Area Sports
West Tennessee high school football region standings after Week 2
With two weeks of the 2023 season over and region play starting this week, here are the updated region standings for teams across West Tennessee: Region 6-1A Reg. Over. W. Carroll 0-0 2-0 Bruceton 0-0 1-1 McEwen 0-0 1-1 McKenzie 0-0 1-1 Perry Co. 0-0 1-1 Houston Co. 0-0 0-2 Region 7-1A Reg. Over. Dresden…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County high school schedules for Week 3 of fall season
Temperatures look to be in the upper 80s for most of this week, so a definite break from last week’s heat wave. Here are the athletic events scheduled in Gibson County and Weakley County this week. GIBSON COUNTY MONDAY High School Golf South Gibson in Swan Lake Tournament at Swan Lake, 8 a.m.; Huntingdon/Westview/Milan at…
Read MoreVic vs. Odom Pick’em 2023: Week 2 of high school football
Quietly I slid into the office Monday morning to begin work wearing an oversized coat and sunglasses. Caleb Revill was sitting at his desk in the front of the office, and asked me “Why are you in a coat when the heat index is supposed to be 105 degrees today?” The answer was simple, “I…
Read MoreLemons vs. Odom Pick’em 2023: Week 2 of high school football
Walking into the office on Monday, I had to face the ridicule for Josh Lemons as he returned into football prognostication and got me by one game in Week 1. Not that I was happy with how many I missed – which was five. We both missed Perry County’s win at Greenfield and Munford beating…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County high school fall sports Week 2 box scores
While multiple sporting events this week have been postponed or canceled, there have been quite a few matches still being played. Here are the box scores for high school athletic events in Gibson County and Weakley County. THURSDAY Girls Soccer Dyersburg 3, Westview 1 Goals: W – Maddie Horton. Records: W 1-1. Covington 3, Milan…
Read MoreHenry County moves up to No. 1 in West Tennessee football rankings after Week 1
Week 1 always brings some unexpected results, and 2023 was no different. Milan beating South Gibson, McKenzie continuing its dominance over Huntingdon in recent years and Munford taking care of Covington. So there were plenty of changes after this past week’s action. With Week 2 approaching, here are the updated West Tennessee high school football…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County high school schedules for Week 2 of fall season
Hope all of the sports fans across Gibson County and Weakley County enjoyed the first week of the fall season. Be ready for warmer temperatures this week. GIBSON COUNTY MONDAY High School Golf Milan in Kick-off Classic at The Farms, 8 a.m. High School Girls Soccer Peabody at North Side, 6 p.m. High School Volleyball…
Read MoreWeek 1 Football Roundup: Milan knocks off South Gibson on Johnson TD pass
After falling behind 14-0, the Milan football team seemed to figure it all out in the final three quarters as it outscored South Gibson 28-7. With 2:36 to play, Milan sophomore Will Johnson hit senior Carmelo Jones for a 21-yard touchdown for the 28-21 win. Milan’s defense held South Gibson on 4th-and-11 to secure the…
Read MoreVic vs. Odom Pick’em 2023: Week 1 of high school football
We enter a third season of Victor Parkins and Michael Odom squaring off for pigskin pick’em supremacy. Parkins won the first year, while Odom came back and won last season. Each week Parkins and Odom will pick the scores of the games involving Gibson County area teams and then the winners of a few other…
Read MoreLemons vs. Odom Pick’em 2023: Week 1 of high school football
A new season, and the Weakley County Press has a new editor in Josh Lemons. Lemons and myself (Michael Odom) were former co-workers at another newspaper, and now we are back working together for the people of Weakley County. While our goals are the same in giving the readers of Weakley County the best coverage…
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