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Special things are brewing at PURE Academy. The school — located on Chelsea Avenue — played its first football game in 2020, picking up players where it could when COVID-19 canceled the season for Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Five years later, the Royals are a full-fledged TSSAA member. With big dreams to match. First-year coach DeJuan McQuarters has assembled a talented group that will be a factor once it joins Division 2-A West in 2027. Beyond football, though, the boarding school looks to create upstanding young men, while molding better husbands and fathers and preparing the players for college. PURE opens its season at Brighton on Aug. 22. — John Varlas
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First-year coach DeJuan McQuarters’ aim is to turn players into men even more so than winning games. But he has the talent on hand to make some noise on the field too.
By John Varlas
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