Tony Black has served the public for the better part of 30 years in the parks and recreation department at the City of Jackson. At the end of May, he’ll officially retire from the City but …

John Brooks was a freshman on the baseball team at Sacred Heart of Jesus High School in the final year before the school closed. When he and his family looked around for a new home for him, he …

Jackson Christian football player Carlos Roberson knows his next step now in his career. He’s going to play college ball at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. Roberson solidified the plan …

Desperation is often the catalyst for success. Such was the case when the Jackson-Madison County Sports Hall of Fame was born in 1986. I was sports editor at The Jackson Sun when my friend, …

The University School of Jackson Bruins hosted the Bolivar Tigers in midweek baseball action on Thursday, March 26. The Bruins struggled putting it together and fell at home to Bolivar by a score of …

NEWBERN - The University School of Jackson Lady Bruins softball team traveled to Newbern on March 24 to face off against the Dyer County Choctaws in a mid-season, non-district battle between two of …

NEWBERN - The Jackson Christian Lady Eagles traveled to the Dyer County Lady Choctaws for some early season softball action on Thursday night.  It’s still early in the season and the Lady …

The Jackson Rockabillys season will get underway on May 26, but that doesn’t mean the crew at Jackson Baseball Stadium isn’t busy before then. The stadium is hosting WES’s Game this week, …

Union University’s Mark Campbell has never claimed to be perfect as a person. No one has ever said he is. But I can’t remember a time when he’s done something or said something that …

Monday, March 16, wasn’t the best day for baseball. While it didn’t rain much that day, the storms of the previous day accompanied a cold front that moved into the area that produced snow …

SOMERVILLE - The North Side Indians traveled to Somerville to take on the Fayette-Ware Wildcats in sectional basketball playoff action. It was a physical game with streaky shooting that …

Xavier Spann is a lineman that’s been a part of the football program at North Side High School for the past four years. He has signed his national letter of intent to continue playing football …

Gabriella Pierce helped make history for girls’ athletics at Jackson Christian as she was a member of the school’s first volleyball team as an eighth-grader. For the past five years, she’s …

This past basketball season was Haylen Ayers’ fourth of playing varsity high school basketball at University School of Jackson. It was also her third in being named by the voting of media and …

CLARKSVILLE - University School of Jackson girls’ basketball coach Joel Ayers was as honest as a coach can be in the postgame press conference after the Lady Bruins fell 60-49 in the Division II-A …

For the last two decades, Dexter Williams’ name has been on the short list for many people when sports fans are discussing the best basketball coaches in West Tennessee. He built that resume …

Jayland Eckford is one of the higher-profile student-athletes at Jackson Central-Merry, and one of the more notable ones in all of Jackson. He’s currently playing a key role for the Cougar …

CLARKSVILLE - University School of Jackson’s girls’ basketball team brought home more hardware for the school’s trophy case, but it’s not the color they were playing for. The Lady …

SELMER - The good news is the boys’ basketball team has at least one more game to play. The bad news is the Indians will have to go on the road to play it. What appeared to be a good …

The University School of Jackson Lady Bruins hosted the Christian Academy of Knoxville Lady Warriors in Division II-A state quarterfinal action Friday night, winning 57-53 behind a dominant …