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“Tough weekend?” Victor Parkins asked as I walked into the office, already knowing the answer. “Yea, my wife Jean lost the matriarch of her family and the funeral was Saturday,” I replied. “It’s never easy to lose a special leader of the family that had four children, eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren, along with…

With the midway point of the season upon us, the Gleason and Greenfield football teams seemed to right some early wrongs last week with wins over Lake County and Fulton County (Ky.), respectively. A big stretch of Region 7-1A games are ahead for both teams, culminating in the two meeting in Week 11. I went…

Another week of football is in the books, and there were lots of big games. Fans have figured out that Region 7-4A in loaded as teams are beating each other right and left, and no team remaining undefeated in region play. And don’t try guessing winners – just look at our pick’em column. Region 7-2A…

The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced football rankings after Week 4 on Monday. Top 10 teams in each of the six Division I classifications and Top 5 in three Division II classes were selected by TSWA members and USA Today writers with first-place votes in parentheses and total points based on…

Here are the updated region standings for West Tennessee after Week 5 action: Region 6-1A Reg. Over. McKenzie 1-0 4-1 Wayne Co. 1-0 2-3 Bruceton 0-1 4-1 Collinwood 0-0 1-4 McEwen 0-0 2-1 Perry Co. 0-1 2-3 Region 7-1A Reg. Over. S. Fulton 2-0 4-0 Dresden 2-0 3-2 Gleason 1-1 2-3 Humboldt 1-1 2-3 Lake…

“Michael, your neck is a bit red there,” Victor Parkins laughed as I walked in the Mirror-Exchange office on Monday morning. “Are you becoming a red neck?” I turned and my face matched the redness on my neck. “I get to cover Milan for one week, and we have to have temperatures in the 90s…

Well, Week 4 was a perfect 3-0 for me in picking Weakley County games. If only I could have had a perfect record in all of my picks. I improved to 10-4 (.715 winning percentage) with my Weakley County picks this season. I went 11-4 overall last week, missing South Side’s win over South Gibson,…

By the end of this week, there will be several West Tennessee teams that are halfway done with the 2025 season. It feels like the season just started. But many teams have played one to two region contests and several are getting ready to have their bye week over the next three weeks. There are…

The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced football rankings after Week 3 on Monday. Top 10 teams in each of the six Division I classifications and Top 5 in three Division II classes were selected by TSWA members and USA Today writers with first-place votes in parentheses and total points based on…