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A hot Sunday afternoon turned into a busy one for the Dyersburg National League All-Stars as the team played three times on the final day of the Tennessee Dixie Boys State Tournament, ending after 10 p.m. with a 10-3 win over Dickson County in the second championship of the night to take the state title.

After falling in the opening game of the tournament on Friday afternoon, the DC Sluggers fought their way back into the Junior Boys state title game on Sunday and even forced a second championship contest before falling to Halls 15-1 in the final game at the Ed Wright Baseball Complex in Dyersburg.

After a little over two weeks off for the TSSAA-mandated dead period, football teams from Dyer County and Dyersburg High Schools wrapped up their first week of workouts under the guidelines set by the extention of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s executive order.

Three Dixie Boys State Tournament brackets opened play on Friday afternoon at the Ed Wright Baseball Complex across from the Fairgrounds.

Let’s take a break from the COVID-19 talk and the discussion of high school sports. After all, nothing new happened this week to the situation and it’s good for a change of pace every now and then - if only for one day. One story I have been kind of following at the national level is the pending name-change for the team formerly known as the Redskins...

Despite the ongoing pandemic, what has become a July tradition for the Ed Wright Baseball Complex across from the Dyer County Fairgrounds will carry on this weekend as the facility will host the state tournament action for Dixie Boys.

During a brief called meeting on Wednesday morning, the TSSAA Board of Control moved to delay voting on the four contingency plans to potentially have a football season this fall as well as for girls’ soccer.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With the TSSAA-mandated dead period coming to an end after the July 4th holiday weekend, teams throughout Tennessee including squads from Dyersburg and Dyer County High School will return to activities on Monday in some form...

Former Dyer County High School head coach and coach of the DC Tomahawks 12U team Preston Ozment (left) goes through the pickoff motion with pitcher Carter Moore (right) during a recent team practice.

Sports teams throughout Tennessee get back to things on Monday as the dead period comes to an end. Normally, this would be where the preseason would really pick up for sports like football. But, this isn’t a normal year. On Wednesday, the TSSAA Board of Control opted to explore four options for a 2020 football season...

Despite being the second week of the TSSAA-mandated dead period, it’s already been a busy week for high school sports in Tennessee – at least in discussion and news – as the TSSAA Board of Control met virtually on Wednesday morning to address fall sports as well as classification.

The Big League Wildcats 16U baseball team had a successful stay down in Jackson this past weekend at Generals Park as the team won the New Elite Tournament.

The calendar has turned to July and normally your friendly neighborhood sports editor would be deep into the process of getting the annual football preseason magazine started. But, as we all know, 2020 has been anything other than a normal year since the middle of March...

Executive Director Bernard Childress sent the following memo to member schools on Tuesday regarding the status of high school athletics amidst the Governor's latest State of Emergency order.

Five members of the Dyersburg High School Trojan soccer team brought their high school careers to a close on Friday night as they took part in the Senior All-Star Game held at North Park in Jackson. Members of the Trjoan soccer program represented were (from left) assistant coach Greg Stapleton, Walker Holden, Caleb Byars, Chris Buss, Luke Medlin and Clay Welch.

Despite the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a shortened season in many ways for the local Dixie Boys Baseball league, a yearly tradition for the Dyersburg Dixie Youth organization is scheduled to continue in a couple weeks as the Ed Wright Baseball Complex will host Dixie Boys State Tournaments in July.

This past week, baseball has been on my mind a lot as evidenced by looking to your right and seeing how much space the national pastime dedicated to it this week.

On Wednesday afternoon at the Dyersburg Municipal Golf Course, Mark Madden (above) recorded a hole-in-one on No.10, a par-3. Madden aced the 193-yard hole using a 5-iron. Witnessing the feat were playing partners Matt Madden and Aaron Tennyson. Congratulations, Mark!...

On Tuesday evening during a round played at Oakview Links Golf Course in Newbern, Mike Smith (left) recorded a double eagle when he aced No.16, a par-4. Smith accomplished the rare feat using a Callaway Epic driver and a Titleist Pro V ball to hole out from 238 yards. Witnessing the shot were playing partners pictured above (l-r) Lynn ‘3-putt’ Garner, David ‘105’ Thomas, and Greg ‘Mr. Consistency’ Garner...

The 9U Spartans Elite had a very successful stay in the Select 30 Super NIT this past weekend as the team returned home from the tournament in Cordova at Gameday Stadium with the championship hardware and rings.

After weeks of watching players and owners from the national pastime throw ideas and offers back and forth, Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule on Tuesday night which will begin in late July. While the games will be played in front of empty stands, you have to believe diehard baseball fans are desperate for any form of a season...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With the end of the week upon us, high school and middle school sports teams throughout Tennessee will have the next two weeks to enjoy as much of the summer as they can as teams like the Dyersburg Trojan football team will enter the state-mandated dead period for sports...

10U Storm coach D.J. Peery goes over batting technique and strategy with batter Emma Moore during practice this week as the team prepared for a tournament in Camden this weekend.

The 20th annual Choctaw Gridiron Golf Classic will take place on Saturday, July 11 at The Farms Country Club in Dyersburg. The event, which benefits the Dyer County High School football program, will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start and is a four-person scramble...

It’s been a long three months for the sports world as only a handful of leagues and sports have returned to the fields, tracks and courts. Around here, a scan of your Facebook timeline will likely remind you that some travel baseball and softball teams have managed to get back onto the field...

Despite losing the back half of the team’s offseason program and spring practice before getting in three weeks of preseason work before that was halted on Monday, Dyer County head football coach David Whittle was pleased with the work his team got in before heading into the dead period a few days early.

With Saturday being the first day of summer, it’s hard not to miss how things would be going if this was your normal year. The dead period comes on Saturday and I am glad to see the TSSAA brass elected to keep that part of the 2020-21 calendar in tact...

With the significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of June, the Dyer County School System has elected to shut down all athletic practices until July 6.

Though the 2020 college baseball season ended for him in March, former Dyer County standout Jordan Fowler may get to take the field again this season should play resume and at the professional level as the Central Missouri left-hander signed with the Philadelphia Phillies this past weekend.

The annual Northwest Tennessee Fellowship of Christian Athletes Golf Classic was held at The Farms in Dyersburg Thursday.

Following the Delmer McNeil Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament at the Dyersburg Municipal Golf Course on Saturday, June 6, two recent Dyersburg High School graduates — Mari-Hanna Newsom and Parks Johnson — were named as the recipients of the more than $15k in proceeds raised from the tournament.

Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) celebrated the academic and athletic success of its baseball, basketball, soccer, softball and cheer teams for the 2019-20 academic year during a virtual prerecorded video ceremony May 1. The video can be accessed from the College’s YouTube channel and Facebook page...

Tennessee residents may fish without a license in state public waters beginning on Saturday, June 6.

Last weekend, Dyer County 4-H held a Memorial Day Weekend Fishing Tournament for local youth. Except for the fishing, the contest, which was for young people in 4th through 12th grades, was conducted virtually. One Dyer County 4-H student received prizes for winning the competition.

Hosted by local businessman and candidate for state representative Josh Kraus, the Delmer McNeil Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 6 at the Dyersburg Municipal Golf Course with a shotgun start scheduled to kick off the tourney at 8:30 a.m...

Tryouts for the 2020-2021 school year will be held on Tuesday, May 26th at 3 p.m. at the DCHS baseball field. All participants trying out must have a completed physical uploaded to Arbiter/PlanetHS or they will not be able to try out on this day. Instructions on how to do this are attached...

After walking into Reese-Smith field on the campus of MTSU to cover the championship game of the TSSAA Class AA baseball tournament between Dyer County and Knoxville Catholic, one of the first players seen ended up being the one dogpiled at the end of the game...

The DMS softball tryouts will take place on May 26, 27, or 28. In order to abide with CDC health guidelines, only 8 athletes will try out at a time with 2 coaches.  Please contact Coach Ricketts for more information concerning the CDC health guidelines and procedures and to reserve a time to try out. ...

As we all sit here today as sports fans, did anyone ever envision in our lifetime we would be in this situation where the sports world is at a standstill? Did we take things for granted, and will things ever return to the way it was before March of 2020?

Hosted by local businessman and candidate for state representative Josh Kraus, the Delmer McNeil Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 6 at the Dyersburg Municipal Golf Course with a shotgun start scheduled to kick off the tourney at 8:30 a.m...

On Wednesday at 3 p.m. Gov. Bill Lee mandated all schools across Tennessee would remain closed for the rest of the year. Following his announcement, it didn’t take two hours for the TSSAA to follow suit and announce all spring sports had been canceled.