Cascade Athletics

A lot of hard work and an unmistakeable sense of family helped land Cascade senior Matthew Pilkington a shot at playing at the next level. Recently, Pilkington signed his letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Cleveland State. While the interest from the bigger divisions of college baseball didn’t initially crop up, Pilkington says going the junior college route has become a pipeline to an even higher level of play...

Three significant plays ultimately set Cascade a little too far behind to orchestrate a comeback in Friday night's regular season finale against Westmoreland. Westmoreland on the other hand had a huge offensive night, piling up 37 points, including four touchdown passes by quarterback Ryker Hodge and the Eagles were able to shut out the Champions and spoil senior night...

HENDERSONVILLE — Last season, the Cascade Lady Champions had the tough luck of playing their final two games of the season against the two teams who eventually played for the Class A state title. Fast forward a year and Cascade saw that exact same scenario play out as Cascade dropped the Region 3-A finals against state champion Signal Mountain and against Merrol Hyde in the Class A state sectional...

For the better part of the first half, the Cascade Champions gave the unbeaten Forrest Rockets all they could handle and sat poised to carry some momentum into the half. But a late first half turnover flipped all the momentum to the Rockets and Forrest rolled after piling on 27 second half points in a 37-0 rout of the Champions...

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN — It’s always a tough draw when a team draws the defending state champion on the schedule. It’s known throughout Class A that Signal Mountain has one of the most prestigious soccer programs in the state, evidenced by the state championship from a year ago...

There's been a blueprint for Cascade's success this season—play lock down defense and be opportunistic when scoring chances arise. The Lady Champs executed that schematic to a tee on Tuesday evening in the Region 3-A semifinals against the Chattanooga School of Arts and Sciences (CSAS) in a 4-0 victory...

HARTSVILLE — Not much went the Cascade Champions' way in a 44-0 loss on Friday night at Trousdale County. The Yellow Jackets scored at will and racked up 274 yards of offense against Cascade. Trousdale County started its hot first half with three touchdowns in the first quarter, the first of which came on a 75 yard pass play from Kobe Ford...

By CHRIS SIERS sports@t-g.com CHAPEL HILL — Several years ago, a noticeable change in culture took place within the Cascade soccer program. In the years that followed, Cascade picked up a pair of District 6-A titles, beginning in 2017 and again in 2018...

CHAPEL HILL — For about 90 percent of Tuesday night’s first District 6-A semifinal, the Cascade Lady Champions dominated the possession against the Forrest Lady Rockets. While only able to muster up a pair of goals, the smothering Cascade defense limited the Forrest offensive and Cascade was able to punch its ticket to its third-straight District 6-A championship game...

Evan Woosley-Reed is no stranger to competing at a high level. As a freshman a year ago, he competed in the TSSAA Small Class state golf tournament and finished second. On Wednesday, Woosley-Reed one-upped his second-place finish from a year ago and blistered the field in Day 2 of the tournament and captured the individual state title, shooting a six-under, 138 over the two-day tournament...

Evan Woosley-Reed drops a perfect approach shot on the green on Hole 12 in Day 1 of the TSSAA Small Class state tournament. After carding a one over in Day 1, he shot seven under on Day 2 and won the tournament by a staggering six strokes. He finished six under par with a 138 for the tournament. Look for additional coverage from the state golf tournament on t-g.com/sports and in the Saturday edition of the Times-Gazette.

Having failed to fully unleash its offense for the last several games, the Cascade Lady Champions finally broke loose on Tuesday evening against Community and blasted the Viqueens, 6-0 to officially lock up the No. 1 seed in the upcoming district tournament...

GAINESBORO — Winning is contagious and just about everything is falling the Cascade Champions' way in the last two weeks. On Friday night, the Champions (2-4,1-2) showcased another lockdown defensive effort and claimed its first Region 4-AA win of the season, beating Jackson County (2-5, 0-3), 10-0...

HUNTLAND — As the regular season draws to a close, the Cascade Lady Champions continue to play top-end level defense. Cascade allowed Huntland a single shot on goal and the Lady Champs were able to post another shutout victory, beating the Lady Hornets 2-0...

UNIONVILLE — During the 2018 season, the Cascade Champions snapped a four game skid to start the season in the “Battle of Bedford” against rival Community. Cascade coach Jake Tyre hopes history can repeat itself following the Champions' 35-6 win at Community on Friday night...

It stands to reason that 80 minutes of regulation wouldn't be enough to decide a victor between the Cascade Lady Champions and Community Viqueens in a battle of District 6-A unbeatens on Thursday night. In what was essentially an all-out war, the Viqueens struck the first blow, but Cascade scored late to force the two squads to settle for a 1-1 draw...

CHAPEL HILL — It was a strong showing for the Cascade Champions in the District 11 A/AA tournament on Monday morning. Cascade took second in the boys tournament and saw Evan Woosley-Reed shoot a 69 to earn medalist honors. Eagleville's Bobby Snell made Woosley-Reed earn his tournament victory...

FAYETTEVILLE — Fayetteville City scored early, but it was an unrelenting effort by the Cascade Lady Champions that earned them their sixth District 6-A win of the season. Fayetteville pulled within one goal late, but Cascade was able to hold on for the 3-2 win before the match was called due to the lack of field lights...

Teams ranked in the top 10 poll have a way of generating an intimidation factor in games. While they eventually fell to No. 4 Watertown, Cascade (0-4, 0-2) showed no signs of intimidation and punched the Purple Tigers (4-1, 2-0) in the mouth for a full four quarters in perhaps their best showing of the season...

A fast start by the Cascade Lady Champions powered the home team to its second win of the week on Thursday night. The Lady Champs banked five first half goals and added a sixth in the second half en route to a 6-0 shutout win over the Forrest Lady Rockets...

LEWISBURG — Typically, if a player scores a hat trick, their team is usually well on its way to a big win. Cascade got just that on Tuesday night at Marshall County—except it was a pair of Lady Champions who banked a hat trick en route to a 7-1 rout over the Tigerettes...

Cascade had one goal on Friday night against Huntland—slow down Cameron Reed. The Champions (0-3) struggled to corral the Hornets' star back as Reed rattled off 239 yards on the ground and four scores as the Hornets (2-2) knocked off the Champions, 30-6, at the Stable...

On a steamy Tuesday afternoon at River Bend Country Club, the Cascade Champion golf squad got the better of the Community Vikings and Forrest Rockets, posting a team score of 160. Forrest took second with a 185, while the Vikings finished with a 215...

A dominant performance by the Cascade Lady Champions earned their third District 6-A win of the season on Monday evening. Cascade exploded for six, second-half goals and crushed visiting Fayetteville, 7-1. “That's the important part. We know we have a good district and we have to take the points when we can get them,” Lady Champ coach Zack Spears said...

CROSS PLAINS — After building a 14-0 lead mid-way through the third quarter in Friday night's Region 4-AA opener at East Robertson, the Cascade Champions had to feel pretty good about their chances to pick up a first win of the season. That scenario never played out as the Indians (1-2, 1-0) scored 21 unanswered points and handed the Champions their second loss of the season, 21-14...

The Webb School shot a three-team best 158 to defeat Cascade and Grace Christian on a hot Thursday afternoon at River Bend Country Club. Webb’s Conner Brown kept his spectacular season rolling with another match medalist effort and carded a 34 to lead the Feet to the team win...

Through the 2019 preseason and season so far, the Cascade Champions have been homebodies. Every practice, scrimmage and one game so far have all been held at home. While Cascade (0-1) sat idle a week ago, just two weeks into the season, Champion coach Jake Tyre feels the early bye week came at a good time to clean up some miscues and missed assignments in a Week 1 loss to Moore County...

CHAPEL HILL — In a dual-team match on Thursday afternoon, Cascade got a pair of 38s from Evan Woosley-Reed and Garrett Rucker to lead the Champs to a 25-stroke win over Forrest at Henry Horton Golf Course. Bryce Way and Hunter Williams followed with a 42 and 44, respectively to help lead Cascade to the team win...

Mistakes, missed opportunities and a slew of inopportune penalties ultimately proved costly for the Cascade Champions in their season opener against Moore County. The Raiders (1-0) found the end zone in each of the first three quarters and held on, despite a fourth-quarter push by the Champions (0-1) for the 21-7 win at the Stable...

It wasn’t the start to the 2019 season coach Zack Spears had hoped for his Lady Champion squad. Despite being on the wrong end of a 7-3 final score against visiting Tullahoma, Spears did see several positives in Tuesday night’s season opener against the Lady Wildcats...