Area Sports
Senior Morgan Burgener recently joined the 1000 point club at Red Boiling Springs High School.
Sometimes things just aren’t meant to be. This past week the Macon County High School Tigerettes battled their way thru Region 5AA play and into the Sub-State at Waverly Central High School.
MCHS Head Football Coach Mark Pemberton resigned Monday March 5th at the Macon County Board of Education.
On Feb 20th, the Macon County Tigerettes defeated Westmoreland to capture the District 9AA Tournament Title. They went on to host the first round of the Region 5AA at home.
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.