Area Sports
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…
Read MoreVic 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…
Read MoreWeakley 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…
Read MoreWestview opens the 2025 West Tennessee High School Football Rankings at No. 1
Week 1 of the high school football season is here. Last season ended with Milan and Westview finishing as state runners-up after a strong season across West Tennessee. But now 2025 is here and the trek toward Chattanooga this week. Before games begin, here are the top 15 teams in West Tennessee: 1. Westview (14-1)…
Read MoreWest 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…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school fall sports schedule for Week 1 (Aug. 18-23)
Here are all of the matchups in high school athletics for teams in Fayette County, Gibson County, Haywood County and Weakley County for Week 1 of the season: MONDAY High School Golf Gibson County vs. Milan at Milan Golf and Country Club, 4 p.m.; South Gibson vs. Covington (girls only) at Covington Country Club, 4…
Read MoreRegion 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,…
Read MoreHow COULD West Tennessee high school football playoffs look this season?
One of the biggest questions that I have been asked over the past three months is what will the high school playoffs look like this season? The TSSAA made the decision to switch up the playoffs this year with the No. 1 and No. 4 teams from a region staying in the same quad, while…
Read MoreRegion 7-4A Football: Will Dyer County or Chester County repeat as region champion?
When the new classification parameters were set, the two West Tennessee regions Class 4A in 2024 seemed to be smushed together beginning with the 2025 season. Region 6-4A teams of Chester County, Hardin County, Lexington, North Side, South Gibson and South Side were moved to Region 7-4A to join up with Crockett County and Dyer…
Read MoreTop 15 rising high school sophomores in Gibson County for the 2025-26 school year
As the 2025-26 school year continues to near, we have broken down the top 15 rising seniors and juniors going into this season. This week, we look at the top 15 returning sophomores in Gibson County for the upcoming school year. 1. Tyler DeHaan (South Gibson baseball) – DeHaan stepped right into the Hornets’ pitching…
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