Dyersburg All-Stars punch ticket to state tournament with back-to-back wins over Halls
After fighting off elimination with a win over Ripley in the District 6 tournament being held at the Ed Wright Complex on Saturday, the 14-year-old Dyersburg All-Stars needed two wins over Halls in order to earn a trip to the state tournament in Dickson...
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Dixie Ponytails fall to Ripley in second round of district tourney
(06/28/09)
After a 6-4 comeback win over Haywood on Friday, the Dyersburg Ponytails opened up the second round of the district tournament with a matchup against Ripley. Ripley defeated Dyersburg 5-1 behind a great performance on the mound by Hannah Evans. Dyersburg was held to just three hits in the game, two alone off the bat of Katelyn Weaver...
Local all-stars defeat Ripley, fall to Halls
(06/28/09)
The Dyersburg Dixie Youth 14-year-old all-stars opened the 2009 district tournament on a hot Friday night with a matchup against Ripley. Dyersburg knocked off Ripley 10-1 before dropping the second-round matchup to a fundamentally solid Halls team 3-2...
Dyer County's Ozment, Haycraft return after solid outing at Sun Belt tourney
(06/28/09)
Dyer County's Preston Ozment has had little time to celebrate the state championship his baseball squad won in Murfreesboro at the state tournament in May. Three weeks after winning the first state baseball championship in school history, Ozment, along with Choctaw Dylan Haycraft, boarded a plane and headed for McAlester, Okla. to compete in the Junior Sun Belt Tournament...
Not being an all-star doesn't mean life is over
(06/28/09)
Are you one of those in the winter months longing for the warmer temperatures of June? If so, you certainly got your wish. Myself on the other hand am having a hard time understanding whatever happened to the two months or so that the outside temperatures were bearable...
Dyer County's Ozment honored by First Citizens
(06/25/09)
Nearly a month after the Dyer County Choctaws earned their first ever state baseball championship in Murfreesboro, head coach Preston Ozment and his squad continue to receive much deserved recognition from supporters in the community. "It's great how our community reaches out and acknowledges our kids and all their hard work they put forth this season," said Ozment. ...
Dyersburg's Horner, Wilder to continue careers at Bethel
(06/23/09)
When his senior baseball season at Dyersburg High School came to an end at the state tournament in Murfreesboro, Bryson Horner was, for all practical purposes, done with the sport. After a few weeks away from the game, the switch-hitting Horner had a change of heart and decided he wanted to pursue his college education and resume playing the game...
Stowe settling in as new Trojan football coach
(06/23/09)
Since being hired to take over the Trojan football program at DHS in February, to say things have been rather hectic for head coach Bart Stowe is putting it mildly. After spending the last half of the school year driving back and forth from his home in Haywood County to Dyersburg, Stowe recently closed on selling his house and closed on buying one in Dyersburg -- all in the same day...
Golf's best struggles at Bethpage, but it's not over till it's over
(06/23/09)
For the millions of Tiger Woods golf fans around the world, today there is disappointment that the No.1-ranked player in the world will perhaps fall short of winning his 15th major championship at the 109th U.S. Open. While there are many disappointed in Woods' performance so far, after making it known the best of his era is my favorite athlete to watch, I have heard from several who are happy to see his name on the bottom half of the leaderboard...
Edgin Memorial golf tourney a big success
(06/09/09)
On Saturday at the Dyersburg Country Club at The Farms, 18 four-man teams teed off at 8 a.m. at the 4th Annual Kevin Edgin Memorial Golf Tournament. Proceeds raised from the event will go to the Kevin Edgin Memorial Scholarship Fund to be given to a member of the Dyer County High School football team or member of the ROTC...
Baker's energy a refreshing sight at city course
(06/08/09)
While the most talk over the last couple of weeks has centered on the Class AA state champion Dyer County baseball team and the new basketball coach hired at DHS, there is other news worth noting. While away at Murfreesboro a couple of weeks ago, I learned after arriving back in Dyersburg city officials had hired a new superintendant to oversee the operations at the Municipal Golf Course...
DSCC holds not one, but two athletic banquets to celebrate successes
(06/08/09)
DSCC holds not one but two athletic banquets to celebrate successes. Dyersburg, TN -- On Friday, May 8, players, parents, faculty and staff members gathered for the first of two banquets to celebrate the end of the athletic seasons. Two banquets were necessary because while previously scheduled end of season event was taking place, members of the Eagles baseball team were out of town playing for first championship game in school history...
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