The WCMT Sports State Championship Rewind continues with one of the more recent championships in our area: Union City Football’s state championship win over Tyner Academy in 2017.
Union City Communications Director Mike Hutchens told WCMT Sports about the history of that matchup.
Hutchens took us through that championship game.
Hutchens mentioned the pride and tradition of Union […]
During a special called meeting on Wednesday, the TSSAA has release four possible plans to play high school football this season.
The plans include:
(1). If the executive order expires on Aug. 29, practice would begin on Aug. 30 with the first game on Sept. 18. All regular season schedules for schools would be replaced by the […]
South Fulton High School football coach Eric Knott said he has concerns about the upcoming season.
Following Governor Bill Lee’s extension of the State of Emergency until August 29th, the TSSAA announced Tuesday that football and girl’s soccer for August cannot begin.
Speaking with Thunderbolt News, coach Knott shared his thoughts when hearing of the Governor’s decision.
Coach […]
The TSSAA announced Tuesday that due to Governor Bill Lee’s extension of the State of Emergency, high school football and girls soccer won’t begin their seasons as originally scheduled.
Gleason football coach Noah Lampkins tells Thunderbolt Radio News what that means for high school football teams.
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Coach Lampkins says right now, no one’s sure what this year’s […]
The TSSAA has released a statement concerning the extension of Governor Bill Lee’s State of Emergency order.
Executive Director Bernard Childress sent a memo to member schools on Tuesday regarding the State of Emergency order now in effect until August 29th.
Director Childress said the TSSAA was now working with the Governor’s office to ensure that member […]
AP -Former Murray State basketball player, and current Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant, has apologized for a recent social media post.
Morant posted and deleted an Instagram photo suggesting he would replace his name with an expletive on his number 12 jersey in a protest against police.
Morant then apologized, saying the post did not “accurately convey” […]
The Kentucky Derby will be run in September with spectators in the stands.
Churchill Downs announced Thursday that the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density for the race that annually attracts more than 150,000.
The 146th runnings of the Oaks for fillies and the Derby […]
Four UT Martin football standouts have been named to the Preseason OVC All-Conference team by HERO Sports.
The trio of Peyton Logan, Colton Dowell and Aries Davis garnered offensive honors while JaQuez Akins earned a spot on the defensive squad.
Logan, a senior running back from Horn Lake, Miss., returns to the Skyhawks after ranking as one […]
Tennessee running back Tim Jordan is no longer on the team following an arrest last month in Florida.
Vols football coach Jeremy Pruitt announced Thursday that Jordan was off the team after he was arrested May 30th on gun and marijuana charges.
Jordan would have been a senior for the Volunteers, and the native of Bartow, Florida, […]
The 2020-21 academic year is shaping up to be a busy one for fourth-year UT Martin athletic director Kurt McGuffin.
McGuffin has been selected to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee and the NACDA Football Championship Subdivision Athletic Directors Association Executive Committee while serving as Chair of the OVC Council of Directors of Athletics during the upcoming […]
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced the application period for several upcoming hunts.
The deadline to apply for the Wildlife Management Area Big Game Quota Hunts, the regular elk hunt, youth elk, and WMA youth is July 22nd.
The WMA hunting instruction sheet lists locations and dates for each of the quota hunts, along with drawing […]
