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Preseason TSWA/USA Today Preseason Football Poll

The Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA)/USA Today Network have combined to have one high school football state poll. The preseason poll was released Thursday, Aug. 21, but the from here on out, the poll will be released on Monday mornings. In the preseason poll, 18 sports writers ranked teams from across the state. The number…

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Vic vs. Odom: High School Football Week 1 Pick’em

“Why are you blasting ‘Gonna Fly Now’ by Bill Conti,” Gibson County News owner Victor Parkins asked when he walked in the office on Monday morning. “This is not 1977, and you are not Rocky.” “That is what you think,” sports writer Michael Odom chuckled. “I am about to take you out like Rocky took…

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Weakley County high school football pick’em: Week 1

The 2025 high school football season is here! After all of the summer workouts, 7-on-7 scrimmages, full-padded practices in the head and full-padded scrimmage, games begin to matter this week. And returning for a second season is the Weakley County pick’em. Our sports writer Michael Odom will pick the scores of all Weakley County high…

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West Tennessee high school fall sports results for Week 1

Here are the fall sports results for Week 1 from Fayette County, Gibson County, Haywood County and Weakley County: THURSDAY Girls Soccer South Gibson 6, Huntingdon 0 Goals: SG – Reese Yoder 4, Jaci Walters, Morgan Czerniak. Assists: SG – Rylee Hood 2, Lily Pastorius, Eleanor Suiter. Saves: SG – Heather Hansen 1. Records: SG…

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Region 8-4A Football: Can anyone touch Haywood in region play?

Class 4A was the West Tennessee class that was affected the most by the new classification parameters. Region 7-4A was 6-4A and 7-4A from 2024 squashed together. Region 8-4A is a few from last year’s 7-4A along with all of the Shelby County schools. Haywood and Fayette-Ware stay together from Region 7-4A and join Craigmont,…

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