Area Sports

SMITH COUNTY BUZZER BEATER Watch the Smith County Owls basketball team win with a last second full court pass & shot for the win!! Video by NCTV

SC ELEMENTARY BASKETBALL TOURNEY • LADY ‘DOGS SURVIVE DEFEATED COMEBACK FOR BACK-TO-BACK TITLES The 2017 version of the Smith County Elementary tournament girls championship featured another showdown between the Forks River Lady Bulldogs and the Defeated Lady Braves last Saturday. A dominant Forks River first half and a gutsy Defeated comeback in the second was…

2017 SMITH COUNTY ELEMENTARY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

BORN TO WIN: COACH GARY RANKIN A Ken Beck Feature When you’ve won 397 games on the gridiron over 35 seasons as a head coach, it might seem nigh to impossible to pick your most memorable victory. That’s not the case for Carthage native son, Coach Gary Rankin, whose Alcoa Tornadoes squashed Liberty Magnet (of…

SPORTS: HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PREVIEWS 2016-2017 Basketball Previews for Smith County Owls, Gordonsville Tigers, Smith County Lady Owls, and Gordonsville Lady Tigers in this weeks Carthage Courier – players, coaches and commentary on the upcoming season. See it all in this weeks Carthage Courier.

FRIDAY NIGHT SCORES: ROUND 2 PLAYOFFS – 10/11/16 Wayne County 25, Gordonsville 3 FINAL  

PLAYOFFS: ROUND 2 The Gordonsville High football team has already taken down one Region 6-1A playoff foe in Hollow Rock – Bruceton. The Tigers will be seeking to defeat another 6-1A opponent this week when they travel to unbeaten (11-0) Wayne County. Last week, Wayne County, ranked second in the state in the season’s last…

FRIDAY NIGHT SCORES: ROUND ONE PLAYOFFS – 10/04/16 Smith County 15 – Chatt. Notre Dame 49 FINAL Hollow Rock-Bruceton 32 – Gordonsville 41 FINAL GHS plays at 11-0 and state ranked #2 Wayne Co. Next Friday in second round.

FOOTBALL: 1ST ROUND PLAYOFFS SMITH COUNTY AT CHATTANOOGA NOTRE DAME GORDONSVILLE HOST HOLLOW ROCK-BRUCETON The quest to make it into the high school football postseason has come full circle for the Smith County High Owls (5-5) and the Gordonsville High Tigers (7-3). Awaiting for this Friday night’s state playoff openers will be a pair of…

FRIDAY NIGHT SCORES Smith Co. 35,  Grundy Co. 19 FINAL Gordonsville 43, Red Boiling Springs 6 FINAL Scores As Available