SPORTS EDITOR zach birdsong The Tullahoma High School baseball team had one goal on Saturday when it faced Cookeville: Win. The Wildcats stayed focused as they downed the Cavaliers, 4-2, advancing to the BlueCross Spring Fling State Tournament for the first time since 2005. The Wildcats opened the tournament yesterday (Tuesday), facing Dyer County on the campus of Oakland High School in Murfreesboro in the double-elimination tournament. First pitch
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor The Middle Tennessee Softball Coaches Association (MTSCA) honored five Tullahoma High School softball players last week. Danielle Kirkpatrick, AnnaKristen Crouch, Megan Grenier, Joanna Lyle and Aliyah Bowen were all recipients of awards from the MTSCA as announced by head coach Gary Barfield on Thursday. Kirkpatrick made it onto the 2013 Tennessee All-Star team, compromised of senior softball players from the Middle Tennessee area. Forty-five players
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor The Wildcats wrap up the spring football workouts with the annual Red vs. White scrimmage game taking place at Wilkins Stadium on Monday night. Tullahoma is coming off a season where they went 7-5 and finished second in the District 8-AAA standings. The Wildcats made it to the second round of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) playoffs be-fore falling to Columbia, 47-24. Tullahoma
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor With two outs in the top of the seventh inning and a runner on first base, Tullahoma’s Caleb Zidan came into to pinch hit against Riverdale High School on Wednesday. On the first pitch he saw, the THS batter grounded out to shortstop and the Wildcats fell to the Warriors, 2-1. Zidan’s at-bat was a metaphor for how Tullahoma’s night went at the plate as
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor The Tullahoma High School boys soccer team fell on the road to LaVergne High School in Murfreesboro on Tuesday, 2-0. The teams battled through a tough first half, that saw both squads come out firing, but neither was able to put one into the back of the net. With eight minutes until the halftime break, LaVergne had its best opportunity to score. A Wolverine player
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor The Tullahoma High School track and field team sent 14 athletes to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Section 2 subsectional meet at Rhea County High School on Tuesday. In order for an athlete or team to move on to the state competition, they had to place fourth or better in an individual event. In the girls 4×100-meter relay, Tullahoma finished fourth with a
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor For the fourth-straight season, the Tullahoma High School team advanced past the regional tournament, and has made it into the sectionals round of the playoffs. THS junior Justus Sheffield was electric, punching out 13 batters, including eight of the last nine outs, as the Wildcats went on to defeat Oakland 4-2 in the opening game of the Region 4-AAA Tournament on Monday. The Wildcats (33-6,
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor For the first time since 2008, the Tullahoma High School softball team made it into the Region 4-AAA Tournament after defeating Lincoln County on Saturday, 2-0. After defeating the Lady Falcons, the Lady Wildcats clinched second place in the District 8-AAA Tournament, qualifying for regionals. The regional matchup took place on Monday night as Tullahoma traveled to face Smyrna. Lady Bulldogs’ pitcher Kenzie Price was
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor The Tullahoma High School girls tennis season came to close on the road Thursday, when the team fell to Siegel in the opening round of the Region 4-AAA Tournament, 5-0. The Lady Wildcats struggled to get anything going against the Lady Stars, the reigning State Champions. In singles competition Laura Burke lost 6-1 and 6-0; Abby Tackett lost 6-0, 6-1; Marissa Powers lost 6-2, 6-0;
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