon Robinson, Wooddale
156 – Omar Williams, St. George’s
143 – Michael Carr, Harding
143 – Anthony Woody, Frayser

Week 5

320 — Jordan Wilkins, St. Benedict
264 — Martavious Newby, Washington
227 — Taz Watson, West Memphis
184 — Todd Mays, Olive Branch
183 — Denver Hall, FACS
181 — Shane Tucker, MUS
160 — Marcus Holliday, Fairley
156 — Josh Kimberlin, SBEC
154 — Walter Crutchfield, Craigmont
150 — Mark Dodson, Whitehaven

Week 7

285 — Jaylen Walton, Ridgeway
219 — Roland Genesy, Millington
205 — Marcus Holliday, Fairley
188 — Colliar Robinson, Covington
185 — Rashad Boyd, Marion
164 — Brian Kimbrow, East
163 — Jordan Wilkins, St. Benedict
155 — Ramade Warren, CBHS
152 — Cedric Miller, Southwind
150 — Tre Franklin, Marion

Source:  commercialappeal.com

Holliday runs for 2 TDs, 205 yards

By Pete Wickham

Fairley 23, Westwood 8

Fairley and its star running back, Marcus Holliday II, have been playing catch-up since a rough start to their season. Friday night, they took a huge step back toward respectability. Holliday ran for 205 yards and two first-half scores as the Bulldogs got the jump on Westwood and came away with a 23-8 victory at Freeman.

It was the fifth straight win for Fairley (6-2), which lost Holliday for the first month of the season with a broken elbow suffered early in the opener against Hamilton. He missed the next three games, including losses to neighborhood rivals Whitehaven and Mitchell, and Bulldogs coach Rahnmann Slocum said that put his team under a cloud for the next month.

“People in the neighborhood started thinking we were a bad team because we lost to Whitehaven, and now hopefully people realize what we have,” said Slocum, whose team snapped a six-game winning streak by the Longhorns (6-2).

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FAIRLEY 23, WESTWOOD 8
Fairley / 0 / 15 / 8 / 0 / — / 23 /
Westwood / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / — / 8 /

F — Marcus Holliday 5 run (Ulric Johnson kick)
F — Marcus Holliday 1 run (Marcus Holliday run)
F — Dominque Smith 81 kickoff return (Morris Carpenter run)
W — Nakia Cathey 12 run (Nakia Cathey pass from Jerome Gilkey)

/ F / W /
First downs / 17 / 11 /
Net yards rushing / 237 / 85 /
Net yards passing / 28 / 88 /

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Fairley, Marcus Holliday 26-205. Westwood, Martivaous Summers 19-115.
PASSING — Fairley, Thurston Rubin 2-11-28-1. Westwood, Jerome Gilkey 4-13-88-2.
RECORDS — Fairley 6-2, Westwood 6-2.

source: commercialappeal.com

The Fairley Bulldog’s won their homecoming game in a landslide victory over the Carver High School Cobra’s.  In a true team effort, the Bulldog’s chalked up 51 points in 4 quarters with points contributed by several Fairley players including:  Marcus Holliday, Darrin Polk, Dominique Smith, Deon Haley, and Ulric Johnson.  Holliday rushed 12 times for 121 years and 3 touchdowns.  Thurston Rubin completed 5 passes for 123 yards.  He connected with Darrin Polk 2 times and Deon Haley once for touch downs.  Ulric Johnson went 5 for 5 while kicking the point after.

The Fairley defense showed it’s strength by holding the Cobra’s to only 3 first downs, 2 yards passing and -12 yards rushing.

FAIRLEY 51, CARVER 6
Carver / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / — / 6 /
Fairley / 16 / 22 / 13 / 0 / — / 51 /

F — Marcus Holliday 34 run (Ulric Johnson kick)
F — safety
F — Marcus Holliday 5 run (Ulric Johnson kick)
C — Antonio Stewart 56 fumble recovery (kick failed)
F — Darrin Polk 24 pass from Thurston Rubin (Morris Carpenter run)
F — Marcus Holliday 4 run (Ulric Johnson kick)
F — Dominque Smith 10 run (Ulric Johnson kick)
F — Darrin Polk 30 pass from Thurston Rubin (run failed)
F — Deon Haley 12 pass from Thurston Rubin (Ulric Johnson kick)

/ C / F /
First downs / 3 / 16 /
Net yards rushing / (-12) / 145 /
Net yards passing / 2 / 123 /

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Fairley, Marcus Holliday 12-121.
PASSING — Carver, Cordarius Garrett 3-9-2-2. Fairley, Thurston Rubin 5-12-123-0.
RECEIVING — Fairley, Darrin Polk 2-54.
RECORDS — Carver 0-6 (0-3), Fairley 5-2 (2-1).

source:  commercialappeal.com