Area Sports

By Shea Haile Courier Sports SOUTH CARTHAGE — On the eve of opening day at Spring Fling and the opening round of the 1A tournament, the Gordonsville High Tigerettes softball team clinched  their fifth straight trip to Murfreesboro and the Class 1A state tournament.  The Tigerettes toppled Region 3-1A runners-up Chattanooga School for Liberal Arts (CSLA)…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — The first ever sanctioned TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association) girls flag football state tournaments will include the Gordonsville High School Lady Tigers (16-1).  Big Blue clinched a spot in the Class A eight team tournament. The girls flag football state tournament games will be hosted at Murfreesboro’s Richard…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE  — Gordonsville baseball’s all-time strikeout leader is adding another accolade as the Tigers’ senior pitcher Colton Bennett has been named a Class 1A Mookie Betts Mr. Baseball finalists. East Tennessee State signee Bennett, who holds the state’s record for no-hitters, was named a finalist last week along with Coalfield’s Jackson…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports SOUTH CARTHAGE  — It was an all District 8-1A affair as the Gordonsville High Tigers baseball team and the Trousdale County Yellow Jackets battled for the Region 4-1A title. The Tigers plated eight runs in the first two innings en route to an eventual 11-1 victory last Saturday evening at Crump…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports The Smith County High Owls soccer swept their District 5-1A regular season competition and are set to host this week’s  district tournament.  The District 5-1A Tournament is slated for Tuesday May 5th and Thursday May 7th.  The Black-and-Gold will battle either Cannon County or York in the 5-1A semifinals Tuesday night…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports SOUTH CARTHAGE  — The Gordonsville High Tigers baseball team concluded their last full week of regular season play with a 7-0 victory over the Diamond Baseball Academy Miners last Friday night at Crump Paris Park.  Big Blue got a mound gem from senior lefty and East Tennessee signee Colton Bennett who…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith County High Owls baseball team captured their first district championship since 2019 last Wednesday afternoon with an 11-1 five inning victory over York in Carthage.  “It means the world to this program and to myself,” said Smith Co. head baseball coach Malone Smith. “It was a goal…

                2025-2026 All-County teams announced in this week’s Courier

BOYS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS Owls 61, Lewis County 60 By Terry Collins Courier Sports MURFREESBORO — The Smith County High Owls basketball team made its seventh state tourney appearance last Wednesday afternoon at the Murphy Center at MTSU in Murfreesboro.  The Owls had lost in the Round of 16 in 1931, 1955 and 1961. Smith Co. had…