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Pioneers trample Trojans
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Nikki Childers
Updated: Aug 31, 2012, 2:39 AM
Published: Aug 31, 2012, 2:41 AM

It was a night of firsts for the Warren County Middle School football team Tuesday night at Nunley Stadium.
Raleigh Woods, A.D. Majors and Jacob Rabbideau each scored their first touchdowns as Pioneers, the Warren County defense got its first shutout and coach Adam Wood earned his first career win as Warren County defeated the Franklin South Trojans 34-0.
Woods, Majors and Rabbideau each scored in the second half, while Brendan Breedlove rushed for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns in the first half to help the Pioneers break a two-game losing streak in dominating fashion.
Majors set the tone from the opening kickoff. Warren County received the kick and Majors raced 55 yards to set up the Pioneers in Franklin South territory.
Trayton Rackley started the series with a five-yard completion to Logan Wilson, then the Pioneers went to the ground seven straight times to cover 20 yards and score. Breedlove was the first to find the endzone as he powered his way in with 4:29 remaining in the first quarter. The Pioneers failed on the two-point conversion, leaving Warren County ahead 6-0.
The second possession for Warren County ended deep in Trojan territory on a fumble by Jamey Jennings, but the running back made up for it with a big special-teams play.
Jennings dove on a muffed punt early in the second quarter, giving the Pioneers the ball near midfield. Warren County marched 44 yards in seven plays, highlighted by a 22-yard run by Jennings, as Breedlove made it a 12-point lead 11 seconds before halftime with his second touchdown.
The Pioneer points kept piling up when the teams returned to the field in the second half. Woods started the scoring when he took an end-around handoff and raced 36 yards to paydirt. Breedlove added more points on a successful two-point conversion as Warren County took a commanding 20-0 lead.
On the ensuing possession for the Trojans, Ethan Stuart and Logan Dyer ended any chance of Franklin South mounting a comeback as the pair had back-to-back sacks to force a punt.
Instead of sending nobody back to field the punt like the Pioneers did the previous two Trojan punts, Majors ventured near midfield to await the ball.
When Majors fielded the punt on a bounce at the Franklin South 44, nobody was stopping the speedy Pioneer. Majors sprinted untouched down the home sideline for another Warren County touchdown. Breedlove made it 28-0 with another two-point conversion.
Rabbideau ended the rout with an eight-yard touchdown run with 1:48 to play as Warren County went ahead 34-0. The defense, which allowed only 30 yards of offense to the visitors, completed the shutout by holding Franklin South out of the endzone to end the game.
Jennings led the Pioneers with 108 yards rushing on 19 carries. Woods finished with 66 yards on three carries, including his 36-yard touchdown run.
Rackley finished 2-for-5 passing for 19 yards. Wilson and Dyer each had one catch apiece.
Stuart and Krojhn Calbert led the Pioneers with six tackles apiece.
Warren County returns to action next Tuesday when the Pioneers hit the road to play Shelbyville Harris in Central Tennessee Conference action. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.
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.