It was a history making day at Panther Stadium for the boys and girls track. The girls took there third straight overall title and the boys took home their first in the years SMHS has held this series. “I am speechless!! These kids have bought in and worked hard. Its their handwork that made tonight
“I am super proud of our kids. They ran tired tonight and pushed through and completed well. We have had a hard to week stretch and they rose to the challenge.” Coach Bates Up next is the King of the Mountain Finale on Tuesday April 12 at 4Pm. Teams that will be in attendance include:
Monday, April 4, 2016 5:00 PM Stone Memorial High School AWAY 6 Cumberland County High School HOME 7 Game Recap The Lady Panthers lost in heartbreaking fashion in the bottom of the 8th inning to a walkoff homerun. The tight battle between the two teams has been the highlight of the season thus far.
SMHS Track teams continue to improve as the season as progressed was the theme Coach Bates kept hitting on, “We are getting better- times are dropping and distances are getting longer. The kids want to get better and it makes our job easier as coaches.” Up next both teams will compete at Cookeville against Cookeville,
Lacey Melton scored 30 individual points to help lead the girls track team at the first King of the Mountain Meet. Lacey finished 1st or 2nd in all 4 of her events. Stephen Tung won both his singles (8-3) and doubles (8-4) matches to help lead the tennis team against Harriman.
Susan Nelson scored 15 points in the first track meet of the season for the girls to help lead the 4×400 and the 4×800 relay teams to 2nd place finishes out of 26 teams. Russ Boyd has helped to lead the boys soccer team to multiple victories thus far this season.
Bailey Brown notched the only victory for the girls tennis team against Rhea Co with an 8-3 singles win. Jacob Sweeten recorded 16 individual points for the boys track team in their first meet, also Jacob has worked extremely hard in the offseason to improve upon last years performance.
Congratulations to SMHS alumni Bailey Rutledge on signing to run track with Tennessee Wesleyan University in Athens Tennessee. Bailey is currently a student at Roane State in Crossville and will transfer to Tennessee Wesleyan this Fall. Pictured Left to Right (seated): Maddison Rutledge (sister), Merideth Rutledge (sister), Bailey Rutledge (signee), Mishelle Rutledge (mom), Kyle Rutledge
Friday, March 18, 2016 12:00 AM East Hickman AWAY 7 Stone Memorial High School HOME 0 Game Recap Another slow start led to a victory by East Hamilton in the second game of the Gordonsville Tournament. Box Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E East Hickman 2 1 – 3 1
Saturday, March 19, 2016 12:00 AM Smith County High School AWAY 16 Stone Memorial High School HOME 4 Game Recap In the first game of the Gordonsville Tournament held in Cookeville, the Lady Panthers did not get a great start. The young team faltered against the more experienced Smith Co. Box Scores 1 2 3
