WTN Tribune Radio Sports Week Seven Game of the Week
By McKinley Young Jr.
Sports Correspondent WTNTribune Radio
Raiders Defense Set Tone, Shuts Out Hunters Lane
The McGavock High School Raiders (7-1 Overall, 4-1 Metro and 4-1 12AAA) defense wanted to make a statement against the Hunters Lane Warriors (3-5, 3-4, 2-3) and what a statement they made in pitching a 33-0 shutout this past Friday night in District 12AAA action. The Raiders defense held Hunters Lane to just 130 yards of total offense and caused four turnovers to take control of the game early. McGavock senior linebacker Matthew Turner was named co Player of the Game leading the way with eight tackles and two sacks for the Raiders defense.
McGavock’s Matt Turner
“This was a big win for us and our defense did our job by making them have to go a long field,” said Turner. Turner and the defense made a big stop on 4th down to stop a Hunters Lane scoring threat early in the first half.
The other WTN Tribune Sports Radio Player of the Game was McGavock QB Demontez Carlton who had 134 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and another 80 yards passing on the night. This week both teams are off.
WTNTribune Radio Sports Week Eight Game of the Week
By JaQuan Johnson
Sports Correspondent WTNTribune Radio
Tomorrow the WTNTribune Radio Sports Game of the Week will be a great one. Join the team of McKinley Young Jr. and JaQuan Johnson (Jr. & Jr.) along with veteran color man Jason Sales, as they will be live at Vanderbilt University for the clash between the undefeated East Nashville Eagles (6-0) and the Firebirds from Pearl-Cohn (5-1).
McKinley Young with East Nashville’s Isiah Upton
This will be a renewal of one of the better rivalries in District 10AA. This game will put some of the best athletes in Metro against one another QB Isiah Upton, RB Lennox McAfee, and WR Demarquez Trotter from East Nashville against All-State RB Ke’shawhn Vaughn, WR Rontavius Groves and QB Jimmy Ferrell just to name a few.
Pearl-Cohn’s Keshawn Vaughn
The game being played at Vanderbilt and should offer some big opportunities for guys like Upton who has committed to play at Middle Tennessee State University and Vaughn who is still undecided, but will be more than likely be at a Division 1 school next season. The live broadcast will start at 6:30 p.m. with the Metro Football Pre-game Show.
Catch all the action at www.wtntribuneradio.com and press the “Listen Live” button and sit back and enjoy.
Metro Nashville Football Standings
| TEAM | METRO | SEASON | DISTRICT | This Week | |||
| 1 | Hillsboro | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 12AAA | at Franklin County (KY) | |
| 2 | East | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 10AA | vs. #3 Pearl-Cohn (at Vanderbilt) | |
| 3 | Pearl-Cohn | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 10AA | at #2 East Nashville (at Vanderbilt) | |
| 4 | McGavock | 4–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 12AAA | Bye | |
| 5 | Overton | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 12AAA | vs. #12 Hillwood | |
| 6 | Cane Ridge | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 12AAA | vs. Riverdale | |
| 7 | Maplewood | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 10AA | vs. #10 Stratford | |
| 8 | Antioch | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 12AAA | Bye | |
| 9 | Hunters Lane | 3–4 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 12AAA | Bye | |
| 10 | Stratford | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 10AA | at #7 Maplewood | |
| 11 | Glencliff | 0–6 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 12AAA | Bye | |
| 12 | Hillwood | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 12AAA | at #5 Overton | |
| 13 | Whites Creek | 0–4 | 0–8 | 0–3 | 10AA | vs. Lipscomb Academy | |
Wallace Media Group Signs with Columbia State
WTNTribune Radio to broadcast all games for Columbia, Tennessee Junior College
Columbia, Tenn—The Wallace Media Group (WMG) in association with WTNTribune Radio has joined forces with Columbia State Community College (CSCC). This season, the online station will be broadcasting home and away games for the CSU Men’s and Women’s basketball teams.
Wallace Media Group Chief Executive Officer Scott Wallace was named Sports Information Director by CSCC. He will be handling stats, public address announcing for home games and writing game stories. The main radio team will consist of McKinley Young doing play-by-play and JaQuan Johnson handling color. The station will also open up opportunities for students at CSCC to help with the broadcast.
“This is tremendous opportunity for us as a media organization,” said Wallace. Columbia State has a rich tradition in sports and we are glad to be part of the family. We plan to build a buzz around Middle Tennessee and across the country for the program. We are ready to roll and make this a long relationship.”
Columbia State’s T.J. Dunans has already committed to Auburn University
Former Hillsboro star Jamontae Davis will be back wearing green. This time for the Columbia State Chargers
Local Nashville basketball star Brian “Penny” Collins a graduate of Whites Creek High School and Belmont University is the men’s team head coach. Last season he led his team to a berth to the Junior College Championships in Kansas City, Missouri. The team returns the preseason Sporting News Magazine Junior College Player of the Year T.J. Dunans along with PG Justin Pride and SG A.J. Dodd. Collins also has a host of transfers coming in led by former Hillsboro High School star Jamontae Davis and his teammate last year at Tennessee State University Jamonte Graham, a Father Ryan High School graduate. Collins’ father Ricky Collins is one of his assistants along with former TSU star Brandon Lockridge. The elder Collins coached Young in high school at Pearl-Cohn.
Columbia State Men’s Head Coach Brian Collins
“I can’t explain how excited I am to be working with Scott and his team,” said Collins. Last year we made great strides as a team. It is no secret how happy I was to have my father on the bench next to me. This season adding WTNTribune to the family is going to be great. I have a lot of ideas and they have already said they will do their best to fulfill them. The school is behind us 100 percent with this merger. This is going to be fun.”
Columbia State Women’s Coach Bridget Goodnight
The women’s team is coached by Bridget Goodnight. Coach Goodnight will put on the court a plethora of local players including 6’4 center Porche Hannah of Pearl-Cohn High School, Alexis Lang of Whites Creek High School, Kristian Watkins of Friendship Christian High School in Lebanon and Marissa Lyttle of Marshall County High School.
For more information on CSCC including rosters and schedules visit their website at http://www.columbiastate.edu/athletics
