WHITWELL, Tenn. — As if Marion County's three-year dominance over District 6-A softball competition wasn't enough of an obstacle for the rest of the league, the Lady Warriors rolled to the tournament title Wednesday evening led by a pair of freshmen.
Name a team's softball pitcher who wears No. 5 and is valedictorian at her high school in Marion County. "Kelsey Thomas" would be a correct response, but so would "Carmen Wooden."
Marion County High School will not hold spring football practice or scrimmages after admitting it violated the TSSAA rule on offseason workouts.
There have been glimpses of the old Marion County. The Warriors reached the state semifinals three years ago, then advanced to the second round a year later before taking a step backward last year.
GPS claimed the Tennessee Division II-AA girls state basketball championship Saturday. Several local D-I teams are still in contention for the state title.
WHITWELL, Tenn. — There was a lot more at stake than county bragging rights and regular-season district standings when the Marion County girls' basketball team played Friday night at Whitwell.
Signal Mountain won its first district football championship Friday, and Guthrie’s, the chicken restaurant across from Pruett’s, was the place to be because the Eagles were eating for free.
Sequatchie County senior Hunter Lewis intercepted a pass on the goal line and ran from one sideline to the other trying to advance.
The TSSAA mandates that mercy be shown in lopsided games. Otherwise, South Pittsburg wasn’t about to.
The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters.
Will Sawyer, Signal Mountain: The senior two-way lineman had two tackles for loss on defense and helped the Eagles amass 474 yards of total offense.
There appears to be a shift in power in one of the toughest small-school districts in the state. While Marion County and South Pittsburg each owns four state championships and Lookout Valley has averaged eight wins the last four seasons, second-year program Signal Mountain is the preseason pick of league coaches as the team to beat.
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What started as a fun idea has turned into a tradition and the one event I get asked about more than any other that I cover.
