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Cheerleaders win national title
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Nikki Childers
Updated: Apr 13, 2013, 4:47 PM
Published: Apr 13, 2013, 5:47 PM

The Warren Energy cheerleading team has been named state champions, but last weekend’s competition in Nashville was for a national title.
Competing in the Varsity One Up National Cheerleading Champion-ship, Warren Energy was named the Level One Grand Champion.
The co-ed cheerleading team topped two other large youth teams and received the highest total score among 40 teams who competed in all fields. Warren Energy went up against the Premier Athletics Knoxville Coral Sharks and Capital Elite Heat All-Stars from Springfield, Ill., in the large group competition and came away with three titles, including the Grand Championship.
Warren Energy received the award for innovative choreography in their division and won the national title among the three teams. After 40 teams competed across Level One, broken down by size of team, Warren Energy received the Grand Championship as well.
The team trains at Tressie’s Gymnastics and features 22 members. Those members are Kalia Stewart, Haley King, Mackenzie Trapp, Mia Henry, Kennedy Pegg, Koley Campbell, Kensley Whiteaker, Ellie Noblin, Zoye Henry, Caroline Brooks, Araya Buchanan, Heidy-Lin Teeters, Gracie Cowan, Kylie Mason, Bella Blankenship, Kenzie Walker, Caroline Brooks, Alexus Wood, Elena Holder, Liza Goad, Kassidy Byars and Garrick McGee.
The team is coached by Tressie Hitchcock and assistants Shelby Marttala, Kara Campbell and Hailey Jones.
With the victory, Warren Energy earned a bid to the invitional-only Summit event held in Orlando May 4-5.
Warren Xtreme, which competes in the senior level, placed third at the Varsity One Up event. East Celebrity Elite from Massachusetts won while C4 Senior Black Longhorns from Georgia finished second.
Despite finishing third, Warren Xtreme received the coveted by to The Summit in May. The bid normally goes to the winning team, but judges awarded Warren Xtreme for the degree of difficulty in their routine.
Each team is expected to make the trip to Florida in May for the nation-wide cheerleading event.
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.