COOKEVILLE -- Xavier Washington wrote a different ending to the script this time around. The Central High School senior safety, the cornerstone of the football program the last 2-3 years, did not want the final game of his season to end in tears … [Read more...]

COOKEVILLE – Central’s football team needed an extra day, extra miles on the bus, and an extraordinary defensive effort to achieve its ultimate goal Sunday. Sophomore linebacker Kalib Fortner earned MVP honors as the Bobcats (13-2) beat Henry … [Read more...]

COOKEVILLE -- Zeke Rankin, the junior kicker from Alcoa High School, was about 13 years old, by his own estimation, when he realized his dad was kind of a big deal. “I didn’t really think much about it,” he said Saturday night, “until I started … [Read more...]

COOKEVILLE -- They waited for hours. But the lightning and rains that hit the campus Saturday night at Tennessee Tech proved too unrelenting. And more storms were on the way. Officials finally postponed the Class 5A BlueCross Bowl championship … [Read more...]

COOKEVILLE – Alcoa’s football team pulled off a historic game-winning drive Saturday night. Senior quarterback Walker Russell scored from 1 yard with 16 seconds left and lifted the Tornadoes (15-0) to a 21-14 victory over Covington (14-1) in the … [Read more...]

COOKEVILLE -- Cade Ballard sure knows how to finish off a championship week in style. Last season, he won a Class 4A Mr. Football award, a Class 4A BlueCross Bowl championship and a BlueCross Bowl game MVP award. On Thursday, he repeated the … [Read more...]