Sports

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...

Shelbyville Central claimed a 27-24 win over visiting Stewarts Creek in a matchup that had the feeling of a state playoff game on Friday night at the Eagles Nest in a non-region contest. The game was televised on MYTV 30’s Friday Night Rivals across the mid-state...

Lights, camera, action! For the fifth year in a row, the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle football team will be featured on WUXP MyTV 30’s Friday Night Rivals. The Eagles host Stewarts Creek in a non-region contest tonight and the game will be televised in the mid-state on WUXP MyTV 30...

Cascade closed its regular season home slate much in the way it began—a dominating effort on defense followed with a quick flurry of offense. Cascade dominated time of possession and after landing just one goal in the first half, poured on the offense in the second half to claim a 5-0 win over the visiting Forrest Lady Rockets on senior night...

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...

Harris Middle School fell 38-14 on the road at Franklin County North in a conference matchup on Tuesday night. The Eagles trailed 8-6 at the end of the first quarter, 30-6 and halftime. After a scoreless third, both teams found the end zone once in the fourth quarter...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Vikings appeared headed to a come-from-behind win with 22 unanswered points in the second half, but the MTCS Cougars scored two touchdowns in the last three minutes to defeat the Vikings 32-28 in a DRVC football contest Thursday night...

If you’ve paid attention to any level of preseason football talk, chances are, you’ve heard about all the negativity surrounding the sport. Even within the NFL, there’s been A TON of hype about players taking a knee to protest perceived social injustice during the national anthem...

As far as I’m concerned, there are two seasons — football season and waiting for football season. Finally, after months and months of anticipation and waiting, college football is back. Nearly seven years ago when I moved here, I became immersed in the landscape of Tennessee football fandom...

It seems like here lately, when it rains it pours. No, I’m not referring to the weather, but life in general. Once again I sit here on my computer in my office at home trying to come up with some words in memory of a fellow friend and colleague. I was actually on my way to Nashville to cover the Tennessee Titans preseason game with my good friend Kenny Parker on Saturday afternoon when I started getting calls asking if the death of Rusty Reed were true...