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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 softball blanks Warren East, baseball goes 1-3 through weekend
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Matt Tyson
Published: Apr 9, 2025, 2:26 AM

Two days after steamrolling Shelbyville 20-0, the Warren County softball team carried its hot streak into the weekend with a Saturday matchup against Warren East (Ky.).

The Lady Pioneers continued to roll, taking down the visiting Lady Raiders 5-0.

The team posted nine hits over the course of the game, led by Lily Rains and Kyaira Sharpe with two each.

Addison Smith, Kaydence Wiser, Cortlyn Porter, Ceilee Gudat and Ali Young all followed with one hit each.

Porter had two of Warren County’s five RBI, with one each for Wiser, Sharpe and Young.

Gudat went the distance in the circle, striking out six and holding Warren East to four hits across all seven innings.

WCHS baseball loses three of four.

The Warren County High School baseball team was back in action Friday evening with a pair of games against Marion County and Heritage Christian (Ala.).

In their first game against Marion County, the Pioneers came up just short in an 8-7, 5.5-inning loss.

Sam Robinson led Warren County’s effort at the plate with two of the team’s seven hits. Tyler Adams, Ryder Gilispie, Woogs Bryan, Hayven Jones and Corban Felton each added one. Adams, Robinson, Jones and Jerren Harris each had one RBI for a team total of four.

Brady Swallows got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and three walks. Jaytton Baker followed for 1.1 innings and came off with five hits and three runs. Daylen Holguin wrapped it up with two strikeouts, two hits and one run over the last two innings.

The Pioneers had better luck in their nightcap against Heritage Christian, coming out on top 4-1 in five innings.

Warren County finished the game with eight hits, including two each for both Gilispie and Bryan. Felton, Jones, Baker and Evan Snapp followed with one hit each.

Bryan came away with two of the team’s three RBI, with Gilispie adding the third.

Jones pitched 4.2 innings and finished with six strikeouts, five hits, one run and six walks.

Gilispie came on to close out the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Pioneers were back at it Saturday with two more games against Sequatchie County and Whitwell, respectively.

Opening against Sequatchie County, Warren County gave up eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on the way to a 9-0, 6.5-inning shutout loss to begin the day.

The team was held to three hits, with one each for Felton, Bryan and Jones.

Keaton Rowe pitched 5.2 innings, striking out two and allowing six hits, eight runs and three walks. Isaac Smith added one strikeout, two hits and one run to close out the bottom of the sixth inning.

Warren County once again ran into scoring trouble against Whitwell, falling 6-1 in six innings to the Tigers.

Smith was credited with three of the team’s four hits, with Felton adding the fourth.

Robinson had the team’s lone RBI.

Braden Whinnery got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and one walk through 3.2 innings. Lealon Arnold came on in relief, finishing the top of the fourth inning with one hit and one run. Up next was Miguel Garcia, who additionally surrendered one hit and one run in the top of the fifth inning. Keagan Thompson closed it out, striking out one and adding one more hit over the remaining 1.2 innings.