Area Sports

DISTRICT 8AA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

SPORTS: CRAIGHEAD RETIREMENT Jeff Craighead was presented with a ball commemorating his 23-year career at Defeated Elementary. Craighead had his first 20-win season in 2014 and completed a perfect season in 2015 with a 24-0 record. Under his direction, Defeated made 10 state tournament appearances (1996, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).…

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PREVIEWS OWLS CARTHAGE — Competition will be the main theme early on for the 2017 Smith County Owls baseball team. At the end of last year the Owls had one senior on the field as an everyday starter and many young players on the field. While many players established themselves in certain…

BASKETBALL TOURNEY MAGIC Owls Miracle Play Nets ESPN, National Attention It makes no difference whether you compare the Smith Co. High Owls’ stunning, buzzer-beating play of last Monday night’s District 8AA Basketball Tournament by channeling the high school’s football program or to Duke University’s basketball lore of the Grant Hill / Christian Laettner infamous shot.…

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.