WNWS students travel to
Memphis Telecommunications Center

Members of the Haywood High School Broadcast Journalism and Media Concepts classes recently visited the Memphis Telecommunications Center, home of the Memphis City Schools radio and TV stations. While HHS has its own radio station, WNWS 1520 AM, Memphis students must travel to the telecommunications center to have hands-on experience. Local students enjoyed touring the state-of-the-art center and were invited to return to the center for an upcoming competition and to use the center’s TV station.

HHS Drama Department to present "How to Succeed in Business Without Trying."

Members of the Haywood High School drama classes will be performing in the play, "How to Succeed in Business Without Trying," the first weekend in March. Drama teacher Allison Byrum started practices when the semester started and the actors will continue preparing for the comical musical until curtain time. The story is about a man who works hard to get to the top in business.

HHS Tomcats and Lady Tomcats on a roll

Haywood High School basketball is again exciting this year with both the men and women holding good records. The Tomcats are 17-2 with seven games left. Last year they ended the season 31-4. This is Coach Winston Varnado’s first year with former Tomcat Jason Winfrey as his assistant. The team only has two seniors and some strong juniors and sophomores coming up. Three sophomores are already getting a great deal of playing time this year. Last year the team won the district and regional competitions, as well as sub-state, before losing in the state tournament.

The Lady Tomcats are 11 and 4 for the year, 4-2 in district play. Long-time coach Zandra Jones, with Chrystel Roach as her assistant, have five seniors, three of whom are starters. “We have good potential for future teams,” Jones said.

The Haywood High teams have in their district University School of Jackson, Ripley, Covington and Fayette Ware in Somerville. The regular season ends February 11, then the district tournament runs from February 14-21. The regional competition is Feb. 23 through March 3, and if all goes well, we’ll play in the sub-state competition beginning March 6. The state contest is March 15-18.
 

    

On the HHS freshman front, the men and women each have 5 wins and 3 losses.
There are two games left in regular season play. Pete Norville is coach for both teams.