Smith County Insider recently had the chance to sit down with Gordonsville native, Morgan Wood, and discuss her second NWBA Intercollegiate National Championship win. See interview below. A birth defect left Wood partially paralyzed, but she knew she had athletic strength and began her wheelchair basketball career in high school. After graduation, she started her college career at the University of Memphis. Wood later attended a summer wheelchair basketball camp at the powerhouse, University of Texas-Arlington, and fell in love with the school and program so much that she decided to transfer after her freshmen year. In the fall of 2013 is when Wood made her move to Texas. She was asked by the School Director to help her coach, Jason Nelms, form a women’s wheelchair basketball program at UT Arlington. In just under three years, Wood has helped her team recruit multiple players, which ultimately lead to two National Championship wins. Wood was recently selected to be 1 of 12 athletes to make the cut for the U.S. Women’s World Championships Wheelchair Basketball Team that will compete in the 2018 IWBF World Championships in Hamburg, Germany, in August. [wdca_ad id=”11404″ ] [wdca_ad id=”11484″ ]

The Carthage Benevolent Lodge #14 will be hosting its 3rd annual 2 Man Golf Scramble on May 12, 2018. Proceeds from the scramble will go towards assisting the Carthage Lodge with several charities, including the “Widows and Orphans Fund”, Local Angel Tree Donations, Shriners Hospitals, and many more!

The scramble will be held at Southern Hills Golf & Country Club, located off of Baxter exit at 4770 Jared Rd, Cookeville, TN 38506. The event will begin at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start.

• • $50 per player
• • Bring your own team
• • 3 flights of prize money will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd
• • Meal Provided – Meat & 3
• • Closest to the hole competition
• • Straightest drive competition
• • Tons of door prizes
• • Mulligans
• • 50/50 drawing
• • Lucky Ball

Please call the Club House at 931-432-5149 or Colby McKinney at 615-489-0572 to register or send an email to CarthageLodgeGolf@gmail.com

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The Owls played a non-district match last week against Stone Memorial, a AA school from Cumberland County. The Owls played hard and had the match tied until about the 65th minute when Stone Memorial took an Owl set piece and turned it into a counter attack and scored. The Owls could not regain any momentum and eventually gave up 2 more goals losing 5-2.

The Owls opened their scoring with a shot from Brett Gregory that hit the cross bar and was collected by Rolando Cruz who put it back into the middle. After several touches from multiple players the ball crossed the goal line to even the score at 1-1. It remained 1-1 until half time. The Owls second goal came from a series of nice passes in the middle and a nicely weighted pass up the middle to Zack Mendez who calmly finished his one-on-one opportunity.

“This is a good test to see where we are against good opponents. Stone Memorial is a bigger program with good players. I thought that we played very well except for 3-4 plays that cost us. I hope these types of games prepare our kids for the District and Region tournaments,” Coach Jenkins said.

The Owls play 6 district matches in the next 20 days.

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The first ever Gordonsville Elementary School 5th and 6th grade softball team started its season off with a loss to Friendship Christian 11-7 followed by a win over the Smith County Middle School Owls 10-2.

This year’s team features four 6th graders: Kelsey Haley, shortstop/catcher; Jackie Rigsby, pitcher/3rd base; Kelcie Watts, outfielder/catcher; Emma Williams, pitcher/1st base, and eight 5th graders: Abby Brinkley, 2nd base/outfielder; Aubrey Felice, outfielder; Jaylee Lankford, 2nd base/outfielder; Lucy Manor, outfielder; Claire Massey, outfielder/ 3rd base; Kailey Plumlee, pitcher/1st base; Alyssa Richmond, 2nd base/outfielder; Bailey Steward, shortstop/catcher.

With five more games on their schedule, followed by the Cedar City Tournament, Coach Steward and Coach Courtney are hoping for a great first season with this group of girls.

The rest of the Gordonsville Elementary School’s schedule is below:

March 28 – Friendship Christian @ 4:30

April 13 – Jackson County @ 6:00

April 25 – Watertown @ 4:30

April 28th and 29th – Cedar City Tournament

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NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s 2018 spring turkey season opens on Saturday, March 31 and continues through Sunday, May 13. The state young sportsman hunt for youth ages 6-16 is March 24-25.

Spring turkey harvest numbers have been consistent for a number of years in Tennessee. Tennessee turkey hunters have passed the 30,000 harvest mark for 15 consecutive years during the spring hunting season.

Hunting hours for turkeys are 30 minutes prior to legal sunrise until legal sunset. Legal hunting equipment includes shotguns using ammunition loaded with No. 4 shot or smaller. There is no restriction on number of rounds in magazine. Longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, and crossbows are permitted.

Firearms and archery equipment may have sighting devices except those devices utilizing an artificial light capable of locating wildlife. Night vision scopes are illegal.

Bag limits are one bearded turkey per day, not to exceed four per season. Any turkeys harvested during the young sportsman hunt count toward the spring season limit.

More information on the 2018 spring turkey season can be found in the 2017-18 Tennessee Hunting & Trapping Guide. The guide is available at TWRA offices, license agents, and online at www.tnwildlife.org.

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The Smith County High School boys soccer team’s season was set to kick off against White County on March 12th, but due to schools being closed for snow the Owls’ regular season will start a week later than expected.

With thirteen regular season games on the schedule, the team looks to get their first competitive games in during the Smokey Mountain Cup from March 16-18. The regular season will begin on March 19th.

This year’s team features 8 seniors: Rolando Cruz, Elijah Wright, Jaylon Shepperson, Will Broyles, Brett Gregory, Ethan Fox, Josh Pearson and Wesley Kemp.

The full schedule is listed below:

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SIGN UP ONLINE NOW for Little League and Minor League Baseball in Smith County, Tennessee! https://form.jotform.com/vols187/SmithCountyLLRegistration

Age requirements:
If your child is born from May 2005 thru August 2011 then they are eligible to tryout and play Little League or Minor League.

Little League International has a “little league age calculator” (you can Google that term) that actually determines the child’s age based upon their specific birthday.

With that said, all children age 7, 8, and 9 year olds as determined by the Little League Age Calculator will play in Minor League (which will be part kid pitch and part coach pitch).

Every child that is 11 or 12 will play Little League.

There will be some 10 year olds that will be drafted to play in Little League. The 10 year olds not drafted to play Little League will play Minor League.

Residence or School Requirements:

Your child can play Little League and Minor League in Smith County if they LIVE or GO TO SCHOOL in Smith County. Your child can even play in Smith County if you live in parts of DEKALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES.

TRYOUTS for Smith County Little League and Minor League will be held March 10th at 9am at Crump Paris Park in South Carthage.

After you sign up online, you MUST STILL SHOW UP and try out.

Even if you don’t sign up online you WILL still be able to sign up on the day of tryouts on March 10th at 9am.

EVERYONE THAT TRIES OUT WILL MAKE A TEAM.
EVERYONE ON EVERY TEAM WILL GET TO PLAY IN EVERY GAME.

Siblings that are in the same league will be on the same team.

No money will be due at sign up or on the day of tryouts. Your coach will collect money on the first practice night.

Please Share this post and tag anyone with children that may play!Lets make this another great year of Little League and Minor League Baseball in our county !!!

https://form.jotform.com/vols187/SmithCountyLLRegistration

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Smith County Special Needs Sports Basketball signup deadline is March 1, 2018. Click HERE to view a PDF version of the signup form.

Who is eligible to participate?

We welcome any male or female special needs basketball players, ages 5 and up, with all types of developmental disabilities such as autism, down syndrome, aspergers, physical disabilities, etc. Anyone can play-from those who are highly functioning to those who have never participated in sports.

How is the game played and is it safe?

The game is just like regular basketball. We will use regular goals for those who can shoot, and shorter goals for our athletes in wheelchairs or who cannot shoot at a regular goal. We will have peer partners to assist those in wheelchairs, but the peer partners will not be allowed to score.

Where and when will the games be played?

The games will be played at Smith County Middle School on Saturday mornings starting at 10:00am, starting on March 10, 17, 24, and 31.

What do the players need to furnish?

Players need to wear black shorts. Players will need a plain t-shirt, color will be announced before first game.

How much does it cost?

There will be a $25.00 per player fee. This will help cover miscellaneous expenses and provide awards. This fee must be paid when the registration form is turned in.

Who provides transportation?

Parents will provide transportation to and from games. If there is an emergency, contact the coach or Lisa Hembree and possibly other arrangements can be made.

If you have any questions, you may contact Lisa Hembree at 615-418-5229.

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Gordonsville native, Scott Clemons, was recently named head football coach at Gordonsville High School, following the recent resignation of Coach Ron Marshall. Clemons has been in education for 24 years and a football coach for 22 years.

Clemons played football at Gordonsville High School and then moved on to play at Cumberland University. Clemons took his first coaching job in 1994 at Macon County High School, he then coached at Lebanon High School until accepting an opportunity to come back and coach at his alma mater in 1997. Clemons was an assistant coach during Gordonsville’s second Class 1A state championship win in 2012.

Mac Petty will also be joining Clemons on the Gordonsville High School Football coaching staff. Petty and Clemons are first cousins and have coached together for a majority of their coaching careers. Clemons stated, “We come as a pair. On the football field, we go together.”

Smith County Insider had a chance to sit down with Coach Scott Clemons and talk about his new position. See video below:

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