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On the strength of four first-half goals, Dyersburg continued its winning ways on the soccer pitch on Thursday evening as the Trojans (5-1) cruised to a 9-0 win over Peabody in non-district action at J.C. Sawyers Stadium.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com A big second inning helped the visiting Cougars take a lead the Trojans (11-6, 2-4) could not overcome as Dyersburg dropped its third game of the week on Thursday night at Tom Mathis Field, 7-3, to Munford...

Despite leading early, the Lady Trojans fell behind midway through their game at South Side in Jackson on Thursday before a six-run sixth inning became too much to overcome as Dyersburg dropped a 9-4 decision to the Lady Hawks. The Lady Trojans got on the board in the top of the first inning, getting a pair of two-out singles from Raegan Hamm and Alli Alford. Katie Ramm reached on an error to plate a run to give Dyersburg a 1-0 lead after a half inning...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Spring is in the air and, if you go to Dyersburg State on a Wednesday or Saturday when the Eagles are at home for a series, so are the baseballs. Dyersburg State’s baseball team is currently ranked No. 18 according to the latest NJCAA Division I poll and are in the midst of a seven-game winning streak and are 16-1 in their last 17 games...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Following his actions at the end of the Dyersburg State Women's loss to Southwest in the TCCAA West Final last Thursday night at home, Lady Eagle head coach Charles Taylor was relieved of his head coaching duties with the school on Tuesday according to school officials...

The Lady Trojans continued their busy week on Wednesday, bouncing back from Tuesday's loss with a 3-2 win over visiting Kennett, Mo. at Doug French Field. After the Dyersburg defense worked around a leadoff single and a two-out walk in the top of the first, the Lady Trojans got on the board in the bottom of the fame. ...

Dyer County continued to creep towards the .500 mark, winning their fifth out of six games on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over visiting Hardin County in District 13AAA action in Newbern. The Choctaws (9-10, 3-1) trailed early thanks to an unearned run in the top of the first but the Dyer County defense and pitcher Lane Evans kept the Tigers scoreless over the last six innings in the district win...

Coming off a disappointing loss in the opening game of their home-and-home District 13AA series with South Gibson on Monday, the Trojans (11-5, 2-4) took the Hornets the full seven and then some before falling 7-6 at Medina on Tuesday evening. After being held scoreless in the opening game of the series on Monday, the Trojans got on the board right off the bat in Game 2. ...

The Dyer County tennis teams picked up wins over visiting Haywood on Tuesday afternoon in Newbern as the Choctaws and Lady Choctaws each won their scoring matches to sweep the visiting teams. Dyer County was especially dominant in boys action as the Choctaws swept Haywood 4-0 while allowing just a pair of points on the way to the sweep...

Dyer County’s softball team went yard four times on Tuesday afternoon at Halls, including a pair of homers from Katie Willis and Emma McBride as the Lady Choctaws (11-6-1) took a 9-6 win over the Lady Tigers. Of the Lady Choctaws’ nine runs on Tuesday, eight came courtesy of the softball sailing over the fence as Reagan Thompson had two early in the game to go along with the homers from Willis and McBride in the sixth...

Following a come-from-behind win on Monday evening at Doug French Field, the Lady Trojans struggled to put runs on the board but stayed within striking distance against Covington, falling 2-0 to the Lady Chargers on Tuesday in Dyersburg. Lady Trojan pitcher Katie Ramm allowed two runs on three hits in the loss to the same Covington team which defeated Dyersburg 17-2 earlier this season...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com We are now in the second full week of April and around the county we are starting to see our teams have learned from their games earlier in the season. Over in Dyersburg, the young Lady Trojans are starting to click...

Less than a week after falling to the Mustangs on the road in Jackson, Dyersburg’s soccer team (3-1) picked a great time to bounce back as the Trojan defense held Madison without a goal in the Dyersburg High School Invitational Championship Game on Sunday afternoon at J.C. Sawyers Stadium for a 1-0 win to take the trophy in the inaugural event.

The 20th-ranked Dyersburg State baseball team continued its winning ways on Sunday afternoon as the Eagles (29-4) swept visiting Columbia State to run their current winning steak to seven games with the two victories. The Eagles won the opener, 7-1, then held off Columbia State in the second game of the day, getting an 8-5 victory to clinch the sweep...

Coming off a mercy-rule win on Thursday night against Obion County Central, the Lady Trojans took this momentum into their stay in the Morris Hunter Tournament, winning their first three games before falling in the title game on Saturday in Southaven, Miss...

The Trojans (11-3, 2-2) hit the road on Saturday and returned from Missouri with a pair of lopsided wins, outscoring their opponents 39-2 in two games. Dyersburg opened the day with a 22-0 win at Risco, Mo. then picked up a 17-2 win over WBA in the second game of the day as Trojan pitcher Jonah Shanklin threw three innings of no-hit ball in the win...

Monday, April 12 South Gibson at Dyersburg (Baseball, 6:30 p.m.) Crockett County at Dyersburg (Softball, 7 p.m.) Dyersburg at Obion County Central (Tennis, 4 p.m.) Dyer County at Hardin County (Baseball, 6:30 p.m.) Dyer County at Munford (Softball, 6:15 p.m.)...

With a shot at the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association Championship Game on the line, the Lady Eagles fell to Southwest TN 70-56 following a controversial ending to the West Final at Dyersburg State on Thursday night which saw three technical fouls called and Lady Eagle head coach Charles Taylor ejected before the game was awarded to the Lady Salukis with 57.2 seconds left.

After struggling earlier in the week against South Gibson in District 13AA action, the Lady Trojans (4-8, 1-3) bounced back on Thursday to wrap up the week’s three-game home schedule with an 11-1 victory over visiting Obion County Central in five innings...

The second time around for the Trojans and Bolivar, it took just seven innings to decide things as Dyersburg handed the visiting Tigers a 10-2 loss on Thursday night at Tom Mathis Field. The Trojans banged out a dozen hits in the win which timeliness was a key according to Dyersburg head coach Zane Mathis...

With both Dyer County and Dyersburg in the final sports season before the two schools will renew their rival across multiple sports beginning next fall, the Trojans and Choctaws met on the courts on Thursday at the Dyersburg Activity Center for matchups in tennis, one of the few sports in which the schools have faced off in recent years...

Dyersburg’s J.C. Sawyers Stadium will see plenty of high school soccer action this weekend as the Trojan soccer program will host the Dyersburg Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. The action will get underway on Saturday afternoon when the four-team bracket kicks off. The first game of the schedule begins at 2:30 p.m. when the University School of Jackson takes on Madison in the first semifinal game...

The Dyer County Lady Choctaws (8-6-1) returned home after five road games to take a 4-0 win over visiting Halls on Tuesday afternoon in Newbern. Dyer County got on the board in the bottom of the first inning, getting Ava Ozment on second via a two-base error to centerfield. After a strikeout and a pop out, Tori Beth Myers singled in Ozment to give the Lady Choctaws a 1-0 lead after one inning...

While being held to just to two runs on four hits on Tuesday night, the Lady Trojans remained winless in District 13AA play as Dyersburg (3-8, 0-3) fell 14-2 to South Gibson at Doug French Field. South Gibson had a trio of four-run innings, scoring four times in the second, third and fifth frames on the way to the win...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com As fun as it can be to get out of the gymnasiums after basketball season ends in March and head out to our fields when the spring sports season gets underway, April is the month which one could argue is the most important during the entire sports year...

The Dyersburg baseball team bought their District 13AA record to the .500 mark on Tuesday, scoring three runs late to take a 4-1 win over Obion County Central in Troy. The Trojans (8-3, 2-2) took the lead in the top of the third inning as Brady Byars reached on an error then scored on a Brycen White single to put Dyersburg on top 1-0 after two and a half innings...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Just a day after being held to one run on three hits in the opening game of a home-and-home District 13AAA series at Brighton, Dyer County bounced back in a big way on Tuesday night in their home opener...

Dyer County's softball team got its week off to a strong start on Monday night in Bartlett, beating the Lady Panthers 10-3 behind 10 hits and a strong showing in the circle from sophomore Addie Roberson. The Lady Choctaw sophomore pitcher, allowing just three runs on three hits while striking out seven in the win...

A four-run frame by the Cardinals proved to be the difference on Monday night in Brighton as the Choctaws (6-10, 0-1) fell 4-1 in the District 13AAA opener. Dyer County took the lead in the top of the second inning, getting back-to-back two-out singles from Josh Stewart and Deegan Cole to plate a run and give the Choctaws a 1-0 lead after an inning and a half...

The Trojans pushed their winning streak to three games on Monday, in the process claiming their first District 13AA victory of the season as Dyersburg (7-3) defeated Obion County Central 9-3 on Monday night at Tom Mathis Field.

It was a rally so nice they did it twice as Dyersburg's softball team rallied from four runs back two times in the last three innings – the second a five-run fifth inning to take a 10-9 win over visiting Ripley on Monday night at Doug French Field.

The Eagles (25-4) got their Saturday doubleheader off to a strong start as Zane Morehouse threw his second straight no-hitter as well as the third in five games by a Dyersburg State pitcher during the DSCC 10-0 win in the opening game of the double dip in Dyersburg...

Though the day started before dawn on Saturday for the Lady Choctaws, Dyer County’s softball team made the most of its trip to the Brentwood Classic, winning three of four games during their stay in Middle Tennessee. The Lady Choctaws brought their stay in the Brentwood Classic to an explosive close, scoring 20 runs in three innings on the way to the mercy rule win...

After a walkoff win on Friday afternoon against Madison Academic, the Trojans (6-3) completed a two-game weekend homestand on Saturday afternoon with a 2-1 win over visiting Ripley at Tom Mathis Field. The Trojans got on the board early as Hunter Newsom singled to open the inning then nearly got stranded on the basepaths before a two-out single from Bobby Clifton pushed him across to take a 1-0 lead after one inning...

After falling to Trinity Christian Academy on Friday night, the Choctaws (6-9) closed out their stay in the Easter Slam Tournament in Jackson on Saturday, taking a pair of wins in the final day of action. Dyer County closed out its stay in the tournament with a 3-2 win on Saturday evening over Kennett, Mo. after opening the day with a 12-2 victory over Creek Wood...

Monday, April 5 Obion County Central at Dyersburg (Baseball, 6:30 p.m.) Ripley at Dyersburg (Softball, 6:30 p.m.) Dyersburg at Halls (Tennis, 3:30 p.m.) Dyer County at Brighton (Baseball, 6:30 p.m.) Halls at Dyer County (Softball, 6:15 p.m.) Dyer County at Milan (Soccer, 6 p.m.)...

Dyer County softball finally got to open District 13AAA play on Thursday evening in Newbern following a pair of rainouts over the last couple weeks. When the team took the field, both the bats and pitcher Ava Ozment were more than ready as the Lady Choctaw (3-5-1, 1-0) bats gave their ace plenty of support as the junior pitcher hurled a no-hitter in the 10-0 win in the district opener...

The Trojan soccer team moved to 2-0 on the season as Dyersburg scored a pair of early goals then added three in the second half on Thursday night at J.C. Sawyers Stadium to take a 5-0 win over visiting Jackson Christian School.

After a loss on the first day of the Easter Slam in Jackson, the Dyer County baseball team bounced back on Thursday with a split in second-day action at the University School of Jackson. Dyer County opened the day with an 11-4 loss to Jonesboro, Ark., but the Choctaws bounced back to get a 4-2 win over Covington in the second game of the day...

Dyer County closed its week on Thursday night as the Choctaws travelled to Jackson and returned from North Side High School with a 6-1 win over the Indians. The Choctaws picked up their second win of the season thanks to a pair of goals each from Luke Williams and Will Steely as well as single scores from Jacob Johnson and AJ Valdovinos against one goal by North Side...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com We’re coming to the finish line of what has been a very interesting and, as usual, unpredictable March Madness season as we get ready for the Final Four to get underway tonight with the two national semfinal games...

A day after getting rained out in the second day of the home-and-home series with Milan, the Trojans (4-3) looked to bounce back against the Bulldogs on Wednesday but could not complete a seventh-inning rally before falling 4-3 at Milan in District 13AA action...

A three-run inning by the Bruins proved to be the catalyst for the University School of Jackson as Dyer County battled late but could not come from behind in the opening game of the Easter Slam Tournament in Jackson on Wednesday evening at USJ. Dyer County got on the board in the top of the first inning as Drae Stafford singled with one out then scored after advancing all the way to third on a wild pitch before crossing the plate on a Noah Muncrief sacrifice fly. ...

For the second time in four games, a Dyersburg State pitcher puzzled Vol State bats as sophomore hurler JC Gilmore held the Pioneers hitless on Tuesday afternoon in Gallatin for a 15-0 win by the Eagles (23-4). Gilmore faced just two over the minium in the five-inning win, throwing just 74 pitches in the no-hitter. Gilmore struck out ten while allowing one walk and a hit batter...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Back in 1986, yours truly first really discovered Major League Baseball and it was greatly through sports card collecting. At one time, I owned every complete Topps set from the year of my birth, 1980, until the time when I really got out of the sport, about 2012 I think...

Though the Trojans were able to match Milan hit for hit during the two teams' District 13AA opener on Monday night at Tom Mathis Field, the Bulldogs were able to make the most of their six hits, scoring twice in the top of the first then adding a run late to take a 3-0 win over Dyersburg.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Though the Dyersburg softball team continued to battle through early season growing pains on Monday to open their week, the Lady Trojans (2-6) just could not manage the one timely hit they needed as they fell to Hardin County 7-6 at Doug French Field...