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Vic vs. Odom Pick’em: High School Football Week 8
“Is that a tumbleweed,” I joked sitting at my desk on Monday. “Fall break makes Gibson County like a ghost town as people are at the beach or at the mountains or just out of town.” “Fall break makes the pickings slim this week as for high school athletics,” Mirror-Exchange editor Victor Parkins said. “No…
Read MoreLemons vs. Odom Pick’em: High School Football Week 8
Paul Betzou is new to the game of football. He played a little defensive back in Germany before becoming a foreign exchange student this year and winding up at Dresden High School for the 2023 season. So maybe he doesn’t know West Tennessee rivalries, and maybe he doesn’t know the pressure of trying to beat…
Read MoreHuntingdon, Milan placed on probation for game incident
11 days after the incident took place, the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) has handed down its final ruling from when both benches emptied during the first half of the Huntingdon-Milan game. Huntingdon and Milan have both been placed on probation until the end of the 2024-25 school year, and probation results in a…
Read MoreJSU alumna Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat
JSU alumna Laphonza Butler to fill Senate seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Jackson State University political science graduate Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Butler is the president of EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource…
Read MoreCity board hires financial official officer
by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net The city of Humboldt has been operating without a financial officer for the past few months. This caused a slow down in spending and a delay in getting the city’s budget approved. Last Monday night, that all changed. During the Humboldt Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, Mayor…
Read MoreFall Fest to be full of family fun
by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net Temperatures are dropping, college football Saturdays are back and there are pumpkin spice treats as far as the eye can see. With September 23 officially bringing in fall, it is the perfect time to get prepared for Humboldt’s downtown Fall Fest. Fall Fest this year is on October…
Read MoreTop 10 Mr. Football semifinalist prospects in West Tennessee
One month is all that remains before the 2023 high school football regular season will come to a close. That means we are also one month away from Mr. Football nominations are due. So here are my top 10 prospects of West Tennessee players to be named Mr. Football semifinalists. Well, actually, I have 11…
Read MoreTennessee AP high school football poll after Week 7
The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through October 1, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point…
Read MoreSouth Gibson enters West Tennessee football rankings after Week 7
Four weeks is all that remains before the playoffs take over the state of Tennessee in high school football. Many teams still have a week off for a bye week, but now is the time to be playing at the top of your game to earn a spot in the playoffs. South Gibson is one…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school football 2023 region standings after Week 7
Here are the updated region standings for West Tennessee teams after Week 7. Region 6-1A Reg. Over. McKenzie 3-0 6-1 W. Carroll 3-0 4-1 Houston Co. 2-1 3-4 McEwen 0-2 1-5 Bruceton 0-2 1-6 Perry Co. 0-3 2-5 Region 7-1A Reg. Over. Dresden 4-0 7-0 Lake Co. 4-1 4-3 Union City 3-1 4-3 S. Fulton…
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