Category : Local Sports

Dates for the 2020-21 Ohio Valley Conference Championships have been announced. The OVC Rifle Championship (February 6-7) will be the first to be contested and the championship schedule will conclude with the OVC Baseball Championship (May 27-29).  All dates and locations are subject to change. • Rifle – February 6-7 (Morehead, Ky.) • Cross Country […]Read More

UT Martin women’s basketball standout forward Chelsey Perry has been named to the midseason watch list for the 2021 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. Perry finished last season’s race as one of five finalists and is one of 15 student-athletes named to the midseason watch list representing 10 conferences. A native of […]Read More

The OVC announced Tuesday alterations to its 2020-21 volleyball schedule, as UT Martin will now play 16 conference dates with back-to-back matches against eight different opponents. The OVC Council of Directors of Athletics approved the updated schedule in order to limit travel to multiple locations during the same weekend and give schools the most flexibility […]Read More

The OVC has rescheduled the UT Martin and Southeast Missouri men’s basketball game, which will now take place on Monday, January 11. Tipoff time Elam Center is set for 6:00. The contest was originally slated for December 12 but was postponed. The game will now kick off a three-game homestand for the Skyhawks, who will […]Read More

The Tennessee Titans squeaked out a 41-38 victory over the Houston Texans to capture the AFC South title with a field goal as time ran out, but the big help came from Tennessee’s Derrick Henry. Henry became the eighth player in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards in a season. He entered the game […]Read More

The Tennessee women’s basketball program is pausing all team activities following one positive COVID-19 test result and subsequent contact tracing among its Tier 1 personnel, which consists of coaches, student-athletes, team managers and support staff. All of Tennessee’s Tier 1 personnel returned two negative tests (PCR and rapid antigen) administered within 36 hours of Monday […]Read More

The Music City Bowl between Missouri and Iowa scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled because COVID-19 issues left the Tigers unable to play. The game in Nashville is the second bowl called off since the postseason lineup was set on December 20, joining the Gasparilla Bowl. Missouri is the third SEC team that has had […]Read More

Freshman Tennessee Lady Vol Tess Darby is spending Christmas at home in Greenfield. Darby missed the first three games of the season with an injury and says missing action was something she wasn’t used to. (AUDIO) Darby says when she finally hit the court for the first time in a game, the feeling was indescribable. […]Read More

For the 10th time in her career and second time in as many weeks, UT Martin senior women’s basketball forward Chelsey Perry, of Middleton, has been named OVC Player of the Week after a standout performance against Southeast Missouri in the league opener. Perry has become accustom to earning the league’s top weekly honor over […]Read More

The TSSAA says because of the significant increase in the incidence of COVID-19 infections in Tennessee, additional restrictions on who may attend interscholastic athletic practices and contests will be in place. Unfortunately, large scale attendance by spectators and students must be curtailed. Doing so means that bands, pep bands, cheerleaders, and dance teams may not […]Read More