Area Sports

By Shea Haile Courier Sports  GORDONSVILLE — Two fourth quarter touchdowns allowed the Gordonsville Tigers football team to cap a gutsy 21-6 Class 2A playoff second round win last Friday night. The victory concluded a perfect 7-0 record for Big Blue at Turney Ford Field this season.  Regardless of playoff outcomes, the Tigers will be on…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports  GORDONSVILLE —  A history-making and successful inaugural Class 2A season continued for the Gordonsville High football team last Thursday night as Big Blue tallied a playoff-opening 35-7 triumph over the York Institute Dragons.  The 28-point victory was the program’s first 2A playoff win as the Tigers’ record remained unblemished at 11-0.…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports  PIKEVILLE — The Smith County High Owls opened the Class 2A TSSAA playoffs with a trip to Pikeville to face off against Bledsoe County.  The Owls owned a 6-3 record against the Warriors including a one-sided defeat back in 2006 during the first round of the playoffs.  In a game that…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports  GORDONSVILLE —  The 2025 edition of “The Battle for Smith County” featured a first ever region clash between the Gordonsville High Tigers and the Smith County High Owls on the gridiron. Big Blue was also chasing history with the opportunity to secure the program’s first undefeated regular season since 1986 and…

SUBMITTED The Smith County High cross country program is  celebrating its fifth straight state berth as the Black-and-Gold girls team qualified for its first ever state tournament.  SCHS boys cross country runner Tayden Rigsby posted a personal best at the Chapel Hill Sectional meet with a 19:49 time. The PR netted Rigsby third in the…

Shea Haile Courier Sports (STATS SUBMITTED BY GHS VOLLEYBALL) Friday, October 23  CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP Gordonsville vs. Eagleville The Gordonsville Tigerettes volleyball team made their first Class 1A State Tournament in the program’s 26 year history. The unit rode their momentum all the way to the championship game.  Big Blue fell to mid-state powerhouse Eagleville 3-1 as the…

Shea Haile Courier Sports The Smith County High Lady Owls soccer team (15-2-1) secured a spot in the program’s first Class 1A State Tournament last Saturday with a dramatic and hard fought 2-1 victory over STEM Prep in the 1A Sectionals. “I am thrilled to see this team reach this level and to see their hard…

By Shea Haile Courier Sports  GORDONSVILLE — The Gordonsville Tigers football team kept their perfect 2025 run intact and the hopes of a potential 10-0 regular season alive with a 42-0 victory over former Region 4-1A foe Red Boiling Springs. Big Blue had a last minute change to their Week Ten tilt with the Bulldogs as…

By Terry Collins Courier Sports TELLICO PLAINS — The Smith County High Owls football team made the long journey to Tellico Plains in East Tennessee last Friday night. The unit had hopes of going over .500 for the second time this season. The Class 2A matchup featured a pair of 4-4 teams as the two teams…

Shea Haile Courier Sports (STATS SUBMITTED BY GHS VOLLEYBALL) For the first time in the program’s 26 year history, the Gordonsville High Tigerettes volleyball team is state tournament bound. The Tigerettes (23-1) earned a spot in this week’s Class 1A State Tournament with a dominant 3-0 sweep of perennial powerhouse Sale Creek last Thursday night at Gordonsville…