Area Sports

David Shirley Sports Writer davidshirley@courieranywhere.com When I last sat down with LaTrell Bumphus he was preparing to head to Knoxville to begin his football career at UT as a Volunteer. LaTrell came to The Courier last week for another sit down to help all of his area fans catch up on how things went for…

  Christopher Decker Angler Tournament bass fishing is usually hard, but Drew Gregory has made it look easy this year. With a two-day total of 175.5 inches, the Ohio native won the 2022 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series at Pickwick Lake powered by TourneyX on Sunday, earning his third trophy of the season and almost…

The Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine’s Bama, LBL, Music City and South Carolina divisions will finish out their 2022 season in Counce, Oct. 13-15, with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional Championship Presented by T-H Marine at Pickwick Lake. Hosted by the Hardin County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the three-day regional championship…

A special meeting on Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, will be held in Savannah on Thursday, Sept. 15. CWD is a fatal, neurological illness occurring in North American members of the deer family, including white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose. In April, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, chronic wasting disease has been…

Jon Styf The Center Square It would cost a family of four $576.22 to attend a Tennessee Titans game last season, according to a new report from Bookies.com. The website took the cheapest available ticket for each NFL team and multiplied it by four before adding in the price of parking, four hot dogs, two…

Enjoy the scenic beauty of one of America’s best-preserved battlefields at the 15th annual Shiloh “Run in the Park.” Rotary Club of Savannah hosts the four-miler at Shiloh National Military Park on Saturday, Sept. 17. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the run starts at 8 a.m. Young and old alike can walk, jog, or…

For the second time this season, the Bassmaster Elite series returns to Tennessee for a four-day-event at Pickwick Lake. The tournament event begins Thursday and runs through Sunday, June 5. The tournament is hosting 92 bass anglers competing for the championship trophy and $100,000 first-place prize, and has a total prize winnings of $720,000. “Qualifying…

Three area baseball/softball teams are headed to Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association state tournament play after winning sectional games Friday evening and Saturday morning. The Hardin County Lady Tigers defeated Montgomery Central on the road Saturday morning on a Kenzie Moore no-hitter to earn a TSSAA State Softball Tournament berth in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Hardin County…

Major League Fishing, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, returns to Counce today through Sunday, for the third event of the 2022 MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by Fuel Me regular-season – the Lithium Pros Stop 3 on Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft. Hosted by the Hardin County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the tournament showcases…

It was not without some tense and discouraging moments for both teams but the end result was the same as it was in 2021 as the Hardin County High School Tiger and Lady Tiger bowling teams won the TSSAA Boys and Girls Team Championships Friday, January 21 in Smyrna. Each team needed some last second…