The Brighton High School girls’ basketball program has a new face at the top and it’s a familiar face. Tra Cooper, a 2016 BHS graduate who played for Brighton for four years, has been named as the team’s new head coach, replacing Mario Strickland. He was a member of some very good teams and has hopes to replicate that success with the girls, who went 2-20 last year and 5-19 … [Read more...] about Brighton High hires alum Tra Cooper to lead girls’ basketball
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HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS PREVIEW: Brighton girls bring back talented sophomores
With just two players with extensive experience returning, plus competing in a new district, third-year Brighton girls coach Mario Strickland knows this year will present its challenges. Nevertheless, he’s looking forward to competing. “Just excited,” Strickland said Tuesday afternoon. “We’re young, hungry and doing things the right way.” The youth movement is led by … [Read more...] about HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS PREVIEW: Brighton girls bring back talented sophomores
Former Covington, Munford basketball coach Tim Halford inducted into BCAT Hall of Fame
A man known in these parts for serving as the head boys’ basketball coach at Covington and Munford high schools received a big honor last week. Tim Halford, who coached at Covington from 1995 to 2004 and Munford from 2007 to 2011, has been inducted into the Basketball Coaches Association of Tennessee Hall of Fame. “Not at all,” Halford said when asked if making the hall … [Read more...] about Former Covington, Munford basketball coach Tim Halford inducted into BCAT Hall of Fame
Munford basketball made history by making state tournament
It’s been a couple of weeks since the Munford High School basketball team made history by competing in the Class 3A state tournament in Murfreesboro. It had been 39 years since any Tipton County boys’ basketball team had qualified for the state tournament and 95 years since Munford made it to state. The Cougars fell to Greeneville 63-46 on March 20 in the state … [Read more...] about Munford basketball made history by making state tournament
Munford is first Tipton County boys’ basketball team to make state in 38 years
By Thomas Sellers Jr. By the end of Monday night, the legend of Munford senior JaDyn Lee grew about 10-fold. Meanwhile, his classmate Eli Patrick walked off the Munford Gymnasium court validated for his Cougar basketball career. The comeback story of senior center Courtnry ‘Big Red’ Chaffin had the perfect ending with Munford’s 65-63 victory over the Dyersburg … [Read more...] about Munford is first Tipton County boys’ basketball team to make state in 38 years
Mario Strickland hired as Brighton High girls’ new basketball coach
It’s no secret the Brighton High girls’s basketball program has struggled the last few seasons. Mario Strickland, who was hired over the summer to take over the program, was fully aware of that when he took the job. “Its 100 percent a rebuild,” Strickland said. “I watched some film and it didn’t look good, just to be frank.” Strickland comes to Brighton after coaching for … [Read more...] about Mario Strickland hired as Brighton High girls’ new basketball coach
Munford basketball coach Nic Buford charged with domestic assault
Nic Buford, the head boys’ basketball coach at Munford High School, was arrested July 18 and charged with domestic assault and interference with an emergency call. According to an affidavit of complaint, Buford, 37, got into an argument with his wife, Kellee Buford, at their home in Munford on July 16. A Munford police officer was dispatched to the Little Clinic inside of Atoka … [Read more...] about Munford basketball coach Nic Buford charged with domestic assault
Brighton High School hires alum Chris Young as boys’ basketball coach
During Chris Young's high school basketball career at Brighton High School, he always wanted to be a coach. "I looked at the coaches and thought I wanted to be a coach," said the 25-year-old Young, who graduated from Brighton in 2015 after a four-year career as a shooting guard. "It was always a goal of mine." That goal became a reality on March 13 when he was hired as … [Read more...] about Brighton High School hires alum Chris Young as boys’ basketball coach
