When Watson Chapel lost last year's 4A state boys basketball quarterfinal to Blytheville, center Antwon Emsweller proclaimed: "This isn't the last time you're going to see Chapel."
Having big men like 6-foot-5 Devonta Walker and 6-4 Derrian Ford who can shoot from outside the arc and inside the paint can make a big difference for Magnolia.
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of features leading up to the return of the King Cotton Holiday Classic, one of the premier high school basketball tournaments in the nation. The tournament is scheduled for Monday-Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. A schedule of games is available in the Community Calendar.
The Pine Bluff Zebras played in the first nationally televised high school basketball game against the No. 1-ranked Flint Hill Prep Huskies of Virginia in 1987.
Texas A&M linebacker from Montgomery enters transfer portal
Updated May 07, 2021;
A Texas A&M linebacker with ties to the state of Alabama has entered the NCAA transfer portal.
Ke’Shun Brown, a former four-star recruit from Montgomery, went into the portal on Friday, AL.com has learned.
The former Carver standout was part of the Aggies’ 2019 recruiting class. He redshirted in 2019 and then opted out of last season.
Brown, who posted 62 tackles, four sacks and two interceptions as a senior at Carver in 2018, was ranked as the 14th-best prospect from Alabama and 22nd-best inside linebacker nationally within that 2019 recruiting class according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.