The Baylor and Howard girls' track teams got off to strong starts in their bids to claim state championships for Division II-AA and Class A/AA, respectively.
Bruisers win third straight state title
GPS rebounds from Friday night’s loss to defeat St. Benedict in the Division II-AA softball final.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Like the two before it, the GPS softball class of 2009 will be remembered as one that went out on top.
Forced to play again
GPS tries again today for state softball title
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — St. Benedict at Auburndale made an early uprising stand throughout the rest of the game and forced a second championship game today.
Matthews triples
Baylor’s Georgia signee wins the Division II state 3200-, 1600- and 800-meter races Friday.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Bill Matthews wasn’t so much worried about the rest of the field as he was his own body.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Although he is just days from concluding his junior year at Ooltewah High School, Jacques Smith knew Friday was the final track competition of his high school career.
UTC gets a tennis champ
Science Hill’s Smith will be joining the Mocs as Tennessee’s 2009 Class AAA singles king.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Science Hill High School’s Chris Smith, the 2009 Class AAA state singles champion, recently decided to take his tennis skills to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Sister sets in state spotlight
Two sibling duos win girls’ tennis titles, and SAS’s Shackelfords meet in a final.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The sister connection was highly evident Friday at the Middle Tennessee State tennis courts. Arts & Sciences twins Ahmee and Kayla Kelly got to experience the joy of winning a state tennis championship side by side, as sisters and doubles partners.
Garner, Shackelford state champs again
The Kelly twins win in doubles for Arts & Sciences’ first girls’ tennis state title.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Boyd-Buchanan’s Tarah Garner and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee’s Sadie Shackelford successfully defended their state tennis singles championships Friday. Garner won the Class A/AA title again, defeating University School of Jackson’s Madison Patey 6-1, 6-3, and Shackelford edged her sister Avery 6-4, 6-4 for her second consecutive Division II-A title.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The buzz began working its way through the spectators early in the evening, just before the sun had set behind the Dean Hayes track stadium at Middle Tennessee State University.
Bruisers return to DII final
Lane powers GPS to within one win of its third consecutive softball state championship.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — GPS is in position to win its third consecutive high school softball state championship.
Kellys, Garner in A/AA finals
GPS’s Evans and Goodhue advance, and SAS’s Shackelford sisters meet for the Division II-A title.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Arts & Sciences had never advanced to a state championship doubles match in tennis, but Ahmee and Kayla Kelly felt the need to change that.
CCS duo, Lane fall in semis
Grace’s Schley also wins once before losing in the individual state tennis tournament.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A little inspiration almost went a long way for Andy Driggans and Will Reynolds.
Cornersville knocks battered Grace from state
Lady Golden Eagles pull out a 3-2 win over Friendship Christian before being ousted in softball.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Based on the number of ice packs taped to players’ body parts, Grace Academy’s softball team was truly the walking wounded when it left the Starplex on Thursday night.
Top-ranked Christian Brothers tops Tornado
Purple Wave defeat McCallie 4-1 in Division II soccer with an 18-1 advantage in shots.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — If soccer were scored on percentages, McCallie would have fared well against top-ranked Christian Brothers in the semifinals of the Division II state tournament.
