Category : Local Sports

The UT Martin Skyhawks football team edged Missouri State 32-31 Saturday night to advance to the second round of the FCS playoffs. The win gave Coach Jason Simpson the 100th victory of his head coaching career. The Skyhawks will play Montana State in Bozeman, Montana Saturday afternoon at 3:00 CST.Read More

The defending OVC regular season champion UT Martin football team continues its season Saturday with participation in the 2021 NCAA Division I Football Championship with a first round matchup against Missouri Valley Football Conference foe Missouri State. The Skyhawks (9-2) won a program record nine straight games – ranking as the second-longest winning streak in […]Read More

Freshman Finn Frankum made the shot that mattered most for Union City. Communications Director Mike Hutchens said Frankum salvaged what had been a poor shooting night for the Tornadoes with a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds to play, to lift the Union City boys to a thrilling 56-54 victory over Trinity Christian Academy at Marty Sisco […]Read More

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Westview’s Ty Simpson is a finalist for the Class 2A Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award. The senior Alabama commit joins two other finalists, Cameron Huckabey, of Meigs County, and Cameron Miller, of MAHS, for the award recognizing the top player in the state. Other area finalists for the award include McKenzie’s Marquez Taylor and Peabody’s […]Read More

UT-Martin head football coach Jason Simpson has been named the Roy Kidd “Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year”. The honor comes for the second time in Simpson’s 16 year career with the Skyhawks. Coach Simpson help guide the Skyhawks to a (9-2) regular season record, and first Ohio Valley Conference championship since 2006. His […]Read More

The UT Martin men’s basketball squad looks to even its early season record Wednesday afternoon when it hosts the Carver College Cougars at the Elam Center. Tipoff time is set for 2:00. The Skyhawks (2-3) are coming off their first Division I victory of the season, turning away North Dakota by a 77-72 margin on […]Read More

UT Martin women’s basketball graduate forward Holly Forbes has quickly made a name for herself in the first two weeks of the season by earning back-to-back OVC Newcomer of the Week selections. A native of Bonne Terre, Mo., Forbes averaged 11.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.6 assists per game last week en route […]Read More

The three finalists for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards will be announced tonight on the Titans website and the team’s social media pages. Westview senior quarterback and Alabama commit Ty Simpson is a semifinalist for Class 2A. Joining Simpson in Class 2A are nominees Cameron Huckabey, of Meigs County; Aden Hutcherson, of Huntingdon; Cameron […]Read More