high school football

“The excitement is here,” I yelled walking in the office Monday morning. “Calm it down, Michael.” Victor Parkins replied, working to get this week’s section ready for print. “We are in Week 11 – one more game before the playoffs – and South Gibson has clinched the Region 7-4A championship and Milan can do the…

Week 11 of the high school football season is here. Hard to believe that next week, we will be talking about playoff matchups. Two Weakley County teams – Dresden and Westview have secured playoff spots and home games in the first round. Greenfield has the potential to secure a playoff spot this week. I went…

One more week is all that remains in the 2025 high school football season. There were some big games in Week 10, but there were no major upsets, so no team dropped out of the rankings this week. But Week 11 has the chance to be the best week of the season. Region titles will…

The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced football rankings after Week 10 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 10 action: Region 6-1A Reg. Over. McKenzie 4-0 8-1 McEwen 3-1 5-3 Collinwood 2-2 3-6 Wayne Co. 2-2 3-6 Bruceton 1-3 6-3 Perry Co. 0-4 3-6 Region 7-1A Reg. Over. Dresden 5-0 7-2 S. Fulton 3-2 7-2 Greenfield 3-2 5-4 Humboldt 3-3 4-5 Lake…

“Why are you reading the ‘Encyclopedia of Magic’ this morning,” Victor Parkins asked as he walked in the office Monday morning. “Do you believe in magic?” I replied reading through the text. “Like can something have a special power?” “I don’t know if I believe in all of that,” Parkins laughed. “Well, I didn’t think…

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…