Colonel_Reb
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Saturday night, a private, almost all white high school, defeated an all black public school in an inter-conference battle in the Liberty Bowl Kickoff Classic! The white team, Memphis University School beat the black team, Melrose High School, 17-14. These teams are usually at or near the top in each of their respective districts and conferences. In fact, MUS has won 23 of their last 25 games, and their 3rd straight Kickoff Classic. A white caller to Sports 56 in Memphis said there shouldn't be seperate conferences for public and private schools in Tennessee, so I thought I better look it up. Funny that the radio hosts said nothing about the game but that it was a good one. This was the first game of the season for both teams. Some highlights for MUS include Senior RB getting 52 yards on 9 carries. QB Michael Park had 21 rushing yards including 2 TDs and a 2 point conversion. MUS picked off 2 passes from the Melrose QB, and Senior LB John Stokes got 5 unassisted tackles and a sack in the game. I could give you all the stats, but will stop there. The reason I post this is not because it is a rare event for a white team to beat a black team in high school football, but for the fact that these kids never get any press. MUS sends a few players to the pros, but they pale in comparison to teams like Melrose, who are clearly worse teams. These white players should be recruited just as much as anyone but sadly, the Caste System currently in place prevents this from occuring in most cases. I hope that any of you who read this will report on games like this in the future so as to further educate those who might be seeing the site for the first time and don't realize that college recruiting unfairly favors blacks, who are often not as good as their ignored white competition. Edited by: Colonel_Reb