Area Sports

Maybe picking games when the Weakley County teams were on Fall break wasn’t a good idea.  I had one of my worst weeks of the 2025 season, as I went 10-5 with my Week 9 high school football picks.  I stayed 23-6 (.793 winning percentage) with my Weakley County picks since no team played.  I…

Fall breaks are over, and there are two weeks remaining in the 2025 regular season. If there is one region to watch over the next two weeks, it is Region 7-4A. South Gibson moved to the top of the region standings with a 4-1 record. But there five teams one game behind them at 3-2.…

he Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced football rankings after Week 9 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 9 action: Region 6-1A Reg. Over. McKenzie 3-0 7-1 McEwen 3-0 5-2 Wayne Co. 2-1 3-5 Collinwood 1-2 2-6 Bruceton 0-3 5-3 Perry Co. 0-3 3-5 Region 7-1A Reg. Over. Dresden 4-0 6-2 S. Fulton 3-1 7-1 Lake Co. 2-2 5-3 Greenfield 2-2 4-4…

“Ugh, the gut ache from the Milan Fall Festival on Saturday,” I bellowed as I walked in the office Monday morning. “I think I had too many snow cones, hot dogs, candy apples and cookies while walking the streets of downtown.” “Well, Michael, guess your eyes were bigger than your stomach,” Victor Parkins said with…

While Weakley County schools will enjoy Fall break this week with no football scheduled to play a game, there will still be football in West Tennessee. So we will still have a pick’em column. Last week, I was 3-0 with my picks involving Weakley County picks. So for the season, I am 23-6 (.793 winning…

Half of the teams across West Tennessee were on Fall break last week, so half of the football teams in West Tennessee were also on their off week. One of the seven undefeated teams took its first loss of the season as Lake County upset South Fulton. So the Red Devils dropped out of the…

The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network 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 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 8 action: Region 6-1A Reg. Over. McKenzie 3-0 7-1 McEwen 2-0 4-2 Wayne Co. 2-1 3-5 Collinwood 1-2 2-6 Perry Co. 0-2 3-4 Bruceton 0-3 5-3 Region 7-1A Reg. Over. Dresden 4-0 6-2 S. Fulton 3-1 6-1 Lake Co. 2-1 5-2 Greenfield 2-2 4-4…