General Sports

Dodging the sleet and rain, the basketball programs at Macon County High School were able to squeeze in three nights of basketball last week. On Monday Jan 30th Westmoreland came to Lafayette. The Tigerettes came out focused and Coach Thompson had a new wrinkle for offense that proved productive in the first half. Macon led…

Stone Memorial came to Lafayette on Jan 10th for a region contest against Macon County. The Tigerettes were able to get their first region win. Tipping off at 6 pm were two girls teams that were winless in region play thus far. Stone jumped out to an 11-6 lead after the first eight minutes and…

Last Monday night Red Boiling Springs split a pair of games with Smith County High School. This game was all defense by both teams and the first quarter ended in a six all tie. The Lady Bulldogs Claire Fleming made a three and Bailey Massengille made the other one. The Lady Owls missed eight shots…

The second half of the 2022-2023 basketball season got underway this past week. Macon County played three nights of basketball and played two region games. On Tuesday Jan 3rd Upperman came to town. Both the Tigerettes and Lady Bees aren’t the same teams as the ones from three to six years ago. However, the Lady…

The Red Boiling Springs boys and girls welcomed Clay County to the Dog Pound last Tuesday night and before the largest crowd in the gym this season Clay County was able to win both girls and boys games. Clay County defeated the Lady Bulldogs by a final score of 50-36 and Clay won the boys…

Both basketball squads at Macon County High School had a tough week on the ball court. On Monday Dec 12th Macon County made up their home game against Clay County. This game looked to be a close one as Clay County pulled out to an early lead, 17-11 after the first quarter, only to have…

One of the dangers of scheduling high school basketball programs that are out of state is you never know how strong their teams are going to be come game time. Red Boiling Springs found out just how good the Monroe County KY girls and boys were last Saturday night in the Dog Pound at home.…

Last Thursday night has been circled on the calendar for a long time by the Red Boiling Springs Lady Bulldogs because the Lady Eagles were the team that ended the Lady Bulldogs season last year in sub-state action in a game that was played at Macon County’s gym because the gym at Red Boiling Springs…

(TSSAA) Tennessee’s best high school football players for 2022 were recognized at the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards luncheon hosted by the Tennessee Titans. Macon County Sophomore Gabe Borders was selected as a finalist in Division, Class 4A for the honor. Marcellus Jackson of Knoxville Fulton won in Class 4A Mr Football. More than 400…

In two nights of basketball action this past week, the Macon County Tigers got one lone win for both the programs at MCHS. On Tuesday Dec 6th Macon County travelled to Westmoreland. The Lady Eagles got off to a fast start and led 21-13 at halftime. Westmoreland shot 41% from the field, out rebounded the…