The Cookie Florist, owned by Millington Central High Class alum Barbara Hale, was a part of The Chocolate Fantasy, Jan. 26 in the Oak Court Mall in Memphis. This was the 28th Annual Chocolate Fantasy, a fundraiser for the National Kidney Foundation. Kelsey Hale, Brandi Hale, Dalton Baker, Tom Hale, and Britney Davis worked in The Cookie…
Star Staff Reports The federal government sponsors numerous financial aid programs that can help students and their parents pay college expenses. This brief summary from KHEAA describes the more common federal grant and loan programs. Grants generally do not have to be repaid, but loans do. · Federal Pell Grant: Pell Grants provide up to $5,550…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. ARLINGTON – What a difference a month makes. As holiday decorations were being taken down, people were sporting new gifts and the New Year’s celebrations ceased, basketball experts were wondering, ‘What’s up with the Millington Trojans?’ The team picked in the preseason to win District 14-3A were under .500 and found…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. ARLINGTON – It was evident early Jan. 29 the Millington Trojans missed their senior point guard Jerick Newsome. The floor general missed his second consecutive game with an chest injury at Arlington. And the Tigers took advantage of the discombobulated Trojans jumping out to a 10-1 lead. But the Millington players settled…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. What started off as an alliterative nickname in the Munford Lady Cougars’ dugout quickly transformed into Alex Stanford’s role on the 2012 team. “The Assassin” was given the assignments by Head Coach Glenn Goulder to help her team advance out of the Regional Semifinals after trailing. Stanford took the ball and…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. To be a champion in high school basketball, a team must play like a champion come February. With Friday night marking the first day in the second month, the Munford Cougars didn’t waste a second jumping out to a 8-0 lead over their rivals Brighton. Then the Cardinals got on the…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. A quick glimpse of the standings entering Friday night, it was easy to see the Munford Lady Cougars were unbeaten in District 13-3A play and a win away from No. 20. But Munford Head Coach Steve Poindexter wasn’t thinking about that benchmark. He had two thoughts on his mind, improving for…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Last March Millington Central High School Choir Director and Conductor Jeff Murdock started the path toward a dream for his program and students. Processing an audition to apply for the 13th Annual New York Choral Festival at Carnegie Hall, the voices that echoed through Murdock’s classroom were one of…
By Josh McGowan The 10th Annual Grizzly Jig Spring Tackle Show was a huge success this past weekend. There were professional crappie fishermen from across the country on hand all weekend, and thousands of fishermen made the trek from 24 states to listen to the seminars, learn about electronics, and take advantage of some big…
By Josh McGowan The 10th Annual Grizzly Jig Spring Tackle Show was a huge success this past weekend. There were professional crappie fishermen from across the country on hand all weekend, and thousands of fishermen made the trek from 24 states to listen to the seminars, learn about electronics, and take advantage of some big…
