Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Jason Fite/Sports Writer Barry Churchwell/Stats Pete Noblin, Hulon Dunn/Photos The Lewis County High School Panthers hosted the Cascade Champions in the first round to the TSSAA Football 2A State Playoffs on Friday night, November 4th. The Panthers (9-1, 5-0) were the #1 seed from Region 6-AA and the Champions (6-4, 2-3) were the #4 seed from Region 5-AA. The Panther defense had a strong opening series as the Champions took the opening kickoff. After possession changed, the Panthers marched into...
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By Jason Fite/Sports writer Pete Noblin/Photos The Lewis County Middle School basketball teams traveled to Fairview on Tuesday, October 25th for games against the Fairview Lady jackets and Yellow Jackets. The Lady Panthers fell behind early as the Lady jackets outpaced Lewis County 12-2 in the first six minutes of action while Lewis County struggled to find shots in an offensive struggle. Lewis County's struggles continued in the second quarter of play, but they did limit opportunities for the...
The Lewis County High School football team claimed the regional championship title Friday night, October 28 with a 15-14 victory over the Riverside Panthers. The Panthers (9-1, 5-0) will be the #1 seed from Region 6-AA and will host the Cascade Champions (6-4, 2-3), the #4 seed from Region 5-AA, on Friday night, October 4th at 7:00 p.m. in the first round of the TSSAA football playoffs....
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By Jason Fite/Sports writer Photos/Pete Noblin Stats/Barry Churchwell The Region 6-AA Championship was on the line Friday night, October 28th at Bobby W. Sharp field as the Lewis County Panthers squared off with the Decatur County-Riverside Panthers. Both teams came in with identical 8-1 records on the season and 4-0 records in Region 6-AA play. Throughout the evening it was a defensive struggle as both offenses found trouble moving the ball against their opponent's tough defense. The two teams...
NOTE: Richard Coure played baseball and football at Cameron High School in Nashville (Class of 1969). He was a quarterback at Fisk University (Class of 1973). He head coaching career was at East Nashville (1980-1985) and Whites Creek (1986-2004) I was in my first year as head coach at Whites Creek (1986). At that time, we practiced from 7:00-9:30, took a break, and then came back at 11:00 for another practice later that same morning. We had just hit the field about 7:15 when a car drives up and...
Chaz Sparkman was named defense player of the week vs Scotts Hill on October 14, 2022. Head Coach Derek Rang is shown presenting Chaz with an award....
Lewis County High School Senior Keira Halbrooks was recently named to the 2022 All District Volleyball team for District 11, Division 1, Class A....
Jason Fite/Sports Writer Barry Churchwell/Stats Pete Noblin, Hulon Dunn/Photos The Lewis County High School Panthers returned to action at home on Friday night, October 21, hosting the Region 5-AA Summertown Eagles. The Eagles controlled the clock for a majority of the first quarter, but Lewis County was able to take advantage of their first possession of the game as Brycen McDonald hooked up with Dyer Barnes on an 11-yard touchdown pass. The conversion pass fell incomplete and the Panthers...
October 16, 1952 The City of Hohenwald completed its second year of side walk construction with 2,150 feet having been built under the joint cost plan with the city and property owner. The Nashville Banner was complementary of the Lewis County pasture program, pointing out that demonstration plots seeded in each community, under the sponsorship of the Hohenwald Civic Club and interested fertilizer companies, was the first of this kind in this area. The Lewis County Pasture Committee was the...
NOTE: Ken Colquette played football at Grundy County High School (Class of 1965) and Tennessee Tech (Class of 1969). He started his head coaching career at Bridgeport, AL and also served as head coach at Marion County (1980-1996), Vidalia, GA (1997-1999), Grundy County (2002-2003) and Sequatchie County (2012-2014). My second coaching stint in the early to mid ‘70s was as the defensive coordinator and head track coach at Dougherty High School in Albany, GA. We played a very competitive s...
NOTE: Coach Frost played football at Lenoir City High School (Class of 1986). He graduated from M.T.S.U. (Class of 1992). His head coaching career began at Community High School (2007-2013). He is currently the head coach at Decatur County – Riverside (2016-present). My father-in-law, Larry Quinn, was the very first quarterback at Riverside High School. He's an avid sports fan who loves to win. I always give him a coach's shirt so that he looks like a member of the staff. While I was at C...
By Jason Fite Sports writer Photos/Pete Noblin The Lewis County High School Lady Panthers hosted the Loretto Lady Mustangs on Monday, September 26th in junior varsity and varsity volleyball action. In junior varsity play the Lady Mustangs took an early 5-2 lead after two rotations as the Lady Panther JV struggled to hold serve. Loretto rode a pair of 4-point runs in the next two rotations and took a 16-6 lead after four rotations. The Lady Panther JV was unable to hold service for the remainder...
Lewis County Middle School Basketball will tip off their season with a Media Day on October 15, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in the LCMS gym. The event will include a BBQ dinner fundraiser, student athlete introductions, in-uniform photo opportunities, program ad sales, yard sign sales, and Lewis County Basketball clothing sales. New this year, season passes will be offered and available to purchase that day....
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By Jason Fite Sports writer The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers travelled to Lawrenceburg and E.O. Coffman Middle School to play in the Conference Tournament. In their opening match the Lady Panthers faced the Collinwood Middle School Lady Trojans. Lewis County struggled to hold serve through the first four rotations as the Lady Trojans took an early 9-5 lead. Collinwood used a 4-point run in the fifth rotation to pull away to a 14-7 lead. The Lady Trojans would close out the opening set with a 7-point streak to take the set 25-11....
By Jason Fite Sports writer The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers hosted the Summertown Lady Eagles in varsity volleyball action on Tuesday, September 13th. In a tight match early, the Lady Panthers held a 9-5 after the first four complete rotations of the opening set. Summertown would climb back into the set behind consecutive 3-point runs and rode five straight service breaks to overtake the Lady Panthers and pull away to a 25-21 win in the first set. After a short break play resumed in the second set. Summertown took a 7-4 lead after...
By Jason Fite Sports writer Photos/ Hulon Dunn The Lewis County High School Panthers traveled to Adamsville on Thursday night, September 29th for Region 6AA football action taking on the Adamsville Cardinals. The Lewis County defense was strong in the opening quarter, forcing two Cardinal turnovers and holding the Adamsville offense to only 21 yards in the first quarter of play. Midway through the first the Panthers would get the scoring started as Brycen McDonald hooked up with Chaz Sparkman...
NOTE: Jack played football and basketball at Spring City High School (Class of 1972). He played college basketball at Oral Roberts University before transferring to Tennessee where he graduated in 1983. His head-coaching career began at Soddy-Daisy (1988-1991). Additional stints came at Brentwood High School (1997-2001) and Ravenwood High School (2002-2003). One of the first stories that came to mind when I was approached about this project was during my time at Brentwood High School. We were...
By Jason Fite Sports writer The Lewis County Middle School Panthers faced off with the Hardin County Middle School Tigers on Thursday, September 22nd. With a large crowd supporting the Panthers on Eighth Grade night at LCMS, the Panther offense was inspired and found the endzone early on in the opening quarter as Kobe Feichtinger scrambled and found the endzone on a 16-yard touchdown run. After a failed conversion the Panthers held a 6-0 lead. The Panther defense would play tough throughout the first quarter, limiting opportunities for the...
NOTE: Mickey Marley played football at Franklin High School (Class of 1976). He played football at UT-Martin and graduated in 1981. His head coaching career was exclusively at University School of Jackson (1988-2015). I have a couple of stories to tell you, but they're both rather short. I hope that's OK. The first one involves a kid named Jake Overbey. Jake was a great quarterback for us. He won the Mr. Football award in both 2009 and 2010. This story goes to show you how you can make football...
NOTE: Graham Clark played played football at Dobyns Bennett H. S. (Class of 1973). He played football at Emory & Henry (Class of 1977). His head coaching career was at Chilhowee, VA (1980-1981) and Kingsport Dobyns Bennett (1993-2017). We always had a great rivalry with Oak Ridge during my long career at Dobyns Bennett. It seems like great stories came about anytime we played Oak Ridge. I've got a handful of them, but I think my favorite one was in 2006. If you've ever been to a game at Oak...
By Jason Fite Sports writer The Lewis County Lady panthers traveled to Collinwood on Tuesday, September 6th for varsity and junior varsity volleyball matches with the Lady Trojans. The junior varsity squads for both teams took the floor to begin play on Tuesday afternoon. In the opening set of junior varsity play the Lady Trojan JV broke service in the early rotations and was able to jump out to a 5-1 lead over the Lady Panther JV. Lewis County would be able to pull back even when the score reached 7-7, but Collinwood again pulled away to take...
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