For the second season in a row, the Parkwood All Stars 10U Baseball Team will compete in the Diamond Youth Baseball League World Series in Laurel, Mississippi. The team advanced on July 12 after defeating Chester County, 16-6. Parkwood enters the World Series after an undefeated 13-0 regular season and a 4-0 sweep of the state championship tournament. Last season, Parkwood finished third in the country. This year’s team is scheduled to leave for Mississippi on July 28, with games beginning July 30 and the tournament running through August 3. The team is currently seeking community support to help cover…
Author: Scott Wallace
Madison, Tenn. – Morgan Price, a former Fisk University All-American gymnast, will join her sisters Frankie and Kristin Price—all NCAA Division I athletes—to host a national launch celebration for The Balance Group at AVG Auto Vault Garage. The event will feature the SEC Network premiere, of the official launch of The Balance Group, and the unveiling of The Price Girls Book Series. The Balance Group is a company that the three sisters own that will help young people in athletics, wellness and media training. “We are excited to showcase our new venue here in Nashville and celebrate this milestone in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Effective October 6, 2023, Fisk University has named Valencia Jordan as its new Director of Athletics. Jordan, who played volleyball at the university in 1981-82, will take over immediately at the North Nashville HBCU university. “Being an AD is a dream come true for me,” said Jordan. “Coming full circle to Fisk is an honor. So much rich tradition here. Now it is time to make some new history. There are some great people here. I look forward to getting to work and making Fisk a school athletes want to attend.” Jordan has longtime ties to the Nashville…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- The Fisk Lady Bulldogs (16-7, 10-3 GCAC) continued their resurgence this season, going 2-1 this weekend in the “Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Pod” at Philander Smith College. On Friday, Fisk defeated Rust College 63-61 on a buzzer-beater by Maya Buckhanon. The victory was the first over Rust this century. Buckhanon finished the game with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Saturday’s game against host Philander Smith was somewhat of a letdown, as Fisk fell 73-57. Philander came out smoking, going up 18-7 in the first quarter, and cruised to the win. Freshman Anaya Davis led Fisk with 13…
NASHVILLE- Victoria Crawford knows talent. In her first year as the Fisk University Women’s Basketball Team’s head coach, she has brought in players that have already surpassed the most Gulf Coast Athletic Conference wins in school history. The newcomers, mixed in with some solid holdovers, are making noise in conference play. The team is on the verge of winning 20 games for the first time in the 21st century. Fisk post player Maya Buckhanon transferred in from Lincoln (Il.) College with Crawford. The 6’3 senior came into the season relatively unknown to the Nashville community and GCAC teams. Her 21…
EAST NASHVILLE- With the calendar turning to March, there are a few things you can count on. The weather starts to get warmer, and sunlight is longer. At East Nashville Magnet, you can count on their basketball teams playing for a berth to the state championships. “We have a standard here at East, one team one goal,” said East Boys Head Coach Avery Patton. “The goal every year is the gold ball. The girls have one, but we don’t. I really think both teams have a chance.” Patton and girls head coach Kyle Upton have come close when they were…
Senior Jarrod Taylor and junior Jaylen Jones have carried their team to the top spot in Class AA EAST NASHVILLE- East Nashville Magnet Head Boys’ Basketball Coach Avery Patton knows a lot about what it takes to play point guard. The former Glencliff High School and All American at Trevecca University was nicknamed “General” during his playing days. At Trevecca, he played with another shooting guard named Sandy McClain. The duo carried Trevecca to the first NAIA postseason berth during the 1986-87 season. Patton now has a duo of his own to coach. Jarrod Taylor, a senior guard that is…
One of the top point guards in Ohio commits to Janine Davis’ program. CINCINNATI- With Nicki Minaj’s song Moment For Life being played, Winton Woods High School point guard LeAsiah Payne walked in the Phenom Developmental Academy Center to announce one of the most important decisions in her life in front of around 50 family members, teammates and coaches. Payne, rated one of the top guards in the state of Ohio, chose to take her talents to Nashville to play for a former point guard in Janine Davis at Fisk University. “I was nervous walking in at first, but it…
Fisk senior women’s basketball player is intern for Congressman Jim Cooper NASHVILLE- Ti’Ara Clark is not your average college student. The Fisk University senior from Dallas, Texas excels in the classroom and on the basketball court. Since stepping on campus her freshman year, Clark has been an ambitious leader. Her passion has been international affairs and foreign policy. During the summer after her sophomore year, she took advantage of a study abroad program at Fisk and traveled to Cape Town, South Africa. Now she is an intern for Tennessee’s Fifth District U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper. “This is a great opportunity…
Photos courtesy of Mike Strasinger Local groups fight off steamy temperatures to give out $100,000 worth of food By McKinley Young Jr. NASHVILLE, Tn.- A typically hot July day didn’t stop five local groups from collaborating to give away food to the North Nashville community. Members of the Layman Lessons Ministries, In Full Motion, the Dirty Dozen Mentoring Group, Coaches Against Violence (CAV) and the National Playmakers Academy fought off the heat to giveaway $100,000 worth of non-perishable food after canceling the day before due to lightning. District 1 school board candidate Robert Taylor and former Metro Policewoman…