What We Know About the Sheffield Knights

• Sheffield High School is located in Memphis, TN in Southeast Shelby County.




• Enrollment: 941




• Prinicipal: Jimmy Holland




• Sheffield High School Website




• Class AA, Region 8, District 16




• Overall Record: 19-14 (District record: 6-2).




• Dont be fooled by their overall record, they can score in bunches and run with any team in the State. They average 71 points per game (77 points in the games they won).




• Sheffield is making their first trip to the State Tournament.




• Knights Strength Rank: 43rd, Schedule Rank: 13rd (Fulton--Strength Rank: 5th, Schedule Rank: 5th)




• 2008 record: Overall: 8-13 (lost to BTW 75-63 in Region8AA Semifinals)




• 2007 record: Overall: 15-10 (lost to BTW 81-57 in Region8AA Semifinals)




• 2006 record: Overall: 11-14 (lost to Hillcrest 73-65 in District 16AA Tourney)




• This will be the First ever meeting between the two teams in basketball.
  
  


• Head Coach - Clyde Delamar (Delamar, was an assistant coach at Arkansas, Little Rock’s J.A. Fair High School that won the state championship in 1996.)




• Assistant Coaches - Fernando Branch, Tony Haggie




• Defeated the Covington Chargers (73-67) in the Substate to claim the schools first State Championship birth. Sheffield closes out Covington in AA sectional with “Spurtability” (Commercial Appeal Article) :
  
  Behind Marcus Crawford’s 24 points, the Knights (19-14) made school history,
  securing their first trip to the state tournament with a 73-67 sectional
  victory at Covington on Monday.“Offensive execution,” said Delamar. “We tried to get into a run and gun. Our shot selection was poor in the first half but we were only down by eight. In the second half, our offensive execution was there. This team has spurtability, the ability to score a lot of points in spurts. I got that off ESPN.” Covington (28-7) ended its season one win short of tying the school record 29 wins during a 29-4 season in 1997-98. That team finished ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll.
  
  

• Sheffield is led by the guard tandem of brothers Montrell and Marcus (Chris) Crawford. Other leaders for the Knights include Cordero Golden, Calvin Rounds, Robert Schaffer, Tony Taplan and Justin Street.

Montrell Crawford (Senior Guard, 5-11, 170), here's what they're saying:

• Memphis Area 901PrepScoop’s Top 25 of Class of 2009: #24 Montrell Crawford (Sheffield H.S.) - He and his brother (Chris Crawford) could make for a quite a tandem next year with his scoring ability.




• MidSouth Basketball Academy Class of 2009 Rankings: #24 Montrell Crawford




• Memphis Hoopers Class of 2009 Rankings: #32 Montrell Crawford

Marcus (Chris) Crawford (Junior Guard, 6-2, 180)

• Memphis Area 901PrepScoop’s Top 25 of Class of 2010: #14 Chris Crawford (Sheffield H.S.) - Very talented but still waiting on that breakout year.




• Memphis Hoopers Class of 2010 Rankings: # 9 Chris Crawford




• 2007 AAU Under 14 National Championship, Orlando, FL (Memphis Stallions Runners-Up). Marcus Crawford (2010), a 6'0 point guard from Memphis, Tennessee, was very impressive in the games I watched. Crawford has always been a standout performer when playing down in the class of 2011, but he appears to have grown and developed a nice looking shot. Not only does Crawford shoot with range, he has a nice mid-range shot as well and seems very poised and under control as the lead guard on his team. Although not nationally known in the class of 2010, Crawford still has all the skills and ability to play D-I basketball down the road.




• Marcus Crawford Highlights: