Wanamaker, Boyd Christian’s high school softball team had its most successful spring in school history. The Lady Broncos finished both the season and league tournament in third place in District 9-A, ending their spring campaign with a narrow 3-2, extra-inning loss to Cascade. But for the year, Boyd’s girls amassed a 15-9 win-loss mark, the…

A freshman team made up largely of players from an undefeated Warren County Middle School program provided local football fans with plenty of thrills in 2007, including a postseason trip to a bowl game. Led by quarterback Michael Thrower, running backs Caleb Northcutt and Robert Harris, receiver Tyler Glenn, a stellar defense including top tacklers…

Coach Alan Brownyard’s Lady Pioneer soccer team provided much success for Warren County Middle School. Led by Lauren Wilkinson and Lauren Roller, the Lady Pioneers’ only two losses of the season came to Shelbyville Harris, the second of which clinched the regular season championship and top tourney seed for the Lady Eagles. Fans of Central…

The Pioneer football players who helped end nearly four years of misery turned in another solid performance in 2007. Coach Chris Madewell’s team boasted a 19-member senior class, and erupted onto the gridiron in late August, winning its first four games including shutouts over DeKalb County and neighboring rival White County. A loss to Coffee…

To win in county basketball, you could settle for nothing less than perfect. The Eastside boys captured county league season and tournament titles after completing undefeated campaigns. Basketball success wasn’t limited to just the Pioneers, however. When the Warren County Elementary Basketball Association ended its annual championship tournament at Dalton Gym, two teams stood atop…

Old coaches will tell you, it’s hard to defeat a team three times in the same year. In early 2007, the Warren County Middle School varsity boys basketball team proved that axiom, as they avenged two losses to Sparta to win the tournament title in the Central Tennessee Conference. Tied at 13-11 at the half,…

Scorching August temperatures forced coaches and teams from around not only the local area, but the entire state to rethink their preseason preparations. During the first half of the month, school system officials called a halt to all outdoor activities, as temperatures soared into triple-digits. As a direct result, the Lady Pioneer soccer team’s plans…

Unfortunately, not all the top sports stories of the year were pleasant news. In early September, WCHS girls soccer coach Keith Hamilton resigned his position just five games into the fall season. Hamilton, who had just began his fifth season at the helm of the Lady Pioneers, coached both the boys’ and girls’ teams during…

While Patterson earned his spot among the state’s best as an individual, 2007 also saw a complete team effort from the Pioneer wrestling program, which reached the state tournament as a unit for the first time in the program’s history. After a stellar regular season, the Pioneers, under the tutelage of head coach Matt Turner,…

The year 2007 was a busy one in local sports, with athletes and teams competing against some of the best talent the state has to offer. But by the end of the 12-month span, one individual performer, and one team, stood out as the best of the best Warren County had to offer. As a…