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Riverdale's Cantrell thrives in receiver role
MURFREESBORO – Marquise Cantrell began the 2013 high school football season in the middle of a quarterback competition. The Riverdale junior is perfectly fine being the recipient of passes a year...
View ArticlePlay Kreager's Class 6A pick'em game
The TSSAA prep football playoffs have arrived. Due to some prodding, I’ve decided to do the annual Class 6A pick ‘em game. Here are the rules. Each week you pick the playoff games. In the first round...
View ArticleSeven Rutherford Co. football teams in prep playoffs
MURFREESBORO – The first week of the TSSAA Class 6A prep football playoffs features a District 7-AAA rematch from eight days earlier. Ninth-ranked Riverdale (8-2) hosts Smyrna (6-4) at 7 p.m. Friday in...
View ArticleTSSAA football playoff schedule
TSSAA football playoffs Friday’s Games All games at 7 p.m. local time Class 6A First Round Quadrant 1 8 Walker Valley (5-5) at 1 Maryville (10-0) 7 Bradley Central (5-5) at 2 Science Hill (9-1) 6...
View ArticleMTCS’ Tanner Green named player of week
MURFREESBORO – Tanner Green helped eighth-ranked MTCS get out of its running game funk Friday night. And in the process, the Cougars’ running back helped lead the school’s football program to a share...
View ArticleReady to run: Davidson made big impact in 2013 playoffs
MURFREESBORO – A year ago at this time, Charlie Davidson was a bit of an unknown. Sure, the Blackman running back had played a key role as a backup. And he had shown glimpses of dominance. But it...
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Kreager's prep picks for Week 11
Last Week: 5-2. Season: 62-15 (81 percent). Smyrna (6-4) at No. 8 (6A) Riverdale (8-2) 7 p.m., Friday Eight days later, the two District 7-AAA rivals meet again. Riverdale won round one behind standout...
View ArticleRutherford Co. teams to compete in 5 football regions in 2015
MURFREESBORO – Rutherford County football teams will split and go into four football regions beginning in 2015. The TSSAA released its proposed football regions Friday that will be discussed Thurday at...
View ArticleWeek 11 gameday football capsules
Smyrna at Riverdale When: 7 p.m., today Where: Tomahawk Stadium Radio: WGNS (1450-AM, 100.5-FM) Records: Smyrna is 6-4. Riverdale is 8-2. AP ranking: Smyrna is not ranked. Riverdale is ranked eighth in...
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Prepping for the playoffs from A to Z
High school football teams across the state begin the road to Cookeville tonight with the start of the high school football playoffs. Six of seven playoff bound Rutherford County schools will be in...
View ArticleWhat would the 6A playoff bracket look like in the new Super 6
The TSSAA plans on unveiling its proposed football regions for the 2015-16 seasons later today. But we can imagine what the new Class 6A would look like with it being just 32 teams. Here is how I...
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Tennessee’s Butch Jones watches Blackman’s rout
MURFREESBORO – University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones had a field-level view of Blackman’s powerful offense led by prized recruit Jauan Jennings. The top-seeded Blaze produced 28...
View ArticleEagleville’s season ends in heartbreak in OT
An up-and-down season for the Eagleville football team ended in heartbreak during the first round of the TSSAA Class 2A playoffs Friday night in Gainesboro. The Eagles (6-5) lost 14-13 in overtime to...
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Oakland routs Mt. Juliet in first round of playoffs
MURFREESBORO – The numbers on the scoreboard read 53-0 as the final horn sounded in Oakland’s blowout win over Mount Juliet, but the most impressive number of the contest may have been 16. That was the...
View ArticleBlackman's Sam Luker ready to return to field
MURFREESBORO – Sam Luker received medical clearance to begin playing football two weeks ago. On Friday, the Blackman linebacker hopes to return to the football field at The Inferno, 89 days after his...
View ArticleBlackman, Oakland meet again tonight
MURFREESBORO – Thomas McDaniel turned on the ESPN2 broadcast of Oakland’s 28-21 loss to Blackman earlier this week. It was the first time in three months that the Oakland football coach had pulled the...
View ArticlePogue: IT whiz is TSSAA realignment guru
MURFREESBORO – Before the TSSAA Board of Control announced a few weeks ago the new high school football regions for 2015-16, it relied on a computer program developed by Bradley Lambert to finalize...
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Oakland gets redemption against Blackman
The fourth-ranked Patriots used a strong ground game combined with a dominating...
View ArticleClaudia Smith chosen finalist for Wendy's Heisman award
MURFREESBORO Earlier this week, Central Magnet senior Claudia Smith found out that she had been chosen as a state finalist for the Wendy’s Heisman award. On Wednesday, the multiple-sport athlete was...
View ArticleOakland's Jack Jones, Blackman's Jauan Jennings named Mr. Football finalists
MURFREESBORO — Jauan Jennings’ competitive edge came out over the phone Wednesday afternoon when asked about being a Mr. Football finalist. “I want to win it,” said Jennings, a two-year starting...
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