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General Trass football team advances to the semifinals.

Sports coverage dominates ECB school headlines

Laura Arvin
Monday, December 23, 2024
Briarfield’s football, softball, basketball, tennis, and track teams made many headlines in 2024, and the General Trass Panther football team captured its own share of headlines by advancing all the way to the semifinals in its state playoff journey.
Before last week's game, members of the Panther team picked a member of the staff and presented them with a replica of their jerseys, which the teacher/staff members wore to school the next day. COURTESY PHOTO

Panthers go far, but reach end of road

Debra Hopkins
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
A strong 14-0 state championship team proved to be a little too much for the Panthers Friday night. The Haynesville Golden Tornadoes defeated General Trass High School, with the ending score of 52-14 at Haynesville.
TAYLOR HOWARD

Rebels and Panthers fight for gridiron glory

Cassie Condrey
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
A ticket to the championship was on the line, and the Briarfield Rebels showed up. In a 38-16 win over Claiborne Academy, the team secured their spot in the championship game, the school’s fifth appearance at the top in eight years. And for the General Trass Panthers, they continue their playoff journey after schooling Centerville 6420. The Panthers continue to impress on the gridiron under Head Coach Toriano Wells’s leadership.
General Trass offense lines up for a play during a game earlier in the season. COURTESY PHOTO

Panthers head to playoffs

Debra Hopkins
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The General Trass High School Panthers struck early and often last Friday night in their last regular season game before the playoffs. The Panthers amassed an impressive 58 points while holding the Delhi Bears to two touchdowns in a 5814 victory on the road. The Panthers will begin the first round of playoffs for 1A, District 2 Friday night with a home field advantage against Centerville.

Two weeks remain in 2024 football contest

News Staff
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The upsets just keep coming. No. 2 Georgia and No. 4 Miami both lost and dropped out of the top 10. LSU dropped to No. 21 after losing to Alabama and South Carolina knocked Vanderbilt out of the Top 25.
Aubree Jones signing to play softball for Meridian Community College. She is pictured with her parents, Matthew and Felecia Jones. TAYLOR HOWARD

Briarfield's Aubree Jones signs softball letter of intent

Cassie Condrey
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Aubree Jones has led Briarfield’s softball program to three state championships in three years. She is a force on the mound, level-headed and consistent in pitching very fast balls, and is just as impressive at bat, her name regularly called out for homeruns. She hit the first grand slam in Briarfield softball history and followed that with a solo homerun in the same game to beat a 4A school. In the stands for that game was a coach from Meridian Community College. He followed up with Jones and made her an offer.

Payne extends his lead in football contest

News Staff
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Once again someone forgot to put their name on a pick. If you turned in a pick and do not see your name in the weekly results let us know.
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