Macon County High School
Macon School Board Gets News of Athletic Facilities
By Mark Darnell The Macon County Board of Education met for their monthly meeting this past Thursday August 14th at 6 pm at the Central Office. Chairman Dale Hix called the meeting to order. Jared Claiborne led the prayer and Tim Case led the pledge. The state has suggested that districts add a student to…
Read MoreSeating at Pat Parker Closed Off
By Mark Darnell A portion of the home seating at Pat Parker Stadium in Lafayette has been closed off by the Macon County Board of Education due to safety concerns this past week. The decision comes amid concerns for the approximately 75 year old facility and its block construction. Periodically the facility must have a…
Read MoreMCHS Class of 2025 Top Seniors – Nine Tie for Valedictorian, Two for Salutatorian
MCHS Class of 2025 Top Ten: Mia Casady Dyer Rank: 1 Parents: Scotty & Annette Dyer GPA: 5.0 Activities, Honors & Awards: Valedictorian, FBLA (4 years), FBLA Officer (2 years), Interact Club (3 years), Beta Club (3 years), FCCLA (2 years), FCA, Work Based Learning, Honors student, MCHS Tennis (2 years) Future Plans: My future…
Read MoreWeek 15 is Golden for Tigers!!
By Mark Darnell Saturday Dec 7th might have marked the 83rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the start of a World War for the US but Macon County invaded Chattanooga last Saturday for the Class 4A Blue Cross Bowl. Total domination by the Tigers resulted in a gold ball. This was the first appearance by…
Read MoreTigers Sighted at Lookout Mountain – Macon County Advances to Class 4A State Championship
By Mark Darnell Statewide fans have reported sightings of Tigers at historic Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga. Last Friday night the Macon County Tigers punched their tickets to ‘The Blue Cross Bowl’ and the Class 4A TSSAA state football championship. State semi-final games are rotated each year. Winners of Regions 1 and 2 (East) play Regions…
Read MoreTigers Continue Record Setting Play-Off Appearance
By Mark Darnell The Macon County High School Tigers are set to continue the next part of their 2024 football season. They will enter the TSSAA play-offs next week at Soddy Daisy. The Tigers will make a ninth consecutive play-off appearance in the football playoffs dating all the way back to 2016. This marks the…
Read MoreTwo Arrested for MCHS Vandalism
By Jessie Williams Parker Lane Duffer, age 18, and Aden Coffee, age 20, were arrested last week for their roles in the vandalism of Macon County High School on May 10, 2023. According to the affidavit of complaint filed by Macon County High School SRO Terry Atkins, the two men entered the school around midnight…
Read MoreMacon County Tigerettes Capture First Region Title
By Mark Darnell The Macon County High Tigerette softball team won their first region championship in the program history this past week. They then hosted their first sectional game with a chance to go the state tournament. The Region 4-3A tournament began with Macon traveling to Lincoln County on Monday May 15th to face the…
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