Joey Palermo

1 week ago | theucnow.com | Joey Palermo

Senior Emmy Bragga finished her tennis career at Cookeville High School last Thursday. Bragga finished her season in the regional tournament last month. She ended her season as the Team A singles champion. Bragga said Cookeville Tennis Head Coach Brian Rohr has been a big help throughout her tennis career. “He’s so, like motivating,” Bragga said. “He’s like, if you lose, like okay, like what can you do better?

1 week ago | theucnow.com | Joey Palermo

DeKalb softball head coach Ethan Duke has stepped down from his position. The Lady Tigers went to their first state championship in program history last season. DeKalb finished last season 25-6-1. They lost to Gibbs in 10 innings in the state championship Friday by a score of 1-0. Duke said in a statement he is leaving to focus on his daughter. Duke said he will also be carrying on added responsibilities as the youth leader of his home church. The decision is effective immediately.

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Cookeville Girls Tennis Brian Rohr said the team has big shoes to fill. Rohr saw the Lady Cavaliers move up everyone four spots in the lineup this season. Rohr has been girls tennis coach since 2003. Rohr said the teams saw the change as an opportunity to defeat Cookeville. “The girls just took it upon themselves to improve every day,” Rohr said. “Their attitudes are great.

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Upperman completed its girls soccer season with a small number of girls on the team. The Upperman Bees saw 12 girls sign up for their soccer team this previous season. The number was almost cut in half from the previous season. Upperman Head Coach Mixon Moore said the team had a trying year. “It seemed like things were gonna be fine and then it just seemed like we just lost, four, five players just bam, bam, bam, right off the bat, back to back,” Moore said.

2 weeks ago | theucnow.com | Joey Palermo

Warren County Girls Tennis Coach Hannah Belew said seeing relationships grow is a satisfying feeling. Belew took over as Warren County girls tennis coach two weeks before the start of the season. She took over a team that returned most of their players heading into the year. Belew said her team believes they had a very good season. “It’s a team sport but it’s very much so an individual sport,” Belew said.