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Top 5 Gibson County area high school basketball games in Week 3
Hoping all of the readers had a great Thanksgiving holiday with great food and time spent with family. With my 5-0 start to the season, my Thanksgiving week was great. I picked all five games correctly for a 1.00 winning percentage. But the third week of the season with bring some even tougher games: Gibson…
Read MoreTop 5 Weakley County area high school basketball games in Week 3
Hoping all of the readers had a great Thanksgiving holiday with great food and time spent with family. With my 5-0 start to the season, my Thanksgiving week was great. I picked all five games correctly for a 1.00 winning percentage. But the third week of the season with bring some even tougher games: Gleason…
Read MoreSchool Board approves Hamlett’s contract for Milan Director of Schools
By Jean Odom Milan School board called a special called meeting Monday night to approve the contract to hire Dr. Versie Hamlett as the new Director of Schools. The contract was approved by a 5-0 vote. Lauren Biggs and Greg Horton were absent from the meeting. Jackie Hopper has served as interim Director of…
Read MoreNorth Side boys, Dyersburg girls open first West Tennessee High School Basketball Rankings at No. 1
Two weeks of the high school basketball season are over, and it seems like they flew by. With playoff football and Thanksgiving, basketball has slowly emerged from the offseason and had some great games in the first two weeks. Like most years, there looks to be plenty of teams from across West Tennessee ready to…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school basketball standings after Week 2 of 2024-25 season
After two weeks of the high school basketball season, here are the updated district standings: BOYS District 12-1A Dist. Over. McEwen 0-0 1-2 Houston Co. 0-0 1-3 McKenzie 0-0 1-3 Bruceton 0-0 0-4 District 13-1A Dist. Over. Bradford 0-0 4-0 Middleton 0-0 1-0 Humboldt 0-0 5-1 Halls 0-0 2-1 Clarksburg 0-0 1-1 West Carroll 0-0…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County high school schedule for Dec. 2-7
Week 3 of the high school basketball season is here which features lots of games on the hardwood along with Milan and Westview playing for football state championships. GIBSON COUNTY TUESDAY High School Basketball South Gibson at Peabody, 6 p.m.; Madison at Milan, 6 p.m.; Gibson County at Union City, 6 p.m.; Bradford at Greenfield,…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school basketball box scores from Week 2 of 2024-25 season
Check out all of the box scores from Week 2 of the high school basketball season for Fayette County, Gibson County, Haywood County and Weakley County: FRIDAY Boys Humboldt 63, Westwood 44 Westwood 2 11 11 20 — 44 Humboldt 13 19 18 13 — 63 Westwood (44) — La’Parizz Dyson 14, Jackson 4, Hardenman…
Read MoreHardiman found guilty of second degree murder
by Danny Wade A Jackson man was in court last week facing multiple charges including two counts of first degree murder. Jadon Davon Hardiman was charged with the murder of Justin Kevon Pankey of Humboldt and Xavier Clifton of Jackson that took place during a basketball game between the Humboldt High School Vikings and North…
Read MoreHumboldt City Schools Athletic Director wins TSSAA Award
George Yarbro (right) receives the TSSAA Athletic Director of the Year award Humboldt City Schools Athletic Director George Yarbro recently received the award for Athletic Director of the Year for District 8 from the TSSAA. Yabro is a man of many hats – as well as athletic director, he is also Humboldt Schools’ family resource…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County schedule for Nov. 25-30
Here is what is going on in Week 2 of the high school basketball season in Gibson County and Weakley County: GIBSON COUNTY MONDAY High School Basketball Camden at Milan (Girls only), 6 p.m.; South Gibson vs. Tunica Academy (Miss.) at Senatobia (Miss.), 6 p.m. TUESDAY High School Basketball South Gibson at Huntingdon, 6 p.m.;…
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