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  • LCHS Softball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|May 5, 2022

    By Jason Fite The Lewis County High School Lady Panthers traveled to Centerville to take on the Hickman County Lady Bulldogs on Monday, April 4th. Emma Tinnon drew a walk to lead off the game for the Lady Panthers and, following a sacrifice bunt by Piper Belvin, worked her way around to score to give Lewis County an early lead at 1-0. Kerrigan Reeves was on the mound for Lewis County and surrendered a one-out walk and a pair of two out walks that led to a two-run single with bases loaded to give the Lady Bulldogs a 2-1 lead. Reeves reached on...

  • LCHS Baseball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|May 5, 2022

    The Lewis County High School Panthers hosted the Summertown Eagles in District 10AA action on Monday, April 4th. Brycen McDonald took the mound to start for the Panthers and saw an error put the leadoff man aboard for the Eagles. A one-out single to left was fielded by Brayden Whitlow who came up with the ball and gunned down the Eagle baserunner at the plate. With two down in the inning, a double to left brought in the first run of the game, and a two-out single plated another as Summertown took a 2-0 lead after a half inning. The Panthers...

  • LCHS Tennis

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 28, 2022

    By Jason Fite The Lewis County High School tennis teams hosted the East Hickman Lady Eagles and Eagles on Monday, April 18th. In girls’ play, Ryleigh Ruddle for Lewis County and Bri Janson of East Hickman faced each other in the matchup of number 1 seeds. Ryleigh Ruddle dominated the match for Lewis County as she defeated Janson by a score of 8-1. In the number 2 seed match it was Ruth Jennings of Lewis County against East Hickman’s McKenzie Moore. In a tight matchup that needed extra points to decide, it was East Hickman’s Moore that outla...

  • LCMS Baseball Action

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 28, 2022

    By Jason Fite The Lewis County Middle School Panthers hosted the Summertown Eagles on Monday, April 4 for afternoon baseball action. Jalen Smith took the mound to start for the Panthers and issued walks to the first two Eagle batters he faced. With two on and no out in the first, the Eagles plated two with a single would plate another with a single and groundout to take a 3-0 lead. Smith was replaced by Dakota Hull with one out in the first and a runner on third. Hull surrendered a one-out single that scored a run and Summertown held a 4-0...

  • LCMS Softball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 28, 2022

    By Jason Fite The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers softball team hosted the Frank Hughes Lady Lions on Tuesday, April 19th. Kinlee Keltner took the mound to start for Lewis County and worked around two first inning walks to keep the Lady Lions off the board. Makaela Dodson led off with a double for the Lady Panthers and scored on an Addie Carroll single. C.J. Tanner would reach and Keltner would walk with one down in the first, and Olivia Smith and Emmie Carroll would both single to plate runs. Sophie Stutts drew a one-out walk and Addi...

  • LCHS Tennis

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 28, 2022

    By Jason Fite The Lewis County High School tennis team hosted the Summertown Lady Eagles and Eagles on Monday, April 4th at LCHS. In girls’ play Lewis County’s Ryleigh Ruddle was the number 1 seed and faced the number 1 seed for Summertown Gracie Kelly. Kelly rolled through the match to an 8-1 win for Summertown. In the number 2 seed match it was Ruth Jennings of Lewis County against Libby Konig of Summertown. Konig shut out Jennings in an 8-0 match. Isabel Greve was Lewis County’s number 3 seed and played against Summertown’s number 3 seed Em...

  • LCMS Softball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 28, 2022

    The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers traveled to Summertown to take on the Summertown Lady Eagles on Wednesday, April 13th. Brailey took the hill to start for Lewis County and retired the Summertown Lady Eagle batters in order to begin the game, and the Lady Panthers went down three in a row, all by strikeout, for a scoreless first. Carroll worked around a leadoff single to retire three straight in the second. Cabry Adkins was the first Lady Panther baserunner, reaching on an error and coming around to score on a one-out single by...

  • LCMS Softball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 28, 2022

    The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers softball team hosted the Lobelville Lady Hornets on Monday, April 4th. Kinlee Keltner started the game on the mound for the Lady Panthers and quickly worked around a two-out double to pitch a scoreless first. Makaela Dodson led off the home first with a walk and would come around to score after one-out hits by Taya Tiller and Keltner and a two-out double by Brailey Carroll and Jaelin Baugh single to take a 3-0 lead. Keltner worked a perfect second inning, and Gabii Ortiz led off the bottom of the...

  • LCHS Baseball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 21, 2022

    The Lewis County High School Panthers traveled to Spring Hill High School for a matchup with the Franklin Admirals on Thursday, March 24th. Lewis County was the visiting game for their game against Franklin High, and went down in order in the first inning. Bryson McDonald drew the start for the Panthers and after a leadoff walk surrendered an RBI single to center that brought home the first run of the afternoon for the Admirals. Franklin would add two more in the inning to take a 3-0 lead after...

  • LCHS Tennis

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 14, 2022

    LCHS Tennis By Jason Fite The Lewis County High School tennis team faced the Collinwood Trojans on Thursday, March 24th in Collinwood. In the girls’ matches, it was Lewis County’s number 1 seed Ruth Jennings facing the Collinwood number 1 seed Aly Wilson. In a close match early, Wilson was able to break serve and pull away to an 8-3 win over Jennings. In the matchup of number 2 seeds, Lewis County’s Brooke Mason took on Collinwood’s Maya Powell. Lewis County’s Mason was able to take the 8-3 final in the match. In girls’ doubles action, the Lewi...

  • LCHS Softball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 14, 2022

    The Lewis County Lady Panthers were on the road at Hickman County on Tuesday, March 17th to play the Hickman County Lady Bulldogs. Emma Tinnon would walk to lead off the home first and would make her way around to plate the first run of the game for the Lady Panthers and make it a 1-0 game. Abby Carroll took the mound to start for Lewis County and issued a one-out walk and a pair of two-out walks ahead of a two-run single to give Hickman County an early 2-1 lead. Kerrigan Reeves would reach on...

  • LCHS Baseball open season against Spring Hill

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 7, 2022

    The Lewis County High School Panther opened up play in their 2022 baseball season at home against The Spring Hill Raiders on Monday, March 14th at Lynn Tiller Field. Brycen McDonald took the mound to start for the Panthers and worked a scoreless first inning and not allowing a baserunner. Blake Carroll started the home first off with a single but the Panthers went down in the first without scoring. McDonald was solid again in the second inning getting two quick outs before an error allowed the...

  • LCMS at Ethridge

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Apr 7, 2022

    By Jason Fite The Lewis County Middle School Panthers traveled to Ethridge for a game against the Ethridge Bulldogs on Monday, March 21st. Dakota Hull connected with one out in the top of the first for a single and Kegan Carroll-Clayton and Kolt Skelton each drew two-out walks ahead of a line drive double off the bat of Jalen Smith that plated 2 for the Panthers, giving them an early 2-0 lead. Smith took the mound to start for Lewis County and took down the Bulldogs in order in the home first, striking out 2. Cayleb Moore and Phenix McDonald ea...

  • LCMS Panthers take home a victory

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 24, 2022

    The Lewis County Middle School Panthers hosted the Mt. Pleasant Middle School Tigers on Tuesday, March 15th at Lynn Tiller Field on the campus of Lewis County High School. Jalen Smith took the mound for Lewis County and worked a perfect first inning. In the bottom half of the first Dakota Hull drew a one out walk and was followed by a Braylon Bean single, but Lewis County would come up empty in the home first and the score was 0-0 moving to the second. Smith was on point again. In the second inning, facing the minimum. Kolt Skelton started the...

  • LCHS Tennis

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 24, 2022

    The Lewis County High School Panthers and Lady Panthers tennis team hosted the Hickman County Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs for tennis matches to open the season on Monday, March 14th. In girls' action, number 1 seed for Lewis County, Isabel Greve, faced Lady Bulldog number 1 Audrey Orton. In a tight match it was Orton that took the win 8-5. In the matchup of number 2 seeds it was Ruth Jennings of Lewis County facing Liza Mays of Hickman County. The matchup of number twos another close match that...

  • LCMS baseball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 17, 2022

    The Lewis County Middle School Panthers travelled to Chapel Hill on Friday, March 11th for baseball action against the Forrest Rockets. Maddox Tanner led off the game for Lewis County with a walk and stole two bases to move to third. With two outs in the inning, Tanner came across to score on a passed ball and the Panthers took an early 1-0 lead. Dakota Hull started the game on the mound for Lewis County and worked around a leadoff infield single to hold the Rockets scoreless. Lewis County would go down in order, all by strikeout, in the top of...

  • LCMS Softball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 17, 2022

    The Lewis County Lady Panthers took the field at home on Thursday, March 3rd as they hosted the Ethridge Lady Bulldogs. Kinlee Keltner started the game on the mound for the Lady Panthers and pitched around a leadoff single to pitch a scoreless first inning. Makaela Dodson led off the bottom half of the first drawing a walk and Taya Tiller followed with a single and CJ Tanner would reach on an error to load the bases ahead of a base-clearing double by Keltner. Kabry Adkins and Brailey Carroll each singled, with a run crossing on Carroll’s s...

  • LCMS Softball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 10, 2022

    The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers opened up their 2022 softball season on the road Wednesday, March 2nd in Lawrenceburg against E.O. Coffman Middle School. The Lady Panthers got on top early as eight of the first nine batters reached base safely by walk or hit by pitch and would plate 5 runs. Makaela Dodson came up for her second at-bat of the first inning with one out and the bases loaded and delivered an RBI single. The Lady Panthers would see a total of 11 runs cross the plate and held an 11-0 lead moving into the home-half of...

  • LCMS baseball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 10, 2022

    The Lewis County Middle School Panthers hosted their first home baseball game of the 2022 season on Thursday, March 3rd against the Perry County Vikings. Dakota Hull took the mound to start the game and struck out 4 in the first inning as the third Viking batter reached on a dropped third strike and Hull came back to retire the cleanup hitter on strikes. Maddox Tanner and Hull would start the bottom of the first with walks and Braylon Bean would bring home two with a single.and Lewis County...

  • LCMS baseball

    Jason Fite, Contributing writer|Mar 3, 2022

    The Lewis County Middle School Panthers opened their 2022 baseball season on the road at Fairview Middle against the Falcons on Monday, February 28th. From the first pitch of the game the Panthers began to build momentum as Maddox Tanner drew a leadoff walk and Dakota Hull rifled a single to center. Tanner would score moments later, on a wild pitch, and Hull moved into scoring position and was plated by a Keegan Carroll-Clayton fielder’s choice and the Panthers took a 2-0 lead after a half-inning. Jalen Smith took the mound to start the game f...

  • LCHS Basketball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 3, 2022

    The Lewis County High School Panthers, #4 seed in District 10AA, took the court on Tuesday, February 15th in the play-in game of the District 10AA Tournament at home against the #5 seed Mt. Pleasant Tigers. In the win-or-go-home round the winner would move on to play in the semifinal round and the loser would see their season come to an end. In front of an energized crowd at LCHS, the Panthers and Tigers put on a competitive opening eight minutes of action. Dyer Barnes would knock down 2 three’s in the first quarter to help Lewis County take a...

  • LC Third Grade Basketball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Mar 3, 2022

    The Lewis County Panthers 3rd Grade TVBA team travelled to Florence, Alabama and Rufus G. Hibbett Intermediate School to play in the first round of the Tennessee Valley Basketball Association’s Regional Tournament on Friday, February 25th against Muscle Shoals P-Trojans. The Panthers began regional play against one of the Muscle Shoals, Alabama teams, the Muscle Shoals P-Trojans in the opening round of the regional tournament on opening night in Florence. Both teams got off to a fast start in a fast=paced opening half of action. Muscle S...

  • LC Sixth grade basketball

    Jason Fite, ContributingSports Writer|Mar 3, 2022

    The Lewis County Panthers 6th Grade TVBA team traveled to Deshler, Alabama, and Deshler High School to play in the Tennessee Valley Basketball Association Regional Tournament on Saturday, February 26th, in an effort to reach the TVBA Final Four. In the opening round of the tournament the 6th Grade Panthers took on the 6th grade boys from Columbia Academy. Lewis County fell behind early as they struggled to find points and Columbia Academy doubled up the Panthers 16-8 before the break for the half. The Panthers stormed back in the second half of...

  • 5th Grade Basketball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Feb 24, 2022

    The Lewis County Lady Panthers 5th grade girls TVBA team traveled to Wayne County High School for games against Lawrence County and Collinwood on Saturday, February 12th In their first game of the day, the Lady Panthers took on the Larence County girls team. Lawrence County was aggressive on both ends of the floor as they limited the Lady Panthers to only 4 points, four free-throws, in the opening half of action and built up a large 26-4 lead as the game reached the halftime break. After the break, Lawrence County’s defense continued to l...

  • 3rd Grade Basketball

    Jason Fite, Contributing Sports Writer|Feb 24, 2022

    By Jason Fite The 3rd Grade Panthers TVBA team traveled to Killen, Alabama for games at Brooks High School on Saturday, February 19th. The 3rd Grade Panthers had games against the Brooks (AL) Orange and West Morgan (AL). In their first game of the afternoon, Lewis County faced one of the Brooks (AL) 3rd grade teams, the Brooks Orange. The Panthers’ defense was tough from the opening tip as they limited Brooks to only 2 first-half points while Haven Ray led the offensive attack with 8 of the teams 13 points as Lewis County led 13-2 at h...

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