Alcoa uses 31-point first half to defeat Highlanders
HUNTSVILLE — In no particular order, here are five big things which seemed significant at Friday night’s Scott High Homecoming game against highly ranked opponent Alcoa, which the visiting Tornadoes...
View ArticleCommissioners again broach subject of tourism tax
HUNTSVILLE — While most of the Scott County Board of County Commissioners’ meeting here Monday night was fairly routine, some discussion and energy were generated toward the end, with the recurring...
View ArticleNo contest: Highlanders roll
HUNTSVILLE — Preparation met opportunity Friday night at Highlander Field, as Scott showcased plenty of offense with solid defense pitching a shutout to roll decisively, 58-0, over the visiting Union...
View ArticleSexton to step away from OSSD
Thursday’s Oneida Special School District Board of Education meeting had several announcements of good news, including the statement from elementary school principal Rick Harper that a former Oneida...
View ArticleSeymour uses powerful rushing attack to defeat Scott
HUNTSVILLE — The postseason for the Scott Highlanders begins now. Regardless of the final score of Friday night’s game here against visiting Seymour, the Highlanders have the same goal as they have had...
View ArticleHighlanders scalp Redskins, 42-6
HUNTSVILLE — Senior night at Scott High School was everything it was supposed to be — and more. The Highlanders (4-5, 1-3) celebrated a crushing 42-6 victory over rival Loudon (2-6, 0-4) with the Scott...
View ArticleHighlanders head to playoffs with dominating win
ENGLEWOOD, Tenn. ó In addition to the final score of Scottís game at McMinn Central Friday, the stat numbers reflected both the size of the hearts of the players on both teams, the intensity of the...
View ArticleScott comes up just short at Elizabethton
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — Coach Keith Shannon: “This season came down to an onside kick we didn’t get.” Offensive coordinator: Jackson Sharpe: “We had Elizabethton on the ropes late in the game. If we...
View ArticleLady Highlanders split games with Morgan County teams
HUNTSVILLE — In what coach Jackson Sharp described as a “barnburner,” the Lady Highlanders outlasted and outscored the Coalfield Lady Yellow Jackets, 83-79, in a game that saw four players from each...
View ArticleShort-handed Highlanders close out with win
CLINTON — Not dwelling on what was missing, head coach Jared Laverdiere and the Highlanders went to work with what they had, and got it done regardless, even though two of Scott’s key playmakers...
View ArticleLady Highlanders show fight in Christmas tourney
As head coach Jackson Sharp put it, the Lady Highlanders have had an intense stretch of basketball packed into a short amount of time. “We’ve run a gauntlet of six games in the last eight days, with...
View ArticleScott ladies bounce back against Oakdale
HUNTSVILLE — In Friday’s game against Oakdale, Scott High head coach Jackson Sharp became only the second Scott girls’ coach, after his late father, Doug Sharp, to win 100 games, and Monica Roberts...
View ArticleScott’s Sexton appears in all-American game
HUNTSVILLE — Scott High senior offensive lineman Dakota Sexton was still playing football over the holiday break, after being chosen to play in the annual National Underclassmen Combine All-American...
View ArticleOSSD board holds routine session
Thursday’s Oneida Special School District Board of Education meeting, having been called to order, began with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Ayla and Jackson Sims, 4th and 2nd graders, respectively,...
View ArticleHall’s 25 lift Highlanders to overtime district win
KINGSTON — Friday’s game here was a heart-stopper, but Scott High operated with its own dose of CPR, and the heartbreak went to the home-standing Yellow Jackets, as the Highlanders prevailed in...
View ArticleInjury woes limit SHS girls at Kingston
KINGSTON — Despite an admirable job holding Kingston close through the first two periods here Friday, Scott High eventually fell to the district unbeatens by a final of 63-48. The Lady Highlanders were...
View ArticleNewport is student of month in county schools
HUNTSVILLE — As Thursday’s Scott County Board of Education meeting got underway, S.T.A.N.D. student of the month Chloe Newport, daughter of Travis and Lori Newport of Helenwood, was recognized for her...
View ArticleAssistant principal ‘exonerated’ by investigation; school board hasn’t...
An Oneida High School assistant principal has been "exonerated" by a Department of Children's Services investigation, with the focus now turning to whether school policies were violated. The post...
View ArticleHall offers update on TNReady snafu
HUNTSVILLE — With the new TNReady scholastic assessment tests about set to go on Jan. 8, it turned out that, from the state’s end, Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen declared the...
View ArticleAllison Mays appointed to Oneida vacancy
Allison Mays was unanimously chosen by the Town of Oneida mayor and board of aldermen to fill the town’s vacant alderman position during Thursday’s monthly meeting. Mays takes the spot that was opened...
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