When the lights come on and the players line up to begin their respective games, all eyes are on field or court. Very seldom do outside thoughts go into the planning and procedure of what it takes to run an athletic department. For the better part of 20 years, Dale Rucker has had Cascade athletics running like clockwork as the school's athletic director... more

A year ago, summer workouts for high school football teams looked a lot different than normal. Teams were restricted to small groups, mandatory temperature checks and virtually no full-team activities were allowed to take place. Fast forward to June 2021 and things look as normal as they have since pre-pandemic... more

With the uncertainties of the 2020 football season due to COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, the Community Vikings will face a new classification and new opponents as the 2021 season looms just around the corner. Like other schools, the Vikings were curtailed in their participation in 7-on-7 competitions and scrimmages in 2020, but Coach Chris Grooms and his team recently participated in a 7-on-7 event in Shelbyville and will compete in other 7-on-7s and scrimmages after the TSSAA dead period... more

Shelbyville Central has hired a long-time veteran high school coach to lead the Golden Eagle baseball program. Chase Jones was named the head coach at Shelbyville Central this week. Jones had a successful run at Coffee County from 2002-2012, winning 225 games during that time... more

TSSAA Board of Control unanimously approved Shelbyville Central and Franklin County's appeal for being ineligible for the playoffs in the 2021 season. Both programs showed what they've done in the community along with other items. Both programs were placed on restrictive probation for the 2020 and 2021 season, which ruled both teams ineligible for the TSSAA playoffs, following an incident between the teams on the field during the regular season last year... more

Anytime a student athlete has the opportunity to continue their education, as well as play the sport they love at the next level, it's a great accomplishment. To do so after playing the sport for only one years is even a greater feat. Such is the case for Shelbyville Central's Dyson Collins as he recently signed a letter of intent to play football at Maryville College... more

The Cascade High School basketball programs hosted a skills and fundamentals camp over the past week. The group was split into two sessions, with younger players participating in the early session. more

Abby Faith Cheeseman, rising ninth grader, claimed state champion and runner-up honors at the 2021 TSSAA State Track and Field High School Meet at Rockvale High School on May 26. Cheeseman won the Div. II-A 3200-meters with a time of 10:51.57 and was runner-up in the 1600-meters with a time of 5:06.58... more

Shelbyville Central's Hannah Burks will continue her education - and softball career - at Motlow State Community College. The talented pitcher/infielder just completed her senior season and was a four-year starter for the Golden Eaglettes. "Ever since I was a little girl, I had always dreamed about playing softball in college," Burks said. ... more

Shelbyville Central High School will officially name the Rick Insell Gymnasium in a ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 5. Insell built the Golden Eaglettes into a national powerhouse during his 28 seasons as head coach. Shelbyville posted a 775-149 record during Insell's tenure, winning a record 10 TSSAA Class AAA championships. During one stretch, Shelbyville played in the state championship game in 15 out of 21 years... more

Will Reed and Evan Petrie of the Community Vikings have been playing sports together since they were kids. During their senior seasons, the teammates were starters on the basketball team that made an appearance in the TSSAA Class AA state tournament... more

Michael Anderson has been around a lot of soccer. The recent Cascade graduate not only played varsity level for the Champions, but also played at a high level with his travel team. His consistency in the goal helped land him a spot playing at Martin Methodist College... more

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN - A season that saw the Community Vikings appear in the school's first ever region game ended Tuesday night as the Signal Mountain Eagles shut out the Vikings 5-0 in the Region 3-A soccer semifinals. Signal Mountain, the District 5-A champion, used some early Viking mistakes to jump out to an early lead and scored all of its goals in the first half... more

While it was a sluggish start for the Cascade Champions in the Region 3-A semifinals against Chattanooga School of Arts and Sciences, the Champs rebounded for a solid second half to force overtime against the Patriots. But it was a pair of overtime goals that ended the Champs' season as Cascade fell, 3-1... more

MURFREESBORO - Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagle soccer teams closed out the season with a 5-0 loss at Oakland in the semifinals of the Region 4-AAA tournament at Oakland High School on Tuesday night. "We really came out without any desire to fight for the ball. ... more

There are plenty of challenges to starting a new sport at the high school level. In November of 2021, Community High School will begin practice for its inaugural wrestling season for both boys and girls. Fortunately for Community, wrestling is not the first rodeo for head coach Christopher Slaughter... more

COLUMBIA - Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagle soccer team came up just a little short in a 3-2- loss at Columbia Central in the District 8-AAA Tournament on Thursday night. The Eagles (8-6-3) travel to Oakland, a 2-0 winner over Stewarts Creek on Thursday night, in the opening round of the region tournament on Tuesday night at 7... more

A first-half eruption was more than enough to carry the Cascade Champions to the District 6-A title on Thursday night, defeating cross-county rival Community, 9-1. The offense was on full display for the 6-A champs as Cascade needed just six minutes to get the scoring frenzy started... more