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Dyersburg, Tennessee ~ Friday, May 9, 2008
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After picking up two straight wins in the district tournament, the Dyersburg Lady Trojans were eliminated by Milan Wednesday in a close game that Dyersburg let get away. The Lady Trojans lost the game 3-2 to the Lady Bulldogs, but two of the three Milan runs came off defensive miscues by the Dyersburg Defense... More > > 
Choctaws earn District 13-AA tournament title with back-to-back wins over Trojans
(05/08/08)Entering the final day of the District 13 baseball tournament, Dyer County faced an uphill battle. After falling to the loser's bracket with a 12-6 loss to Dyersburg on Monday, the Choctaws would have to defeat the Trojans in back-to-back games in order to claim the tournament title -- which is exactly what the squad did... 
Choctaws to face Trojans in title game
(05/07/08)The last time Dyer County and Crockett County met it took a walk-off homer by B.A. Davis to seal the victory. On Tuesday the two respected teams met again, with the Choctaws holding off a late-inning rally by the Cavaliers and winning the ballgame 6-5, sending Dyer County to the finals against Dyersburg and earning a second consecutive berth to the regional tournament... 
Determined Lady Trojan squad advances with win over Lady Rebels
(05/07/08)After falling to Gibson County in the opening round of the District 13-AA softball tournament being held at Obion County High School, the DHS Lady Trojan squad was on the brink of elimination. On Monday the Lady Trojans rebounded from the setback with a hard-fought, heart-thumping win over Dyer County setting up Tuesday's match up with the host Lady Rebel squad... 
Trojans start fast, finish strong against Choctaws
(05/06/08)For the overflow crowd of high school baseball fans on hand Monday night when Dyersburg and Dyer County met in the semi-final round of the District 13-AA tournament, the game was well worth the price of admission. Both squads put run-scoring rallies together throughout the contest, but as the dust settled at the conclusion of the contest, the night belonged to Dyersburg after the Trojans squad advanced to the championship game with a solid, 12-6 victory... 
Lady Trojans rally in final inning, eliminate Lady Choctaws
(05/06/08)After Dyersburg and Dyer County both lost their opening round games of the district tournament, the two rivals met Monday in an elimination game at Obion County. Despite a late charge by the Lady Choctaws, the Lady Trojans pulled out a hard earned 5-4 victory, prolonging their season for at least another day... 
Bulldogs no match for Trojans in District 13-AA opener
(05/04/08)After dropping a district contest to Milan earlier in the regular season, Dyersburg head coach Tom Mathis had reason for concern when his Trojan baseball squad faced the Bulldogs in their first game of the District 13-AA tournament being held at DHS... 
Locals squads on the brink of elimination to face off in district tourney
(05/04/08)With the regular season now over, the most exciting time of the year in both baseball and softball has arrived with the start of the respective district tournaments. The postseason has been something looked forward to by many over the last several months, and though the inclement weather forced Friday's games to be postponed, play will resume and dreams will be realized by hopefully one or more local squads... 
Choctaws survive scare from Cavaliers in district opener
(05/03/08)After heavy thunderstorms washed out all the baseball action on Friday, the No. 1 seed Dyer County and the No. 5 seed Crockett County finally met Saturday night in a 10-inning thriller at Dyersburg High School. Dyer County won the ballgame on a two- out, three-run walk off blast from senior B.A. Davis in the bottom of the 10th inning to dead center, giving the Choctaws a 6-5 victory... 
Lady Trojans, Lady Choctaws face elimination game
(05/02/08)The opening round of the District 13-AA softball tournament being held at Obion County High School was far from kind to the squads from DHS and DCHS. In the first game of the afternoon Dyersburg faced Gibson County, dropping the contest 4-2. Immediately following the Lady Trojans contest, the Lady Choctaws fell to Crockett County, 3-1, as both squads failed to provide run support after stellar pitching performances from Dyersburg's Brandy Hamm and Dyer County's Paige French... 
Dyersburg State selects Puckett to lead women's basketball program
(05/02/08)After more than a month-long search, Dyersburg State has named Ryan Puckett as the new women's head basketball coach. Puckett comes to Dyersburg State after one year as head coach at Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Ky. Where he lead the Lady Cougars to a 9-22 overall record while playing in the tough, TranSouth Conference... 
Trojans complete district sweep
(05/02/08)The Dyersburg Trojan soccer team wrapped up their regular season schedule with a district match-up against Trenton Thursday on senior night in Dyersburg. The Trojans finished the regular season with a 12-2 record after beating Trenton on Thursday 3-1, completing the undefeated sweep of their district opponents with a 6-0 record on the year... 
Dyersburg's Mathis reaches 400-win milestone
(04/29/08)Playing in its final game of the regular season, the Trojan baseball team looked to avenge and early-season loss to Humboldt when the Vikings visited DHS on Monday night. With a win the squad would reach the 25-win plateau for the season, and also bring the career win total for Dyersburg head coach Tom Mathis to 400 during his 20-year career... 
Andre Flowers voted most improved at Kent State
(04/29/08)Former Dyer County standout Andre Flowers was recently honored with the Don Nottingham Cup, an award given to the most improved offensive player at Kent State University for his hard work and dedication shown on and off the field. "This is a nice award and it shows that I've been working hard and improving day-by- day," said Flowers... 
Dyersburg's Smith strikes out 12 in final home game
(04/28/08)After recognizing nine senior members prior to the contest against Gibson County on Sunday afternoon, the Lady Trojans went out and played one of their finest games of the season, defeating the Lady Pioneers, 9-0. Dyersburg's Jessica Smith, playing her final regular season game in front of the home fans, was in the zone for the majority of the contest, striking out 12 batters while allowing just three hits in the shutout victory... 
Dyersburg defeats Portageville on 'Senior Night' before punishing Westview in district play
(04/27/08)On Friday night at DHS, family members, friends, and Trojan baseball fans gathered as nine senior members of the squad were recognized prior to the contest against Portageville, Mo. Michael Berardi, Michael Brown, Matt Chandler, Tyler Childress, Cole Dickerson, Scotty Rogers, Adam Smith, Les Smith, and J.B. White were all presented plagues by Trojan head coach Tom Mathis in recognition of their efforts during their high school careers... 
Choctaws honor seniors before roaring past Rebels
(04/27/08)The Dyer County Choctaws clinched the regular season district crown on Thursday with a 20-3 thumping of the Rebels of Obion County. Friday the two teams met again at Dyer County for their annual senior night. B.A. Davis, Michael Gray, Derek Sims, and Morgan Bowser played their last regular season game at home as a Choctaws, and what better way to go out than a 16-6 beating over the Rebels of Obion County... 
Team Dyersburg scores first of many touchdowns to come
(04/27/08)After hearing the news Dyersburg had been selected to host an NAIA preseason bowl game in 2009, there was no real surprise at the announcement simply because of knowing how hard Team Dyersburg has worked over the last six months to make it a reality... 
Dyersburg selected to host NAIA preseason bowl game
(04/25/08)Dyersburg has been awarded a preseason NAIA college tournament bowl game in 2009. Dyersburg High School head football coach James Counce told a group of city aldermen and advocates for a renovated stadium on Thursday the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics notified him last week of the successful bid... 
Trojan offense erupts in blowout win over Pioneers
(04/22/08)Returning to district play after a successful weekend in Kentucky, the DHS Trojan baseball team continued to build momentum for the District 13 tournament slated to begin May, 1 by thumping Gibson County, 16-3. The Trojans rode the right arm of senior Matt Chandler and two huge innings offensively to come away with the victory, pushing the overall record to 19-9, with a district record of 5-3... 
Sims remains perfect, Choctaws cruise past Chargers
(04/22/08)The Dyer County Choctaws opened the last week of regular season baseball with a match-up against the Chargers of Westview after taking two out of three games in last weekend's Good Day 2 Play Invitational in Creekwood. The Choctaws moved one game closer to clinching the regular season district title with a 10-6 victory over Westview on a beautiful Monday night in Newbern... |
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