The Macon County Jr. High golf team is in the last few weeks of its season, focused on improvement rather than stats.
“We are a very young and inexperienc...
MCJHS Softball traveled to Portland on Monday, April 8 and brought home a win 15-3. On Tuesday, April 9 they traveled to Walter J. Baird in Lebanon and brou...
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Submitted by Coach RJ CothronMacon County Times
On April 1st, the boys took on McClain Christian Academy at home bringing home a big win at 9-0. On April 8th, the boys had another rematch against McClain ...
Game One @ Macon County – April 8
The Macon County Tigers played host to the War Eagles of Sycamore Monday evening in the first of two very important di...
Last week, MCHS’s Terra Pryor was signed by Cumberland University to play basketball on a full scholarship.
Pryor, the daughter of Kim Wakefield and the l...
The Macon County High School baseball team hosted the Red Boiling Springs Bulldogs Monday Evening and ran away with a 13 – 0 Victory. The Tigers put Austin ...
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Derek McCaleb Contributing WriterMacon County Times
The 2013 Red Boiling Springs Jr. High softball season is underway once again. The team this year consists of a variety of twenty players ranging from the si...
Red Boiling Springs High School Softball played three games this week—Clay County on March 12, Smith County on March 13, and Watertown on March 14. Clay Cou...
Buzzer beaters are the highlights of basketball. When a team makes a buzzer beater, everyone loves to watch it go in, and to see the team who hit it celebra...
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Trenton Duffer, Sports Writer and Tilly Dillehay, EditorMacon County Times
The Tigerettes continued their winning streak through a Wednesday night game against Christ Presbyterian Academy. This put them into the final Substate game...
Induction ceremony held for Macon County Sports Hall of Fame On Saturday, April 27 the Macon County Sports Hall of Fame held their 13th Annual Induction Banquet at the Sally Wells Building.
Nominations are solicited from the public through local newspapers and word of mouth. After nomination deadline, the Research Committee of the Macon County Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors meets to review the nominees. The Committee members then gather information on the nominee, and once all research is com...
Sports physicals to be held May 11 in schools Dear Parents/Guardians,
Macon County Schools and BodyGuard Sports Medicine will be offering mass physicals for all student-athletes for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year on Saturday, May 11 th in the gymnasium at Macon County High School (this has been changed from the original date of May 4th). It is required that all student-athletes have a physical dated after April 15 th each year to remain eligible for competition. These physi...
RBS 2013 Youth Football Camp When: May 22 nd , 23 rd , 24 th Wednesday ‐ Friday
Time: 4:30‐6:00
Where: Red Boiling Springs High School, Football Game Field
Who: Open to students in Grades K‐5
Cost: $20
This camp is a 3‐day, non‐padded camp. The focus of the camp is on basic fundamentals along with specific position skills and drills. Campers will be divided up into groups based on grade level. Campers will have the opportunity to practice every posit...
MCHS softball update The Macon County High School softball team lost three games and won one between April 15 and April 23.
They played White House on Monday, April 15 and took a close win of 10-9; their last for a while.
Then they played Goodpasture Christian on Tuesday, April 16, losing badly with a final score of 2-10, and Greenbrier on Thursday, April 18, losing with a final score of 2-9.
On Tuesday, April 23, they played Friendship Christian, losing 4-...
RBS takes first win in two years Until this past Friday, RBS High School Bulldogs had not won a game since April 2011.
This season they had ten games in which they had a lead at some point in the game, only to lose it. “The defense has been getting stronger through the season, but have struggled with their pitching,” said Coach Chris Dziekiewicz.
Before their last scheduled district game against Gordonsville on the 26th, a decision was made to move an 8th grader up to pi...
Tigers finish District, play Bulldogs Tigers in the middle of the pack
Macon County High School baseball finished its regular season District schedule last Monday and Tuesday with a couple losses to top ranked Goodpasture and finished their season with a 5 – 5 district record. The Tigers never got their defense to click against the Cougars and gave up more runs than hits in both of the losses. The Macon County bats weren’t any better as the Cougars pitching kept the Tigers to...
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Scott Taft Contributing WriterMacon County Times
MCJH soccer finishes undefeated season The Macon County Junior High Soccer team has completed an undefeated regular season with a record of 10-0. The past 3 conference matches have been hard fought. The Tigers defeated Walter J. Baird with a score of 2-1, West Wilson Middle 2-1, and Winfree Bryant 1-0 to bring home the Middle Tennessee Soccer Conference Cup of Champions. The team will begin the conference tournament as the number 1 seeded team. The exact dates for the tournament g...
MCHS spring football practice schedule Spring practice is beginning for both Macon County High School and Macon County Jr. High football.
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Practices: April 25, 26, 30 and May 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13 those will begin at 3:30 and end by 5:30
Scrimmages: May 7 vs. White House 6:00 Home and May 10 vs. Portland 5:30 Home
MCJH
Practices: April 29, 30 and May 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 those will begin at 4:30 and end by 6:15
Blue-White Game: May 14
Junior High will begin at 6:...
Scenes of the 2013 MCHS Basketball Banquet The Macon County High School Basketball Banquet was held Wednesday, April 24. Members of the boys team, girls team, and cheer team were honored with various awards. Speaches and presentations were done by coaches Jada Law, Jeff Beam, and Jason Welch. Parents, friends, and family were also present, as well as assistant coaches Jeff Gregory, Adam BAndy, Jeremy Phillips, and Gary Carter.
MCHS boys tennis finishes season The MCHS Boys tennis team ended their season this week at the district tournament in Clarksville.
Dalton McCathran and John Christian lost their first round doubles match 2-6 and 2-6.
Noah Fryman won his first round match 2-6, 6-1, and 6-2 advancing to the second round of districts. He lost his second round 3-6, 2-6.
Justin Frasier and Jacob Harbin lost their first round of doubles with a score of 3-6, 6-2, 4-6.
John Griffith got a by...
Citizens Bank gives to RBS, MCHS 3-Point Challenge Citizens Bank’s recently made contributions to RBS and MCHS 3-Point Challenges, in girls and boys basketball.
For RBSHS, the boys team received $375 and the girls $325 for the 2012-2013 basketball season, based off of the 3 point shots made during their respective games. For MCHS, the boys received $335.00, and the girls received $350.00.
RBS Jr. Lady Bulldogs six-game summary The Red Boiling Springs Jr. High Softball has had a busy two weeks, playing 6 games, in order to get their schedule caught up from rain outs. On April 8, the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Westmoreland to face the Lady Eagles. The Lady Bulldogs had already faced the Eagles twice prior to this game. The first two meetings are not ones that the Lady Bulldogs care to remember.
The first meeting saw the Lady Bulldogs losing to the Eagles 16 to 1. Th...
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Derek McCaleb Contributing WriterMacon County Times
MCHS track team competes MCHS’s track team competed in Martin Luther King High School’s 2013 Buster Relays, held at Franklin Road Academy’ Track.
Macon County’s Girls finish 10 th with 28 points, Boys 20 th with 2 points.
The Girl’s Distance Medley Relay team of Katie Hix, Katie Swindle, Jasmine Chaparro, and Logan Hernandez finished in 1 st place in a time of 13:26.47, 1:02 ahead of 2 nd place. They also set a new school record. The Sprint Medley Relay team ...
Tigers end the week with four wins The Macon County Tigers baseball team played five solid games this week, four wins and one tie.
Game 1 Vs. Westmoreland
Macon County Tiger baseball headed to Westmoreland on Mon., April 15 for the first of two district meetings. It took ten innings and two days for the Tigers to finally squeeze out an 8 – 6 extra innings victory over the Eagles.
The game was called into overtime with a 3-3 score, but by that hour, both teams faced a n...
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Scott Taft Contributing WriterMacon County Times
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