Cascade Athletics

The week after the July 4th holiday means just one thing for high school football coaches—the end of the TSSAA mandated dead period. As of Monday afternoon, area teams are cleared to begin holding July practices and begin focusing on the upcoming season...

It’s not every day a high school student gets a chance to continue their athletic career at the next level. It’s even more rare of an opportunity for a student to get a chance to compete in a major Division I team environment. Recent Cascade graduate Sanders Lovvorn has been afforded just that opportunity...

Former Shelbyville Central track star Kethlin Campbell continues to blaze through the track and field world at the next level. After transferring from Duke University, Campbell helped lead Arkansas to the SEC title. She took the individual 400 meter dash title in 51.03 and currently has the third fastest time in the world...

As with any football program, in this day and age, teams have to have gain every competitive edge, both on and off the field. Top-end programs seem to find endless methods of funding for top-end equipment, but for small county schools like Cascade High School, players, coaches and supporters have to start from the ground up....

At the end of the school year, administrators are often tasked with finding viable replacements to account for the turnover in faculty and staff. With a recent opening in the Cascade basketball program, the administration has turned to Kevin Weeks to head up the program for the upcoming 2019-2020 season...

MURFREESBORO -- Over the past two years, Cascade's Lady Champion softball team has been one of the top programs in the state. The Lady Champions (24-6) made a deep run into the TSSAA Spring Fling last year finishing third in the state in Class A and had high expectations for a deeper run this season...

MURFREESBORO – Survive and Advance! Cascade’s Lady Champions did exactly that by winning a pair of elimination games in the TSSAA Class A state softball tournament Thursday. The Lady Champions defeated Sale Creek 3-1 in the morning, then claimed a 2-0 victory over Whitwell during the afternoon...

Cascade's Corrie McAnally participated in the TSSAA Spring Fling Shot Shot put on Friday morning. She finished 10th out of 16 with a throw just under 30 feet.

MURFREESBORO – Dominant pitching and quality hitting led the charge as Cascade’s Lady Champions claimed a 12-4 win over Halls to advance in the TSSAA Spring Fling XXVI on Wednesday. Brooke Sudduth provided a spark for the Lady Champions both on the mound and at the plate...

MURFREESBORO — Having dropped two earlier meetings to Columbia Academy, the Cascade Lady Champions were determined not to drop a third. While Tuesday night's state opener against the Lady Bulldogs was just the start Cascade wanted, the bats went cold after the first inning and Cascade dropped a 3-2 decision...

One big inning and another stellar effort from the pitcher’s circle was all the Cascade Lady Champions needed to qualify for a return trip to the TSSAA Class A state tournament next week. In Saturday morning’s Class A sectional meeting against Trousdale County (19-8), Cascade plated all five runs in the second frame and coasted to the 5-0 win...

It’s been a while since the Moore County Raiderettes were able to defeat the Cascade Lady Champions. Cascade (20-4) has owned the series over the past two seasons, with Cascade owning nine-straight wins, dating back to last season. Among those wins are two District 8-A titles and following Wednesday night’s 2-0 win, a second-straight Region 4-A title...

What’s been a remarkable year for the Cascade Champions came to a close in the opening round of the Region 3-A tournament in a 1-0 loss to visiting Chattanooga School of the Arts and Sciences. For 40 minutes of regulation, it was an absolute war zone on the Cascade Champion soccer field...

Flash back to a year ago and the Cascade Champions felt like all the program building and growth was leading to a district championship. Those aspirations fell short in a 3-0 loss against Fayetteville in the District 6-A finals. On Thursday night, Cascade got its payback, handing the Tigers a loss by the same margin...

LYNCHBURG — The Cascade Lady Champions have set out to tell a story this postseason—a story not so dissimilar from the postseason from a year ago, but perhaps one just a little longer and with a slightly different ending. Cascade (19-4) wrote the first chapter in that story on Wednesday night, defeating Moore County 10-0 in five innings to capture the second-straight District 8-A title...

The No. 1 seed Cascade Lady Champions sit just a single win from repeating as District 8-A champions following Tuesday night’s 2-1 thriller over Moore County. Offense was few and far between for both squads, but in the end Cascade was able to grind out just enough production at the plate to skate past the hosting Raiderettes...

The Cascade Champions used their speed and a strong passing performance to defeat the Community Vikings 6-0 Tuesday in a semifinal matchup of the District 6-A tournament. The Vikings came out strong and denied the Champs a goal in the first 10 minutes before Garrett Rucker headed a loose ball into the net to give Cascade a 1-0 lead...

The District 8-A tournament officially began on Friday. The Cascade Lady Champions finally saw their first action of the postseason on Monday afternoon and much like the regular season district slate, Cascade continued its romp, crushing Huntland 11-0 in five innings to advance in the winners’ bracket...

Beating a team three times in a season is never an easy task. Beating a team three times in a week and a half is even tougher. Cascade (11-13) did just that in the District 8-A opener on Wednesday evening, knocking off Fayetteville City in eight innings on a walk-off single by Matthew Pilkington...

UNIONVILLE – The Cascade Champions started in dramatic fashion with back-to-back first inning home runs, but the Community Vikings righted the ship and scored the next 10 runs as the Vikings defeated the Champions 10-2 Tuesday night in the regular season finale for both teams...

MURFREESBORO — Despite outhitting the Lady Stars 7-4, the Cascade Lady Champion suffered a 3-2 defeat in the final non-district game of the season on Tuesday afternoon at Siegel. Siegel plated two runs in the bottom of the first, on an error and a wild pitch, to take a 2-0 early lead...

The Cascade Lady Champions had quite the perfect sendoff for their seniors on Sunday afternoon. In a makeup game against visiting Cornersville, Cascade blanked the Lady Bulldogs and sent the 2019 senior class out on a high note. The win, while yet another impressive victory for the Lady Champions, took on even more significance with senior pitcher Brooke Sudduth recording her second perfect game of the week...

Brooke Sudduth twirled another gem from the pitcher’s circle on Friday evening and the Cascade Lady Champions backed her up at the plate in a 5-0 win over Huntland. It has been 26 innings since Cascade has given up a run. Sudduth was dialed in from the pitcher’s circle and struck out 15 batters and walked just one...

UNIONVILLE – The Cascade Champions were able to spread the wealth as six different players found the back of the net in a 6-0 victory over the Community Vikings in a District 6-A soccer match Thursday night. The Champions were able to advance the ball effectively against the Vikings as the ball stayed on the Community side of the field for a big part of the game. ...

It took a little seventh-inning magic, but in the end, the Cascade Champions (11-10, 5-5) were able to string together enough hits in the clutch to finish the sweep of Fayetteville with a 7-6 win on Tuesday night. Trailing 6-3 entering the bottom of the seventh frame, Cascade led off the frame with a single by senior Colby Melson...

Brooke Sudduth has allowed just a single hit in Cascade’s last three games. She was the catalyst in another Lady Champion shutout victory on Tuesday night. Led by Sudduth in the pitcher’s circle, Cascade claimed its second-straight shutout win over Fayetteville City, blanking the Lady Tigers 10-0 in five innings...

FAYETTEVILLE — A combination of an no-hit effort from the pitcher’s circle and the best offensive performance sparked Cascade’s 12-0 drubbing of Fayetteville City on Monday evening. Cascade banged out 17 hits, while senior Brooke Sudduth twirled a near-perfect effort from the pitchers’ circle...

FAYETTEVILLE — Cascade was able to grind out a close, 3-1 win on the road on Monday evening at Faytteville City, bringing Champions back to .500 on the season. Cascade plated two runs in the top of the first inning and padded the lead with an insurance run in the top of the seventh to secure the win...