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Though the Trojans found themselves in unfamiliar territory on Friday night down in Ripley – trailing at halftime for the first time this season – Dyersburg rallied in the second half to outscore the Tigers 29-14 to clinch the Region 7-4A title with a 45-31 win on the road.

Though Dyer County saw its early lead disappear late in the first half with 20 unanswered points from the Mustangs, the Choctaws rallied to tie the game twice in the second half before a pair of late scores put McCracken County on top for good on the way to a 41-27 win over the orange and white in Newbern on Friday night...

The saying is that time flies when you’re having fun. And, this season through nine weeks and eight games for each of our local teams has been that - fun. I have always believed that sports can offer fans and those attending the games as a welcome escape from whatever they are going through in their life...

The Jack Overby Memorial Golf Scramble was held at Oakview Links Golf Course in Newbern on Saturday, Oct. 6. Above, the winning team pictured with Mrs. Jane Overby was (from left) Ross Pope, Steven Parker, Adam Clark and Steven Anderson with a score of 15 under par; below, finishing in second place was Christy Meeks, Landon Mobley, Ben Shelton and Daniel Mobley; bottom, in third place was the team of Rob Anderson, Ryan Burchfiel, Rusty Burchfiel and Jackie McCuiston...

Playing for the first time at home in the sectional round, the Lady Choctaws ended their season just one match short of making the trip east to the Class AAA State Volleyball Tournament as Collierville swept Dyer County in straight sets on Thursday night to end the orange and white volleyball season.

There is always a lot on the line in a small region when two teams meet but tonight’s contest in Ripley between Dyersburg and the Tigers is a very important one for the Trojans as the black and Vegas gold look to clinch the school’s first Region 7-4A title since 2013 with a win over the hosting Tigers.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With the Choctaws coming off a very well-placed bye week, Dyer County has returned to the practice field this week with their eyes on getting ready to make a stretch run to move up in the standings on the way to what hopefully will be the second straight postseason appearance for the orange and white...

Though the Region 7AAA Championship match got off to a less-than-ideal start than the Lady Choctaws and head coach Shanna O’Bright would have liked, it was the ending which made all the difference in the world as Dyer County rallied to take the next two sets then, after coming up just short of clinching the match in four frames, dominated the fifth and final set to win the program’s first-ever region title in volleyball in Newbern on Tuesday night.

For the first time in nearly a decade, Dyersburg’s volleyball team’s season has ended short of reaching Murfreesboro as the youthful Lady Trojans fell in three sets to region rival Jackson South Side on Tuesday night at Crockett County in the Region 7AA Tournament...

A pair of early Crockett County goals proved to be the difference on Monday night in the District 14AA Soccer Semifinal at J.C. Sawyers Stadium as the Lady Trojans saw their season come to an end via a 3-1 loss to the Lady Cavaliers.

After escaping with their undefeated record in tact on Friday night down in Bolivar, the Dyersburg Trojans (7-0, 2-0) saw their position in the weekly Associated Press Tennessee High School Football Poll hold steady for another week as they remained at No. 5 when the weekly rankings were released.

With Dyersburg coming off a bye week, the Trojans’ game Friday night came down to, essentially, two quarters – Dyersburg’s first quarter and Bolivar’s fourth – as each team scored three times in those respective frames with a long touchdown run by DHS senior Daviaon Henderson providing the insurance for the black and Vegas gold as they came away from their battle with the Tigers with 27-20 win on Friday night in Hardeman County...

The six weeks leading up to the Trojans’ bye Dyersburg had last week were one many local football fans will remember for quite a while as the black and Vegas gold have jumped out to a 6-0 record and are in the driver’s seat for the Region 7-4A title as well as the team’s first undefeated regular season since 2005.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com The first two days of the upcoming week will be big for three local high school soccer and volleyball teams as well as a pair of middle school football squads as they will put their seasons on the line in postseason action...

Though it may not have felt like it this past week, it is getting to the time of the year when the fall sports seasons are starting to wind down. Volleyball is already in its second week and second level of the postseason as both the Lady Choctaws and Lady Trojans will put their seasons on the line on Tuesday in Region 7 bracket action in Class AAA and Class AA...

Coming out of a well-timed bye week, the Dyersburg Trojans – unbeaten and ranked fifth in the Class 4A polls at 6-0 (2-0 in Region 7-4A) – will get their journey through the back end of their schedule underway tonight when they travel down to Hardeman County to take on Bolivar at 7 p.m.

Despite losing the first set of the day, the Lady Choctaws grabbed the momentum during the second set of the District 14AAA Tournament Semifinal on Thursday at Dyer County High School, riding that wave through a four-set win over second-seeded Brighton then into and through a sweep of Arlington in the finals to capture the program’s third district title in four seasons.

Though the Lady Trojans saw their 10-year run as a district champion come to an end on Thursday night, the Dyersburg volleyball team didn’t go down without a fight as the black and Vegas gold made sure Crockett County needed all five sets to take the title from them on the Lady Cavaliers home court in the District 14AA Finals...

The winning team of Pennington Seed and Supply claimed the traveling crystal cup for the first time during Dyersburg State Community College’s annual E.H. Lannom Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament Sept.14 at the Farms Golf Club in Dyersburg. Twenty teams participated in the annual event led by co-directors Tommy Allmon and Patrick Williams. DSCC President Karen Bowyer served as the presidential putter throughout the day on the 18th green...

Dyer County didn’t have to wait long to see the benefit of playing at home for the District 14AAA volleyball tournament as the third-seeded Lady Choctaws cruised to a three-set win over Cordova on Tuesday night in Newbern.

The Lady Trojans will have a chance to continue their string of postseason district titles later this week as Dyersburg claimed its semifinal match over Milan on Tuesday during the District 14AA Tournament at Crockett County. The Lady Trojans got the day off to a strong start on Tuesday, taking the first set 25-12 to get an early 1-0 lead. But, the Lady Bulldogs made sure that lead was brief as Milan fought back to take a tightly-contested second set, 25-23, to even the match up at one set each...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Coming off a week where the undefeated Dyersburg Trojans neither won nor lost – Week 7 was their bye, actually – the black and Vegas gold football team stayed right where they have been in recent weeks in the Tennessee High School Football Polls this week as the Trojans came in as Class 4A’s fifth-ranked team for the fourth straight week...

Coming into the District 14AA Tournament as the second seed for the first time in recent years, the opening game of the 2018 bracket went much like the previous years’ have – with a three-set sweep as Dyersburg dominated Liberty in opening-round action on Monday evening at Crockett County High School.

Heading into Friday night’s contest at Clarksville Northwest, Choctaw head coach David Whittle said his team needed to put together four good quarters of football as the team headed into next week’s bye week and Dyer County (4-3, 2-2) accomplished that as the defense led the way in the team’s 28-0 win over the Vikings...

While preparing during the summer months for his final football season at Dyer County High School, senior linebacker Evan Thomas had plenty of work to do. While he had developed a large amount of knowledge since beginning to play football in middle school, to play his position effectively Thomas needed to put on some weight, and more importantly add some muscle.

It was an interesting seven-day span for the Choctaws as the Dyer County football team saw their season take a positive turn earlier this past week as the TSSAA ruled Clarksville Northeast must forfeit its first five games of the season after one of their players was ruled ineligible...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With last week seeing the end of the regular season for both Dyersburg and Dyer County’s volleyball teams, both the Lady Choctaws and Lady Trojans move into the postseason to their respective district tournaments with high seeds early this week...

The Dyersburg Middle School Trojans ended their 2018 season on a high note on Thursday night, jumping out to a big lead at the half on the way to a 30-0 win over visiting Lauderdale at J.C. Sawyers Stadium. “We’re excited to have another great season,” DMS head coach Trey Vernon said. “With one loss, it’s a privilege to coach with kids that are so talented.”...

The past seven days have been interesting for the Dyer County football team as the Choctaws had one bad quarter against Clarksville High which helped cause their 56-33 loss to the Wildcats at homecoming last Friday night in Newbern.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Despite dropping the opening set on Thursday night at home against the Lady Bulldogs, Dyersburg’s volleyball team rebounded to take the next three sets to help their two seniors celebrate Senior Night with a four-set win over Milan in the Terry Glover Gymnasium...

Thanks to Mother Nature, the participants of the TSSAA Large Class Golf Tournament saw the second day of the tournament cancelled and the tournament itself come to an end after only one day of golf as the event was brought to an end on Wednesday morning when wet weather moved into Manchester at WillowBrook Golf Club...

After a ruling from the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Administration on Tuesday, the Dyer County football team saw their record as well as their standing in Region 7-5A improve as Clarksville Northeast must forfeit the first five games of the 2018 season, including Week 5’s 35-0 win over the Choctaws in Clarksville on Sept. 14 as the Eagles played an ineligible player during those games.

With the postseason looming later this week, the Lady Choctaws brought their regular season to a close on Tuesday night as Dyer County’s girls soccer team won its 2018 regular season finale 4-1 over visiting Milan on Senior Night. Half of Dyer County’s offense was provided, fittingly, by its senior class as Kyla Deere and Raven Lurks had two of the four goals in the win. The remaining two goals came off the feet of sophomore Lauren Deere and junior Maddie Brandon...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com The Lady Trojan soccer team ended the home portion of its regular season schedule, as well as its District 14AA slate, with a successful finish, taking a 4-1 win over the visiting Obion County Central Lady Rebels on Tuesday night at J.C. Sawyers Stadium...

Dyer County closed the home portion of its regular season on a positive note as the Lady Choctaws swept visiting Halls in three sets on Tuesday evening in Newbern. The Lady Choctaws took the opening set 25-13 then claimed the second frame 25-18. Dyer County ended the match with a 25-12 win in the third set to complete the three-set sweep and win the match...

The Dyersburg Trojans will spend their bye week both undefeated at 6-0 and as the fifth-ranked team in Class 4A as the black and Vegas gold kept ahold of their spot in the Tennessee High School Football poll when the rankings were released on Monday afternoon...

The Lady Trojans got off to a strong start on Monday at home against Crockett County, but struggles late in the first set carried over into the following sets and though Dyersburg rallied to make it a five-set match, the Lady Cavaliers came away with the win following a strong fifth set at DHS.

For the third time in as many weeks, the Trojans were tested as their opponent – this week North Side – was able to cut Dyersburg’s multiple-touchdown lead to in half during the first two quarters. But, also for the third straight week, the Trojans responded, scoring twice in the latter moments of the second quarter on the way to a 42-20 win over the Indians as the black and Vegas gold celebrated homecoming by moving to 6-0 on the season.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com For the second time in three weeks, rainy weather coincided with Dyer County struggles as the visiting Wildcats jumped out to a big lead early before the rain let up and the Choctaws rallied to outscore Clarksville 33-14 from the second quarter through much of the fourth before a pair of late touchdowns gave the visitors a 56-33 Region 7-5A win in Newbern on Friday night...

In sports, one thing coaches will say they are hesitant to do is to look ahead past the current game sitting in front of themselves. But, we’re not coaches (well, most of us aren’t anyway - though I used to play one in Pro Wrestling Elite), so it really doesn’t apply to us, does it?...

Dyer County High School celebrated Homecoming 2018 on Friday night as the homecoming queen and court were announced prior to kickoff of the Choctaws’ game with Clarksville. Members of the court were (front, from left) crown bearer Zoe Blair Dubruiel (daughter of Justin and Jenna Dubruiel), escort Caden Phillips (son of Carter and Amanda Phillips), crown bearer Larsen Parker (daughter of Chris and Lindsey Parker); (back, from left) Eliza Heinrich, Kaytlan Mascroft, Lynsey Akins, Madelyn Taylor, Gabby Mendez, Queen Sydney Lee, Madison Hollingsworth, Maggie Bartlett, Jodi Cranford, Breanna Lay and Sydney Taylor.

Dyersburg High School celebrated Homecoming 2018 on Friday night as the homecoming queen and court were announced at prior to kickoff of the Trojans’ game with Jackson North side. Members of the court were (from left) first maid Mariah Webb, third maid Rachel Finley, second maid Gracie Ayers, Breanna Rood, Homecoming Queen Shelby Hopper, Asia Brooks, Heaven Curry and Kayelyn McCaslin.

As the second half of the season gets underway tonight in Newbern for the Choctaws, their journey through the Region 7-5A schedule gets easier – but only a little as Dyer County welcomes Class 5A’s ninth-ranked Clarksville Wildcats to Choctaw Stadium as the orange and white celebrate homecoming.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Off to their best start in over a decade, the Trojans will look to continue their successful opening to the season as Dyersburg hosts North Side tonight with the black and Vegas gold celebrating homecoming as they head into their bye next week...

Bragging rights are always on the line any time Northview and Three Oaks meet in any sport but the West Tennessee Athletic Conference Championship and a home playoff game were also up for grabs on Thursday night at Dyer County High School as Three Oaks ground out a 24-16 win over Northview.

Coming off a two-point loss on Monday down in Jackson at Trinity Christian Academy, the Lady Trojans bounced back on Tuesday night at Dyersburg Middle School, getting five goals from senior Meridith Kerber en route to a 5-2 win over visiting Crockett County.