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Voting now open in Hines Furniture Athlete of the Year contest
Over the past two weeks The Sumter Item and Hines Furniture have teamed with area coaches to select the 24 Athletes of the Year in 24 different sports.
![East Clarendon High School football players go through their drills during one of their spring practices. Wolverine head coach Scott Cook likes where his team stands as it prepares for the 2019 season.]()
East Clarendon football's Cook optimistic coming out of spring practice
The Sumter Item sports writer Danny Kelly conducted a question-and-answer interview with each of the 12 high school football coaches in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties, asking each the same five questions about their recently concluded spring …
![MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Ja Morant talks to members of the media during Ja Morant Day at Crestwood earlier this year. The former Knights standout and Murray State All-American point guard is expected to hear his name called as the No. 2 overall selection in the NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies today.]()
Ja Morant's super fast track from Crestwood to NBA comes to fruition today in NBA draft
At this time two years ago, Ja Morant had just graduated from Crestwood High School and was getting ready to head to Murray State to play college basketball. While he was preparing to play with an NCAA Division I program, the National Basketball …
![Former Crestwood High School and Murray State point guard (12) is projected to be the second overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in Thursday's NBA draft.]()
Crestwood's Edwards knew Morant was special, just not how special
Memphis or Manhattan.That's the only question left for Ja Morant as he waits to see which city he'll call home after Thursday's NBA draft.
If the mock drafts are to be believed, then Morant likely won't have to wait very long to hear his name …
![AP FILE PHOTO Former Crestwood High School and Murray State point guard Ja Morant (12) is projected to be the second overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in Thursday's NBA draft.]()
Former Crestwood, Murray State standout Morant tops list of point guards for upcoming NBA draft
Ja Morant, Darius Garland and Coby White make up a clear top tier of point guards in next week's NBA draft, though one has barely played in the past year.
Morant was an NCAA Tournament star for Murray State, while White blossomed into a …
![Murray State's Ja Morant (12) looks up at the scoreboard during the first half of the Racers' second round loss to Florida State in the NCAA men's basketball tournament in March. Morant is scheduled for knee surgery on Monday.]()
Morant's journey to NBA slowed a bit
Ja Morant's run to the National Basketball Association has been slowed a bit.
Morant, the former Crestwood High School standout and Murray State All-American point guard, will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee on Monday, …
![Former Crestwood High School standout and Murray State All-American point guard Ja Morant has signed an endorsement contract with Nike. He is the first player eligible for the NBA draft to sign a shoe contract. He is projected to be the No. 2 overall pick in next month's draft.]()
Former Crestwood standout Morant signs with Nike
Former Crestwood High School standout and Murray State All-American Ja Morant has signed a shoe deal with Nike.
ESPN's Nick DePaula reported on Monday that a multiyear, multimillion deal with the footwear and apparel giant was agreed to in …
