Metro Week Five Game of the Week
Burros Dominates, Stays Unbeaten
By McKinley Young
The WTNTribune Radio Sports Game of the Week featured two teams of the top teams in Metro. The #1 ranked Hillsboro Burros dominated the #8 Cane Ridge Ravens 35-12 on a beautiful night for football at Cane Ridge. The Burros offense moved the ball up and down the field most of the night, while the defense also was in command. Hillsboro’s junior defensive end Malcolm Swann was named one of the WTN Tribune Sports Radio Players of the game. Swann had seven tackles, two sacks, two deflections, a forced fumble and a fumble return for 23 yards. After the game he gave credit to his bookend defensive lineman Kyle Phillips.
“Playing on the oppsite side of Kyle makes the game easier for me because it gives me more one on one opportunity to make plays,” Swann said.
Hillsboro DE Malcolm Swann
The Burros defense held the Ravens to 247 yards of total offense. Most of those yards coming off of two big pass plays of 70 yards apiece by QB Tyler Caruthers and WR Derrick Tucker on both plays.
The Burros offense was rolling most of the night. Co-WTNTribune Radio Player of the Game, senior QB Michael Hughes of Hillsboro went 14-23 250 yards and two touchdowns. Hughes also rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown.
“The game plan was to run the ball more than we passed,” said Hughes a Tennessee State University commit. Their defense dictated what we did so we were able to pass the ball more.”
Hillsboro QB Michael Hughes
Hughes received plenty of help from his supporting cast. Senior Vincent Perry had 142 yards of total offense, including a 67 yard touchdown reception from Hughes.
Cane Ridge did have a few bright spots as Tucker had 161 yards receiving and a touchdown. the Raven defense was led by sophomore Noah Bayless who had 12 tackles, junior Sampson Bradley added 10 tackles, and senior Preston Terry had eight.
METRO BAKER’S DOZEN
Week 6 Matchups
#1 Hillsboro at # 9 Antioch
# 5 Maplewood at #2 East Nashville WTN Tribune Sports Radio Game of the Week
Congratulations to East Nashville’s Isiah Upton for signing with Middle Tennessee State University.
#13 Whites Creek at #3 Pearl-Cohn
#11 Hillwood at #4 McGavock
#8 Cane Ridge at #6 Hunters Lane
#12 Glencliff at #7 Overton
#10 Stratford at Lipscomb Academy
WTNTribune Radio Game of the Week
Eagles Look To Stay Unbeaten Against District Foe Maplewood
NASHVILLE- For the second time this year the WTNTribune Radio team will be on the campus Tennessee Preparatory School as the #5 ranked Maplewood Panthers (2-3 overall, 1-1 10AA, 2-0 Metro) take on the East Nashville Eagles (6-0 overall, 2-0 10AA, 4-0 Metro). If Friday’s game is anywhere close to last year’s 21-20 Eagle victory then you won’t want to miss it.
Eagle QB Isiah Upton with McKinley Young Jr.
Middle Tennessee State University commit QB Isiah Upton leads the Eagles’ high powered offense that averages 44 points per game. Their lowest point total this season so far is 36 against Glencliff. The Panthers are coming off of a bye week. Their previous game they scored 51 first half points at Whites Creek to finish with a 51-7 victory. Maplewood was without MLB Gage Smith for the Whites Creek game. Smith leads the state of Tennessee in tackles per game with 19.3. The junior will be a game time decision.
Maplewood’s Gage Smith
You can catch all the action on Friday at 7 p.m. CST by going online to www.wtntribuneradio.com and hit the Listen Live button. WTNTribune Radio Sports Correspondents McKinley Young Jr. and JaQuan Johnson (Jr & Jr) will bring the call along with sideline reporter Tiffany Berg.
Middle School Profile
Each week we will profile a local middle school student from Middle Tennessee. This week we are profiling Goodpasture Christian Middle School 8th grader Ammon Turner. Ammon led his team in points as a 6th grader and was named the school’s Offensive Player of the Year. He sat out last season but was still named one of the school’s “Dirty Dozen Players to Watch”. This year he plays both wide receiver and defensive back for the Cougars. Ammon is the son of Metro Policer Sergeant Toney Turner and Rita Roberts-Turner. Below are some of his off the field accomplishments:
— A Honor Roll and Principal’s List
–Recognized as a Duke University youth scholar in 2014
–Accepted to Vanderbilt’s summer youth academy in 2014
– Volunteers with the Metro Black Police Officer’s Association by delivering Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to needy families each year
–Volunteers with United Way and Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church (Madison) for community clean up days.
The future at Goodpasture is bright because of eighth grader Ammon Turner
Tribune Family Inks Deal With GDFL
Wallace Media Group now the official media outlet with Developmental Football League
Tribune Staff Writer
MEMPHIS- The Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) announced this Sunday that they have acquired the services of the Wallace Media Group (WMG), a company based in Nashville, that will handle the league’s media components which includes training college students to be Assistant Sports Information Directors for the league’s 36 teams.
WTNTribune Radio’s McKinley Young with a member of the Oklahoma City Bounty Hunters
WMG Co-Founders Scott and Harriet Wallace along with a team from the company were in town for the GDFL’s Gridiron Bowl V Championship Game between the Oklahoma City Bounty Hunters and the Central Penn Piranha. WTNTribune Radio, an affiliate of The Tennessee Tribune, was on hand for the championship game mixer on Friday and broadcasted the game on Saturday. Over 3,000 listeners tuned in. The amount was the third largest listenership for an event since the radio station started in 2012.
Wallace Media Group Co-Founders Harriet Wallace and Scott Wallace addressing the GDFL owners.
WTNTribune Radio Sports Correspondents McKinley Young Jr. and JaQuan Johnson handled the call of the game. WMG Partner Development Coordinator Ashli Beverly ran the press for the event which included writing the pre and post press releases for the game. On Sunday, the team was on hand to make the company presentation in front of the GDFL owners and other personnel members including GDFL Commissioner Charles Thompson.
The Wallace Media Group Team in Memphis for the Gridiron Developmental Football League owner’s meeting.
“The WTNTribune Radio team blew our socks off with the coverage they gave us this weekend,” said Thompson on the Bench Press Radio Show. “They are now “officially official” members of the GDFL. I can’t express how much we appreciate everything they did. This is just one more feather in the cap of the league. They have hit the ground running. We are excited about what they will do for us.”
The Gridiron Developmental Football League is a professional association based in Memphis, Tennessee. The league was established to offer the community with high quality sports entertainment and provide athletes, coaches, owners and all facets of football personnel the opportunity to develop their skills. For more information, visit http://www.gdfl.org/