Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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By Jason Fite/Sports writer Photos/Pete Noblin Stats/Barry Churchwell The Lewis County High School Panthers travelled to Loretto to face off against the District 6AA rivals the Loretto Mustangs on Friday, September 23. The opening quarter was marred with penalties as both offenses had trouble putting together sustaining drives and both defenses tightened up. Neither team could find the endzone in a scoreless first quarter. But the Panthers struck first early in the second quarter as quarterback...
By Jason Fite Sports writer The Lewis County High School golf team played in the District 10 Small Division Tournament on Monday, September 19th. Teams involved in the tournament with Lewis County were East Hickman, Fairview, Hampshire, Hickman County, Loretto, Perry County, Santa Fe, Summertown, and Wayne County. In boys’ team play it was Summertown that finished as District Champions with a team total of 330, Loretto finished second with a 333, Hickman County third at 348, Mt. Pleasant fourth with a 362, Fairview fifth at 379, Perry County s...
By Jason Fite Sports writer The LCHS golfers hosted a match at Hohenwald Municipal with teams from Hampshire, Fairview, and East Hickman on Thursday, September 8th. In boys’ play it was Fairview that came out on top with a team score of 130, Hampshire finished the day at 132, good enough for second. Lewis County was third with a team score of 157, and East Hickman fourth at 165. J.D. Wood finished the day with the low score for the Panthers, carding a 47. Braxton Clark finished with a 52, Everett Bates had a 58, and Braylon Bean finished w...
By Jason Fite Sports writer The Lewis County Middle School golf team traveled to the Tennessee River Golf Club to compete against teams from Linden, Lobelville, and Waynesboro on Friday, September 9th. In boys’ team action Linden finished the day in first place at 75, edging out Waynesboro who finished second with a 76, Lobelville finishing third at 77, and Lewis County fourth at 79, only four strokes off the lead. Nolan Whitehead and River Carroll each ended their rounds with a 25, Ryder Ward carded a 29, Bo Banks a 32, and Blayne Pinckley a...
Homecoming at Lewis County Middle School was on Thursday night, September 15th and featured the Lewis County Middle School Panthers and the E.O. Coffman Panthers at A.B. Sisco Athletic Field. E.O. Coffman came into the game a perfect 6-0 on the season, the third undefeated team the Panthers have faced on the year and showed their dominance from the opening kickoff. Lewis County was shut down on their opening possession, and Coffman went on a long scoring drive that ended with a 9-yard touchdown...
Chaz Sparkman was named offense player of the week vs East Hickman September 2, 2022. Head Coach Derek Ring is shown presenting Chaz an award. Dyer Barnes was named offense player of the week vs Spring Hill September 9, 2022. Head Coach Derek Ring is show presenting Dyer with an award. Jaylen Murphy was named defense player of the week vs East Hickman September 2, 2022. Head Coach Derek Ring is shown presenting Jaylen an award. Lane Barnes was named defense player of the week vs Spring Hill...
Stats/ Barry Churchwell The Lewis County High School Panthers traveled to Centerville for Friday night football against Region 6AA foe the Hickman County Bulldogs on September 16th in the Battle for the Brown Jug. The Panthers and Bulldogs were each held in check on their first possessions, but Lewis County started the scoring on their second possession. Quarterback Brycen McDonald hit Dyer Barnes on a 42-yard pass to reach the endzone, and Lincoln Brewer added the two-point conversion run to give the Panthers an 8-0 lead that would be the...
The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers hosted the E.O. Coffman Middle School Lady Panthers on Tuesday, September 5th for a varsity match. In the opening set of the match the teams played a tight first two rotations as the set was tied at 3. Coffman took a slight lead in the fourth rotation with a four-point run and followed with four-point runs in the fifth and sixth rotation to pull out to a 16-8 lead. Down 22-10 in the ninth rotation, Lewis County ran off 7 points to cut the score to 22-17, but Coffman would break service and go on to...
On Thursday, August 25, 2022, David Barber made his 19th hole-in-one on hole four at the Hohenwald Golf Club. Barber was playing with his friends Timmie Hinson, Ken Collier and Gary Phelps. If you or a friend has earned a hole-in-one or another great score while playing golf, let us know! Feel free to send a photo as well....
The Lewis County High School Lady Panthers volleyball squad travelled to Loretto to face the Loretto Lady Mustangs on Thursday, September 1st. The Lady Panther junior varsity squared off with the Lady Mustang junior varsity in the opening match. Loretto struck early, running off consecutive point streaks to open the first set. Lewis County’s junior varsity girls struggled to break service and keep service throughout the opening set. Loretto pulled away to a 25-7 win in the first set of JV play. In the second set the Lady panther junior v...
The Lewis County Middle School Panther and Lady Panther golf teams hosted a match at Hohenwald Municipal on Monday, September 12th with Linden Middle and Lobelville Middle. In boys’ team play the Panthers finished the day in first with a team total score of 183, Linden trailed by only two strokes at 185 and in second place, and Lobelville finished in third place with a 215. Nolan Whitehead finished with the low score for Lewis County carding a 43, River Carroll finished with a 44, Bo Banks had a 45, Ryder Ward finished at 51, and Blayne P...
The Lewis County Middle School Panthers traveled to Giles County to face the Richland Raiders on Thursday, September 8th. The Panthers came into the game riding a 3-game losing streak and wanting to end the slide against the Raiders. The Lewis County offense put points on the board first in the opening quarter as Kobe Feichtinger found a soft spot in the line on a 1-yard touchdown dive with just over two minutes to play in the opening 8 eight minutes. The conversion run failed, and the Panthers held a 6-0 lead. Early in the second quarter the...
The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers visited the E.O. Coffman Middle School Lady Panthers on Wednesday, September 7th for a varsity match. With the fist set tied at 1 in the second rotation, the Coffman girls ran off 7 straight points to pull out to an 8-1 lead. Lewis County would hit a wall, failing to hold service for their next six rotations and falling further behind as Coffman took a 23-6 lead into the eighth rotation, ultimately taking the opening set of the match 25-8. After a break the Lady Panthers bounced back early in the...
It was Homecoming at LCHS on Friday night, September 9th, as the Lewis County High School Panthers hosted the Spring Hill Raiders. The Panthers opening drive ended inside the Raider ten-yard line as the Panther offense turned the ball over, but Lewis County would regain possession midway through the opening quarter and Brycen McDonald would connect with Dyer Barnes on a 34-yard touchdown pass. Timothy Brown's point after fell off target, but Lewis County held a 6-0 lead in the first. Spring...
NOTE: Jim played football and baseball at McNairy Central High School in Selmer. (Class of 1981). He played football and baseball at Rhodes College in Memphis before transferring to Lambuth where he earned his undergraduate degree (Class of 1985). His head coaching career in football included stints at McNairy Central (1988, 2009-2011); Humboldt (1998-2001) and Jackson Central Merry (2008). As a head coach, you understand that the players, the X’s and O’s are what you really want to concern you...
The Lewis County Lady Panther volleyball team opened up their 2022 season on the road at Summertown on Tuesday, August 16th for junior varsity and varsity play. Summertown's junior varsity took control of the opening set from the first rotation as the two JV teams began play for the afternoon. Consecutive 6-point runs set up the Lady Eagle JV with a 14-2 lead and they cruised to win the first set 25-6. The second set mirrored the opening set as Summertown continued to dominate service points and...
The Lewis County High School Panther and Lady Panther golfers traveled to Lobelville and Buffalo River Country Club for a match against Perry County, Loretto, and Hampshire. In boys’ play Loretto came out with the win, shooting a score of 156, Perry County finished second at 174, Hampshire was third at 183, and Lewis County fourth with a 195. Carter Webb carded the low score for the Lewis County boys at 39, J.D. Wood finished with a 47, Braxton Clark 53, and Everett Bates 56. On the girls’ side Lewis County and Perry County tied with a tea...
Dyer Barnes was named player of the week vs Fayetteville on August 26, 2022. Head coach Derek Ring is shown presenting Dyer with an award. Riley Ray was named defensive player of the week vs Community on August 19, 2022. Head coach Derek Ring is shown presenting Riley with an award. Brycen McDonald was named offensive player of the week vs Community on August 19, 2022. Head coach Derek Ring is pictured presenting Brycen with the award. Dominic Seiber was named defensive player of the week vs...
NOTE: Brandon Gray played football at Adamsville High School (Class of 1992). He played baseball at Jackson State CC and graduated from North Alabama in 2000. His head coaching career has been at Adamsville (2006-present). I had already graduated from college and was building houses when I saw my old football coach (Danny Combs) at the post office. He was the assistant principal at McNairy Central at that time. The coach here at Adamsville had left and so Danny was back here on an interim...
The Lewis County Middle School golf team hosted a mid-week match at Hohenwald Municipal Golf Course on Wednesday, August 24th. Other schools participating were Waynesboro, Hampshire, and Santa Fe. In boys’ action Waynesboro Middle edged out a team victory shooting a team-total of 92, besting second place Lewis County by 3 strokes at 95. Santa Fe finished team play in third at 133. Lewis County’s Nolan Whitehead was low-medalist on the boys side, carding a 20. Ryder Ward shot a 24 for the Panthers, Bo Banks a 25, River Carroll a 26, and Bla...
The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panther volleyball team hosted the Leoma Lady Rebels on Tuesday, August 15th in varsity and junior varsity play. The two teams went back and forth in the opening set until the Lady Panthers took a lead at 17-11 midway through. Lewis County pulled away from the Lady Rebels using a pair of 5-point streaks and took the opening set of the match 25-17. Leoma battled back in a tight second set behind a 7-point run that put the visitors up 18-9, and Leoma cruised to a 25-19 win to even the match at one set apiece. I...
The Lewis County High School Panthers returned home to face their first Region5-AA opponent of the season, the East Hickman Eagles, on Friday night, September 2nd. The Panthers drove the ball down the field on the opening possession but a turnover inside the Eagle 10-yard line gave the Eagles possession. The Panther offense would find its stride later in the first quarter and Brycen McDonald connected with Dyer Barnes on a 16-yard touchdown strike. Timothy Brown connected on the point after...
The Lewis County High School Panthers travelled to Fayetteville for their first road test of the 2022 season against the Fayetteville Tigers on Friday, August 26th. The first quarter of action was marked by tough defense from both teams as the Panthers and Tigers were both held out of the endzone in a scoreless opening twelve minutes. Fayetteville struck first on a 10-yard scoring strike but were unable to convert the two-point conversion and held a 6-0 lead with nine and a half minutes to play...
I interviewed for the David Crockett head football job in February of 2018 as a 24 year old assistant college coach. A couple of months later, I officially accepted the job as the youngest head coach in the state. Fast forward throughout to my first season there. We had a lot of ups and downs, a lot of close games and overtime games. It was a historic season for us at Crockett. Crockett had never really had a lot of post season success. The school had never hosted a playoff game, never won a pla...
The Lewis County Middle School Panthers traveled to Dickson to take on the Dickson Middle Dragons on August 23 for some Tuesday night football action. The Panthers wasted little time getting on the scoreboard as they won the coin toss and elected to receive, which set up an 81-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Kobe Feichtinger. Shawn Lewis reached the endzone on a successful conversion run and the Panthers held an 8-0 lead a half-minute into the game. The Panther defense stopped a Dragon...
