[Music] What's up y'all? You know what's happening. I'm high school day here at Shelby County Schools only South Wind High School, home of the Jaguars. If you have never seen a show like this before,
you'll never be able to say that again, baby. This is the first and the best. Come check us out. Enjoy the ride. bring it back. Bring it back. Hey, Doc. Doc,
I got you here on the show with me. Sean, Mr. Guru, I got you on the show. I got Mr. sports in Memphis and Mr. Big Memphis on the second show with me, man. Thank you for joining me today, man. No, man. You got to thank God, man. God made all this happen and God is the reason here, man. We got a great show
here, man. We're going to dig deep in the high school sports here in the area, in our community. And the real purpose of this show, John V, is to uplift and show all this amazing talent we have right here in our community. Doc, you couldn't have said it any better, man. It's it's God is so good to
give us this opportunity to be out here at Jag Nation. What what a wonderful facility. What a wonderful setup. And what a wonderful way to kick off the high school football season. I'm pumped, man. Hey, man. Look, we've got a great show today. We got a couple of people that's coming to be interviewed here on this
first show. Uh one that does excellent work for the athletic department for the school district. Her name is uh athletic director India Weaver. And we're going to have her in just a moment and she's going to come on and talk about a couple of things that she does for the district as a whole.
[Music] [Music] We have our AV production uh which is actually in its third year where we actually take the students through all of the basics of everything audio, visual and photography.
Today we are editing pictures and or videos and just to like get a gist of it just so we know what to do. This right here is our agenda where we go off of um every month we have new things. We do our podcast. We do our
daily wakeup call. At the end of the day, I really hope that I can help them grab something that's going to take them a little further in life. Teamwork is top tier. Like we work together like we is one big family. We working together.
We stick together as one cuz we a unit. Miss Wra, welcome. Welcome. All is welcome. All is welcome. First of all, you're an amazing athletic director. You've been leading this for a long time. Just tell me what is the vision that you have for your organization and
for this entire conglomerate we got going on here. Right. So you know the vision has always been to be the number one school district in the nation. So athletic has to follow. Right. So for us it's important to champion the potential of every student athlete that we have here in the system. And so for my department
it's all about support and opportunity. India. Oh go ahead. I was I was going to ask India. What is what is the best way uh in your mind for the district to to support these athletes? How how is the best way that you guys go about that you think? You know, we can't do this work alone.
It's very large, right? And we can't work in silos. It's very important for us to have community partners involved with us, uh friends, family, parents. I think that's the most special thing that we can do in this city. I'm a sixth grader and I'm sitting at the house. I'm sitting there with my my
mother, my grandmother, my father, my other siblings, and I'm watching this show today. Yeah. What makes that sixth grader say, "I want to continue to play sports for Memphis Shelby County Schools." Because, you know, we got all these charters. We got all these different municipalities
around. People will go where they want to go. We'll try, drive, and do what we do. But what makes it so special to be an athlete in Memphis Shelby County Schools? You know, the community, the spirit here. I'm just going to say it. The Memphis swag. That's what it's about here. You have swag. Look what we're
doing right now. We're innovative. We're out here. We're in here with the students. This is just a prime time to be a part of what we're doing. And then also, we have a superintendent who's actually very interested in athletics, academics, athletics. Perfect compliments that go together. And I'm excited to be a part of it. It's
thrilling for me. Hey, India, I know it's Friday. I know this is not the only spot you got to get to, but we really appreciate you coming on the show. Even those few moments talking to us about what's going on. I have been powerful. You are the first woman to do it. Hey, big time. Thank you
so much, India, for appreciate you big time. [Music] Hey, what's up MSES fam? It's your boy Kale Perkins, quarterback for South High School, and I'm pumped for an exciting season. Yo, Kay's record, running back, Germantown High School in the house.
We're all about toughness and touchdown, but we got to talk safety first. Absolutely. It's Dylan Dickerson, left tackle for Middle College High School, and we need all our fans to do a vi before coming to our house. First off, let's keep it real. Weapons? Nah, not happening, bro. Keep that mess out of our stands and off our parking
lots. Respect our house. No doubt. Now, let's talk about bags. When entering the st, clear bags only. That's the rule for everyone. No if, ands, and buts. Speaking of butts, keep your butts in C, man. You feel me? only get up to cheer for restaurant breaks or for concession
runs. And don't even think about pulling up on a fence or in our parking lot. We want the action on the field where it counts. Respectful fans are the real MVP. Exactly. Let's rock this season with victories and good vibes. See you on game day.
We're back. And now I have my guy the guy that that that floats the boat, makes the ship rock, makes it move forward, you know, is Dr. Rodrig, our superintendent. Doc, look, man. Such a privilege to have you here, man. I appreciate you. Great to be here today.
I appreciate you allowing me to wear some good clothes today. You gave me the day. You look good. Hey, thank you, man. This nor you knocking the room out, man. Thank you so much. So, Doc, I want to get on a serious note. Uh, you have the five A's. you know, the academics, the attitude, you know, the athletics, the
arts. So, I know we thought that was great things that you How does that fit into the vision of what you got going on, especially after Well, the biggest is I believe
really been focused on is uh the arts and athletics. To me, that's a competitive advantage. What I want to bring to light in this district is the brilliance of urban students and I want to be Memphis proud and so I believe through the arts and athletics we'll be
able to do that. Dr. Rick Duckman, we're here at Southwind. Um they've had one of the best programs not just in Memphis but statewide over the last couple years. How do you kind of see the success that they've had here at Southwind uh influencing and and maybe
motivating other programs to uh you know reach similar heist? Yes, sir. The one thing I can always say about John Bush, who's the principal here, he runs a great school. But I also coach Griffin. Coach Griffin is always putting a quality product. I
followed his coaching career and everywhere he's been, the one thing I can count on is for his students to be his student athletes to be well prepared and for them to be disciplined. I'm looking forward to them playing Lozanne tonight. I'm looking forward to us showing what our public schools can do
versus some of our uh top-notch private schools. Uh and I believe that South Wind is going to come out on the winning end tonight. Well, we're in Drag Nation, so that's what you better. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And it was important to me to do our first game day here at
Southwind because over the past few years again South wind has been a great a great they've had a great athletic football program in particularly but basketball uh again also it's a great school climate and environment over here. Uh and I wanted us to kick it off
versus them playing Loausanne. Now Dr. Richmond earlier in the show, Marcus Taylor said something about him being a sixth grader and I know how you go by the book and you do such a good We got to check him. He going he aged out of here sixth grade. But just going back to how you see things are how have
things changed since you and I and all of us were participating on on these football athletic events. Well, I think what has changed is first of all, I want to raise the profile of athletics and our student athletes. Uh when you think about our student
athletes, we have NILs now. So there's an opportunity uh for them to generate revenue and income for themselves and their families, but I also want them to get to the next level. To me, it's important for them to be postsecary ready uh for them to be able we're going to do a number of interviews with
coaches and our students. We want them to start now preparing to be uh college athletes. And one way of doing that is for us to replicate and simulate what those environments look like for them. You know what, Dr. Richard, I really do appreciate you, man, coming on. I know
you're a busy, busy, busy guy in this city of Memphis, man. But we thank you for coming out, especially for this first one. Hope this won't be your last one. But we appreciate you coming out, Doc. Most definitely coming to see us, man. Let me tell you like this. Anytime you want to come, tell them I told you you good.
Well, I appreciate that. But I also want to thank you, Marcus, Doc. I want to thank you and John. I want to thank all of you guys for what you all do uh for athletics across our city. Again, this is this means a lot to me for you all to be willing uh to kick this first one off. And I hope that you all continue to
work with us throughout uh our athletic season uh to be a part of this momentous occasion. So, thank you all. I appreciate you. And I want to thank our communications team. Great job, team. Great job. Thank you so much. That was our superintendent, Dr. Roger Ridge. Well, guess what? I'm looking for Mr. Sam cuz
I'm hungry. Next time we come back, I'm going to have somebody with some food telling me what I can. Hey, we out. [Music] Today, one of my students wanted to come up with a signature recipe. Um, and he
loves Caribbean food. So I said, "Why not come up with a Caribbean waffle?" And his favorite fruit happens to be pineapple. So he created a Caribbean waffle. Uh our Caribbean waffle. I love pineapple. So I just thought what better
way to do Caribbean than pineapples and blueberries. We incre incorporated cinnamon, brown sugar, and also ginger snaps into that. And I feel like it really brought out the Caribbean side. You already have your zest in. So go ahead and go to your next step. Get your
waffle iron prep. You know, it's so fascinating um for me for students such as the ones that I have working today and the one that even asked to come up with his signature recipe as he's a senior this year. and his progression in
the program has just been phenomenal. He's gone to having no interest to leading the class. Okay, so this is the first taste after the after your creation of your Caribbean waffle.
It's definitely Caribbean. [Music] Mr. Sam didn't do this when you did. Yes, sir. So, I'm asking you tell me about what we're about to partake in. We are about to partake in the Caribbean waffle. It has bananas, plantains, strawberries, blueberries, pineapples,
all the all the things you can find in the Caribbean. Dr. Ripley. Yes, sir. Dive into this just a little bit and taste this. So, Mr. Sam, tell me a little how exciting has it been to uh do come near their odds and see the young people grow from your class to shed somewhere
around the city. Oh, it's been a tremendous pleasure. I love empowering young people and to see the students the light bulb goes off. That's what's important for me and for them to learn skills that they can take
into the real world. You know, I couldn't ask for more. It's part of the art. It's part well and and academics. This is an integrated approach to how we want students to learn. So when you think about academics, this includes our career and technical education
department, but also it is culinary arts. And so this approach to how students learn and how we're approaching our game day event is how we want to integrate and provide real world experiences for our students. And so, young man, I want to thank you for what you continue to do. I want to encourage
you. I want to encourage you. Keep going. Keep preparing these wonderful dishes. Uh, so that again, we know greatness grows here and that this school system, what we provide for our students is topnotch, man. It's top notch, Marcus. Yes, sir. So, look, let me tell you
something. I know you got some more people to cook for. So, we going to move forward with the show a little bit, but we appreciate you coming. He said, "Thank you, Dr. Jones." Say doctor. Chef CJ is Chef CJ. Thank you so much for this food. We We just got it, man. I wish you the best.
Thank you. That's pretty good, y'all. Man, that's pretty good. [Music] I feel [Music] pretty good.
Thank you again. This is our favorite time of the show where we get the real athletes, the people that are really on the field to make it happen. And I'm so excited to have Mr. Calvin Perkins, quarterback. Did I say quarterback? Quarterback sir for the South Wing Jaguars along with
his coach. My guy Love Griffin. He has a gorgeous name. Love this Griffin. Look man, tell them a little bit about yourself. I know you had an outset Sandy season last year. Yes, sir. Um this is your senior year. I know you got wonderful numbers, thousands of
yards, passing, rushing. Uh tell me a little bit about yourself, man, and how you fell in love with the football. Well, I've been playing the game since I was four. Like my elementary, my little league team came with their flowers. So, I had to ask my mama, can I play? And
since I first stepped on the field, I love the game. You know, you first get hit, you have a little tear eyes, but I got used to it. So, I'm ready now. Marcus, let me uh let me just jump in here so that the people can know exactly what kind of talent we're dealing with here. This is a this is the 2023 U Mr.
football winner as a sophomore, two-time all state quarterback, um committed to Austin P. Colleges all over the country wanted his services. He's headed to Austin P. Kelvin. I mean, you know, with with all the stuff you've already accomplished in your career. What What's kind of the goals for your uh senior
season? The only thing I haven't got the state championship. So, that's our goal. That's our goal every year. So, we going for that state that state bomb most definitely. And coach, you know, moving up to class 6A this year is going to be just that much harder. But I mean there's so much
talent here at the school and I mean it starts with the guys sitting right next to you. Yeah. Um and have have an incredible team. Um truly their quarterback, you know, and uh we we have a season team. So we've worked hard to this point. We kind of got out of camp uh without going
through the injury bug. So uh I think we're ready to get the season started. Well, you know, Lois, uh I've always been a fan of your uh coaching. Uh I always thought that you needed an opportunity to get buy in from um the community, the parents, get a setting
where you could really really let your talents go. How important has that been to you coach uh to be at Southwind where you get the full support that you need to uh really showcase the talent that you are as a coach? It is it's important know that to get the community involved
in in athletics. So here at South Wayne is is uh community has been very important. They've been very supportive. uh 38125. So, uh it's been good. You know, this this part of East Memphis, you know, support Southwind football, basketball, baseball. So, they come out,
they support, you know, I'm getting the majority of the kids from Laurance and Highland Oaks. So, that helps the program grow. So, you know, all those things build into uh becoming a successful program. Hey, Coach, coach Loveith, coach uh young man, Mr. Kelvin, I appreciate you
guys coming through, man. I know you got a big one tonight against Lozanne. I know you going to do your thing, man. Thank you again for taking the time now to come sit with your boy and John Mars, man, on the show. Marcus, we finally got some real talent up on this. What you said? Yeah, we've been winging it, man. Look, we're excited about you and what you're about to do, man. Thank
you so much. Next, we'll have some of the most exciting players, some of the most exciting teams here in the city of Memphis after this break. Thank you again for tuning in to the high school game day show. 5 a.m. Man
move. God. Come on, man. Wait. You tell him too close. Move up, man. When the ball is snapped, you got to move to the line. Go back. Reset red.
Are you going to be crisp? Oh, camera feel. I'm miked up now. Friday is going to be a movie. Pete, what we doing? Sal going for the state run stamp. There you go. Tony. Tony. I'm sorry.
What I'm talking about? Hey, I got faith in my O line. I'm talking my whole O line toward 27. Back up. Get rid. Get rid. Keep working. Keep working. There you go, big three. One, two, three.
Get back. Like I said, get back. Nope. My ninth grade girl bad. So we ain't playing 10th or 11th grade. It's good. Just start the season off with them. Start the revenge tour off with them for the go get out. Get back. Show the city what going on. S for real. For real. You going to hand the ball off.
I run. No, I want to run. You come hand the run. You feel going to run it. Come on man. We got you talking about do I want to hand the ball off? No, I want to run the ball. If I'm on scout team, I need to go scope some td down. Hey, I'm going to do the star defense over my scout team. Watch this.
Dang. All right, stop. Hey, girl. I ain't doing this. Going to scratch me out. Come on. Y'all can just rotate, man. Y'all can do three and move. Hey, everybody bag up. Bag up, man. 15 yards. Bag them back. Bag on back. Bag up. Bag up, man. Where he lined up
at? Okay. Well, that's your man. He still outside zone. We going left. So, that's you. You can't let him cross your face. We going zone left. Like, by time you strike, pull your arms back. by how he
he should be here. He should be hit right here. Yeah. No arms here. Right here. He should be hit. I got you. Fellow said one, two, three. Both sit. Doc, I think I have one of the most dynamic coaches here in the city of
Memphis. Now, they're a tag team group. I have today, man. in between you and that. This is Jared Marorrow and we got here Li Hler. You remember his daddy used to be the quarterback at Merro back in the day. Look man, I I I remember everything about Orange Mound and Merro, man. They
beat us in the playoffs and I have forgotten about that, man. But I'm so proud of what um first of all, let me ask you a question. How do y'all determine who going who you and your brother? I mean, how y'all determine who going who going to go where and do what? Uh we basically go offensive defense. So he's on the defensive side of the ball
and I'm on the offensive side of the ball. And this year his dad is taking over as offensive coordinator. So I'm mainly coaching mentality. So I'm the mentality coach at this point. Special teams. So and let me run this with you right quick though. Yes, sir. First of all, man, you back home back at school, man. You and your brother, man, did some amazing things. Yes, sir.
We could talk about what y'all doing on the football field. Amazing run last year, man. But the importance of young heers and the young Royals seeing you all back home investing into their lives more than their football. What does that mean to you?
One of the main things that I did last year when I took him from Germantown and Germantown is a great program, but I wanted to represent for the city of Memphis. I brought my son back to Merose for the for that light that he had to shine on the community of Orange Mound and uh the the school of Merose. and his
dad actually follows suit, you know, cuz in the inner city right now, it's hard to get players, you know. Um, the county pretty much gets the players and we kind of stuck in a bind, but we don't make excuses. Uh, we're going to work hard. We're going to do what we supposed to do. Uh, we're going to go by the uh confinements of the rules and uh, man,
we just thank God for putting us in this uh, giving us this opportunity, man, to just spread our wings and just represent for the community of Orange Mound in Melrose High School. So, T He let me ask you this, young man. Yes, sir. How does it feel, man, to walk the same hall as your pops did, play the same position he's played? How does that
make you feel, man? It feels great. It's a blessing to me. I mean, I always wanted to be here. This is family me. This why I feel home. So, I love it. I love to walk to the stadium before the game. This is what like this is where I'm meant to be. Yeah. That's what's up. That's what I love about it. Doc, did do we ever y'all
ever walk to the field at Fairley? Did do we what? Okay, stay right there. No, man. Don't walk to no field. Yeah, I I'll just try. Now, when we when we played Mar Rose back in the day and we we No, we beat y'all the first time. We fought to the bus. It wasn't far. We We had little problems getting there. But I just real
quick, man. Yes, sir. What is your mindset going into this season? My mindset is to dominate. That's what we came here to do. So, we dominate. God bless us to do many great things. So, we going to come back and win state. Let's dominate. Look, I know you got a big one tonight,
right? So I ain't going to waste no time cuz I know Jared over here ready to roll. Man, we appreciate you coming sit behind be between us, man, have this great conversation. Thank you so much, young fella. Take care of being the coach like always, baby. I love to see you. Look once you next week, man.
You already know what time it be. I told you we were going to bring top tier talent, top tier coaches to the show. And this is just the first one. It's about to change the game in the city of Memphis. You already know. Let's go to another break. a little. Miss Wells, are you still struggling
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[Music] We're great news girls. We're great news girls. Now, we've got some AV students here over at South Wind High School, and we going to go to them right now. Hello everybody. My name is Antonio Kefir, and
I play football here at Southwind High School. I am here with Miss Shay and Dr. Good. How y'all doing today? We doing great. How are you? I'm blessed. I'm blessed. I'm blessed. Miss Shay, what can you say about what are you most excited about this football season? I'm excited to see all y'all hard just
come together. I'm excited 6 day back this afternoon. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. We'll get that gold ball this season, huh? Dr. Good, what can you say? The kind of pride your students have on and off the field. Well, for one, our student athletes have or they bleed purple and black every single day. We grind hard and we go on
the field and we fight. So, I'm ready for this purple takeover. That's all I want to see is purple, purple, purple, south wind, jag pride, 38125. That's it. Purple takeover, baby. Let's get it. Damn. Big South win. Now we're going to toss it back over to Marcus Taylor. Hey, before y'all get with me, we got to
get you to where the action is. We're going to go live in South Wind Gym where they putting it on for the city. Welcome back to the MSCS big time game day show here at Southwind High School. I'm now joined by Southwind principal John Bush.
First of all, thank you for welcoming me to your house, uh, Brother Bush. Oh, you're welcome, Doc. Anytime. I'm glad that you guys are here. I'm excited about it. Just talk about this upcoming season, man. What your program is and what coach Jerome Griffin has taken this Jaguar football program.
Well, this is our fourth year here, Coach Griffin and I when we think about where we were when we started. We got here the program was 1 and nine. Each year, we've gotten better. Last year, we had over 11 wins. Year before that, we were 13-1. Best team in school history.
I'm excited about our quarterback, Kelvin Perkins. He's a senior. He's been with been here with us the entire time. And so the sky's is the limit for this group. We're moving to 6A, which is big- time football, but we're ready for it. Now, I got to tell everybody, Dr. Bush and I
prayed for Memphis Stakes, University of Memphis football, playing Tigers. He was my teammate in college. But to see where you are now, man, in the vision and your leadership you've provided for this South High School. What is your vision for this guy? I see, man, it's an amazing environment, man. You doing some amazing things over here.
Well, the first thing is always about education. We have new programming such as barbering, such as Avery Production. We have a full functioning television studio. We want to continue to build and provide students with an opportunity. We're early college here. So, we have a students that graduate with 15 uh
college hours. So, I want to continue to build upon that. The sports and the arts are just icing on the cake. But the main thing is is to continue to build the school instructionally and continue provide opportunities for the students in three in the 38125 zip code. And what I like about you, even though you play
sports, you don't focus entirely on sports. You are truly cerebral academic. So, thank you so much for joining us, Dr. John Bush, the principal here at Southway High School. My brother. Hey, coming back with more MSCS game day after the short
timeout. [Music] [Music] that way ain't got it going on. So, we've gone from the ground to the court and now we're going to talk about a sport that people really don't talk about, but it's exciting and that will
be volleyball. Volleyball is pretty good over here, Joe. Marco, do you know how hard it is to play volleyball? Yes, sir. It's extremely hard sport. Very demanding, very, very physically demanding. And we've got uh coach Courtney Duncan here for the Jaguars and one of the best players on the team, Kennedy Milford. Thank you guys for
coming out. Thank you. Coach Coach Duncan, uh you what are your expectations for the season? Obviously, a lot of excitement around athletics in general here at Southwind, but specifically for the volleyball team. Um I definitely want us to continue
winning and um to develop players. What? So, so Kennedy, tell me something. You like playing for coach Good, good, good. So, what's the most most exciting part about playing for coach and for playing for South Wind?
Um, just meeting my teammates and actually winning games. The competition that we play. It's just really exciting during and during practice as well. So, how long have you been playing volleyball? Since sixth grade. And I'm currently a senior.
Oh, wow. So, you have any college interest? Where you want to go to school? Uh my top three schools right now are Jackson State, Alabama, and Fanuke. Oh, this big time. Big time for us, man. John, so do you get a chance to get out in the volleyball game sometimes? Oh, for sure. And I respect, you know, I
respect what these athletes on the volleyball court do. I mean, what's the what's the toughest challenge you think of being a volleyball player? Um it's a very demanding sport, right? Well, as captain, I feel like leadership is a big thing on the court. So, with me being captain, I just have to make sure
that everyone is locked in during the game. and we know where we are on our P's and Q's. Go ahead. You got to call everybody in together and settle everybody down. And it's a very important job she has. Marcus Co. Coach Duck, let me ask you this. How have you enjoyed coaching these
young ladies over the years? I absolutely love Flid simply because I love to see girls develop into better players. Ken started with me my first year coaching here and she's been with me all four years and I've really
enjoyed seeing her and the rest of my girls start here and develop to a different level. I know you I know you'll hope to see her go. Won't you coach? Absolutely. I don't want her to go. Hey coach, we appreciate you and Kennedy coming out most definitely spending time
with us. I know y'all preparing for the rest of the season. And you ain't going to get no brother sitting there talking to two old men. So, we most definitely going to get ourselves going, but thank you again for coming in and speaking with us on the show today. Congratulations on a great season. Hello everybody. My name is Antonio
Kefir and I'm a football player here at Southwind High School. I am with Miss Leslie Johnson from State Form. How you doing, Miss Leslie? I'm good. How are you? I'm blessed and highly favored. Absolutely. Amen. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. So, I wanted to ask you, how does it feel to give to a student and teacher
today? It was such a great feeling to be a part of MSCS and the vision that our interim superintendent, Dr. Richmond, has set forth where greatness grows here. And
so, I believe that about the Southwind Jaguars. And so, I was honored to do it today. Yes, ma'am. We bleeding purple. Yeah. All the way. Yes, ma'am. All right. Yes, ma'am. We heard that. Now we're going to take it back to Marcus Taylor. Thank you again so much for tuning in to the first show, our first high school
game day sponsored by MSCS. Look, I am excited for the rest of the season. I'm excited about the two gentlemen that sat with me today. Excited, excited, excited. Why? Because we're changing lives minute by minute, day by day here
at MSC. How [Music] you