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Lady Broncos lose at home
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Boyd senior Krista Chisam tries to lock up Watertown's Madison King in Monday's home opener.
Jeffery Simmons
Published: Nov 22, 2023, 1:47 AM

At some point, the Lady Broncos are going to start to hate seeing the number 29. It’s been in their scoring column in each of their last three games, including Monday when Boyd lost its home opener to Watertown 41-29.

Effort and execution weren’t an issue for the Lady Broncos as they battled the Purple Tigers for four quarters at home, but for the third straight game against a TSSAA opponent, the offense just couldn’t get the shots to fall. Boyd was coming off 70-29 and 53-29 losses to Grundy County and Rhea County, respectively, last week and once again were on the losing end after a cold shooting night.

“I’m very proud of our girls. They gave us everything they had until the final whistle,” said coach Tim Page. “I think we did good things on both sides – our driving and ability to get to the rim really stood out. It’s just been a tough stretch for us shooting and we’re hoping to break out of it soon."

Page continued, “We’re confident in all of our girls and they are doing a lot of unselfish things on offense. I think the averages will eventually come back to our favor when it comes to some shots falling.”

Boyd (2-3) fell behind 12-2 early, but the energy never lacked for the Lady Broncos. Krista Chisam, who finished with a season-high 11 points, had a huge 3-point play to spark the offense in the second quarter, while freshman Brooke Kesey was money on short jumpers throughout the night.

Kesey showed off her soft touch to the tune of 10 points against Watertown – her fourth time to reach double figures in her first five varsity games of her career.

Buzzer beaters wreaked havoc on the Lady Broncos though. Madison King hit a backbreaker to end the first half, sinking a 30-footer at the horn to make it 22-12 going into the locker rooms.

Watertown bit the final horn again in the third quarter, sticking in a putback layup off an airball just as time expired to halt a Boyd push. Chisam and Kesey had both got a pair of buckets in the third and junior Regin Grissom came through with a putback on a layup that cut Watertown’s lead down to six at one point, but the Lady Broncos never got closer.

The Purple Tigers were money at the line, hitting seven free throws in the final two minutes, to keep Boyd from making up any more ground late.

“Take away a slow start – where we’re down 10 early – and we really played them even. I thought our girls really executed our game plan well and made the adjustments after the break. We’re getting closer every night to putting together four quarters of solid play,” said Page.

Boyd took on Cannon County Tuesday (the score was unavailable at press time) and will take the rest of the week off before returning to the court next Thursday, Nov. 30 at Sewanee. Check Friday’s paper for more information on the Lady Broncos.

Boyd scoring – Chisam 11, Kesey 10, Grissom 2, Macie Bush 2, Kelly Bush 2, Paige Sweeten 1, Cydney Jane Perry 1
WCHS baseball, softball compete in weekend tournaments
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Matt Tyson
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 10:16 PM

One day after a close home win over Cumberland County Thursday night, the Warren County baseball team was back on the road for a weekend tournament slate. Taking part in the Viking Classic, the Pioneers went 2-2 across Friday and Saturday’s contests.

Kicking things off against Huntland at Tullahoma High School Friday evening, Warren County notched its third straight victory with a 4-3 decision over the Hornets.

Sam Robinson had three of the team’s eight hits. Ryder Gilispie followed with two. Tyler Adams, Jerren Harris and Keaton Rowe each added one hit.

Gilispie and Harris were both credited with one RBI each.

Adams, Robinson, Gilispie and Adrian Harris each scored one run.

On the mound, Miguel Garcia pitched four innings, finishing with four strikeouts, two hits, three runs and four walks. Keagan Thompson followed for two innings, striking out two.

In the nightcap, the Pioneers were held scoreless in an 8-0 shutout against the host Wildcats. Robinson had Warren County’s lone hit of the game.

Hayven Jones pitched 1.1 innings, recording one strikeout, four hits, seven runs and two walks. Jerren Harris came on for 2.2 innings, finishing with two hits, one run and four walks.

Back in action for day two of the tournament at Cascade High School, the Pioneers bounced back with a 9-8 win over the host Champions Saturday morning.

The team finished with nine hits, led by Adams and Robinson with two each. Gilispie, Jerren Harris, Adrian Harris, Woogs Bryan and Corban Felton all added one.

Bryan led the team in RBI with four of its eight. Gilispie, Felton, Jerren Harris and Brady Norris each brought in one.

Jaytton Baker went 3.1 innings on the bump, striking out five and coming off with eight hits and five runs. Lealon Arnold followed for 1.2 innings, striking out one and adding two hits and three runs. Gilispie pitched for one inning and recorded two strikeouts and one hit.

Closing out the weekend against Alabama’s Heritage Christian, Warren County came out on the losing end of a 14-6 contest. At the plate, Jerren Harris led the way with two of the team’s eight hits. Adams, Gilispie, Bryan, Felton, Adrian Harris and Evan Snapp all followed with one each.

The Pioneers posted four RBI, with two each for Adams and Snapp.

Snapp had two of the team’s six runs, with one each for Adams, Gilispie, Felton and Jones.

Braden Whinnery pitched 2.2 innings, striking out four and surrendering seven hits, five runs and one walk. Rowe followed for 0.2 innings, adding four hits and five runs. Up next was Keagan Thompson, who went one inning and came off with five hits and four runs. Daylen Holguin wrapped up the day, striking out one and allowing one hit over 0.2 innings.

WCHS softball goes 1-3 through weekend

The Lady Pioneers got their Southern Warrior Classic schedule started with a game against Summertown Friday evening, a matchup in which they fell 10-1.

Warren County finished with six hits, with two each for Ky Damon, Lola Wells and Kaydence Wiser.

Wiser had a home run in the top of the fourth inning for the team’s lone run.

In the circle, Ceilee Gudat pitched 3.1 innings and finished with one strikeout, nine hits, 10 runs and two walks. Kyaira Sharpe followed for the game’s remainder, closing out the last 0.2 innings.

The Lady Pioneers were again bested in their second Friday night game, falling 10-2 to Moline (Ill.).

Wells led the Warren County hitting effort with two of the team’s six. Damon, Callie Roberts, Cortlyn Porter and Ali Young each added one.

Wells and Lily Rains had one run each.

Ruby Denning had one strikeout and gave up eight hits, 10 runs and three walks across all four innings.

The Lady Pioneers had better luck in their Saturday morning opener, flying ahead with an 11-run fifth inning to take down Illinois’s Oswego East 15-9.

Warren County racked up 12 hits over the course of the game, with two each for Rains, Wells, Sharpe, Porter and Addison Smith. This included home runs for both Wells and Smith. Damon and Young both added one hit each.

Smith led the Lady Pioneers in RBI with four of their 15, followed by Sharpe with three. Rains and Wells both had two RBI. Damon, Wiser, Porter and Young all tacked on one.

Sharpe pitched the first four innings and came out with 13 hits, nine runs and two walks. Denning added one hit across one inning.

Warren County was unable to duplicate this in their final game of the weekend later that afternoon, falling 3-2 to Stewarts Creek.

The team notched six hits, with two each for Rains and Porter. Damon and Wiser both added one hit.

Rains had the Lady Pioneers’ lone RBI.

On the rubber, Gudat pitched all five innings, striking out three and finishing the day with five hits, three runs and one walk.