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All rising kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to learn skills from Dyersburg High School Trojan Volleyball! The event takes place at the Terry Glover Gymnasium on June 10 from 9 a.m. until noon. During the clinic, all aspects of the game of volleyball will be taught! This includes passing, setting, hitting, and serving. This Clinic will will focus on individual skill development as well as some concepts of teamwork...

Dyer County High School will host its annual Dyer County Baseball Summer Camp from Wednesday through Friday, June 14-16. The camp will run daily from 9 a.m. until noon and will provide drills and instruction on proper hitting, fielding, catching, pitching and game strategies for ages 4-13...

NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is inviting the public to take part in the Agency’s wild turkey summer observational survey. The survey was opened to the public last year and will be an annual opportunity. The survey runs from June 1 through Aug 31. ...

When the Lady Trojans open their season this August on Doug French Field, they will have a new, but familiar face leading the way for the Dyersburg Middle School program as the school has named former assistant coach Mackenzie Wells as the black and gold’s head coach for the upcoming season.

Dyer County basketball fans won’t have to travel far to see one of the 2022-23 Lady Choctaw players continue her career at the high school level as recently graduated senior Tanner Work has signed with Dyersburg State Community College to play for the Lady Eagles basketball team.

When Dyer County baseball’s TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament run came to a close on Thursday evening in Murfreesboro, with it came the conclusion to the high school careers of six Choctaw seniors who have spent their high school years in the orange and white.

“The Reelfoot Saint” Brandon Ray defeated The Uber Destroyer via pinfall to retain the Unified Heavyweight Championship The Mega Masks defeated The Yellowjacket & “Triple Play” Tommy Boy Jones via pinfall “The Roughneck” JD Wolfe defeated “The Easy Lover” Joe Barton...

Though Upperman took command of the second game of the TSSAA Class AAA Baseball State Tournament Blackman Bracket final with a four-run third inning, Dyer County was able to chip away at the Bees’ lead before falling 5-2 to the defending Class AAA State Champions on Thursday afternoon in Murfreesboro.

Dyer County had the defending Class AAA State Champion Upperman’s back against the wall coming into Thursday’s TSSAA Class AAA Tournament Semifinal at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro but could not get the timely hit the Choctaws needed to break a tie ballgame before the Bees got a walk-off 2-1 win in the bottom of the seventh inning for force a second game for the right to go to Friday’s state championship game.

Less than 24 hours after being a big part of the Choctaws' opening-round win over Tennessee on Tuesday evening, Dyer County's Kole Fenton delivered two of the biggest plays of the season for Dyer County's baseball team as his bottom-of-the-seventh-inning walk-off gave the orange and white an 8-7 win over defending Class AAA State Champion Upperman and put the Tribe in the state semifinals for the first time in 14 years in the TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro.

Dyersburg senior tennis standout Malyn Morgan's history-making season came to a close on Thursday morning as the Lady Trojan singles ace lost in two sets in the quarterfinals to Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences sophomore Emma Schnitzer during the TSSAA Class A Girls Singles Tournament at the Adams Tennis Center in Murfreesboro.

Though the Choctaws started out a little slow on Tuesday in the opening round of the TSSAA Class AAA Baseball State Tournament bracket at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, the Dyer County nine were able to string some hits together in one inning then capitalize on what the defense gave them in the next frame on the way to a 5-0 win over Tennessee High to open the tournament.

Lady Trojan junior runner Zainab Manneh brought her track season to a close on Tuesday evening as she competed in the TSSAA Class AA Girls Track Meet and came away with a sixth-place finish in the 200-Meter Dash at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

Dyersburg High School senior Giovanni Hammond wrapped up his high school track career on Tuesday night on the grandest stage in Tennessee prep sports, finishing fifth in the TSSAA Class AA Boys 100-Meter Run at the Track and Field Championships at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

Lady Trojan sophomore sprinter Alyria Green ended her track season at the highest level in Tennessee high school sports, finishing in seventh place in the Girls 100-meter run during the TSSAA Class AA Track Meet on Tuesday afternoon at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro.

Dyer County Lady Choctaw thrower Anitra Honore ended her sophomore track season in the same place where her freshman season came to a close a year ago as the DCHS tenth grader competed in the TSSAA Class AA State Track Meet and finished her season with a sixth place finish in the shot put.

Choctaw senior jumper Drew Evans finished off his senior season as a track athlete at the highest level of the high school level, finishing in fifth place in the TSSAA Class AA Triple Jump at the State Track Meet at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro on Tuesday morning.

It’s been a busy few days for the Dyer County baseball team coming off their TSSAA Class AAA Sectional Series sweep against Millington on Thursday on the Trojans home field but the team has turned its attention to the new task at hand – the TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament which begins on Tuesday evening in Murfreesboro.

The Dyer County Suns 4-5 team returned from their trip to Knoxville and the Tennessee AAU State Championships with the runner-up hardware in the 5th Grade Division. The team is coached by Dyer County High School assistant coach Tyler Barber.

Dyer County vs. Tennessee High (TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament at Blackman High School) (Baseball, 6:30 p.m.) Dyer County, Dyersburg at TSSAA Class AA State Meet (Boys Track, 10:30 a.m.) Dyer County, Dyersburg at TSSAA Class AA State Meet (Girls Track, 1:30 p.m.)...

”Gametime” James Elliott defeated The Uber Destroyer via pinfall The Yellowjacket defeated Mr. Mid South II via pinfall to retain Southern Jr Heavyweight Championship The Punishment Company defeated “Big” Cody Sawyer & “Triple Play” Tommy Boy Jones via pinfall to retain Mid South Tag Team Titles...

For the second time of the day on Thursday, 13 was the lucky number for the Choctaw baseball team as Dyer County was able to fend off a pesky Millington team looking to prolong the TSSAA Class AAA Sectional Series to a third game before scoring six in the bottom of the sixth to take a 13-5 win over the Trojans and advance to the state tournament for the first time in nine seasons.

The Dyer County Choctaw basketball program honored its players on Tuesday night at The Farmhouse in Newbern with its annual awards banquet.

Money Week is now in our rear-view mirror and it’s time to get ready for the final stop on the road to the Spring Fling. For five track athletes (three from Dyersburg and two from Dyer County), one Lady Trojan tennis player and the Dyer County baseball team, their season will end between now and next Friday as the TSSAA Spring Championships take place in Murfreesboro and our athletes take to track, field and court beginning on Tuesday morning at MTSU...

With Dyer County needing two wins to advance to its first TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament since 2014, Choctaw pitcher Trey Tarkington wasn't perfect – but he was unhittable as the orange and white hurler threw five no-hit innings in DC's 13-0 win in Game One of the Class AAA Sectional Series at Millington on Thursday afternoon.

Both Dyersburg and Dyer County high schools will be represented next week in Murfreesboro at the TSSAA Class AA State Track Meet at Middle Tennessee State University on Tuesday, May 23, as five local athletes qualified based on their results in last week’s Class AA West Sectional Meet at the University School of Jackson...

The only thing which has been able to stop her this postseason has been the rain as Dyersburg senior tennis player Malyn Morgan's run through the tournaments climaxed on Tuesday with a straight sets win in the Region 7A Singles Tournament in Union City.

Though Dyersburg was able to take an early lead in the Region 7AAA Softball Semifinal on Monday evening in Munford, the Lady Trojans were unable to answer a Munford rally which saw the Lady Cougars score three times in the third inning before adding an insurance run late to win 5-3 and eliminate the black and gold softball team.

The Yellowjacket defeated Payton “Pee Wee” Pitts via pinfall in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match to retain Southern Jr Heavyweight Championship The Uber Destroyer defeated Levi Chance, “Big” Cody Sawyer and JD Wolfe in a Fatal Four Way Match via pinfall to win $1000...

Dyersburg at Region 8A Singles Tournament (Girls Tennis, TBA) Region 7AAA Championship Game (at TBD) (Softball, 7 p.m.) Dyer County at Millington (TSSAA Class AAA Sectional Series - Best-of-Three format) (Baseball, 4:30 p.m.) Dyer County at Millington (TSSAA Class AAA Sectional Series - Best-of-Three format) (Baseball, 7 p.m.)...

The Dyer County Choctaws are just one step away from making their first trip to Murfreesboro in almost a decade as the orange and white baseball team battled back through the consolation bracket of the Region 7AAA Tournament to take the consolation final and the region runner-up honor which came with it on Sunday in Brighton.

Dyer County was able to get runners on throughout the Region 7AAA Winners Bracket Semifinals on Saturday night in Brighton but were unable to get the timely hits needed to push them across for much of the game before falling to Brighton 3-1.

With now former head coach Marc Thompson moving up to the high school level next season to join Dyersburg High School head coach Zane Mathis' staff with the Trojans, DMS will have a new head coach next spring as Hoyt Newsom has been named the new head coach for the middle school Trojans.

Region 7AAA Tournament at Dyer County (Baseball, 4:30 p.m.) Dyer County vs. Brighton (Region 7AAA Tournament at Dyer County) (Baseball, 7:30 p.m.) Region 7AAA Tournament Championship Game at Dyer County (Baseball, TBD) Dyersburg at Munford (Region 7AAA Tournament Semifinals) (Softball, TBA)...

The Three Oaks Lady Choctaws are on their way back to the TMSAA State Tournament for the second straight season as the TOMS softball team punched their ticket to Hendersonville on Tuesday with an 8-7 win over rival Northview in Newbern in the Class A West Sectional Game...

For a high school program in any sport, a strong middle school program can help make a bright future for the players and program at the high school level.

After a fun week or so of district tournament action, we get to the point in the spring sports schedule where all the high school programs want to be. Money Week. And, as customary, giving credit where it’s due, I give credit to Dyersburg Softball head coach Matthew Shearon for introducing me to this term a few years back when he first donned the black and gold and skippered the Lady Trojans to the Class AA State Tournament in his first season...

Coming off a senior season which saw him step up to be one of the go-to and more popular players on the Dyer County roster, Choctaw senior Kemarean Parker will continue his basketball career at the college level as he signed with Dyersburg State on Thursday afternoon in the DCHS Little Theater.

After a four-year career at Dyersburg High School which saw her help lead the Lady Trojan soccer team to three straight TSSAA Class AA State Tournaments, DHS senior standout Addie Hurt isn’t going far as she signed with Dyersburg State on Thursday morning in the DHS Atrium.

The month of May has delivered already in so many ways it makes me wonder if fate is giving us all the good things right away. After all, in baseball we’ve already had a perfect game, a one-hitter and another thing I’m pretty sure I have not seen in the past almost quarter of a century of covering high school sports...

A back-and-forth ballgame for the District 13AAA Championship game down to the last at bat between Dyersburg and Crockett County's softball teams with the Lady Cavaliers getting the 5-4 win via a head-scratching walk-off on Tuesday night in Alamo.

District 13AAA Tournament at Crockett County (Softball, 6 p.m.) Dyersburg vs. Crockett County (District 14AA Semifinals at South Gibson) (Soccer, TBA) Dyersburg State vs. TBA (Region VII Tournament at Columbia State) (Baseball, TBA) Dyersburg State vs. TBA (Region VII Tournament at Columbia State) (Softball, TBA)...

Just two games after an 11-run win over their rival in the opening round of the District 13AAA Tournament at Crockett County High School, Dyersburg's softball team got what turned into a crucial three-run inning on Monday evening built on a trio of Lady Trojan bunts to get insurance runs on the way to a 5-3 win over the Lady Choctaws in the consolation final.

Due to lighting issues and potential field condition issues, the Region 7AAA Baseball Tournament has been moved from Crockett County High School to Dyer County High School this Friday and Saturday.

The Dyer County Middle School Boys Soccer Team, comprised of students from both Northview Middle and Three Oaks Middle, recently pledged to live tobacco and nicotine-free lifestyles, with all players and team advisors promising not to use any tobacco or electronic cigarette products. By taking the nicotine-free pledge, all team members are role models in leading their peers toward becoming the first tobacco-free generation in Tennessee...

“The Golden Boy” Greg Anthony defeated “Big” Cody Sawyer via pinfall The Uber Destroyer defeated “Triple Play” Tommy Boy Jones via pinfall The Mega Masks defeated Levi Chance & “The Gaslighter” Peyton McCalister Mr. Smackems defeated JD Wolfe via pinfall to retain AIWF National Heavyweight Championship...

Coming into Friday night's District 13AAA Tournament Semifinal against Crockett County, the Lady Trojans had given up an average of 11 runs in the two losses to the Lady Cavaliers. However, the Dyersburg defense and starting pitcher Alli Alford did a better job keeping the district's top seed in check on Friday, but fell 4-2 to the Lady Cavs despite a late rally by the black and gold.

Facing elimination in the second game of the District 13AAA Tournament for the third straight season, the Lady Choctaws battled back from an early deficit to prolong their season and advance in the bracket with a 5-4 win over Obion County Central on Friday evening in Alamo...

Meeting for the second time in less than 24 hours, Dyer County was unable to avenge Thursday's night's loss to Crockett County in the first District 13AAA Championship Game as the Cavaliers carried the momentum from the previous night's win over into Friday's second title game for a 9-4 win over the Choctaws in Newbern.