Area Sports

By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith Co. High Owls football team wrapped up the Region 3-2A regular season championship with a 27-0 victory over Westmoreland last Friday night.  The home win insured the Owls, who improved to 7-2 overall and 4-0 in region play, would host up to the first three rounds…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports  RED BOILING SPRINGS — A 42-7 first half explosion, including a 21-0 surge in the first frame, powered the Gordonsville High Tigers football team to a dominant 49-19 victory over Region 4-1A foe Red Boiling Springs Bulldogs.  Gordonsville racked up 402 yards of offense including 200 rushing yards on 23…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports GAINESBORO — The Smith Co. High Owls football team got back on the winning track with a 40-0 road victory at Jackson Co. last Friday night.  The Owls rolled up 331 offensive yards in the first half in scoring all their points to improve to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in…

SUBMITTED Courier Sports  GORDONSVILLE — The Gordonsville Junior High Tigers football team and the Jim Satterfield Middle School Yellow Jackets clashed in a meeting of Cumberland Valley Conference heavyweights last Saturday night at Red Boiling Springs High. The Tigers (8-1) and the previously unbeaten Yellow Jackets (9-0) had one last collision in the 2023 season…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports  GORDONSVILLE — The Gordonsville High Tigers football team finally returned to Turney Ford Field last Friday night after a stretch of four consecutive road games.  Big Blue tallied a dominant 31-7 Homecoming night victory over the visiting Forrest Rockets. “We talked all week and last week about coming out fast,”…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith Co. High Owls football team had their toughest test of the season last Friday night at Owls Stadium in Carthage.  Smith Co. faced off against the state’s second-ranked team in Class 4A — the 6-0 Upperman Bees. The two teams, for years long-time region foes, had…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports CROSS PLAINS — Last Friday night in Cross Plains, the stage was set for what many observers thought would be a matchup for the Region 3-2A championship.  Host East Robertson had started the season 5-0 while the Owls of Smith Co. High were 4-1 heading into the first-ever matchup between…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports  MONTEREY — It was a clash of two former Class 1A and region rivals when the Gordonsville High Tigers football team traveled to Monterey last Friday night in a non-region test. The Tigers took the first meeting with the Wildcats since 2020 with a 23-7 victory.  The hosting Wildcats tallied…