Maurice Patton

The opening week of the season is always a little scary for Mostradamus. It never feels like you can know enough about these teams to have a feel for how Week 1 games are going to go: Who did they scrimmage? How did those go? Who played? How good were the opponents? So many questions. So there’s a bit of […]

Prospective golfers, tennis players and wrestlers at Battle Creek will be able to participate this year as members of those programs at Spring Hill as the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s Board of Control approved a co-operative agreement between the neighboring Maury County schools during its Monday meeting. For the former two sports, the approval was virtually a formality. The […]

THOMPSON STATION -- For Independence, it was Senior Night, but for T.T. Hill, it was homecoming. After playing his junior season at Brentwood Academy, Hill – a key member of Oakland’s Class 6A state championship squad in 2022 – capped each of the Patriots’ opening two offensive possessions with touchdowns Friday to help his ‘new’ team to a 35-0 road […]

For Independence, it was Senior Night, but for T.T. Hill, it was homecoming. After playing his junior season at Brentwood Academy, Hill – a key member of Oakland’s Class 6A state championship squad in 2022 – capped each of the Patriots’ opening two offensive possessions with touchdowns Friday to help his ‘new’ team to a 35-0 road victory. “It felt […]

With 14 goals and six assists through Summit’s first five games, sophomore Summer Riley occupies a prominent place on opponents’ scouting reports. “We’ve been watching her for a long time. We knew she was going to be something,” Independence coach David Cordero de Jesus said Tuesday night. “She’s the kind of player you have to change your game plan to […]

So far, so good for Mostradamus. Week 1 went well for the turbaned prognosticator, correctly picking all five outcomes from the opening weekend – including a near-perfect margin on a nailbiter. Stacking good weeks on top of good weeks is the goal, though, whether it’s football teams or those predicting football results. With that in mind, let’s see what Week […]

Scoring twice in the final seven minutes, Mt. Pleasant eventually pulled away from Spring Hill for a 34-20 victory Friday night, as the hosts claimed their third straight victory in the series. J.P. Easterling and Jakyri McClure each reached the end zone for the second time in the contest to help the Tigers stay unbeaten against a Raider squad that […]

Sophie Williams didn’t want to attribute it to frustration, but the Culleoka senior was pleased with the way her team bounced back from its last outing Tuesday night at Zion Christian. “We’re working together as a team. It was a great game,” Williams said after scoring four goals in the Lady Warriors’ 7-1 victory. “We tried some new formations before […]

Nobody’s perfect. Certainly not Mostradamus, who suffered his first blemish of the reason last weekend – and in pretty decisive fashion. But overall, it’s tough to be displeased through the opening two weeks, especially looking at the upcoming slate. Things will get tougher, likely starting now. Friendship Chr. (1-1) at Columbia Acad. (1-1): This one presents a bit of a […]

After scoring the only touchdown of the opening half, Columbia Academy had let the momentum slip away in its Friday matchup with visiting Friendship Christian. Alex Heffington grabbed it back, blocking a punt in the waning moments of the third quarter and returning it 20 yards to put the host Bulldogs back ahead in an eventual 21-15 victory. “That was […]