Community Athletics

Fourteen games is a long time to go without a win. That streak is now over for the Cascade Champions. And while any win to end a lengthy skid is a good win, perhaps getting a win in the Battle of Bedford against cross-county rival Community (1-4) may have been just a little sweeter for coach Jake Tyre and his Champions...

It was a strong finish to the regular season slate for Cascade High School. Though Cascade took both boys and girls team wins, Community saw a handful of golfers perform well in the final match at River Bend. Cascade took the team win, posting a 149, while Eagleville took second with a 177. Community claimed third with a 198...

KINGSTON SPRINGS — The Community Viqueens dropped a tough road loss at Harpeth on Thursday night, falling 5-1. “We played well and out-shot them, but they had a great keeper,” Viqueen coach Chris Brothers said. Jemima Ramos accounted for the lone score for Community when she headed in a free kick from Logan Brothers with 15 minutes left in regulation...

In rivalry week, you may as well throw the records and every other game out the window. On Friday night, the Cascade Champions are set to host the Community Vikings in the annual Battle of Bedford at the Stable. For Cascade, it’s been a tough season finding success so far, but Cascade’s best game perhaps came a week ago against some of the best competition Cascade will see all season long...

Even with a close loss to the Eagleville Eagles in their last game, Coach Chris Grooms found lots of positives as he prepares his Community Viking football team to face the Cascade Champions in their intra-county matchup Friday night. “It was a great game. It was a fun game to coach,” Grooms said. “I love having the kids out there when they’re upbeat the whole time.”...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Viqueens used their aggressiveness to score four first half goals and rode a stellar defense and goalkeeper play to blank the Forrest Lady Rockets 5-0 in a District 6-A soccer matchup Tuesday night. Community (5-6, 4-1) stayed on the Forrest end of the field for most of the first half and broke the ice as Sara Beth Stacy used a pass from Jemima Ramos to score with 23:47 left to put the Viqueens up 1-0...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Viqueens celebrated Senior Night with a barrage of goals and near misses as the Viqueens defeated the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs 5-1 in a District 6-A soccer game Monday night. Community (4-6, 3-1) wasted little time getting on the scoreboard as senior Logan Brothers found the back of the net just 41 seconds into the game...

Shelbyville Central fell in three sets to visiting Community in a volleyball match on Monday evening. The Viqueens won 27-7, 25-16 and 25-13. Pandora Keele, led the Eaglettes with six kills and four digs. Hannah Heflin had five digs while Madison Madden contributed four...

Community High School celebrated its football homecoming Friday night. (Submitted photo)

UNIONVILLE — The Community Vikings fought tooth and nail with the Eagleville Eagles for 48 minutes, but in the end the Eagles made a few more plays as the Vikings lost a 35-30 decision in a Region 5-A football matchup Friday night. “I’m proud of how these kids came out and played,” Coach Chris Grooms of the Vikings said. ”We cut down on our penalties. We were able to play actual football.”...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Viqueens rode the momentum of a hard-fought Set 1 win against Fayetteville City to a 3-0 sweep over the Lady Tigers on Thursday night. Community edged out a 25-21 over the visitors and followed with a 25-10 Set 2 win before closing out the match with another 25-21 Set 3 clincher...

With their first win under their belts, the Community Vikings will be looking to build on their momentum as the Vikings host the Eagleville Eagles in a Region 5-2A football game Friday night. The Vikings did not commit a turnover during their 22-19 win over the Richland Raiders last week...

CHAPEL HILL — It’s been three weeks since the Community golf team stepped on a course as a team. Following the long layover, which included the horse show break, Community teed off against backyard rival Forrest on Tuesday afternoon at Henry Horton Golf Course in a dual-team match...

UNIONVILLE — The Cascade Lady Champions broke out of a scoreless tie with a three-goal barrage in a five-minute span of the first half and went on to defeat the Community Viqueens 5-0 in a District 6-A intra-county soccer matchup Monday night. Cascade (5-0, 4-0) remained unbeaten and kept their season-long streak of not allowing a goal intact...

UNIONVILLE — A dominant effort landed the Community Viqueens (7-2) a non-district win over cross-county foe Shelbyville on Monday afternoon. The Purple and Gold had to hang tough in the first set, but pulled away in the final two for the 3-0 shutout...

UNIONVILLE – In their previous game, the Community Vikings were hurt by four costly turnovers. On Friday night, the Vikings turned the tables by forcing four Richland Raider turnovers and held on for a 22-19 win. The Vikings did not have a turnover of their own in notching their first victory of the season...

UNIONVILLE — After a tough non-district schedule, the Community Viqueens found success and remained unbeaten in District 6-A soccer play Thursday night as the Viqueens attacked the Fayetteville Lady Tiger side of the field for most of the game en route to a 5-1 win...

COLUMBIA — It was a tough afternoon for the Community Viqueens. Though close in all three sets, the Purple and Gold never seemed able to get over the hump and suffered a District 6-A loss at Columbia Academy. The Lady Bulldogs took the match in three sets...

After playing just two games, Coach Chris Grooms and the Community Viking football team were looking for a fresh start to the season. The bye on the schedule in week three may have given the Vikings the break they needed to recharge the batteries as Community gets ready to embark on its final eight regular season games Friday night against Richland...

UNIONVILLE ­— After a slow start, the Community Viqueens battled back and stayed within one goal until midway through the second half before the Columbia Lady Lions pulled away for a 6-1 win in a non-district soccer matchup Tuesday night. After peppering the Viqueen goal early, the Lady Lions scored the opening goal of the game with 33:44 left in the first half...

CULLEOKA — After a 12-day break in action, the Community Viqueens got back to their winning ways, making quick work of Culleoka with a 3-0 road victory on Tuesday. Community took an early lead, claiming Set 1, 25-10. The Viqueens followed with a 25-16 Set 2 win and closed the match with a 25-17 Set 3 victory...

LYNCHBURG — Four costly Community Viking turnovers snuffed out drives and gave the Moore County Raiders plenty of scoring opportunities as the Vikings fell 32-12 in a non-region football contest Friday night. The Raiders scored 20 points off the Viking miscues as Community (0-2) dug itself a hole in the first half and could not recover...

FAYETTEVILLE — After dropping their first match of the season on Tuesday night, the Community Viqueens (3-1, 2-1) responded by taking out a little frustration with a 3-0 sweep at Fayetteville on Thursday night. Community jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the match and claimed Set 1 with a 25-11 win...

After a rough start to the 2018 football season, the Community Vikings will attempt to put their opening game in the rear view mirror as they travel to Moore County Friday night for another non-region matchup. With weapons on both sides of the ball, the defending Class 1A state runner-up Cornersville Bulldogs got off to a huge lead early last Friday and had the Vikings scrambling from behind...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens and Eagleville Lady Eagles scored the same number of points in their District 6-A volleyball match Tuesday night. But the Lady Eagles made the big shots in the three sets that went down to the wire as the Viqueens fell in four sets...

SMITHVILLE — A night after claiming their first win of the season, the Community Viqueens followed with a 2-1 non-district victory at Dekalb County. Community fell behind early in the contest, allowing the first goal of the game to the Lady Tigers barely 11 minutes into the contest...

COLUMBIA — The Community golf squad notched a solid team win on Tuesday afternoon against Columbia Academy, and they got a little help from an unexpected player. Since Columbia Academy doesn’t have a girls golf team, Viqueen senior Hannah Goodwin was allowed to combine her score with the Vikings’, which helped lock down the 177-184 team win...

FAYETTEVILLE — The Community High School Volleyball squad followed up its opener win last week with a non-district victory on Monday night, sweeping Lincoln Co. 3-0. The first set proved to be a thriller, with the Viqueens coming through in the clutch with a 25-23 Set 1 win...

UNIONVILLE – An inability to convert on fourth downs in the first half against the defending state runner-up Cornersville Bulldogs was costly as the Community Vikings dug an early hole and could not recover in a 41-20 loss Friday night in the opening game of the 2018 football season...

With preseason conditioning, scrimmages, and preparation out of the way, the Community Vikings turn to the regular season and a tough opponent to open the 2018 football campaign. “We’ve put all this work in,” Coach Chris Grooms of the Vikings said. “These boys have been working four years with us from a tough JV schedule until now. We’re looking to get the season started and see where we end up.”...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens could not keep up with the quickness and physical play of the Giles County Lady Bobcats Thursday night as the Viqueens fell 9-0 in a non-district soccer match. Community stayed with the Lady Bobcats for the first eight minutes of the game, but the relenting pressure from Giles County was too much for the Viqueens to overcome. The Lady Bobcats scored their ninth goal just before halftime as the game ended on the mercy rule...

ROCKVALE — A solid team effort came up just short for the Community Viking golf squad on Thursday at Champions Run. The Vikings were edged by Eagleville, 187-212 in the dual-team match. Grayson Garrette kept his pace as team leader and posted a 41 to pace the Purple and Gold...

UNIONVILLE — It wasn’t a win, but the Community Viqueens showed a vast amount of improvement from the night before in a 4-2 loss to the Spring Hill Lady Raiders in a non-district soccer tilt Tuesday night. Despite being on the defensive for most of the night, the Viqueens took a lead into the halftime break...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Viqueens claimed their season opener with a 3-0 win over visiting Culleoka on Tuesday evening. Community posted a convincing 25-9, Set 1 win, but the Lady Warriors showed vigor and fought Community in the second set. The Viqueens still managed to hang on, posting a 25-20 win...

In a dual-team match on Tuesday afternoon at River Bend Country Club, the Webb School Feet took the team win, but it was Viking senior stand out Grayson Garrette who posted the round-low of 39 to earn match medalist honors. Conner Brown carded a 42 to lead Webb to the team win. Charlie Mitchell finished three strokes behind him at 45, while Dawson Hasty and Luke Ledbetter finished with a 52 and 57, respectively, to help carry Webb to the team win...

UNIONVILLE – The aggressiveness and size of the Class AAA Coffee County Lady Raiders was too much for the youth of the Community Viqueens Monday night as the Viqueens fell 7-2 in the opening match of the 2018 soccer season. Community, which started six sophomores and two freshmen, fell behind 2-0 just three minutes into the match...

CHAPEL HILL — Community had a pair of golfers each claim medalist honors on Tuesday afternoon at Henry Horton Golf Course. Grayson Garrette’s 42 led the Vikings and was the round-low score, but Community came up just short in team competititon and finished with a 210, good enough for second place, behind Forrest, which shot a 207...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Vikings scored five touchdowns with their varsity team on the field while limiting the East Hickman Eagles to one in a football scrimmage Thursday night. Four different Vikings scored during the varsity scrimmage. Each team had 10 offensive plays during its opening possession. After the Eagles could not score to start the game, the Vikings wasted little time finding the end zone...

In an all-Bedford County match held at River Bend on Thursday, Cascade and Shelbyville Central battled to a tie, with each golf squad posting a combined 334. Cascade’s Oscar Westh-Blanc took match medalist honors with a round-low of 70. He was followed by Seth Miller, who shot a 74...

T-G STAFF REPORT In an all-Bedford County match held at River Bend on Thursday, Cascade and Shelbyville Central battled to a tie, with each golf squad posting a combined 334. Cascade’s Oscar Westh-Blanc took match medalist honors with a round-low of 70...

With TSSAA football practice in full bloom, the Community Vikings are preparing for a season they hope will produce new heights in their football program. A roster loaded with seniors has Coach Chris Grooms optimistic about the season. “So far our practices have been upbeat with our seniors leading us,” Grooms said. “We’ve been upbeat and energetic.”...

The Cascade and Community High School golf teams opened the 2018 season on Tuesday afternoon at River Bend Country Club. Cascade claimed the team competition with a 30-stroke win over the Vikings. Oscar Westh-Blanc toom match medalist honors with a 36, while Seth Miller finished a stroke back at 37...

Coach Chris Grooms and the Community Viking football team wasted little time getting busy as they blazed the trails in middle Tennessee after the completion of the TSSAA dead period. The Vikings participated in 7-on-7 games at Creek Wood, Clarksville Northwest, Cannon County, and Murfreesboro Riverdale before culminating their first week with a tournament at Nolensville...

When Cody Pierce graduated from Community High School after completing his playing career for the Vikings in 2010, he told Principal Dr. Robert Ralston when he got out of school he wanted to eventually come back home and coach at his alma mater. That wish is now a reality...

The 2018 high school football schedules have been released for Bedford County High Schools. After a brutal 2017 run sparked by a stellar passing offense, the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles hope to improve upon a 5-6 run in the 2018 season. As was a season ago, Shelbyville will open against rival Tullahoma on Thursday, August 16 and follow with a brutal match up against Marshall County...