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One of the goals for the Lady Trojan softball team on a yearly basis is to win all their home games. The black and gold got their pursuit of this achievement off to a hard-fought start on Monday as Dyersburg (2-3) opened their home schedule with a 2-1 win over visiting University School of Jackson at Doug French Field...

Though on the schedule it was the second game for the Lady Choctaws (5-3), the Dyer County softball team played at their own field for the first time in 2023 and picked up a tight 2-1 win over visiting Munford on Monday evening in Newbern. Both teams battled through three and a half scoreless innings before Dyer County broke onto the scoreboard in their half of the fourth. ...

Though it took a pair of early rallies for the Choctaws in Newbern on Monday night, Northview was able to avenge a one-run loss to DMS from two weeks early as the orange and white defeated the Trojans 7-4 at Dyer County High School.

In a low-scoring affair, the Dyer County offense struggled as the Choctaws (2-3) were held to one hit over seven innings in their loss to Trinity Christian Academy on Monday at Tipton-Rosemark Academy in Millington. The Lions, on the other hand, got on the board early as a pair of singles led to the first run of the ballgame. ...

Though the Lions struck early in the top of the first inning, the Trojans (1-3) answered and then some in their half of the opening frame, setting the tone with a 10-point frame on the way to Dyersburg’s first win of the season with an 11-1 win over Harding Academy on Monday evening at Tom Mathis Field...

Though the Dyer County softball team had its struggles in the opening two games of the season, the Lady Choctaws bounced back at the end of the opening week to finish strong as the orange and white took third place in the annual Sarah Beth Whitehead Tournament at the Jackson Sportsplex from Thursday to Friday...

The Yellowjacket defeated Payton "Pee Wee" Pitts via pinfall in Jr Heavyweight Contenders Match "The Mid South Monster" Bull Bronson defeated "Big" Cody Sawyer via pinfall James Elliott defeated J.D. Wolfe via pinfall Unified Heavyweight Champion, "The Reelfoot Saint" Brandon Ray defeated "Blood Money" Brian Richards via pinfall in a non title match...

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee’s 2023-24 fishing regulations are now in effect, and anglers are encouraged to obtain the new Tennessee Fishing Guide available at locations throughout the state, on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency website (www.tnwildlife.org) and the TWRA “On the Go App.”...

The Dyer County softball team has the second-longest current streak of state tournament appearances by teams currently in TSSAA's Class AAA as they enter the 2023 season having made every state tournament held since 2017...

Following a season where the Trojans finished as the District 13AAA runner-up before falling to eventual state runner-up Covington in the opening round of the Region 7AAA Tournament, Dyersburg is back to work again as the black and gold look to move further on in the postseason with eyes of their first state tournament appearance in 10 years...

While the temperature has made things a bit chilly, it really hasn’t been that bad of a week here in the sports world as spring sports have gotten their seasons underway. This year is a little more crowded if you throw in following the national stuff as you have March Madness and the World Baseball Classic going on in addition to what we can get out and see here at the local ballfields...

Coming off a disappointing loss to Brighton on Wednesday, the Trojans were able to rally from six runs behind in the top of the seventh to tie their game with Ripley, only to have the Tigers answer with a run in the bottom of the frame to escape with a 9-8 win over Dyersburg in the Aaron Schuh Tournament in Ripley on Thursday...

Dyer County vs. Fayette Academy (at Tipton - Rosemark Academy) (Baseball, 10 a.m.) Dyer County at Sarah Beth Whitehead Tournament (at Jackson Sports Plex) (Softball, TBA) Dyersburg State at Southwest TN (DH) (Baseball, Noon) Dyersburg State at Southwest TN (DH) (Softball, 1 p.m.)...

The Dyersburg State Community College Men’s Basketball Team was named the 2023 TCCAA Region VII Runners-Up after the championship game on Tuesday, March 7, at Roane State Community College in Harriman, TN. DSCC Men’s Basketball team finished with a season record of 17-11 overall and 11-7 in the TCCAA Conference. ...

Coming off winning both the regular season and tournament District 13AAA championships, the Dyer County Choctaws are back at it on the diamond as the team is looking to build on their success from last year despite losing a large senior class which took a lot of experience with them...

The words “beware the Ides of March” are from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caeser” and are spoken to the Roman Emperor by a fortune teller. But, for us here in 2023 in the sporting world, there isn’t that much to beware as the middle of March typically means the start of spring sports season as well as Spring Break for our local high schools...

Just a day after falling to Covington in their season opener, the Lady Trojans (1-1) bounced back and continued to churn out the runs as Dyersburg traveled to Dyer and defeated Gibson County 8-1 on Tuesday. Dyersburg got on the board in a big way in the top of the second. ...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com For the second straight day to open the 2023 season, the Dyer County bats struggled to put the ball into play. However, the Lady Choctaws (0-2) took advantage of walks and an error by Lexington to stay within striking distance until a late surge by the Lady Tigers led to a 10-2 orange and white loss on Tuesday at Dyersburg State...

Though the Choctaws trailed for much of the game from the top of the second inning on, a pair of late runs in the bottom of the sixth pushed Dyer County to the 3-2 win over Covington in Newbern on Monday. Covington scored a run in each of the top of the second and third innings to take a 2-0 lead after three frames...

Coaches have said a lot of times pitching is ahead of hitting early in the season and this was on display in Dyersburg’s season opener in the Aaron Schuh Tournament in Ripley as the Trojans (0-1) totaled six hits in a 1-0 loss to Munford. But, black and gold hurlers Brady Byars and Jake Stanley combined to limit the Cougars to just one run on four hits in the loss...

With the start of the spring sports season coming this week, Dyersburg High School’s baseball and softball teams hosted the annual First Pitch Banquet and Silent Auction at West Dyersburg Church of Christ. The event was sponsored by First Citizens National Bank.

Both Dyersburg State teams had successful weekends on Friday and Saturday over visiting Columbia State with both baseball and softball teams picking up series wins. Above, DSCC’s Reagan Thompson connects for one of her four weekend homeruns as the Lady Eagles swept Columbia State. Right, Eagle pitcher Connor Burt goes through his motion during Friday’s comeback win. DSCC took two of three from Columbia State over the weekend.

The Yellowjacket defeated The Dark Secret via pinfall The Punishment Company defeated The Mega Masks via pinfall to retain Mid South Tag Team Titles Payton "Pee Wee" Pitts defeated "Big" Cody Sawyer via pinfall James Elliott defeated "The Golden Boy" Greg Anthony via pinfall...

As the calendar turned over between February and March last week, spring sports teams like the Dyersburg softball team have been getting ready for the start of the upcoming season, which sees first pitches thrown on Monday.

Building a program takes time and for eighth-year head coach Cody Williams at Dyer County, the Choctaw soccer program is starting to see the fruits of his labors as well as those of the middle school program.

For the past 20 years, I have been making trips to the TSSAA State Tournament. Early in my career, yours truly was fortunate to work in Weakley County where there are four schools and all seemed to have state-worthy basketball programs during the time I was employed there...

Columbia State at Dyersburg State (DH) (Baseball, noon) Columbia State at Dyersburg State (DH) (Softball, noon) Covington at Dyer County (Baseball, 6:30 p.m.) Dyer County at Huntingdon (Softball, 6:30 p.m.) Dyersburg vs. Munford (Aaron Schuh Tournament at Ripley) (Baseball, 4 p.m.)...

Dyersburg’s turnaround season came to an end on Tuesday afternoon in Murfreesboro as Elizabethton withstood the Lady Trojan storm early before pulling away in the third quarter on the way to a 66-54 win over the black and gold in the Murphy Center at Middle Tennessee State University.

Despite holding a three-point lead at the half, the Lady Choctaws struggled to score in the third and fourth quarters as South Gibson dominated the second half to take a 46-29 victory over Dyer County in the quarterfinals of the TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament in the Murphy Center on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

After a locally historic TSSAA Girls Class AAA Sectional Saturday which saw the Dyer County Lady Choctaws and Dyersburg Lady Trojans punch their tickets to the State Tournament in the same season for the first time in the two programs’ long histories, the brackets for the TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament were announced on Sunday morning.

Anthony Wayne vs The Yellowjacket for Southern Jr Heavyweight Championship was ruled a Double Countout "The Golden Boy" Greg Anthony defeated "Blood Money" Brian Richards via pinfall The Mega Masks defeated Charlie Key & Chet Ripley via pinfall James Elliott defeated Pee Wee Pitts via pinfall...

The list of goals for the Lady Trojan basketball team continued to get shorter on Saturday night as the Dyersburg girls wrapped up their season on the west side of the Tennessee River in impressive fashion, putting the TSSAA Class AAA Sectional Game out of reach early on the way to a 95-51 win over Melrose on Saturday night in the Terry Glover Gymnasium.

The Dyer County Lady Choctaws traveled to Somerville on Saturday evening to square off against Fayette-Ware with a trip to Murfreesboro and the state's big dance on the line. The homestanding Lady Wildcats had been on a roll. In their three previous tournament games, Fayette-Ware had demolished their opponents by a combined score of 208-60. ...

The Dyersburg High School Spirit Squads joined forces to “showcase” their student-athletes at the Terry Glover Gymnasium. The event, co-sponsored by the Dyersburg High School Competition Cheerleaders and Dyersburg High School Dance Team, allowed the unique opportunity to see the squads as they prepare for this weekend’s National Competitions in Florida. Joining them were the DMS Dance Team and the Junior Sparks and Youth Sparks from the Fine Arts Warehouse.

TAYLOR DUNN DHS Trojan Torch Nearly every sports fan in Dyer County knows who Jason Peevyhouse is; for those of you who don’t, he is the sports editor for the Dyersburg State Gazette. I do a lot of sports photography and sports writing for the school and by doing this I’ve grown close to Peevy. ...

Entering Wednesday night’s Region 7AAA Championship, the Dyer County High School Lady Choctaws (22-7) and Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans (17-12) met on the hardwood three times, with all three contests ending in favor of Dyersburg. With the average margin of victory at seven points per game, fans of both programs expected another shootout between both squads. A packed arena at Obion County Central High School were not let down as the fourth chapter in the 2022-2023 story went down as an instant classic that saw a total of four ties and six lead changes. But when the final buzzer sounded, the Lady Trojans once again prevailed, defeating the Lady Choctaws 51-44.

One week removed from their first District Tournament Championship since 2006, the Dyersburg High School Trojans took aim at another milestone, winning a Region Championship. Accomplishing this task would be no easy feat, as the Trojans drew the #1 team in the state in the Region Semifinals after a shocking defeat in the District 14AAA Championship game. ...

After Friday night’s District 13AAA sweep over District 14AAA in the Region Quarterfinals, the four teams representing District 13AAA returned to Jimmy Whitby Court, this time for an opportunity to play for a Region Championship and the chance to earn a coveted berth to the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro for the TSSAA Class AAA Girls Championships...

Dot Foods Opening Contest Payton "Pee Wee" Pitts defeated James Elliott via pinfall "Big" Cody Sawyer defeated Icon Lee via pinfall Mid South Tag Team Champions, The Punishment Company and The Mega Masks fought to a no Contest "The Golden Boy" Greg Anthony defeated Maxx Abele via pinfall...

he Region 7AAA Tournament takes place this week in Troy at Obion County Central High School. Three of the eight remaining teams are local. In the girls bracket, the Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans and Dyer County Lady Choctaws are still alive with the Dyersburg Trojans still alive in the boys’ bracket.

Four days after hoisting their first District Tournament title in seventeen years, Dyersburg High School (22-7) set their sights on adding another number to the banners in “The Glove,” this time a Region Championship. Despite a slow opening quarter, the “Blaine Train” moved one step closer to their first Region Championship in twenty years with a convincing 80-49 victory over Covington in the Region 7AAA Quarterfinals.

For the third season in a row, the Dyer County Choctaws (21-7) saw their season end in the Region Quarterfinal Round with an 85-63 Saturday night loss in Brownsville to Haywood, the state’s #1 team in the Associated Press final Class AAA state rankings.

For the second season in a row, the Dyer County Lady Choctaws (21-6) punched their ticket to a Region Semifinal after defeating Covington (12-15) 50-38 on Friday night in Covington. It was a complete sweep for District 13AAA over District 14AAA on Friday night, with Dyer County, Dyersburg, Crockett County, and Obion County all earning the right to return to Troy, the host location of the District 13AAA Tournament...

For the first time in three years, fans at “The Glove” were treated to a Lady Trojan Region Quarterfinal Friday night. The home team led by as many as 27 points in the first half as the Lady Trojans (15-12) cruised to a 61-31 win over visiting Haywood (6-22), punching their ticket to the Region Semifinals...

“We need stability in our basketball program and I really believe we have found the right man to give it to us." These were the words of Dyersburg High School Principal Mickey Mahon in May of 2009 as Blaine Mahaffey, wife Jessica by his side, and 3-year-old son Ace in his arms were introduced as the new first family of Dyersburg Trojan Basketball...

The Dyer County Choctaws took on the Obion County Central High School Rebels on Tuesday night in Troy. After defeating the Rebels twice during the regular season by 23 points and 33 points respectively, the regular season District 13AAA Champions were the heavy favorites. Though closer than the first two contests, Dyer County defeated Obion County 67-59...

For the third time this season, the Dyer County Lady Choctaws (20-6) and Obion County Central Lady Rebels (11-19) met on the basketball court. And for the third time this season, Dyer County dispatched of the Lady Rebels, as the Lady Choctaws won 47-41 in Monday night’s District 13AAA Consolation Game in Troy.

One year removed from going 0-8 in District 13AAA regular season and postseason play, the Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans (14-12) found themselves one win away from their first District 13AAA Tournament Championship since the 2013-2014 season. Despite playing over 8:00 without a field goal in the first half and making just two field goals in the second half until the 5:52 mark in the fourth quarter, Dyersburg found themselves within two possessions before ultimately falling to the Crockett County Lady Cavaliers (23-6) 47-35 in Troy.