Area Sports
Macon County would face a very hot Greenbrier Bobcat team in the finals of the District 9 AA Tournament. MCHS would then face David Lipscomb in the first round of Region 5AA tournament play.
The Red Boiling Springs Lady Bulldogs would take on Watertown girls for third place in the district tournament last Monday night and in a very hard fought game were to pull away in the fourth quarter for a 48-35 victory that was a lot closer than the score indicates.
Both the Macon County Junior High Boys and Girls teams lost this past week in the semi-finals of the TNT State Middle School Tournament. Both Macon teams provided fans with some great basketball and a memorable season.
The Trousdale County Yellow Jackets had just lost to the Red Boiling Springs Bulldogs last week on the Bulldogs’ court in their final regular season game and the Yellow Jackets looked bad for losing that game.
The MCHS Tigers will move ahead to the District 9-AA after beating the Eagles of Westmoreland on Saturday. This win puts MCHS into the finals to be played on Tuesday the 21st of February.
The Red Boiling Springs Lady Bulldogs came into their semi-final game of the district 8A tournament needing only a victory over the Lady Yellow Jackets to put them in the finals against Gordonsville on Monday night.
By Mark Darnell The Macon County Tigers claimed the regular season 9AA title this week with two conference wins over White House and Westmoreland. The team now has 20 wins on the season and will say good-bye to four talented Seniors from this squad
By Mark Darnell The Macon County Tigerettes improve to 23-4 on the season, picking up two wins over White House and Westmoreland. While they finish the regular season in a tie for first place in District 9AA, they say farewell to four terrific senior players.
By: Wally Etheridge Last Tuesday night was senior night for the Lady Bulldogs and they made the night very special by beating 8th district rival Trousdale County 46-44 in overtime to keep the Lady Bulldogs in second place in district 8A.
By: Wally Etheridge The RBS boys were aware that senior night is the most important game on the basketball schedule, therefore they came out smoking last Tuesday night against Trousdale County High School and promptly knocked down four 3-point shots and the Bulldogs never looked back as they coasted to a 72-61 win.