Spring Fling, an Olympic-style event featuring the state’s top high school athletes, is set for May 24-27. The event is expected to draw 5,000 athletes and 25,000 fans with an economic impact of $3.5 million. The Rutherford County Convention & Visitors Bureau is seeking event volunteers to make this great event possible! Many opportunities and…
Stewarts Creek High School and Smyrna High School will soon install new artificial turf for their respective football fields. Smyrna High School’s installation of the turf has been 100% funded by donations from Smyrna Ready Mix. The school plans to rename the field to “Smyrna Ready Mix field at Robert L. Raikes Stadium.” Stewarts Creek…
Murfreesboro City Schools in partnership with MTSU Blue Raider Tennis is offering a FREE Tennis Clinic for beginners and intermediate students Grades 1st – 6th on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at MTSU. Registration: 4:00 p.m. Clinic Time: 4:15 – 5:45 p.m. Location: MTSU, Granville “Buck” Bouldin Tennis Center Advanced registration is required. Parents/Guardians must be…
A prominent national sports and entertainment facility development company announced today it has selected Murfreesboro, Tenn., (Rutherford County) as the next site for its $350 million, 260-plus acre, multi-use family sports, and entertainment complex that will feature state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor athletic facilities for numerous recreational and professional sports. The Legacy Sports Tennessee facility will…
A trio of players from Rutherford County have been named semifinalists for this year’s Tennessee Titans Mr. Football awards. Jordan James (Oakland) and Alex Mitchell (Riverdale) are among the Class 6A semifinalists for the Mr. Football trophy, while Upton Bellenfant (Stewarts Creek) is a semifinalist for Kicker of the Year. They are among five semifinalists…
Joel Bigelow from Endure Athletics joins us on the podcast this week. Joel does a LOT of good with kids in our community with his Endure Athletics program and has much more coming. And yes, he shares those updates with us this week!
A team of students from Stewarts Creek High School’s video production program will work with the Town of Smyrna’s media services personnel to broadcast the August 20th Smyrna vs. Stewarts Creek football game live on Stewarts Creek TV and multiple Town of Smyrna platforms. Town of Smyrna Manager Brian D. Hercules understands the value of…
The scoreboard at McFadden School of Excellence had rather limited capabilities. Installed in the early 1990s, the scoreboard hung on the backwall behind the coaches and players, who had to actually step out onto the basketball court and turn around in order to see the score or the time remaining. After nearly 30 years, it…
In his piece “Calmly We Walk through This April’s Day,” American poet Delmore Schwartz wrote the oft-quoted line: “Time is the fire in which we burn.” Perhaps no one understands the importance of that line more than Alex Young, a 2012 graduate of LaVergne High School. Young has earned a spot on Team USA for…