Area Sports

By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — The Gordonsville High Tigers football program posted their 50th all-time Class 1A playoff victory in dramatic fashion last Friday night at Turney Ford Field. The Tigers held off a talented and pesky Chattanooga Prep Sentinels squad, 13-12 — to advance to the second round of the playoffs. The…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — Last Friday night, Gordonsville High School’s Turney Ford Field played host to the Region 4-1A championship bout between the Gordonsville High Tigers and the Clay County Bulldogs — in one of the most thrilling and entertaining collisions between the Tigers and the Bulldogs to date.  Forty-eight minutes was…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — For the first time in 74 years, the Smith Co. High Owls and Monterey Wildcats met on the gridiron last Friday night.  The year 1949 was the last matchup between the two programs which ended in a scoreless tie. The Owls finished the regular season with a 31-7…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — The Gordonsville High Tigers football team returned to the gridiron last Friday night at Turney Ford Field for their final non-region test of the 2023 regular season — as Big Blue hosted the Bledsoe County Warriors.  The Tigers used a third quarter surge to rebound and tie the…

SUBMITTED Smith County Lady Owls soccer team’s season has ended. On October 17th they hosted White House Heritage in the Region 3 Semifinals. The first half of the game was toe to toe for the whole 40 minutes. The 14 minute mark saw a Lady Owl Penalty Kick awarded that was taken and scored by…

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,”…