August 29 Sports Edition

By Kenneth CokerSports Editor

The Dresden Middle School football team wasted little time during a 46-0 triumph over West Carroll on Thursday.

The Lions’ offense scored on five occasions during the first half with none of its drives needing more than five plays.

Dresden runn ing back Quincey McDonald was literally untouchable on the ground as he rushed three times for 71 yards and a trio of touchdowns. McDonald was not touched by a defender at all on two of those runs to paydirt.

Additionally, Lion quarterback Dresser Winn finished the game 5-for-8 for 112 passing yards.

Winn’s favorite target was Brice Williams, who caught three passes for 76 yards.

In addition to the Lions’ f ive offensive scores, the Weakley Countians added one defensive score and a kick return touchdown.

Dylan Yates, who was in on four tackles for a loss, accounted for Dresden’s kick return TD. Yates took the kickoff that began the second half 70 yards to paydirt.

Blasé Cashion accounted

for an interception return that spanned 80 yards and resulted in a score during the third quarter.

The Lions outgained West Carroll via a 231-33 margin in total offense on the evening.

WC received the kickoff to start the game, but did not keep the pigskin long as a fumble was forced and Dresden recovered.

Winn flipped the pigskin right to McDonald for a 15-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage.

Cade Rogers shook a tackler and jetted into the end zone around the right side to make the score 8-0 with 7:42 remaining in the first quarter.

On the ensuing drive, a WC pass was picked off by McDonald at the Lion 46 yard line.

Winn connected with Williams on a deep route for a 35-yard gain on first down and then, handed off to McDonald, who went untouched through the defense for a 24-yard touchdown run.

On the two-point conversion attempt, Winn hit Yates to make the score 16-0 with 5:29 remaining in the opening period.

The War Eagles’ next drive bogged down with minimal gains after a pair of double digit runs

and was ended when Dresden’s Isaac Davidson made the first of his three tackles for a loss on a fourth-and-five.

The Lions took over at their own 42 yard line. Cashion moved the team five yards closer to the end zone on first down.

Then, Winn hit Williams on a curl route and the DMS receiver broke free for a total of 38 yards to get within the red zone at the West Carroll 15 yard line.

Winn threw to Williams for a 12-yard connection. The Dresden quarterback finished off the drive to paydirt with a three-yard sneak on first-and-goal.

The Lions’ two-point attempt fell incomplete, but the Weakley Countians held a 22-0 lead when the first quarter ended.

After the two teams traded possessions, the Dresden defense turned up its pressure on WC with about five minutes remaining in the second quarter.

Williams recorded a tackle for a loss, while Dylan Yates had two takedowns behind the line of scrimmage to force an eventual turnover on downs at the WC 34 yard line.

Two plays into its next drive,


Gleason diversified i ts football portfolio and bested Greenfield 41-13 on Friday night.

The Bulldogs – a gridiron program most known for its ground-and-pound attack – took to the skies on numerous occasions and with much success at Park Edwards Field during the season-opener for both teams.

Junior quarterback Tanner Trevathan threw for 136 yards (11-of-19) and five touchdowns during his first varsity start a s s i g n a l - c a l l e r a g a i n s t the Yellowjackets, who are skippered by first-year head coach Don Pitt.

In addition, Gleason offensive utility player Blake Taylor was 2-of-3 through the air with one TD throw.

Trevathan’s favorite target was undoubtedly senior Austin Perry, who finished the game with 112 receiving yards and five touchdowns among his six catches.

Taylor also caught a six-point throw from Trevathan.

On the ground, Gleason relied on multiple running backs with five players totaling at least 30 yards.

Will Clark topped that list with 59 yards on 15 carries, while Taylor was two markers back with 57 yards on nine carries.

Also, Chris Copeland finished with 41 rushing yards on five hand-offs, while Kyle Williams had five runs for 40 yards and Ian Legens finished with 30 yards on six takes. Legens also had three catches for 39 yards.

Greenfield’s Miles Cavitt had five catches for 82 yards. The Yellowjackets totaled 146 yards (120 passing and 26 rushing) during the defeat.

A key exchange of the football game took place late in the second quarter as Gleason scored 21 points in less than a minute to swing the momentum in its favor.

“They were crowding the box and I was still being stubborn just running the ball because I felt like we could outman them,” Bulldog head coach Noah Lampkins said. “They were getting after us pretty good and we just started throwing the ball. The coaches up top said to start throwing it because they weren’t covering anyone.

“Austin started coming to the sideline wanting the ball. He’s a smart kid. He would tell me what route to run and how to set it up. He’s got a lot of experience.”

The Bulldogs’ first score during that time period was a six-yard aerial from Trevathan to Perry that made the score 13-0 after an unsuccessful point-after kick attempt..

Greenfield’s Jeffrey Johnson gave his squad something to get excited back on the ensuing kickoff. Johnson – G’field’s quarterback – returned said boot 80 yards to paydirt and Zach Grebe kicked the extra point to make the score 13-7 with 1:20 remaining in the first half.

G’field attempted an onside kick, but Bulldog Alec Zills fell on the pigskin at the Gleason 47 yard line.

Three plays later, Trevathan went for the home run and connected with Perry for a 27-yard touchdown pass with 38.7 seconds remaining before intermission. Ian Legens carried in the two-point conversion to make the score 21-7.

Then, the Bulldogs kicked

short to keep the pigskin out of Johnson’s hands on the boot that followed. Gleason gained good fortune as the football squirted away from Greenfield. As a result, the Bulldogs had the ball at the Greenfield 34 yard line.

Tr e v a t h a n h i t R e e c e Montgomery over the middle for a five-yard gain on first down. On second down, the Gleason quarterback dialed long distance to Perry, who again answered. This time, the Bulldog receiver’s TD catch spanned 29 yards.

Taylor kicked the point-after to make the score 28-7 at halftime.

“We had some big mistakes that hurt us and they just happened to be all in a row,” Pitt said. “We have to keep on moving and get better, starting Monday. I don’t think we’ll hang our heads. It’s an improvement because we fought for four

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Prep StandingsDistrict 13A

Dist. OverallDresden (2A) 0-0 2-0Huntingdon (1A) 0-0 2-0Gleason (1A) 0-0 1-0McKenzie (2A) 0-0 0-1W. Carroll (1A) 0-0 1-1Bruceton (1A) 0-0 0-2Note: Top two schools automati-cally advance to playoffs. Others can get in as wildcard teams.

District 14A Dist. OverallHalls (1A) 0-0 2-0Union City (1A) 0-0 2-0So. Fulton (1A) 0-0 1-1Lake Co. (1A) 0-0 1-1Greenfield (1A) 0-0 0-1Humboldt (2A) 0-0 0-2Trenton (2A) 0-0 0-2Note: Top two schools automati-cally advance to playoffs. Others can get in as wildcard teams.

District 13AA Dist. OverallRipley (4A) 1-0 2-0Covington (4A) 0-0 2-0Crockett Co. (4A) 0-0 2-0Milan (3A) 0-0 2-0So. Gibson (3A) 0-0 2-0Dyersburg (4A) 0-0 1-0Westview (3A) 0-0 1-1Haywood (4A) 0-0 0-1Gibson Co. (3A) 0-0 0-2Obion Cent. (4A) 0-1 0-2Note: Top two schools automati-cally advance to playoffs. Others can get in as wildcard teams.

Week 1 ResultsGames of local interest

Dresden 41, Gibson Co. 7Gleason 41, Greenfield 13Westview 26, McKenzie 7Camden 40, Bruceton 0West Carroll 49, So. Fulton 20Huntingdon 36, Trenton 24Halls 35, Rosemark Acad. 19Lake Co. 61, Fulton Co. 18Union City 56, Wayne Co. 6Milan 45, Humboldt 14So. Gibson 56, JCS 23Covington 49, Munford 7Crockett Co. 20, J. South Side 16Ripley 41, Obion Central 21Beech 55, Henry Co. 41

Week 2 GamesGames of local interest

Dresden at McKenzieGleason at West CarrollGreenfield at Lake Co.Westview at Obion CentralBruceton at HuntingdonHalls at Union CityHumboldt at So. FultonGibson Co. at MilanSo. Gibson at RipleyCovington at DyersburgCrockett Co. at HaywoodTrenton has a bye week

Gleason’s Brandon Lee reaches to grabe Greenfield quarterback Jeffrey Johnson on Friday.

Diverse’Dawgs better G’field

Westview’s Quan Williams stiff-arms a McKenzie defender.

Westview captilizes on Rebel miscues By Sara RachelsSpecial to the Enterprise

No nail biting was necessary this time around.

In years past, Westview and McKenzie have went toe-to-toe until the bitter end.

That was not the case on Friday evening as the Chargers claimed a 26-7 triumph at UT Martin.

The Chargers capitalized on early Rebel miscues and held off a second-half passing onslaught to triumph.

Westview plays at Obion Central this week.

Based on what he saw from the McKenzie game, Westview head coach Don Coady noted two major areas that need improvement.

“We must improve in the area of turnovers,” Coady stressed.

“Tonight, we got a lot, but we also gave a lot. We must capitalize on these turnovers. Also, when we get within 30 yards of the endzone, we must put the ball in the endzone. We need to finish.”

The Rebels, having not played a Week 0 game, took the opening kickoff on their own 32 and promptly lost a yard on a carry from Hunter Lowe. Quarterback Ty McClain misfired on a pass to Grant Lowrance and was then picked off on his third-down throw by Hunter Beal.

Westview (1-1) p icked up five yards on an offsides penalty charged to the Rebels and quarterback Ryne Vinson threw incomplete on his first pass, but the Chargers netted a first

Lions locked in during GC rout

Dresden’s Austin Daniel (42) leads with a block on Friday night.

Dresden’s Quincey McDonald turns the corner vs. West Carroll.

With two key players out to injury, the Dresden football team still managed to lock down a commanding 41-7 triumph over Gibson County on Friday evening.

All totaled, the Lions – minus starting quarterback Davis Moran and running back Colter Swafford – outgained GC via a 414-25 count.

Moran and Swafford both suffered meniscus injuries (sprains) during Dresden’s Week 0 triumph over county rival Westview.

On Friday, senior Devan Raymer stepped up again for the Lions with 106 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries against the Pioneers, who have lost 35 straight games dating back to 2008.

Raymer also returned a punt 50 yards to paydirt.

In addition, Raymer threw one pass for 18 yards and caught a throw for a 12-yard gain.

Other Dresden players helped to fill the void with Moran and Swafford absent as Joey Caldwell had a team-high 124 rushing yards and a touchdown on nine carries.

Torres Washington was also

a big contributor for the Lions with 100 rushing yards on nine hand-offs.

“We spread the football around a lot more than we did against Westview and I’m satisfied with the results,” first-year Dresden head coach Keith Hodge said. “Anytime you have three rushers with 100 yards, it’s a good night.”

The Dresden defense also towed its weight, holding Gibson County – under first-year head coach Morgan Cruce – to just three first downs. Meanwhile, the Lions moved the chains on 17 occasions.

Defensively, Joey Caldwell topped the Lions’ tackle chart with eight stops, while Dillon Jolley and Bobby Hampton each had six takedowns. Also, Alex Ellison had two sacks, while Austin Daniel made three takedowns for a loss.

“I think we were pretty physical with them,” Hodge said. “That was our goal going in. Gibson County has lost several games in a row and they’re looking for a spark early in any game. We talked all week about how important it was to make sure they didn’t get that spark.”

All totaled, GC had just 25 offensive yards (14 passing and 11 rushing).

The L ions (2 -0 ) open District 13A play this Friday at McKenzie, which lost via a 26-7 margin to Westview in Week 1.

Hodge said he isn’t taking the result of that game too seriously despite the common opponent (W’view) this early in the season.

“The way I look at it and the way it looked on film is that it was McKenzie’s first game,” Hodge said. “Westview had a game under their belt. McKenzie made a few mistake. They look real physical.

“It’s a big game. We can’t be too emotional, but I think we have a target on our back because we put them out last year in the playoffs.”

Hodge said that Moran could play this week. If Moran were to hit the gridiron on Friday at McKenzie, Hodge told the quarterback would be sporting a knee brace.

Swafford is doubtful for this week’s district game against the Rebels.

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down on a four-yard carry from Quan Williams and a seven-yard run by Hunter Moore. The Rebel line slowed Williams to a single yard on his next two carries and the Chargers turned the ball over on downs when a fourth and long collected just five yards.

McKenzie went back to its running game with Lowe as the carrier, but on third and long the Rebels committed their second turnover as Christopher Allen fumbled the handoff and Beau Kelly recovered for Westview.

This time, the Chargers went to R.J. Scott on the ground and he quickly pounded out a first down at the McKenzie 16. Scott gained an additional two yards and Westview inched inside the 10 on another Rebel offsides penalty.

Yardage was hard to come by, though, and the McKenzie defense, led by Matt Minkie, stifled the Chargers at the one. Cal Bradshaw came out to

attempt the field goal, but holder Vinson fumbled the high snap and McKenzie successfully botched the play and dodged what looked to be an easy score.

The Rebels had a three-and-out on their next possession and Westview took over at the McKenzie 43. Matt Castleman completed Westview’s only successful pass of the night with a three-yard slant to Williams and Moore took a handoff 13 yards for the first down.

Williams picked up 18 yards on two carries and Moore opened the second quarter with a nine-yard run to the end zone.

Bradshaw’s extra point put the Chargers up 7-0 with 11:30 left in the first half.

Lowe found some room and busted out a 29-yard run to open the Rebels’ next series. McClain’s pass fell incomplete and Lowe’s next carry resulted in no gain, but Allen gained 22 yards on four straight carries down to the Westview five. Lowe fumbled the next handoff, however, and Ty Brown scooped up the loose ball at the two and ran all the way back for another

Charger TD. Bradshaw’s kick gave the Chargers a 14-0 lead with 7:50 left on the clock.

Williams opened the third quarter by running 62 yards for a touchdown on the first play for Westview. Bradshaw’s kick was blocked, but the Chargers’ lead swelled to 20-0 with 11:40 left in the third.

In the fourth canto, McClain’s arm heated up as he completed six straight passes, starting on the McKenzie 33 and finishing on the Westview two, and pushed the Chargers back on their heels.

Down at the two, Lowe ran for a yard and on second-and-goal, he pounded in the one-yard touchdown. Seth Jeffrey’s kick put the Rebels on the board, 20-7, with 7:55 remaining in the contest. The final score of the game came in the fourth quarter when Williams sprinted 36 yards down to the three and then ran in the final three yards for the last touchdown of the game.

Williams was stopped on the two-point conversion attempt.

Williams led Westview with 165 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries.

quarters. We didn’t win on the scoreboard, but I think we got better as a team.”

The Yellowjackets, who spread the field and operated out of the shotgun for much of the evening, totaled 146 yards of offense.

The Bulldogs opened Friday evening’s contest with a pair of long runs on their first drive.

Will Clark blasted through a hole on a counter for a 28-yard positive, while Chris Copeland got another Bulldog first down and inside the G’field 20 yard line with a 14-yard carry.

The Yellowjacket defense stood tall, though as it held Gleason out of the end zone and forced a turnover on downs.

Greenf ie ld ’s f i r s t two offensive plays were hand-offs to Austin Pence that went for five and three yards, respectively.

A delay of game penalty on third-and-two pushed the Yellowjackets back five yards.

Then, Johnson was hit in the backfield and the football squirted free.

Gleason’s Archie Rich fell on the pigskin at the G’field nine-yard line.

Taylor gained five yards on first-and-goal, but a holding penalty set Gleason back to the G’field 14 yard line.

Clark got Gleason back to the original line of scrimmage with a five-yard carry after the penalty.

On second down, a fumbled exchange led to a five-yard loss for Gleason.

Taylor took a direct snap on third down to advance to the Greenfield 10 yard line.

Rather than try for a field goal, the Bulldogs elected to go for the touchdown on fourth-and-goal. Trevathan found Taylor, who dove across the goalline for the receiving touchdown.

Taylor booted the point-after to make the score 7-0 with 5:32 remaining in the first quarter.

Neither team was able to add any more tallies throughout the remainder of the opening canto as both squads came up big defensively.

Gleason’s Zills and Chris Copeland combined on a tackle for a loss, while Perry and

Michael Hudson combined on a sack and Rich had a takedown behind the line of scrimmage of a Yellowjacket running back.

Also, Copeland had a sack of Johnson on the final play of the first quarter.

Hudson sacked Johnson on the first snap of the second quarter to force a Greenfield punt.

Gleason found its way to paydirt at the end of its second drive of quarter No. 2.The march spanned 84 yards and 13 plays.

I t w a s c a p p e d w h e n Trevathan hit Perry for the six-yard touchdown toss.

Johnson’s kick return TD followed as did the two other Gleason scores. At halftime, the Bulldogs were ahead 28-7.

Greenfield lost the ball on the kickoff to begin the third quarter.

However, a Gleason fum-ble – recovered jointly by Yellowjackets Joshua Lasater and Jeremy Lannom – put the pigskin back in Greenfield’s hands.

Johnson’s first-down pass was incomplete, but Pence got free for a seven-yard gain on second down.

On third-and-three, Tanner Smithson gained two yards to set up a fourth-and-one.

The Bulldogs stopped Pence short of the first down on the short yardage situation to force a turnover on downs.

Once again, Gleason – which elected not to utilize Taylor much on offense during the second half due to a case of the cramps – pieced together a clock-chewing drive to the end zone.

All totaled, the Bulldogs needed 14 plays to go 55 yards for a touchdown.

During the drive, Greenfield cheerleader Madison Scarbrough (see related story) was injured and taken from the field after an Ian Legens jet sweep spilled out of bounds.

Trevathan finished the TD march with a 12-yard throw to Perry on a slant.

Taylor’s extra-point kick was

low as the Bulldogs led 34-7 with 4:27 remaining in the third period.

The Yellowjackets’ lone touchdown drive began late in the third quarter and stretched through the first minute of the final period.

Johnson, who finished the evening 10-for-21 with 120 passing yards, hit Miles Cavitt for a 16-yard positive to begin the 55-yard march that wound up in the end zone.

Johnson also found Zach Lewis for a 22-yard connection during the drive. The scoring play was a nine-yard throw to Cavitt with 11:01 left to play.

The Bulldogs added one more score before the game was complete as the host team marched 91 yards on 14 plays during the fourth quarter en route to paydirt.

Perry caught his fifth TD catch of the evening on a slant from Taylor.

Kyle Williams kicked the point-after to account for the final tally.

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Gleason’s Tanner Trevathan prepares to throw, while teammate Chase Ezell watches on Friday.

Greenfield’s Scarbrough only bruised’Jacket cheerleader hit on sideline


Luckily, it turned out to be only bumps and bruises for Greenfield High School c h e e r l e a d e r M a d i s o n Scarbrough.

Scarbrough, a sophomore at Greenfield, was hit on the sideline during the third quarter at Friday evening’s football game in Gleason.

The Yellowjacket cheerleader was knocked under the visitors’ bleachers as a result of the impact at the end of a play where Bulldog Ian Legens was ran out of bounds on the G’field side of the field.

Scarbrough was taken from the field via ambulance to McKenzie Regional Hospital.

Scarbrough was released from the hospital on Friday evening with what was labeled by Greenfield principal Mike Riggs as a “badly, bruised left hip.”

Yellowjacket cheerleading coach Johnna Taylor said Scarbrough was cleared by doctors to return to the field this week.

“Thankfully, there were no broken bones,” Taylor said. “The doctor said she would have some bruising and be sore. It’ll take a few days to get the soreness out

and I’m sure she’ll be feeling it this week at practice.

“We’re really lucky she did not suffer any broken bones.”

The game was delayed approximately 20 minutes due to the injury.

Fellow Greenfield cheer-leader Brenna Taylor, the daughter of the G’field cheer coach, described the incident in-depth.

The younger Taylor was cheering beside Scarbrough at the time of the incident.

“The players got knocked out of bounds,” Taylor said. “We tried to run and split in the middle of where they were

going. I ran to my left and I guess Madison moved back and not to the side.

“I think she was trying to grab the fence and climb up and the player flew through the gap and knocked her legs out from under her. She got jarred up under the bleachers. After the first player (Legens) came flying through, two other guys followed and she ended up at the bottom of a pile and under the bleachers.”

At Gleason, the cheerleaders perform from an area that is about 3-5 yards from the playing field on both the home and visitors’ side.

The football flies out of reach of Westview’s Javier Gordon during Friday’s win vs. McKenzie.

Dresden coach Keith Hodge talks to his team during a timeout.

Against Gibson County (0-2), Ellison set the tone for the evening with a sack of Pioneer quarterback Markee Brown.

Brown was also sacked on second down. The Pioneer signal-caller attempted a pass on third down, but the throw fell incomplete.

Raymer returned the punt that followed 50 yards to paydirt.

Dresden’s Ben Kendall kicked the point-after through the uprights to put the Lions up 7-0 with 10:25 remaining in the first quarter.

A bad snap during the next Pioneer drive killed the sequence on a third-and-one, resulting in a 21-yard loss.

Gibson County punted the pigskin away and Dresden went to work at the Pioneer 41 yard line.

Four plays later, Raymer ran around the right side for a 21-yard touchdown carry.

Kendall had the PAT to make the score 14-0 with 5:45 left in the opening canto.

GC gained just two yards on its next drive, but the punt was muffed by the Lions. Thus, the Pioneers had a new set of downs.

However, Gibson County did not move the chains on the drive that followed and ultimately turned the ball over on downs at the Lions’ 13 yard line. Dresden eventually punted back to GC.

It took the Pioneers only five plays to find paydirt. GC’s Justice Conley did the scoring honors on a 36-yard run around the left side.

Gibson County’s Jake Wylie booted the point-after through to make the score 14-7 with 10:22 remaining in the second quarter.

Apparently, GC’s score awakened the Lions.

On the drive after the Pioneer touchdown, Dresden pieced together an eight-play, 50-yard drive that resulted in six points.

Joey Caldwell had two rushes of over 10 yards during said

march and also caught a 10-yard pass. Raymer ran in the touchdown on a three-yard carry. Kendall’s point-after kick went through the uprights to make the score 21-7 with 6:14 remaining before halftime.

Dresden added another score prior to intermission after GC went three-and-out. Raymer capped an eight-play, 72-yard drive with a 10-yard double-reverse run across the goalline. Kendall made it 4-for-4 on PAT attempts to make the score 28-7 with 46 seconds remaining before halftime.

The Lions added two more scores during the second half.

The first of those touchdowns came with 3:26 remaining in the third quarter as Caldwell broke free and fought off several would-be tacklers to rumble 50 yards for a score.

The final Lion score came early in the fourth quarter.

Torres Washington ran in from four yards out for the score. Washington had helped to set up the touchdown with a 48-yard sprint early in the drive.

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the Lions found the end zone as McDonald jetted right and went untouched for 32 yards and a touchdown. The two-pointer fell incomplete, but Dresden led 28-0 with 2:43 remaining in the first half.

On the ensuing drive, Rogers forced Holiday out of bounds for an eight-yard loss on first down. Holiday gained three yards on second-and-18, but the Lions’ trio of Yates, Davidson and Devin Mansfield combined to stop Fuller for a five-yard loss.

On the next drive,Winn handed off to Austin Thomas, who motored 25 yards to the end zone with 17.8 seconds remaining in the second quarter.

Yates blazed a trail to paydirt at the start of the third quarter with a 70-yard kick return TD to open the frame and Cashion had his 80-yard “Pick 6” touchdown in the third quarter.

Dresden plays at Henry County on Thursday.

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Martin Middle School’s D.J. Coffman prepares to shake a Milan defender during the Panthers’ Aug. 21 middle school triumph.

Defensive Panthers survive late scareBy Kenneth CokerSports Editor

The Martin Middle School footbal l team was on the defensive for most of the evening on Aug. 21.

The Panthers totaled just 17 offensive snaps, but prevailed 22-16 over Milan in the season-opener for MMS.

Martin’s triumph was largely due to its defensive play. All totaled, MMS had eight tackles for a loss against the Bulldogs.

However, one point of concern for the Panthers had to be its control of the football. Martin totaled eight fumbles (five on six plays at one point in the game) and lost four of those drops.

On the other side, Milan had three turnovers (two lost fumbles and an interception as time expired.)

The Panthers controlled the pigskin well on the opening drive of the evening.

On the f i rs t play from scrimmage, Joe Perry took the football three yards and Heath Hester followed with a pair of carries – the first for 12 yards and the second for 20 – to place the football at the Bulldogs’ 28 yard line.

Martin lost a yard with a fumbled snap on the next play and Perry was taken down for a loss of two on second down.

On third down, Baker found Tavin Holland on a quick out for what turned out to be a 31-yard touchdown connection.

The two-point conversion attempt fell incomplete as the Panthers led 6-0 with 5:47 remaining in the first quarter.

Milan marched to the Martin 16 yard line during its first drive

of the evening. However, a fumble on third-and-eight was recovered by Baxter.

The Panthers’ elation over the recovery was short-lived as the Weakley Countians put the pigskin on the turf and the Bulldogs picked up the ball and carried it to the three-yard line.

It took only one play for Milan to find paydirt as Jay Porter ran off the right tackle and around the end for a three-yard touchdown carry with 1:05 remaining in the first quarter.

Porter also carried the two-point conversion in on a similar play to put the Bulldogs up via an 8-6 count.

Milan’s advantage was short-lived as Hester found a running lane down the Bulldogs’ sideline on the ensuing kick return and sprinted 75 yards for a touchdown.

D.J. Coffman carried in a two-point conversion to make the score 14-8 with 1:05 left in the first quarter.

Milan’s next drive was a three-and-out as Coffman had a big takedown on second-and-long.

On fourth down, the Bulldogs lined up to punt. The snap to Mason Holden was a bit high and a pair of Martin defenders jetted into the backfield.

Holden attempted to scramble free on the busted play, but was brought down by Angel Navarrete and Brantley Baxter for a loss of seven yards to force a turnover on downs at the Milan 25 yard line.

Coffman took the hand-off on first down and bull-dozed a

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would-be tackler, shaking him off near the line of scrimmage, on what turned out to be a 25-yard touchdown carry.

Baxter hit Cameron Jones for the two-point conversion to put the Panthers up 22-8 with 7:02 remaining in the second quarter.

The Bulldogs held on to the football the next six-and-a-half minutes, driving to the Martin 25 yard line before a pair of false start penalties killed the drive.

Also, Coffman and Perry contributed to the downfall of the sequence with each recording a tackle for a loss.

Milan held the football for the majority of the third quarter, reeling off nine plays.

Martin’s lone drive of the third-quarter was a four-down series af ter Nathan Maya recovered a Bulldog fumble.

Milan turned the football over on downs with just over four minutes remaining and it

appeared that the Panthers were in the driver’s seat.

However, Martin fumbled on five of its next six snaps, losing three of those drops.

As a result, the Bulldogs were afforded the opportunity to score again as Porter made a three-yard run to paydirt with 41 ticks left. Lamrtez Brooks took in the two-pointer to make the score 22-16 with under a minute to go.

The Panthers’ fifth fumble of the fourth quarter was recovered by Milan at the Martin Middle 44 yard line with 26.9 seconds remaining. Milan opted to go to the air and three a pair of incomplete passes.

On third down, Blake Miller scrambled for five yards, but was taken down with 3.3 seconds remain ing . The Bul ldogs promptly called a timeout to set up one last attempt to tie the game. Miller’s aerial was picked off by Martin’s Hester as time expired.

Defensively, Baxter had 14 stops, while Perry and Coffman each were in on 12 tackles.

The Panthers hosted Union City on Tuesday evening.

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Prep Golf

ON COURSEWestview’s Barrett Belote (top) prepares to hit his golf ball on Thursday at Persimmon Hills Golf Course near Sharon. Meanwhile, G r e e n f i e l d ’ s T i f f a n i Whitworth and Ashley Tucker (photo, at right) discuss driving techniques. Finally, Dresden’s Peyton Williams watches a drive on Thursday.The Westview boys’ team won the match with a team score of 176. Belote finished in a tie for second place overall. The Lady Yellowjackets were the victors in the girls’ match with a team total of 115.


GF gals, Chargers earn team triumphs By Kenneth CokerSports Editor

The Westview boys’ golf team and the Greenfield girls’ golf squad were the victors at Persimmon Hills Golf Course on Thursday.

The Chargers totaled a 176 to best Greenfield (183) and Huntingdon (207) in the three-way match. Dresden had three golfers compete as individuals.

On the girls’ side, G’field edged Huntingdon by four strokes. The Lady Yellowjackets fired a 115 team total, while the Fillies finished at 119.

Individually, Greenfield’s Tony Robinson was the boys’ medalist with a 39. Yellowjacket teammate Damon Biddle fired a 43, while Chris Reddick and Mason Hilliard carded a 50 and 51, respectively.

Westview’s Barrett Belote and Houston Haag shared second-place individually with each turning in a 40, while Jordan Long finished at 45 and Conner Simpson totaled a 51.

A trio of Chargers also competed, but did not have their totals counted among the team’s cumulative score. Emmett Daniel led that group with a 41, while Andrew Wade totaled 45 and Seth Crowell finished at 57.

Dresden’s Peyton Williams had his team’s low score with a 47, while Joseph Martin and Devin Drushal totaled respective scores of 58 and 61.

On the girls’ side, McCall Scates paced Greenfield with a 55, while Ashley Tucker finished with a 60.

Victoria Galey and Tiffany Whitworth both also took to the links, but their totals were not counted in the Lady Yellowjackets’ cumulative score . Galey shot a 67 . Whitworth needed 68 strokes to finish the course.

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SPORTS SHORTS’Jr. Jackets fall to Ridgemont

The Greenfield Junior High football team lost to Ridgemont 36-8 on Thursday at home.

Dusty Irby led the Yellowjackets offensively.Irby rushed for 67 yards and the team’s only touchdown.Meanwhile, Kody Mealer ran for 37 yards, while Jacob Lewis

ran for 31 yards.Also, Levi Dees had three catches for 35 yards, while Lewis

caught one pass for 10 yards.Will Northcut was the quarterback on all four of G’field’s

successful throws.Defensively, Lewis had a team-high eight tackles, while Jacob

Roney totaled six stops.The Yellowjackets (0-2) returned to action on Tuesday at Gibson

County.

WV soccer ladies win openerThe Westview girls’ soccer team defeated Lexington 3-2 on Aug.

21 in its season opener.Lady Charger senior Kayla Guthrie scored all three of her team’s

goals. Reagan Brock and Emily Punk had one assist each. W’view goalie Makenzie Vincent had three saves.

The Lady Chargers hosted University School of Jackson on Tuesday evening.

Two aces at Persimmon HillsIt turned out that the No. 13 was lucky for a pair of local golfers

on Aug. 20.Two local men recorded a holes-in-one at Persimmon Hills Golf

Course.Jim Scott of Sharon aced the hole with a 7-iron. Dennis Taylor

witnessed his shot.Meanwhile, Steve Huggins of Dresden also found the cup in one

shot, using a 4-hybrid club. Jim Stover witnessed Huggins’ shot.

Skyhawk soccer routs MVSThe UT Martin soccer team scored less than 100 seconds into

Sunday’s match against Mississippi Valley State and never let up, to prevail 6-1 win to conclude the Bulldog Invitational.

Abi Sanvee got things started with a goal just 98 seconds into the match, while Jaclyn Heckle, Saphyra Coombs-James, Kendyl Wilson, Midori Sera and Alyssa Curtis each scored a goal.

TO BE CONTINUED...Dresden Middle School catcher Grace Finch (left) throws back to the pitcher, w h i l e M a r t i n M i d d l e School’s Blaine McDonald steps out of the batter’s box on Monday afternoon. The softball game between DMS and MMS was suspended during the fourth inning as heavy rain moved through the area. Martin Middle School was ahead at the time of the game’s stoppage via a 4-1 margin. The game will be completed on Sept. 17 when the two squads meet in Martin. On Monday, Dresden scored the first run of the game in the home half of the first inning. The Lady Panthers took the lead in the top of the third with three runs and added another amid the downpour during the top of the fourth.

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What’s going onin local sports

TUESDAY’S RESULTSMiddle School Football

Martin 22, Milan 16Girls’ High School Soccer

Westview 3, Lexington 2THURSDAY’S RESULTS

Middle School FootballDresden 46, West Carroll 0Bruceton 54, Gleason 14Ridgemont 36, Greenfield 8

FRIDAY’S RESULTSHigh School Football

Dresden 41, Gibson Co. 7Gleason 41, Greenfield 13Westview 26, McKenzie 7

MONDAY’s RESULTSMiddle School Softball

Martin-Dresden (susp. play)THURSDAY

Middle School FootballDresden at Henry Co.West Carroll at Gleason

HS Cross CountryDresden at Trenton

MS Cross CountryDresden at USJ

Girls’ High School SoccerWestview at Gibson Co.

FRIDAYHigh School Football

Dresden at McKenzieGleason at West CarrollGreenfield at Lake Co.Westview at Obion Central

TUESDAYMiddle School Football

Martin at Crockett Co.Middle School Softball

Bruceton at GreenfieldHenry at DresdenMartin at Ridgemont

High School GolfG’field, Westview, Dresden at Persimmon Hills Golf Course

Girls’ High School SoccerWestview at McKenzieHigh School Cross CountryDresden at Crockett Co.

Lion runners 2nd at home meet; Dresden gals 3rdDresden’s Austin Maxey runs under a tree limb with other participants on Aug. 21 at a home cross country meet, while Lady Lion Katelin Brown nears the finish line.


For the first time in the program’s history, the Dresden High School boys’ cross country squad had a “team” effort on Aug. 21.

The Lions, who have been forced to run as individuals since the program’s inception due to not having the required five participants, did well as a squad, placing second with 88 points at a meet in Dresden.

A total of 10 boys’ squads competed in the team competition at the meet, which was held at the Weakley County Adult

Learning Center.Madison Academic (40

points) finished in first place, while Crockett County (94 tallies) was third.

On the girls’ side, the Dresden girls were third out of seven teams with 98 points.

P e r e n n i a l s t a t e m e e t participant Obion Central won the meet with 25 points, while Dyersburg was second with 94.

In cross country, the top five runners are counted towards the cumulative totals with the number of points awarded for a runner’s finishing position.

For instance, a runner in third

place would receive three points for his/her team and a runner in 40th place would receive 40 tallies for their squad.

The DHS cross country teams run on Thursday afternoon at Trenton.

In the boys’ race at Dresden, senior Austin Maxey – who competed as an individual at last year’s TSSAA Class A-AA State Championship meet – was fourth overall with a time of 18:28.

Maxey’s time was about a minute-and-a-half off the pace of individual winner Daniel Williamson of Union City.

Williamson, who has twice competed at the state finale as an individual, ran a 16:51 at Dresden.

Lion freshman Donovan Davis was right behind Maxey in fifth with an 18:39, while Colten Delaney was 13th (19:30), Tim Huestis finished 20th (20:18) and Jastin James (23:38) was 46th.

Jon Goodlow and Justin Heathley both ran the course with respective times of 25:59 and 28:35. Their totals did not count in Dresden’s final score.

The Lady Lions were led by freshman Catey Delaney, who

finished fourth with a time of 23:30.

Obion Central’s Rachel Jones set the time to be individually in the girls’ race with a 22:28.

Theresa Minisquero crossed the line in 24:43 for eighth place, Katelin Brown was 19th overall (26:49) and Eve Woodsen completed the run in 29:07 for 29th position.

Alyssa Lilly logged a time of 30:31 to finish in 38th spot.

Though not counted in Dresden’s team totals, Laura Bell also took to the course and finished 54th with a time of 33:34.

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Gleason’s Ryan Cole carries the football during his team’s defeat against Bruceton on Thursday.

Gleason latest local team to fall to Tigers

UTM football sweating small stuffUTM Sports Information

The University of Tennessee at Martin football team learned two things after the 2011 campaign.

The team must do the small things, such as cut down on penalties, gain at least one more yard and grab an interception along the way, to make a difference. The other thing the Skyhawks took away from the disappointing 2011 season is lessons learned.

“You always hope to learn lessons from one year to the next,” head football coach Jason Simpson said.

It didn’t take long for the Skyhawks to learn a lesson this past season. After suffering a heart-breaking 24-23 loss to No. 9 Jacksonville State in the season opener, Simpson and the Skyhawks were still encouraged because the moral victory gave them some self confidence.

“We thought we would be 6-2 in the OVC (Ohio Valley Conference) after that loss,” Simpson said. “We knew we had the ability to play well and win.”

The Skyhawks recorded back-to-back wins over Union College and No. 24 Murray State and added to their self confidence.

Then reality sat in the first week of October when the Skyhawks suffered a 34-31 loss to Tennessee Tech on their home turf at Hardy Graham Stadium. After a disappointing road loss at South Alabama, the Skyhawks rattled off back-to-back OVC victories over Eastern Illinois and Southeast Missouri State. With two OVC games left and a 4-2 record, the Skyhawks were poised for their second OVC title in five years.

Instead of making a statement with road wins at Tennessee

State and at Eastern Kentucky, the Skyhawks suffered back-to-back losses and finished with a 4-4 OVC record which was only good enough for sixth-place proper or tied for fifth. Four OVC setbacks by a total of 16 points.

UTM opens the 2012 season on Saturday at the University of Memphis

Here is a quick look at the Skyhawks, position by position

QUARTERBACKFifth-year senior Derek

Carr will call the signals for the Skyhawks. The McKenzie native threw for more than 300 yards three times in 2011, including an ominous 387 yards against Austin Peay.

RUNNING BACKSeniors Jason McNair and

Tevin Barksdale, along with junior DJ McNeil will see plently of action in the backfield for the Skyhawks.

McNair was seventh with 166 attempts and 782 yards. Barksdale was tenth with 107 carries for 685 yards.

RECEIVERSAll-Ohio Valley Conference

wide reciever Quentin Sims returns for his senior season. Sims led the Skyhawks in 2011 with 54 catches for 712 yards and 10 touchdowns.

The Cincinnati native was fourth in the OVC among receivers. He averaged 64.7 yards of receiving per game.

OFFENSIVE LINEThis year’s offensive line is

probably the best UT Martin has had in a long time, Simpson

said. Matt Axline and Charles Sweeton will play the tackle positions.

Tyler Eady will handle the center chores, while Michael Bryant and redshirt sophomore John Johnson take care of the guard postions. Senior Ben Everett will play tight end.

DEFENSIVE LINEIn the middle of the defense

line is Tennessee transfer Montori Hughes (6-4, 330 pounds) and Darrin Nalls (5-10, 300 pounds). DJ Roberts and Ryan Isom will see time at defensive ends as well as Dean Wathen, Nick Brown and Matt Murphy.

LINEBACKERSThis past season walk-on

Ben Johnson didn’t waste any time earning a scholarship for the 2012 season. Johnson led the Skyhawks with 97 total tackles and 7.5 TFLs.

Johnson and Jett Howard will both play outside linebacker positions.

DEFENSIVE BACKSThe Skyhawks have some

big holes to fill at the cornerback positions with the graduation of TJ Drakeford and CJ Estelle. However Taino Fears Perez, Thad Williams, Aaron Simms and Fred Flenorl are ready to go.

SAFETIESThis season the Skyhawks

will move Julius McNair from the linebacker position to safety.

The Skyhawks will also have junior college transfer Jvontez Blackmon (6-0, 190 pounds) to play safety.

By Sara RachelsSpecial to the Enterprise

For the second straight week, a Weakley County junior high football team fell prey in a big way to the Tigers of Bruceton Central Middle School.

After blanking Greenfield, 38-0 last week, the Tigers took a 54-14 victory in Gleason on Thursday night.

Gleason elected to receive the opening kickoff and after a Timothy Russell pass fell short of its target, the Bulldogs chewed up tough ground yardage from eighth-grade backs Heath Keeling and Ryan Cole.

An illegal-procedure penalty slowed the progress, however, and on fourth-and-nine, the Bulldogs chose to punt. The visitors took

over on the Gleason 47 and needed just one play -- a 47-yard run up the middle from Isaiah Donald -- to reach the endzone. Zayveon Johnson tacked on the two-point conversion and with 6:25 left in the opening quarter, the visitors from Carroll County drew first blood, 8-0.

Bruceton called Johnson’s number later and not even an illegal-procedure penalty could slow the speedster down as he rushed 21, 25 and finally 22 yards into the endzone. Donald added the conversion and the Tigers took a 16-0 lead with 1:23 to go in the first quarter.

Bruceton’s advantage grew to 30-0 with 1:17 left before the half.

To open the second half,

Bruceton capped off another quick scoring drive with a 58-yard run from Johnson and a conversion from Davis to stretch the lead to 38-0.

On the kickoff, however, Cole broke free for an 86-yard run and Gleason’s first score. Russell found Keeling for two points, but the celebration was short-lived as Johnson took the Bulldog kickoff 70 yards for another Tiger touchdown. Donald ran in the conversion and the visitors led 46-8 with 5:26 left in the third.

Gleason’s second touchdown came as Cole picked up a yard on the ground and Keeling found an opening good for 44 yards down to the two. Cole ran in the two-yard touchdown.

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