Archives
 By  Staff Reports Published 
6:40 pm Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wildcats have shot at revenge

By Staff
Scot Beard
THARPTOWN – Due to the consolidation of schools in the Lawrence County School System, the Tharptown football team will have a rare opportunity this week.
The Wildcats will have a chance to get revenge against Phillips for their opening week loss. Tharptown began the season with a 62-16 loss to the Bears.
Thanks to a scheduling quirk because of the consolidation, the Wildcats host Phillips Friday.
Tharptown played perhaps its sloppiest game of the season in the opener.
Several turnovers led to points for the Bears and a handful of bad penalties either stalled Tharptown drives or kept Phillips drives going.
The Wildcats can be expected to play tough this week as they try to build on last week's 25-20 victory against Waterloo.
Tharptown (1-2, 1-2) would like to even up its overall record with a win this week, which is homecoming for the Wildcats.
The game, which does not count in region standings, begins at 7 p.m. at Tharptown.

Also on Franklin County Times
Educators update states of their schools
Main, News, Russellville, ...
María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
November 19, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — Local educators and community members gathered Thursday at Tharptown High School for the seventh annual State of the Schools program. T...
Dowdy guilty in dog mauling deaths
Main, News, Russellville, ...
By Brady Petree For the FCT 
November 19, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — A Franklin County jury found Brandy Dowdy guilty of one count of manslaughter and one count of criminally negligent homicide after more...
Youth sports policy aims at bad conduct
Main, News, Red Bay, ...
By Brady Petree For the FCT 
November 19, 2025
RED BAY — Over the course of his 14 years coaching youth league sports, Torrey Lewey has noticed a plethora of changes, one of which includes a tenden...
West sings national anthem for Special Olympics
News, Russellville, Russellville Golden Tigers
María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
November 19, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — Russellville High School senior Elijah West sang the national anthem at this year’s Special Olympics, marking his second time to perfor...
Garden club learns about poppy symbolism
Columnists, Opinion
HERE AND NOW
November 19, 2025
We began our November Cultura Garden Club meeting with a hands-on rock-painting activity led by muralist Ree Shannon of aRo Art & Design Concepts. Ree...
Electricity prices are soaring, and coal is a key solution
Columnists, Opinion
November 19, 2025
Electricity bills are climbing almost everywhere, and the reasons have little to do with ideology. Three forces are driving prices higher: massive new...
PCHS opens with 3 wins
High School Sports, Phil Campbell Bobcats, Sports
Bart Moss For the FCT 
November 19, 2025
The Phil Campbell Bobcats reeled of three straight basketball wins to open the season, beating Tharptown, Winston County and Cherokee. The Bobcats ope...
Young Lady Tigers still in building stage
High School Sports, Red Bay Tigers, Sports
By Brady Petree For the FCT 
November 19, 2025
While most coaches have their hands full managing one team, John Torisky once again returns to coach the Lady Tigers as well — giving him twice the am...

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *