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Basketball returns
Elementary tourney begins at WCMS
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Nikki Childers
Updated: Sep 24, 2013, 11:38 PM
Published: Sep 24, 2013, 11:39 PM

The sound of sneakers squeaking on the court and a basketball swishing through the net could be heard at Warren County Middle School Monday night. The fifth- and sixth-grade elementary tournaments, sponsored by Irving College, began with four games on opening night.
In girls action, the Eastside Lady Bulldogs were big winners against the Morrison Lady Eagles. Led by Kapri Talley, the Lady Bulldogs won 33-6. Irving College also advanced to the tournament semifinals with a 21-6 victory over Centertown.
In the boys tournament, the Dibrell Wildcats beat the Eastside Bulldogs 44-29 and the Centertown Warriors defeated the Boyd Broncos 33-17.
Talley played a starring role in the Lady Bulldogs’ 27-point blowout of Morrison Monday. Talley scored a team-high 10 points, most coming in the first half as Eastside built a huge lead.
Talley and teammate Lexi Loader each had four points on layups in the first quarter helping the Lady Bulldogs start the game on a 15-0 run. Cierran Baker finally snapped Morrison’s cold spell in the second quarter on a layup, but Talley answered with another basket and Loader added four more points to give Eastside a 23-2 halftime advantage.
Talley pushed her total to double figures with two baskets in the third quarter before Eastside made substitutions. Neither team would score in the final period.
Loader finished with eight points for Eastside while Rylie Crawford added seven, five of which came in the first quarter. Kyla Baker, Kate Bost, Grayson Hillis and Kade Wilcher had two points apiece.
Morrison got baskets from Baker, Chelsea Martin and Aiden Cummins.
Irving College’s victory over Centertown was sparked by 13 points from Hannah Lee. Lee scored six first-half points, then put an exclamation point on her big night by swishing a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter.
Emily Fults added six points and Kenley Cathcart chipped in two for the Lady Tigers. Ricki Valenta scored four points and Madalyn Stubblefield added two for Centertown.
Micah Webster was the talk of the tournament Monday night when he led Dibrell to a 15-point victory over Eastside. The Bulldogs couldn’t stop Webster, who led all scorers with 22 points in the opener - including pouring in 14 first-quarter points.
Jacob Lann was next in scoring for Dibrell with nine points. Lann’s 3-pointer in the third quarter gave the Wildcats a double-digit lead the team wouldn’t relinquish. Austin Green added four points while Will Wrisner and Jake Jones scored two points each.
Eastside was led by Trayton Cole with 10 points. Rounding out the scoring for the Bulldogs was Alec Hobbs with six, Charlie Moore with four, Cruz Reyes with three and Alex Greer, Dylan Partain and Christian Rogers with two.
Carter Mansfield was one point away from matching Boyd’s output on his own in Centertown’s 16-point victory over the Broncos. Mansfield scored 16 points, all coming in the final three quarters as the Warriors turned a 7-6 deficit in the first quarter into a blowout win.
Clay Eckenrod was next with five points, followed by Wyatt Wilson and Jared Scruggs with three points apiece. Westen Wilson, Brad Burke and T.J. Howard chipped in two points each for the Warriors.
Heath Kuykendall led the Broncos with 12 points. Bryson Stiles hit a 3-pointer in the first quarter for his only points while Jamison Brock added two.
The elementary tournament will be back in action Thursday with four games. The girls schedule includes a 4:30 p.m. game between Dibrell and Boyd and Irving College playing WCMS at 7 p.m. The boys games will be WCMS versus Irving College at 5 p.m. and Morrison taking on Dibrell at 8:15 p.m.
Two games will be played Friday starting at 7 p.m. and the finals are set to start at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. All games will be played at Warren County Middle School.
WCHS baseball, softball compete in weekend tournaments
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Matt Tyson
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 10:16 PM

One day after a close home win over Cumberland County Thursday night, the Warren County baseball team was back on the road for a weekend tournament slate. Taking part in the Viking Classic, the Pioneers went 2-2 across Friday and Saturday’s contests.

Kicking things off against Huntland at Tullahoma High School Friday evening, Warren County notched its third straight victory with a 4-3 decision over the Hornets.

Sam Robinson had three of the team’s eight hits. Ryder Gilispie followed with two. Tyler Adams, Jerren Harris and Keaton Rowe each added one hit.

Gilispie and Harris were both credited with one RBI each.

Adams, Robinson, Gilispie and Adrian Harris each scored one run.

On the mound, Miguel Garcia pitched four innings, finishing with four strikeouts, two hits, three runs and four walks. Keagan Thompson followed for two innings, striking out two.

In the nightcap, the Pioneers were held scoreless in an 8-0 shutout against the host Wildcats. Robinson had Warren County’s lone hit of the game.

Hayven Jones pitched 1.1 innings, recording one strikeout, four hits, seven runs and two walks. Jerren Harris came on for 2.2 innings, finishing with two hits, one run and four walks.

Back in action for day two of the tournament at Cascade High School, the Pioneers bounced back with a 9-8 win over the host Champions Saturday morning.

The team finished with nine hits, led by Adams and Robinson with two each. Gilispie, Jerren Harris, Adrian Harris, Woogs Bryan and Corban Felton all added one.

Bryan led the team in RBI with four of its eight. Gilispie, Felton, Jerren Harris and Brady Norris each brought in one.

Jaytton Baker went 3.1 innings on the bump, striking out five and coming off with eight hits and five runs. Lealon Arnold followed for 1.2 innings, striking out one and adding two hits and three runs. Gilispie pitched for one inning and recorded two strikeouts and one hit.

Closing out the weekend against Alabama’s Heritage Christian, Warren County came out on the losing end of a 14-6 contest. At the plate, Jerren Harris led the way with two of the team’s eight hits. Adams, Gilispie, Bryan, Felton, Adrian Harris and Evan Snapp all followed with one each.

The Pioneers posted four RBI, with two each for Adams and Snapp.

Snapp had two of the team’s six runs, with one each for Adams, Gilispie, Felton and Jones.

Braden Whinnery pitched 2.2 innings, striking out four and surrendering seven hits, five runs and one walk. Rowe followed for 0.2 innings, adding four hits and five runs. Up next was Keagan Thompson, who went one inning and came off with five hits and four runs. Daylen Holguin wrapped up the day, striking out one and allowing one hit over 0.2 innings.

WCHS softball goes 1-3 through weekend

The Lady Pioneers got their Southern Warrior Classic schedule started with a game against Summertown Friday evening, a matchup in which they fell 10-1.

Warren County finished with six hits, with two each for Ky Damon, Lola Wells and Kaydence Wiser.

Wiser had a home run in the top of the fourth inning for the team’s lone run.

In the circle, Ceilee Gudat pitched 3.1 innings and finished with one strikeout, nine hits, 10 runs and two walks. Kyaira Sharpe followed for the game’s remainder, closing out the last 0.2 innings.

The Lady Pioneers were again bested in their second Friday night game, falling 10-2 to Moline (Ill.).

Wells led the Warren County hitting effort with two of the team’s six. Damon, Callie Roberts, Cortlyn Porter and Ali Young each added one.

Wells and Lily Rains had one run each.

Ruby Denning had one strikeout and gave up eight hits, 10 runs and three walks across all four innings.

The Lady Pioneers had better luck in their Saturday morning opener, flying ahead with an 11-run fifth inning to take down Illinois’s Oswego East 15-9.

Warren County racked up 12 hits over the course of the game, with two each for Rains, Wells, Sharpe, Porter and Addison Smith. This included home runs for both Wells and Smith. Damon and Young both added one hit each.

Smith led the Lady Pioneers in RBI with four of their 15, followed by Sharpe with three. Rains and Wells both had two RBI. Damon, Wiser, Porter and Young all tacked on one.

Sharpe pitched the first four innings and came out with 13 hits, nine runs and two walks. Denning added one hit across one inning.

Warren County was unable to duplicate this in their final game of the weekend later that afternoon, falling 3-2 to Stewarts Creek.

The team notched six hits, with two each for Rains and Porter. Damon and Wiser both added one hit.

Rains had the Lady Pioneers’ lone RBI.

On the rubber, Gudat pitched all five innings, striking out three and finishing the day with five hits, three runs and one walk.