Taeler Dowdy carries load for Blackman Blaze
Blackman’s Taeler Dowdy on Saturday August 1, 2015. Blackman’s Taeler Dowdy on Saturday August 1, 2015. MURFREESBORO – Taeler Dowdy’s opportunity is now. He isn’t going to let it slip away. Dowdy, a...
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American Football Sports Scoreboard Week 1 Scores Clay-Chalkville 38, Blackman 7 See Game Coverage Community 53, Cannon County 14 Hoover 24, Oakland 6 See Game Coverage Lewis County 48, Eagleville 14...
View ArticleTSSAA closes financial 'loophole'
Executive Director Bernard Childress speaks during a TSSAA Legislative Council meeting at DoubleTree Hotel in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Legislative Council members vote on seven...
View ArticleFive big impact newcomers
MURFREESBORO Two weeks into the high school football season, several have asked a question as they glanced down at their rosters. Who are these guys? Graduation each year forces new players to fill...
View ArticleTSSAA lifts Owens' suspension after ejection
Riverdale’s Cortland Owens runs the ball as Smyrna’s D.J. Williams moves in for a tackle during the first round of playoff games at Riverdale on Friday Nov. 7, 2014. Canaan Owens MURFREESBORO Canaan...
View ArticleRutherford County high school football region standings
Collegiate Football on the Field 2-6A Team Conf. All Streak Home Away Cookeville 0-0 2-0 W2 1-0 1-0 Smyrna 0-0 2-0 W2 1-0 1-0 Blackman 0-0 1-1 W1 1-0 0-1 Coffee Co. 0-0 1-1 L1 1-1 0-0 Oakland 0-0 1-1...
View ArticleWeek 3 high school football capsules
Blackman’s quarterback Miller Armstrong scrambles in the backfield looking for a receiver during the first game of the Middle Tennessee Classic against Chalkville at MTSU’s Floyd Stadium Saturday,...
View ArticleFootball fields provide healing grounds for community
Siegel Cheerleaders, from left, Delaina McDonald, a junior; Sydney Myers, a sophomore; Sylvia Waldon, a junior; and Lexi Davis, a senior; Thursday make a sign for Friday night’s game against Oakland....
View ArticleIdentity crisis: Riverdale offense tries to fire up
Riverdale football coach Ron Aydelott doesn’t put too much stock in the AP football poll, which has his team ranked fourth. MURFREESBORO Ron Aydelott is still searching for the offensive identity of...
View ArticleWeek 3 High School Football Scoreboard
Collegiate Football on the Field Friday’s Games Final Blackman 38, Riverdale 0 Eagleville 14, East Robertson 6 La Vergne 55, Columbia 14 Smyrna 38, Coffee Co. 3 Jo Byrns 28, MTCS 7 Grundy Co. 37,...
View ArticleRutherford County football statistical leaders
Collegiate Football on the Field RUSHING Player, School Gms Total carries Total yards Yds/Carry Yds/Gm 1. Nick Jones, La Vergne 2 52 377 7.3 188.5 2. Tanner Green, MTCS 2 27 328 12.1 164.0 3. Taeler...
View ArticleKreager: Football returns at right time
Daily News Journal sports reporter Tom Kreager. MURFREESBORO – It’s been a hard week for all of us. There have been tears. There have been anger. There have been questions. Folks, we don’t have the...
View ArticleEagles get first win
Eagleville football coach Steve Carson has led his team to six straight playoff appearances. EAGLEVILLE – Channeling more than just the home team advantage, Eagleville picked up its first win of the...
View ArticleBlackman shuts out Riverdale 38-0
Riverdale’s quaterback Brandon Bea (12) passes the ball as his teammate Austion Bryant (6) tries to stop Blackman’s Korey Tillman (48) at the game at Blackman Friday Sept. 4, 2015. Blackman’s Camron...
View ArticleOakland comes back for win
Siegel’s Michael Scruggs runs in for a first-quarter touchdown. Siegel’s Michael Scruggs runs upfield against the Patriots. Oakland’s Charles Diawara (22) and JaCoby Stevens (7) celebrate a Stevens...
View ArticleBlackman, Oakland now favorites in Region 2-6A
Blackman’s Miller Armstrong tries to run past the Riverdale defense on Friday night. Blackman won 38-0. MURFREESBORO – High school football is three games into the 2015 season. There have been...
View ArticleNotebook: Siegel volleyball wins silver title
The Blackman girls soccer team won the Rebelette Invitational last weekend. In the bottom row, from left, are Kelsey Abernathy and Elise Chessor. In the second row, from left, are Erin Laubacher,...
View ArticleJaCoby Stevens is Oakland's 'playmaker'
Oakland’s JaCoby Stevens Oakland’s JaCoby Stevens, on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. MURFREESBORO — JaCoby Stevens welcomed the challenge of playing on both offense and defense entering the high school...
View ArticleAustin Brown sets tone for Smyrna defense
SMYRNA — There was a moment prior to the season when Austin Brown didn’t know if he’d be medically cleared to start the high school football season. Brown, a senior Smyrna linebacker, missed most of...
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