Community Sports

sports@t-g.com For many local youth athletes, the summer is a time to dive in the pool and participate in the summer swim league as part of the local Shelbyville Sharks Swim Club. While the summer schedule can be a competitive atmosphere, the club is starting up a winter swim league with a bit more of a laid back atmosphere...

DECHERD — Harris Middle School fell behind early and could never recover in a 52-18 loss to visiting Franklin County North in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday evening. The Eaglettes trailed 26-2 at the close of the first period, 37-6 at halftime and 46-13 going into the fourth quarter...

EAGLEVILLE — Two major scoring droughts ultimately unraveled the Cascade Middle Champions in the DRVC finals on Saturday evening. Cascade was held scoreless down the stretch and host Eagleville went on to win 43-38. Cascade jumped out to the early lead and looked in control of the game for the most part...

EAGLEVILLE — A fourth-quarter rally by the Huntland Middle Lady Hornets in the DRVC consolation game on Saturday wasn’t enough to stop the Community Viqueens from landing third place in the conference tournament. The Viqueens jumped out to an early lead and fended off the pesky Lady Hornets down the stretch, 35-30...

EAGLEVILLE — The Cascade Middle Champions got just enough fourth-quarter production to upset the No. 1 seeded MTCS Cougars in the DRVC tournament on Thursday night. In the final quarter, MTCS opted to begin fouling with 3:40 left in regulation in an attempt to slow the game down and whittle away the Champions’ lead...

EAGLEVILLE — A lackluster effort in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s semifinal matchup between Community and MTCS saw the Middle Viqueens fall by score of 33-24. Neither team looked particularly effective on the offensive end of the floor through the bulk of regulation...

MANCHESTER — The Harris Middle School Golden Eagles fell 38-34 to host Coffee County Middle School in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday night. The Eagles trailed 6-5 at the end of the first quarter and were outscored 12-4 in the second to fall behind 18-9 at the intermission...

EAGLEVILLE — The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Cascade Middle Champions after the Huntland Hornets took a 7-point lead with five minutes to play in a quarter-final elimination game of the DRVC tournament Wednesday night. But the Champions weren’t done and went on a 14-0 run to take control and went on to defeat the Hornets 48-43 and advance to the semi-finals...

EAGLEVILLE — The Community Middle Vikings battled from behind to take the lead in the final quarter, but the Fayetteville Tigers regained the lead and held off a Viking rally down the stretch as the Tigers claimed a 44-39 victory in an elimination game of the DRVC tournament Wednesday night...

EAGLEVILLE – Haley Mitchell sank a put back at the buzzer to give the Community Middle Viqueens a 32-30 victory over the Cascade Lady Champions in a quarter-final elimination game of the DRVC basketball tournament Monday night. Mitchell’s winner culminated a contest that saw several ebbs and flows as the county rivals battled tooth and nail from the opening tip-off to the final whistle...

Harris Middle School’s Golden Eagles dropped a 25-20 decision to CTC conference foe Tullahoma West on Thursday evening. The Eagles trailed 3-2 at the end of the first quarter before evening the score at 6-6 by halftime. Harris held a 14-12 advantage at the end of the third quarter but were outscored 13-6 in the final stanza...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueens rode a big first half and withstood a Cascade Lady Champion third quarter comeback as the Viqueens defeated the Lady Champs 34-21 in a DRVC basketball contest Thursday night. Defense took the forefront in the opening quarter as the game remained scoreless for the first three minutes. With the Lady Champions packing their defense in the paint, the Viqueens had trouble breaking the ice before two transition layups put Community on the scoreboard...

UNIONVILLE — The Cascade Middle Champions pulled away from a close game at halftime with a big second half and went on to beat the Community Vikings 53-31 in a DRVC basketball contest Thursday night. Lucas Clanton led five different scorers with four points in the opening quarter as the Champions raced to an 11-3 lead before the Vikings got hot...

Chance Brown made sure there would be no upset on Eighth Grade Night on Thursday against Eagleville. The Champion eighth-grader scored a game-high 21 points and led Cascade to a 46-32 win over Eagleville on Thursday. Cascade got a big leg up in the first quarter from Brown, who scored 11 of his 21 points in the quarter, including several baskets in transition off turnovers...

Eagleville had just a little too much size in the paint for Cascade on Thursday night. The Lady Eagles rallied around a 16-point effort by Cadence Chapman and played spoiler in Cascade’s Eighth Grade night, beating the Lady Champs 46-28. Cascade held Chapman scoreless in the first quarter, but soon saw the size disparity in the second quarter...

In a low-scoring affair, the Harris Middle School Golden Eaglettes slipped past visiting Franklin County South in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday night. South led 5-3 at the close of the first quarter and 8-6 at the intermission. The Eaglettes scored the lone point in the third period then outscored South 5-1 in fourth quarter to claim the Homecoming victory...

Offense was a struggle for the Harris Middle Golden Eagles on Thursday night. Hosting Franklin County South, the Eagles scored just four points in the first half and dropped a 45-19 decision. Harris managed just two field goals in the first half, coming courtesy of Isah Alexander and Jamiah Murray...

UNIONVILLE — When the shots won’t fall, they simply won’t fall. Such is the case for the Community Middle Vikings on Thursday night. Offense proved a struggle throughout all four quarters against MTCS and the Vikings fell, 58-19. MTCS established its dominance in the first quarter, out-scoring the Purple and Gold 15-1...

UNIONVILLE — It wasn’t the cleanest of starts for the Community Middle Viqueens. The Viqueens quickly fell behind visiting MTCS, but rallied half-way through the third quarter and coasted to the 36-24 win over the Lady Cougars. In the first quarter, it was all MTCS as the Lady Cougs raced out to a 9-2 lead...

CHAPEL HILL — The Community Middle Vikings held on for a slim, one-point win on Monday night at Forrest Middle, avenging an overtime loss earlier this season. The Vikings withstood a 12-point rally in the fourth quarter and claimed the 38-37 win. Community led 9-6 after the first quarter and 24-16 at the break...

Two area soccer teams with players from Bedford, Coffee and Franklin counties performed well last week in the UFA Classic in Forsyth County, Georgia, one of the largest Thanksgiving tournaments in the Atlanta area. Thunder 03 finished 2nd in the Predator Division, winning a pool consisting of Dalton Premier, UFA Forsyth Gold, and Rapids FC. They fell to the 2018 South Regional Champion (Dalton 04) in the championship...

The Cascade Middle Champions have found their rhythm as of late. Nothing the Forrest Middle Rockets could do on Monday could disrupt that rhythm and the Champions were able to notch another double-digit victory, winning 54-31. Forrest actually took a 9-8 lead following a closely played first quarter...

Cascade Middle got a steady mix of offense from its key players and held off a nine-point effort by Forrest’s Anilee Dippold in a 24-22 win on Tuesday night. Ava Butts and Bella Griffey each scored six points, while Riley Smith and Abrielle Presley each knocked down five...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueens used an air-tight defense and a big third quarter to take control as the Viqueens defeated the Moore County Raiderettes 38-20 in a DRVC basketball game Thursday night. M.J. Simmons scored six points as the Viqueens used a full-court press to force several Raiderette turnovers in the opening quarter...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Vikings got within two points in the final minute but could not get over the hump as the Moore County Raiders defeated the Vikings 46-40 in a DRVC basketball contest Thursday night. Noah Newkirk scored five points in the opening quarter as the Vikings erased a 6-0 Raider lead. Moore County ended the period with an 8-7 advantage...

Offense was certainly on a premium for the Cascade Middle Lady Champions on Thursday evening. In a low-scoring game against Fayetteville City in which neither offense really got going, Cascade survived a fourth-quarter surge to edge they Lady Tigers, 19-18...

MANCHESTER — It was most certainly the tale of two halves for the Community Middle Viqueens on Monday night. Community scratched out a slim, 13-9 lead at halftime against Westwood, but turned on the jets in the second half and pulled away for the 33-point victory...

A complete-game effort on the offensive end of the floor was just what the Cascade Middle Champions needed to down cross-county rival Liberty on Monday night. The Champions imposed their will and blasted the Patriots, 68-34, in the win. After the first quarter, Cascade led by just six, keeping Liberty well within striking distance...

MANCHESTER — At times, points were tough to come by for the Community Middle Vikings on Monday night. Though the offense was inconsistent, a second-quarter outburst proved to be enough for the Purple and Gold to knock off the Westwood Rockets. Community rode a 16-point effort in the second and took the 37-16 win...

While it wasn’t a perfect night for Cascade, the Lady Champions had enough offense to blow past the Liberty Lady Patriots on Monday evening, 34-8. Cascade had no trouble scoring, completely dominated the Lady Patriots on the defensive end of the floor...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Middle Vikings stayed close with the Fayetteville City Tigers in three of the four quarters, but the third quarter was the difference as the Vikings fell 42-34 in a DRVC basketball game Thursday night. Community (2-6) got off to a good start as Emery Smith connected on a three-pointer for the first points of the game. The Tigers came back and took an 11-9 lead after one quarter...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueens converted several baskets with the help of a swarming defense and took control early as the Viqueens defeated the Fayetteville City Lady Tigers 40-16 in a DRVC basketball contest Thursday night. Community (7-0) used varying defenses in the first quarter to get the ball rolling. M.J. Simmons scored six points and Jacey Collier tallied five as the Viqueens took a 13-0 advantage to the second quarter...

It was another powerful offensive showing for the Cascade Middle Champions on Thursday. Cascade scored early and often in a 49-22 blowout victory over visiting Huntland. Nine different Champions scored in the win. Cascade held a slim 10-7 lead after the first quarter, but grew its lead to 25-13 by halftime, thanks largely in part to Jackson Davis’ efforts...

After battling to a deadlocked tie at 22 apiece, the Cascade Middle Lady Champions found their best offensive possessions of the night in overtime against the visiting Huntland Lady Hornets. Cascade out-scored the visitors 12-5 and went on to take the 34-27 victory...

The Community Middle Viqueens used their height and defense to their advantage as the Viqueens defeated the Liberty Lady Patriots 39-7 in a DRVC basketball game Monday night. Community (6-0) used a full-court press to take the lead in the opening period. Led by six points from Jacey Collier and five points from M.J. Simmons, the Viqueens scored the first five points of the quarter and the last eight to take a 13-2 lead to the second quarter...

The Liberty Middle Patriots raced out to a lead in the opening quarter, but the Community Vikings used a big run to take control as the Vikings defeated the Patriots 45-21 in a DRVC basketball game Monday night. The Patriots scored the first six points of the game before the Vikings got on the scoreboard. Community (2-5) scored the last five points of the first quarter as Liberty took a 6-5 advantage to the second quarter...

LYNCHBURG — Just three Cascade Middle Lady Champions found their way into the scoring column on Monday night at Moore County—but the three combined enough for a double-digit road victory. Ava Butts, Anabelle Calvert and Riley Smith accounted for all of the scoring for Cascade in Lynchburg and spurred Cascade on to the 37-23 win over the Raiderettes...

LYNCHBURG — After falling behind in the first quarter, the Cascade Middle Champions rallied for a slim halftime lead at Moore County before blowing the game wide open with stellar second-half effort in the 52-35 win over the Raiders. Moore County took early control of the lead and spread 12 points among five different players to lead Cascade 12-11 after the first quarter...

For the second-straight game, the Cascade Middle Champion pressure defense had its way with a visiting foe. Cascade harassed the visiting Moore County Raiders from the opening tip-off to the final buzzer on Thursday night. The Champs took an early lead and never looked back in the 52-29 blowout win...

After firmly holding onto the game’s momentum on Thursday night against visiting Moore County, Cascade held on through a rough fourth quarter to claim a 30-19 win. Through much of the game, Cascade looked to be in cruise control. The Lady Champs scored 11 points in the first quarter and led 19-6 after out-scoring the visitors 8-0 in the second frame...

UNIONVILLE – In a game that featured 59 fouls and saw seven players foul out, the Community Middle Vikings battled for four quarters and an extra period but came up one point short as the Forrest Rockets defeated the Vikings 46-45 in a DRVC basketball contest Thursday night...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Middle Viqueens stayed unbeaten by using a balanced scoring attack to defeat the Forrest Lady Rockets 39-29 in a DRVC basketball game Thursday night. Community (5-0) scored the first seven points of the game and used five points from Haley Mitchell to take a 12-9 lead after one quarter...

BELL BUCKLE — A lop-sided first quarter was ultimately the undoing for the Community Middle Vikings on Tuesday night at the Webb School. Webb out-scored the Purple and Gold 14-4 in the quarter and held on in the second half for the 52-38 win over Community...

The Community Vikings had an answer for the Cascade Champions pressure defense on Monday night. But that answer only lasted so long. After working around the full-court press in the first quarter, Community struggled to move the ball effectively and Cascade was able to capitalize points off turnovers in the 60-35 win on Monday...

A close first half spiraled into a second-half blowout on Monday night between county rivals Cascade and Community. After hanging close through the first quarter, Cascade’s offense dropped off, while the Viqueens were able to find their groove and coast to the 37-19 rivalry win...