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“Aren’t you glad Hurricane Is.., Isai…, Isaias didn’t reach Tennessee on Friday night?” Victor Parkins laughed Monday morning as we arrived at the office. “Can you even say that name correctly?” I replied. “Why such a confusing name?” “We sure did get some rain on Saturday,” Parkins said. “Yea, I have already dealt with one…

“The work is all on you this week,” I told Union City Messenger sports editor Gabe Jackson before walking out of the office on Saturday. “Weakley County Schools are all off this week, and I think I will be too.” “Come again,” Jackson replied. “I am heading to the beach for some sun and great…

Nine of the 15 teams ranked in the West Tennessee High School Football Rankings were on a bye in Week 8 due to Fall Break. Four of the others are on a bye week this week. But through eight weeks of the high school football season, Westview has held strong to the No. 1 spot…

The Tennessee Sports Writers Association announced football rankings after Week 8 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 with first-place votes in parentheses and total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one…

Week 8 of the high school football season is in the books, so check out the updated region standings. Region 6-1A Reg. Over. McKenzie 3-0 6-2 Wayne Co. 2-1 3-5 McEwen 1-1 5-2 Perry Co. 1-1 3-4 Bruceton 1-2 4-4 Collinwood 0-3 2-6 Region 7-1A Reg. Over. Humboldt 4-0 7-0 S. Fulton 3-1 6-1 Dresden…

“Has anyone seen Victor today?” “I haven’t,” Mirror Exchange co-owner Scarlet Elliot said. I pull out my phone and dial Victor Parkins’ number. “Hello!” “Victor, isn’t it time to put a paper out?” I asked on Monday morning. “It’s Fall Break,” Parkins responded. “Me and Wade Comer are out on the lake doing some fishing,…

“I can almost feel it now – waves splashing on my feet, a beachy drink in my hand and the sunshine in my face,” I said early Monday morning. “Summer vacations are over,” Union City Messenger sports editor Gabriel Jackson laughed. “Yes, but Fall Break is almost here, beginning on Saturday,” I said smiling. “Well,…

Our Week 7 game of the week was Trinity Christian Academy hosting Jackson Christian, and that matchup didn’t disappoint in Division II-A West Region play. TCA pulled out the 14-points victory (28-14), and that has caused the biggest movement in this week’s West Tennessee High School Football Rankings. The next two weeks are light as…

The TSSAA is in the works of reclassifying teams for the 2027-29 high school football season. First, they got enrollment numbers from all member schools. Seen here. Then, TSSAA split the schools into classes based on the numbers and gave schools until Oct. 2 to move up a class. Seen here. So now it is…