Sports

Following the conclusion of the 2023-24 girls’ high school basketball season, it’s time to honor players representing Montgomery County schools with the Clarksville Now All-Area Girls’ Basketball Team and Player of the Year.

Clarksville High two-way player Aree Collins has been selected as the Clarksville Now Player of the Week for her play last week on the mound and in the batter’s box.

Three years ago, Clarksville native Mike Pardue, who attended and played football at Northeast High and Austin Peay State University, received a phone call from a friend asking him to play in a flag football rec league in Nashville and ever since, his life has changed forever.

The Clarksville Academy Cougars traveled to Montgomery Central High School for a rematch on the baseball diamond that went down to the wire.

Coming off a 2023-24 season where she was named a McDonald’s All-American, a Miss Basketball Award winner and became Clarksville High’s all-time leading scorer, top women’s basketball recruit Imari Berry has decided to reopen her recruitment to decide where she’ll be attending college next fall. 

The Northeast High Eagles traveled across the river to Montgomery Central High School for the 2024 Flag Football season opener on Monday, March 19.

Austin Peay men’s basketball (19-15) announced on Sunday, March 17, that their season isn’t officially over, and they have accepted a bid to play in the 2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Basketball Tournament (CIT). 

In a week highlighted by his eight-RBI outing at Lipscomb Saturday, Austin Peay State University shortstop Jon Jon Gazdar earned the Atlantic Sun Conference’s Baseball Player of the Week award Monday.