Monte Hale

3 days ago | mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |Larry Woody

Hunter Larese lands an arrowed carp. MARC LARESThe boat silently glides through the weedy shallows, a spotlight piercing the dark water, when a two-foot-long shadow suddenly cruises across the beam. Marc Larese draws his bow, aims, and releases an arrow tethered to a spool of line attached to the bow. The barbed arrow strikes home, the big fish splashes and thrashes, and Larese hauls in a huge grass carp.

3 weeks ago | mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale

Rockvalle graduate and Carson Newman freshman track and field athlete Oluwatimi Williams earned All-American honors in the discus this season. CARSON NEWMAN ATHLETICSFormer Rockvale two-sport star Oluwatimi Williams (football, track and field) finished his freshman year at Carson Newman University by becoming an All-American at the recent NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Pueblo, Colorado.

3 weeks ago | mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale

Chesterfield transfers to MarshallChesterfieldFormer Oakland and Tusculum basketball player NiKiah Chesterfield has transferred to Marshall University. She will be a junior and have two years of eligibility remaining. Chesterfield led the team in scoring (18.6) and rebounding (6.3) a game. Divens headed to BethelFormer Blackman and Trevecca basketball player Isaiah Divens -Blackman  has transferred to Bethel University in McKenzie. He played in 10 games last season, averaging 1.4 points.

1 month ago | mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |Jeff Neal

JEFF [email protected] fans celebrate the team’s fourth straight state baseball title. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GIGLIOSpring Fling XXXII bid adieu to Rutherford County and with it another prep sports season in the books across Tennessee. Competition was delayed for a day as rainstorms pushed through the area. It had then TSSAA scrambling and rescheduling, making fans, players and coaches wait for their first assignment on their respective fields.

1 month ago | mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale

Three former prep Rutherford County baseball players earned all-TCCAA honors for their play on the diamond at the junior college level this past season. Sophomores Cade Hitson, formerly of Riverdale, and Devyn McEachron, formerly of Stewarts Creek, both earned first-team accolades. Tyler Casserly, a former MTCS Cougar and a freshman earned, second-team honors. Casserly starred at Southwest Tennessee and played in 52 games hit .348 with three home runs and 23 runs batted in.