Blaze on the green
Megan Roth, Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2020
This year the Blackman High golf team made big swings. The Blaze and Lady Blaze went 7-1, capping off their season with almost all wins. Coach, Barry Wortman, says “Our team has high character kids who have good work ethic.” The golf team’s extensive work ethic lead them to be able t...
Blackman football reaches quarterfinals in state playoffs
Christian Skelton, Reporter
December 18, 2019
The TSSAA class 6A football playoffs ended on Saturday with state power Maryville winning their 17th state championship defeating Ravenwood by a score of 42-21 in Cookeville. The playoffs were mainly chalk in 2019 with many usual suspects making it to the final rounds. Therefore, it was no surprise...
Q&A with basketball coach, Barry Wortman
Christian Skelton, Reporter
December 10, 2019
Just a few days before the Blackman Blaze boys' basketball team opened the season at the Hometown Leaders N2 Hoops Invitational in Huntsville, Alabama, head coach Barry Wortman sat down with us to discuss the upcoming season. The Blaze come into the year with an experienced team that has a ...
Megan Roth: Blackman’s legacy runner
Christian Skelton, Reporter
November 19, 2019
Blackman High School cross country senior runner Megan Roth recently competed at the TSSAA state meet. It was held at Steeplechase in Warner Parks in Nashville. Roth and the Blaze had already run there once this year. As for the state meet, Roth finished 33rd in the 5k with a time of 20:03 against many nationally ranked runners. In this race she broke several Blackman records and finished with t...
The Blaze Stop the Chop
Christian Skelton, Sports Reporter
October 4, 2019
The Blackman Blaze had an improbable come-from-behind victory at Tomahawk Stadium over the Riverdale Warriors last Friday night. This was a huge game with both teams vying to host a Region 3-6A playoff game. Blackman came into the game with a record of 2-3, and Riverdale came into the game with a record of 4-1. Despite the discrepancy ...
Football season in full swing
Christian Skelton, Reporter
September 30, 2019
Football season is underway, and the Blackman Blaze are looking to improve on their 1-3 start to the 2019 campaign. Although two losses this early in the season is unwelcome, the season’s goals are still attainable. The first game against the Alcoa Tornadoes was a tough way to start out t...
A New Future for Softball
Kylie Tarver, Sports' Editor
April 23, 2019
The Lady Blaze softball team’s season is off to a great start with a 6-0 district record. “Defensively, I think we are better than I thought we would be,” stated the new head coach Robert Fortel. With a new coach, there had to be some adjustments made, but the team is on a winning streak as the season...
Wrestling Takes it To The Mat
Katelyn Morrow, Reporter
April 11, 2019
Although they didn’t win all the tournaments this season, the wrestling team achieved many commendable achievements. The team competed in tournaments including TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary Sports Athletic Association) state duals, Bradley central invitational, and the WRAL invitational. Senior Landon Fowler won his fifth region championship while also winning the Region 5 Wrestler of the Year...
Blackman Bowling: A Close to The Season
Kylie Tarver, Sports' Editor
March 11, 2019
Blackman High School’s bowling team had pulled out another win as their season comes to an end. The bowlers have won their third region title and their fourth district title. This is also the third time in the last three years they have made it to state. “We were very happy, I mean, we’re always the little underdog team. When we can go in and beat a team with a lot of subs, we are always happy...
