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With the Trojans ahead by just one point at the end of the first half, Dyersburg got a big momentum swing early in the third quarter which led to a trio of second-half touchdowns to push the black and Vegas gold to a 28-12 win over Crockett County in the second round of the TSSAA Class 4A State Playoffs on Friday night at J.C. Sawyers Stadium.

The Dyersburg Trojan Playoff Bound Steak Dinner for the quarterfinal round of the TSSAA Class 4A State Playoffs is set for Thursday, Nov. 15 at West Dyersburg Church of Christ. Trojan supporters are invited to sponsor a member of the 2018 Trojan football team, coach, cheerleader or dance team member as Dyersburg prepares for the quarterfinals of the state playoffs...

Once a week during the high school football season, I meet with our local head coaches to talk about the upcoming game that Friday night. That part you know. Here recently, my talks with Dyersburg head coach Bart Stowe have involved the discussion of momentum and it has translated into the preview stories and postgame wrap-ups...

The venue has changed and the stakes are the as high as they will be this season as for the second time in three weeks the undefeated Dyersburg Trojans will take on Region 7-4A rival Crockett County in the second round of the TSSAA Class 4A State Playoffs tonight at J.C. Sawyers Stadium.

For most of their run to the Region 7-4A title, the Dyersburg Trojan football team had some of their biggest leadership coming from one family as half-brothers Daviaon Henderson and Chris Russell provided big plays and highlights throughout the first eight games of the 2018 season.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With the beginning of the regular season swiftly approaching as the short preseason for high school basketball draws to a close, both Dyersburg and Dyer County will be in action on Saturday in jamborees at two different locations...

Despite slow starts in both games on Tuesday night at Three Oaks Middle School, the Lady Choctaws and Choctaws each picked up wins over Brighton in the second home game of the week.

On Thursday, the Dyersburg Trojan Playoff Bound Dinner will take place at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Dyersburg at 6 p.m. as the team prepares for the second round of the TSSAA Class 4A State Playoffs. Sponsorships for student athletes and coaches are still available. To purchase or for more information, please call DHS at 731-286-3630 (ext 1119). Sponsorships will pay for the meal of one student athlete/coach and the sponsor...

As the high school cross country season came to an end on Saturday, Lady Choctaw runner Isabella Trasolini ended her senior season on a high note as the Dyer County cross country athlete finished 13th in the TSSAA Division I Large School Class State Meet at Percy Warner Park in Nashville...

With storms approaching on Monday afternoon, the Lady Eagles brought the thunder to the floor a little earlier than scheduled as Dyersburg State dominated Cumberland University’s JV team 104-63 at Dyersburg State Community College.

With the third-ranked and undefeated Dyersburg Trojans heavily favored going into Friday night’s Class 4A first-round matchup with winless Memphis East, the black and Vegas gold showed those factors didn’t go to their head as they jumped out to a six-touchdown lead in the first quarter on the way to a 63-0 win at J.C. Sawyers Stadium.

Though the Choctaws had answers for the Roadrunners early on as the Dyer County defense kept Ridgeway in check for the most part, a trio of second-half touchdowns and a field goal gave the Region 8-5A runner-up what it needed as Ridgeway ended Dyer County’s season with a 41-13 win in the first round of the TSSAA Class 5A Playoffs at Halle Stadium in Memphis on Friday night...

Can I be honest with y’all for just a moment before we start talking about next week? When thinking about potential subjects for this column, your friendly neighborhood sports guy really only kept coming back to one: ways I can relate to what the players on the other side of the field from the Trojans were going through during the loss to Dyersburg...

Heading into Friday night’s game at home to open the playoffs against Memphis East, Dyersburg RB/LB Chris Russell got some big news on Thursday as the senior was named as a semifinalist for the 2018 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football for Class 4A.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Over the past two and a half seasons in the backfield for Dyer County, senior running back Jefhry Taylor has been a focal point of the Choctaw offense and has done a solid job doing just that according to head coach David Whittle – a coach with plenty of experience calling plays for Taylor dating back to when both were at Northview...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com After finishing the regular season by running the table through the 10-game, 11-week schedule, Dyersburg now heads into the postseason as the Region 7-4A champion and has secured the top seed coming out of region...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com After securing the No. 3 seed coming out of Region 7-5A following last week’s 8-6 win over Kenwood in Clarksville, the Choctaws are back in the Class 5A playoffs and are on the road tonight heading to Memphis where they will take on Ridgeway at Halle Stadium...

For the second time in three years, Dyersburg Trojan football head coach Bart Stowe came away from Tuesday night’s Northwest Tennessee Officials Association Awards Banquet with some hardware as the leader of the 10-0 Region 7-4A champions was named the association’s Coach of the Year for Classes 3, 4 and 5A.

After a senior season which saw her score 38 goals to lead the Lady Trojans offensively, Dyersburg senior Meridith Kerber will have one more game at the high school level this Saturday as she has been selected for the Tennessee High School Soccer Coaches’ Association Senior All-Star Game.

Dyersburg State will open its 2018-19 basketball season this evening when both men and women’s teams will take part in the Dyersburg State CC Classic here in Dyersburg as part of two days of hoops action. The action gets underway this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. when Jackson State makes the journey up Highway 412 to take on WKCTC in men’s action...

After winning the first 13 games of their season to earn a spot in the Northwest Tennessee Youth Football Association Championship game for fifth grade, Three Oaks completed their second undefeated season in three years as well as a three-peat of titles when the Junior Choctaws defeated South Fulton 22-0 in Monday’s title game.

After wrapping up the team’s first undefeated regular season since 2005 with a 14-point win in Alamo on Friday night, the Dyersburg Trojans finished the regular season as the third-ranked team in the Class 4A poll when the Tennessee High School Football Polls were released on Monday afternoon.

The TSSAA’s classifications and the need for more of them in certain sports is a topic that comes up a lot in casual conversation when I am at ballgames. In fact, for the most part, I don’t remember too many - if any - of these fans actually wanting to see the governing body of high school sports in this state scale back to the way things were in the past. ...

With wet weather conditions throughout their matchup with Kenwood on Friday night, it was a strong third quarter by the Choctaws which proved to be the difference as a score by both the defense and the offense gave Dyer County all the points it needed in its 8-6 win over the Knights in Clarksville.

The old saying is that it's not how you start, it's how you finish and Dyersburg made sure they finished the regular season on a high note on Friday night in Alamo as – despite falling behind by 13 early in the first half – the Trojans clawed their way back with a 28-7 performance in the second half to secure the team's first unbeaten regular season since 2005 with a 41-27 victory over Crockett County.

Just under a year removed from the two teams’ only other meeting, tonight’s matchup between the Choctaws and Kenwood Knights will once again have playoff implications when the two meet up in Clarksville in the final regular season game for both teams.

When looking at the many playoff scenarios throughout the six public and three private school classes across Tennessee’s football landscape that depend on what happens tonight, Dyersburg gridiron fans won’t have to scoreboard or smart-phone watch during and after the Trojans’ game with Crockett County in Alamo to close the 2018 regular season...

On Friday, Oct. 13 and 20, local Special Olympic athletes gathered together for friendly competition at JC Bowling Lanes in Dyersburg. The 13th marked competition for Dyersburg and Dyer County high schools, while the 20th was reserved for middle school and elementary children. With smiles on their faces, the athletes used a variety of techniques to knock down the pins, all while having fun.

A pair of local cross country teams punched their tickets for next Saturday’s state meet on Tuesday as the Lady Choctaws won the Region 7 Large Girls Meet while the Dyersburg boys finished as the runner-ups in the boys race at Crockett County High School...

Coming off their 48-8 victory over Chester County in the team’s final regular season home game this past Friday night, the Dyersburg Trojan football team kept ahold of their spot in this week’s rankings as the black and Vegas gold came in as the No. 4 team in Class 4A for the second week in a row when the Tennessee High School Football Polls were announced on Monday afternoon.

Though West Creek kept it close early through the opening minutes of the first quarter, the Choctaws made sure they would keep their playoff hopes alive on their own, outscoring the Coyotes 49-12 over the final three and a half quarters on the way to a 55-18 win on Senior Night in Newbern on Friday night.

With the Region 7-4A title already in hand, the undefeated Trojans honored the senior members of the team with Senior Night festivities before the game and a proper regular-season sendoff on the field during the battle with Chester County as Dyersburg dominated the game on the way to a 48-8 win over the Eagles on Friday night at J.C. Sawyers Stadium...

The end of regular season football locally came on Friday night as both the 2018 Trojan and Choctaw seniors can live their lives knowing the last time they played at home in the regular season, they came away winners. While that is not something these players will think about for a little while, former players who can’t say that know how big that can be...

With the 2018 season winding down, the Dyersburg Trojans (8-0, 3-0) have already accomplished a lot during their undefeated start as they head into tonight’s matchup at home with Chester County.

The end of the regular season is fast approaching and the Dyer County Choctaws (4-4, 2-2) are looking to bounce back after a tough loss last week at home tonight when they take on West Creek in the team’s final regular season home game of 2018 in a game with playoff implications.

With a total of four runners finishing in the top 20 as medalists on Tuesday afternoon at Troy, the Dyer County Lady Choctaws ran their way to another Best of the West title as the orange and white runners’ finishes were good enough to take the top spot by 30 points at Obion County Central.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com After spending just over a month as the state’s fifth-ranked team in Class 4A in the Tennessee High School Football Poll, Dyersburg moved up a spot this week when the rankings were released on Monday as the Trojans were No. 4 in the poll following Week 9 games...

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...