Coverage of Clarksville-area high school sports teams.
The Kirkwood High School football program was only two yards short of making the playoffs in their first year of existence last season. This year, they’ve reloaded and are ready to make a push deep into the 2024-25 postseason.
The Maplewood High Panthers visited exit one for a showdown with the Northeast Eagles in the second week of high school football scrimmages. While the Eagles started out slow, their offense caught fire and showcased their prowess with only two weeks till week one of the regular season.
The Kenwood High Knights made a trip across the river to Montgomery Central High School to face the Indians in the second week of football preseason scrimmages. The game was physical in the trenches, and both teams impressed with only fourteen days until week one of the 2024-25 season.
Janiya Johnson, a sophomore wrestler at Kirkwood High School, who just recently won the 155lb national championship this year, has been invited to the Who’s Number One (WNO) wrestling event in Pennsylvania.
History was made on the ice this past week as the Montgomery County Rangers, the county’s brand-new high school ice hockey team, took to the rink for the first time.
The Rossview High football team set a personal record in winning the most games since 2014 last season. Now, with a much younger squad, Rossview will look to build off of that success and aim to take the program a step further.
The Clarksville Academy Cougars hosted the McEwen Warriors for the first scrimmage of the season at Simpson Field on Friday. A defense-heavy affair with splash plays here and there culminated in a 7-7 tie to kick off August.
Northwest High School football is under new leadership with first year head coach Mark Hall. After being hired on this off-season, Hall is looking to turn the Vikings’ luck around in 2024.
Three Kirkwood High School students and one former student have advanced to the AAU Junior Olympic National Meet in Greensboro, N.C., after placing in the top five in the AAU Regional Meet in Knoxville in late June.
Isaiah Johnson, former Eastern Illinois University and Buffalo Bills running back, is returning to Rossview High School to coach, giving back to a program that means so much to him.