Community Athletics

The 2014 Community Viking baseball season still brings back wonderful memories for Coach Robbie Davis. The Vikings peaked at the right time and used a strong playoff push to become the first Community team to punch a ticket to the TSSAA state baseball tournament...

This is a rare time for sports. At no point in the recent history has there been such an extensive effort to combat a pandemic that resulted in a complete halt of live sports action at every level of every competition for seemingly every sport. During the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff of the Times-Gazette will revisit local games from the past and relive the greatest Bedford County athletics moments through new reporting...

For former Community Viqueen standout Lacey Reed, the choice of selecting Martin Methodist College to further her basketball career was a decision she would still repeat today. In four years at Martin, Reed amassed 725 points while gathering 452 rebounds. Her teams qualified for the NAIA national tournament three times, albeit her senior year was cut short this season without an appearance in the tournament...

Sports have such an important place in society. There’s never really been a time in any recent history without any sports on any level of competition. Even during the dog days of summer, there are active competitions being played. These are strange times, however...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens battled back with a three-run seventh inning rally, but the comeback fell just short as the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs defeated the Viqueens 7-5 in a softball contest Friday night. After the Lady Bulldogs scored a run in the top of the first inning, the Viqueens used a double from Brianna Beech in the bottom of the frame to tie the game at 1-1...

UNIONVILLE – For 17 minutes, the Community Vikings appeared on their way to a state tournament bid after building an 11-point lead over the East Nashville Eagles in a Class AA sectional matchup Monday night. But the Vikings could not escape a downward spiral that saw the Eagles go on a 28-3 run as East Nashville defeated Community 66-52, ending the season for the Vikings...

UNIONVILLE – After the Community Vikings jumped out to a 12-point halftime lead in the Region 6-AA championship game Thursday night, the biggest obstacle the Vikings faced was preventing the dangerous Creek Wood Red Hawks from making a second-half run...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Vikings rode an explosive first half offense and a smothering second quarter defense to a big halftime lead and withstood a late Central Magnet Tiger rally as the Vikings defeated the Tigers 74-62 in the semifinals of the Region 6-AA basketball tournament Tuesday night...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Vikings were tied in the second quarter with the Stewart County Rebels in the opening round of the Region 6-AA tournament Saturday night, but at the end of the day, the Vikings outscored Stewart County in each quarter and used their defense and the clock to their advantage to defeat the Rebels 55-43 and advance to the semifinals of the tournament...

LEWISBURG – Before Tuesday night’s game, it had been 26 years since the Community Vikings had claimed a district basketball tournament championship. The Vikings made sure to put that statistic in the past. Community (29-1) used a career-high 22 points from Will Reed to finally pull away in the fourth quarter and defeat the Nolensville Knights 63-53 and claim the District 12-AA tournament crown...

LEWISBURG – Alex Mitchell scored 24 points, including 17 in the first half as the Community Vikings gradually pulled away to defeat the Central Magnet Tigers 60-43 in a District 12-AA tournament semifinal game Friday night. While the Tigers were able to slow the Viking inside game, Community turned to Mitchell to pick up the slack as the Vikings captured a berth in the district finals and also secured a home game in the opening round of the Region 6-AA tournament...

PULASKI – It was a typical close game between the Community Viqueens and Giles County Lady Bobcats Monday night in a District 12-AA basketball tournament play-in game. For the third time this season, the Lady Bobcats eked out the win over the Viqueens as Hanna Hill connected on two free throws with four seconds left to give Giles County a 42-41 victory, ending Community's season...

UNIONVILLE – Nine different Community Vikings scored in the first half as the Vikings took a huge lead and went on to the defeat the Central Magnet Tigers 71-52 on Senior Night in a District 12-AA game Friday. Community (27-1, 10-0 D12AA) completed district play with an unblemished record as five seniors played their final regular season game on their home court...

UNIONVILLE – Shelby Cawthon beat the buzzer with a put back in the first overtime to give the Community Viqueens a 52-50 victory over the Central Magnet Lady Tigers in a District 12-AA game and regular season finale Friday night. It was the second overtime game of the week and fourth of the season for the Viqueens...

UNIONVILLE – The inside tandem of Kobe Pride and Corde Lane scored 31 of the 50 Community Viking first half points as the Vikings jumped out to a big lead en route to a 99-60 victory over the Giles County Bobcats in a District 12-AA game Tuesday night...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens squandered a 10-point fourth quarter lead and fell victim to a game-winning basket by the Giles County Lady Bobcats with two seconds left in the second overtime as the Viqueens fell 67-66 in a District 12-AA basketball contest Tuesday night...

NOLENSVILLE – A strong defensive effort led the way as the Community Vikings clinched the District 12-AA regular season basketball championship with a 60-47 victory over the Nolensville Knights Friday night. Community (25-1, 8-0 D12AA) stayed unbeaten in district play with a balanced scoring night as its length on defense prevented the Knights from getting into an offensive flow...

NOLENSVILLE – It was rough sledding for the Community Viqueens Friday night as the district-leading Nolensville Lady Knights jumped out to a big halftime lead and went on to defeat the Viqueens 57-18 in a District 12-AA basketball contest. The size and hot shooting of the Lady Knights were too much for the Viqueens to overcome...

CHAPEL HILL – The Community Vikings jumped out to a huge first quarter lead and never looked back as the Vikings defeated the Forrest Rockets 79-47 in a District 12-AA basketball game Tuesday night. Community (24-1, 7-0 D12AA), which moved up to 5th in the state’s AP Class 2A poll, used a balanced scoring attack to remain unbeaten in district play...

CHAPEL HILL – The Community Viqueens had a rough start out of the gate and could never get on track as the Forrest Lady Rockets defeated the Viqueens 62-33 in a District 12-AA basketball contest Tuesday night. The Lady Rockets came out hot and scored the first 12 points of the game in under three minutes to take control early...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viking offense was clicking on all cylinders Friday night as the Vikings hit the century mark in a 101-47 win over the Marshall County Tigers in a District 12-AA basketball contest. The Viking defense held the Tigers to 27 points over the final three quarters while creating some easy scoring chances...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens scored the final 10 points of the game, including the last seven in a 46-second span to come from behind and defeat the Marshall County Tigerettes 38-33 in a District 12-AA basketball game Friday night. The Viqueen defense was key to the comeback as Community forced five Tigerette turnovers in the last two minutes of the game while holding Marshall County to just 12 points in the second half...

MURFREESBORO – Trying to get a win on the road, especially in District 12-AA, is not always an easy task. The Community Vikings found that out Tuesday night as the Central Magnet Tigers gave the Vikings all they could handle before Community used a strong defensive effort down the stretch and cashed in on some clutch free throws to claim a 56-50 victory...

MURFREESBORO – The Community Viqueens took the lead for good in the third quarter and hit their free throws down the stretch as the Viqueens defeated the Central Magnet Lady Tigers 51-44 in a District 12-AA basketball contest Tuesday night. It was a game of runs in the opening half as the teams jockeyed to gain control...

PULASKI – The Community Vikings got off to a shaky start against the Giles County Bobcats on the road Friday night, but the Vikings righted the ship in a big way and went on to defeat the Bobcats 78-50 in a District 12-AA basketball contest. The athleticism of the Bobcats gave the Vikings problems in the opening quarter. Kobe Pride had seven points for the Vikings, but Giles County led for most of the quarter and took a 19-13 advantage to the second quarter...

PULASKI – The Community Viqueens battled with foul trouble throughout the game, but couldn’t hold on to leads in the fourth quarter and overtime as the Giles County Lady Bobcats defeated the Viqueens 41-36 in a District 12-AA basketball game Friday night...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Vikings and Nolensville Knights clashed in a battle of district unbeatens Tuesday night. The Vikings were held to 19 points below their points per game average, but a stifling Community defense and a big night at the free throw line carried the Vikings to a 56-44 victory and sole possession of first place in the District 12-AA basketball standings...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens could not stop the hot shooting of the Nolensville Lady Knights in the second half as the Lady Knights pulled away for a 65-33 District 12-AA basketball victory Tuesday night. Community (9-12, 1-2 D12AA) found the inside game to its liking in the opening quarter as M. J. Simmons scored seven points. Nolensville ended the quarter with a 14-10 lead...

UNIONVILLE – The script for the Community Vikings of late has involved putting the pressure on their opponents by jumping out to a huge lead in the opening quarter. Friday’s game followed the same script as the Vikings scored the first 12 points and coasted to an 80-43 District 12-AA basketball win over the Forrest Rockets...

UNIONVILLE – It was raining 3s for the Community Viqueens in their game against the Forrest Lady Rockets Friday night. The Viqueens had 11 treys, but the last trey settled the outcome as Jesa Moore beat the buzzer on a three-pointer with just under a second left to give the Viqueens a 57-56 District 12-AA basketball victory over the Lady Rockets...

LEWISBURG – The Community Viqueens went scoreless for eight minutes during a 17-0 Marshall County Tigerette run and the Viqueens could not recover as the Tigerettes came away with a 50-40 victory in the District 12-AA basketball opener Tuesday night...

LEWISBURG – It was a good night all-around as the Community Vikings rode a huge first quarter while Alex Mitchell joined the 1,000 point club as the Vikings opened District 12-AA play with an 81-65 win over the Marshall County Tigers in a basketball contest Tuesday night...