Area Sports

By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith County High Owls football team played its second straight home game to start the 2024 season last Friday night against DeKalb County. The Class 4A Tigers used two scores each in the middle two quarters to post a 35-6 win to improve their mark to 2-0.  Cecil…

By Terry Collins, Shea Haile Courier Sports  CARTHAGE —  The 2024 high school football season got underway last Friday night with the county’s two high schools tangling at Owls Stadium. The host Owls had won two games in-a-row in the series as the Tigers were looking to break that streak. The Big Blue used their offensive line…

This week’s edition includes the football previews for the upcoming seasons of the Smith County High School Owls and the Gordonsville High School Tigers. See what the head coaches have to say about their respective squads. The Owls and Tigers will kick off their 2024 campaign with the annual in-county clash between the two programs,…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports  GORDONSVILLE — The county’s two junior high football teams met for the second straight year in Gordonsville last Friday night to open regular season play.  The Tigers posted a dramatic overtime victory a year ago and were looking for a second straight win on their home turf.  Gordonsville led the entire…

Shea Haile Carthage Courier Basketball is deeply rooted in Gordonsville High Tigerettes head coach Terri Brock’s life — who will take the reins of the program this season.   “Basketball has been a part of my life since early on in elementary school,” said Brock. “I have been fortunate along the path of my playing career…

Shea Haile Carthage Courier CARTHAGE — The Smith Couunty High School Lady Owls basketball program, who is coming off a 22-12 campaign and the program’s first state tounament appearance since 1973, saw one of their senior leaders earn the opportunity to pursue a collegiate career. Airyn Enoch has signed with Lebanon’s Cumberland University Phoenix Women’s Basketball…

Shea Haile Carthage Courier With 17 state championships and 486 wins on the gridiron, Tennessee high school football coaching great Gary Rankin has been a mainstay on the state’s big stage.  Last Monday night, the former Smith County High coach and Tennessee’s winningest high school football coach was spotlighted on the national stage. Rankin was honored…

Shea Haile Carthage Courier Gordonsville High Class of 2024 graduate and GHS Tigerettes softball standout Kelcie Watts has had an elite All-Star summer on the diamond. Watts, a power hitter in the Big Blue lineup and first baseman, was selected to the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association’s All-Star Event.  The four year member of the Tigerettes…

Shea Haile Carthage Courier A mainstay in the lineup for the Smith County High Owls basketball team, Clayton Rigsby,  is pursuing a collegiate career at Cumberland University. Rigsby signed with the Lebanon based Phoenix program after posting 600 plus points during his four year career in the Black-and-Gold.  “It is something I have always wanted…

Shea Haile Courier Sports The accolades and achievements continue to mount for the 2024 Gordonsville High Tigerettes softball team.  Last Monday night, the back -to-back Class A champions were tabbed as the Girls Team of the Year at the Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards.  Big Blue star and University of Tennessee commit Kailey Plumlee…