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Though the scoring didn’t come rapid or slow for the Trojans during their trip to Martin to face Westview in a battle for the Region 7-3A lead, the Dyersburg offense’s methodical march put the black and gold into the end zone plenty of times as the Trojans took a 30-0 win over the Chargers on Friday night.

After a game that saw the Choctaws win on a Hail Mary as time expired, the Choctaws looked to keep the ball rolling in Medina against the South Gibson County Hornets. This week, however, Dyer County was on the opposite end of a last-second Hail Mary as the Choctaws fell to the Hornets 33-31.

Dyer County, Dyersburg at Quad State Classic (Paducah, Ky.) (Volleyball, TBA) Dyersburg vs. South Gibson (District 13AA Tournament Quarterfinals at Dyer County (Volleyball, 7 p.m.) Region 8-A Tournament at The Farms (Golf, 8 a.m.) Region 7-AA Tournament at Clarksville (Golf, 9 a.m.)...

Still within the same time some cheer and dance athletes across the state had their competition careers shortened due to the pandemic, another entity has come along to take away several teams right to compete in state-level competitions this season...

The back-and-forth rivalry this season between Northview and Three Oaks Middle School volleyball added another chapter on Thursday night at EE Jeter School as the two met for the TMSAA West Sectional Championship with Northview coming out on top in three sets...

With the postseason approaching next week after a trip to Paducah over the weekend to close out the regular season, the Lady Trojans picked up a three-game sweep over Trinity Christian Academy in the team’s final home game of the regular season.

Six games into the regular season, Dyersburg stands unbeaten after surviving their closest threat of the season last week at North Side as the Trojans head back into Region 7-3A play this week against Westview in Martin.

Coming off a dramatic come-from-behind win this past Friday night in Alamo to open Region 7-4A play, Dyer County will look to keep the positive energy going as the Choctaws travel to South Gibson on Friday to take on the Hornets.

Three Oaks Middle School bounced back from last week's loss to Northview on Tuesday night as the top seed in the West Tennessee Athletic Conference Tournament picked up a pair of wins at Northview to take the conference championship for the fourth straight season...

In the final game of District 13 AA regular season play in front of them, the Lady Choctaw volleyball team stepped up on Tuesday and clinched the top seed in the upcoming district tournament with a three-set win over visiting Crockett County in Newbern.

As the first sport to enter the 2023 fall postseason, golf got the march to the state tournament underway on Monday with Dyersburg’s boys taking the District 15A Championship at Milan. The Dyersburg golfers combined to shoot a 353, 15 shots ahead of runner-up and host Milan...

The Dyer County volleyball team opened the final week of the 2023 regular season in strong fashion, sweeping visiting South Side in three sets on Monday night in Newbern.

The Dyer County Lady Choctaw golfers will have at least one more week on the course as the girls in orange and white finished as the District 14AA runners-up in district tournament action on Monday at Humboldt. Lady Choctaw sophomore Kennedy Hill led the way for the Lady Choctaws with an 88 to finish fourth overall while Lily Flagg was right behind her in fifth with a 97. Josie Ferguson rounded out the Dyer County scoring with a 100...

Payton “Pee Wee” Pitts defeated The Tornado to retain Southern Jr Heavyweight Championship “Triple Play” Tommy Boy Jones defeated The Uber Destroyer “Big” Cody Sawyer defeated Thud Powell via pinfall “Gametime” James Elliott defeated The SuperShocker via Disqualification...

After a loss last week at home to Martin Westview, the Dyer County Choctaws went on the road to face Regional Foe Crockett County Cavaliers. After a first half that saw no scores from either side, the Choctaws went 90 yards in 30 seconds at the end of the game to defeat the Cavaliers 19-17 on a last-second Hail Mary...

Dyer County at Ron Carmack Tournament (Volleyball, TBA) South Side at Dyer County (Volleyball, 6 p.m.) Dyer County at District 14AA Tournament (Humboldt) (Golf, 9 a.m.) Dyersburg at Brighton (Volleyball, 6 p.m.) Dyersburg at District 15A Tournament (Milan) (Golf, 9 a.m.)...

The Trojans began their three-game road trip but needed a strong second half to remain among the ranks of the unbeaten as Dyersburg outlasted North Side in Jackson on Friday night for a 21-13 win over the Indians.

In the final game before the postseason begins on Monday night at Northview for the two middle school volleyball teams in the Dyer County School System, Northview picked up some momentum heading into the tournament as the Lady Choctaws from Newbern defeated Three Oaks, handing the Lady Choctaws from Upper Finley Road their first loss since the 2020 season.

With the regular season coming to a close next week and the TMSAA Playoffs beginning soon, the Northview Choctaw football secured its spot in the postseason as the orange and white from Newbern defeated Three Oaks 22-0 on Thursday night at Three Oaks Middle School to secure the West Tennessee Athletic Conference Championship.

HUMPHREYS COUNTY, Tenn. --- The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the 2024-25 sportfish and commercial fishing regulations at a one-day meeting held at Buffalo Ridge Refuge. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency presented a preview of regulations at the August Commission meeting. ...

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be celebrating 2023 National Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday, Sept. 23. On this special day, the rich tradition of fishing, hunting, and target shooting is observed to recognize the conservation efforts of sportsmen and women across the country...

The Lady Trojan soccer team brought a busy week on the pitch to a successful close on Thursday as Dyersburg traveled to Paris and returned from Henry County High School with a 6-1 win over the Lady Patriots. As they had one more than once during the three-game week, the Lady Trojans got on the board early as Zainab Manneh scored in the third minute to put Dyersburg on top 1-0...

The Lady Trojan volleyball team bounced back from a disappointing loss in District 13AA play on the road on Tuesday with a sweep of visiting South Gibson on Thursday night in the Terry Glover Gymnasium. Dyersburg won the opening set by a 25-15 score then fought off a surging Lady Hornets team with a 25-20 win in the second set. The Lady Trojans picked up the sweep in the third set via a 25-16 victory...

The Lady Choctaws continued their winning ways to close the week's schedule in Northwest Tennessee on the road as the Dyer County volleyball team picked up a sweep in Munford on Thursday evening. The Lady Choctaws won the opening set 25-14 then the second frame by an identical 25-14 score. Dyer County then closed out the three-set sweep with a 25-13 win in the final frame...

A yearly rivalry takes on more importance this week as Dyer County will travel to Alamo to take on Crockett County with the game being the Region 7-4A opener for the Choctaws as the two teams are in the same league for the first time since 2016.

Having passed the midway point in their regular season schedule, the Trojans stand unbeaten in both Region 7-3A and overall (5-0, 3-0) as they head to Jackson North Side this Friday night for Dyersburg’s final non-region game of 2023.

Hard to believe it because it seems to have flown by, but we are at the midpoint of the high school football season for both of our local teams. Likewise, both the Trojans and Choctaws each have games the next two Friday nights before taking a break for their bye week in Week 8...

After dropping their only District 13AA contest of the year last week at South Gibson, the Lady Trojans bounced back in convincing fashion in district play on Tuesday night at home, defeating Crockett County 6-0 to wrap up regular season 13AA play for Dyersburg.

Entering the next to last week of the regular season, Dyer County’s volleyball team opened a busy week on the court on Monday night with a three-set sweep of visiting Milan in Newbern.

The Oakview Links held the Club Championship on Sept. 9 with 64 members participating in five categories.

The Yellowjacket defeated Southern Jr Heavyweight Champion, Payton “Pee Wee” Pitts by Countout David Jason Rose defeated The Tornado via pinfall in a 10 Minute Challenge The SuperShocker defeated El Dino via pinfall Thud Powell defeated “Triple Play” Tommy Boy Jones via pinfall...

South Gibson at DMS (Girls Soccer, 6 p.m.) Milan at Dyer County (Volleyball, 6 p.m.) Dyer County at Obion County Central (Girls Soccer, 5:30 p,m.) Munford at Dyersburg (Volleyball, 6 p.m.) South Gibson at Dyersburg (Golf, 4 p.m.) DMS at Martin (Softball, 5:30 p.m.)...

As the month of September rolls on, the Trojans are looking to keep their win streak rolling as well as Dyersburg hosted the McNairy Central Bobcats at Historic J.C. Sawyers Stadium. After a strong first half, the Trojans went on to win 52-14 after a 45-0 first half.

Though both teams battled back and forth through the first three quarters of action on Friday night in Newbern, Dyer County was unable to contain the Westview offense late as the Chargers scored a trio of touchdowns in the fourth quarter that proved to be the difference in a 41-19 win over the Choctaws.

The Dyer County Middle School Soccer program honored the eighth grade members of its team on Monday night with its annual Eight Grade Night at the Dyersburg Soccer Plex. Eighth grade members of the Lady Choctaws are (from left) Moriah Rector, Peyton Murphey, Alayna Leedy, Ava Pearson, Evie Pope, Kenadie Pope, Jenna Claire Anderson and Tayler Bopp.

With the District 13AA season winding down and heading towards the postseason, Dyer County took another step closer to wrapping up the district’s regular season for the third straight year with a three-set win over Dyersburg on Thursday night in Newbern.

After last Tuesday’s scheduled match between the two schools was postponed due to lightning in the area, both Dyer County and Dyersburg headed back to The Farms on Tuesday to meet up on the links. When it was over, the Trojans emerged with a victory by 11 strokes over the Choctaws...

After picking up their first road win of 2023 in impressive fashion down in Bolivar last week, the Trojan football team (4-0, 2-0) return home to J.C. Sawyers Stadium this Friday night to take on McNairy Central (1-3, 0-1).

Coming off a come-from-behind win in a shootout which saw a combined 97 points scored between the two teams, Dyer County will look to continue its momentum and close out a two-game home stand with another victory on Friday night when the Choctaws (2-2) host Westview.

The Dyersburg Soccer Plex will host a one-day clinic to help train more referees locally for the growing sport of soccer. The clinic is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 14 from 2-6 p.m. and will be held on Field No. 6 at the Dyersburg Soccer Plex. The clinic is open to people 13 and older...

This weekend of football - other than Friday night’s high school action - was not a very good one for your friendly neighborhood sports guy. Take a look down at the bottom there and you can see I had a pretty rough week in the pick’em world. No excuses, trust me, but this usually happens about once a year and it’s typically why I tend to be playing from behind in the competition in October...

With probably their biggest regular season game looming on Thursday in Medina, the Dyersburg girls soccer team picked up some momentum going into the big district matchup late in the week with a 3-0 win at home over Brighton on Tuesday night.

Dyersburg jumped out to a two-set lead over visiting Milan on Monday to open a busy and important week on the volleyball court before having to overcome a bad third set to take the match in four frames in the Terry Glover Gymnasium.

With all 24 teams showing up to get the festivities underway on Saturday morning at the Dyersburg Soccer Complex, the youth season on the pitch got underway bright and early with a 9 a.m. ribbon cutting to signal the start of the first season at the new facility.

Northview Middle School recently celebrated its Football Homecoming on Aug. 31 against Lake County. During halftime, members of the 2023 homecoming court were honored. Members of the court were (from left) Sixth-grade representative Madison Millett, Seventh-grade representative Edie Kate Smith, Seventh-grade representative Laney Gibbons, Eighth-grade representative Lexi Simpson, Eighth-grade representative Brylee Brezinski, 2023 Football Homecoming Queen Julie Cogdill, Eighth-grade representative Kensley Moore, Seventh-grade representative Lily Marbrey, Sixth-grade representative Addy Hickman and Sixth-grade representative Sumar Sharp.

The Yellowjacket defeated Anthony Wayne via pinfall The SuperShocker defeated The Tornado via pinfall “Big” Cody Sawyer & “Triple Play” Tommy Boy Jones defeated Midian via pinfall Payton “Pee Wee” Pitts defeated El Dino via pinfall to retain Southern Jr Heavyweight Championship...

Dyer County at North Side Tournament (Jackson) (Girls Soccer, TBA) Dyer County at North Side Tournament (Jackson) (Girls Soccer, TBA) Chester County at Dyer County (Volleyball, 6 p.m.) Dyer County at Westview (Girls Soccer, 6 p.m.) Dyer County at Hornet Classic (Humboldt) (Golf, 9 a.m.)...

After a tough loss in Union City in Week 3, the Choctaws looked to move back to .500 on the year, as they hosted the winless Chester County Eagles on Friday Night. Dyer County would outlast the Eagles, getting the 49-48 victory at Choctaw Stadium. Dyer County would win the coin toss and defer to the second half. ...