Area Sports
The Macon County Tigerette softball team got their season underway this past week. A scheduled home game against Jackson County for March 11 was tentatively rescheduled for Monday March 18. The home opener on Tuesday March 12th saw the Tigerettes from DeKalb County come to town. DeKalb broke open a 3-2 lead with five runs…
The Mark Miller ClassicThe Macon County Bass Club held the ‘Mark Miller Open Classic’ on March 2nd out of Defeated Creek Marina. The winners are: (L-R) 1st place Chris Foxx and Bobby Richardson with 14.67 lbs, 2nd place Troy and Eathon Mungle with 9.61 lbs, 3rd place Josh Massey and Mason Wade with 9.31 lbs,…
The Macon County High School Tigerettes season came to a close this past week in the sub-state round of the TSSAA postseason. They had a really good season. The Tigerettes advanced to the semi-finals of Region 5-3A to face Portland on Monday Feb 26. It was to be the third time the two teams would…
The Macon County Tigerettes are advancing in the post-season tournament. They have advanced to the region semi-finals. On Monday Feb 19 Macon played Station Camp in the District 9-3A consolation game for the number three or number four seed. The Tigerettes came out hot leading 17-15 after the first quarter. However the Lady Bisons would…
The basketball teams at Macon County High School competed in the District 9-3A tournament last week. Four teams from 9-3A advance out of the district tournament to the region. The Tigers, #5 seed, had basically a play-in game against the #4 seeded Greenbrier Bobcats. Macon just cannot seem to break thru that wall keeping them…
The Lafayette 12U All-Star Team won the District 2 Championship and will be moving on to the state tournament. That event will begin in Columbia, TN on Friday July 14th with their first game scheduled for Saturday at 2 pm. Congratulations to this team, their parents, and the league!! (Submitted)
The Red Boiling Springs Lady Bulldog softball team was on a high note going into the district 7A tournament and just like last year they drew the Clay County Lady Bulldogs in the first round in a game that was played last Tuesday night at Clay County. The Lady Bulldogs lost 7-2 as Clay County…
The Macon County High School Tigerette softball team hosted the District 7-3A tournament in Lafayette this past week. It was the first time that program had hosted a district tournament. As the #1 seed Macon drew a first round bye. Their first game was against White County on Tuesday May 9th. In a late night…
With one game left in the regular season, the Tigerette softball team is on the cusp of securing a District 7-3A championship. The scheduled game with Friendship Christian on Monday Apr 24th was cancelled. On Tuesday Apr 25th Macon hosted Cumberland County for a district game. It wasn’t much of a contest as the Tigerettes…
The MCHS Tigers hosted the RBSHS Bulldogs for an afternoon game for the students at Macon County High. It also is a great fundraiser for that program. On Thursday Apr 13 during the last block of school, the Tigers faced the Bulldogs. Braxton Lloyd, Tyler Gregory, Landon Warner, Hayden Dean, John Wilson, Chase Keene, Hayes…