Welcome to our new web site!
To give our readers a chance to experience all that our new website has to offer, we have made all content freely avaiable, through October 1, 2018.
During this time, print and digital subscribers will not need to log in to view our stories or e-editions.
McKENZIE — The 2023 middle school football season kicks off Saturday, August 5 with the McKenzie Middle School Football Jamboree at Randy Thomas Stadium. Beginning at 4 p.m., local middle school teams will compete using half of the football field, allowing for two games to play simultaneously. The games are broken into two 18-minute halves with hydration breaks.
more
8/1/23
|
Aug. 18 Huntingdon
Aug. 25 Dresden
Sept. 1 @ Chester Co.
Sept. 8 @ McEwen *
more
8/1/23
|
The McKenzie Banner gifted 8-foot x 4-foot photos of the 2022 champion football team and 2023 champion Lady Rebels basketball team to McKenzie High School Principal Kelly Spivey.
more
8/1/23
|
It was 1A versus 3A. McKenzie made the 80-mile ride to McNairy County to open the 2023 preseason. The Rebels are fielding an almost completely new squad from last year’s 15-0 State Championship team.
more
8/1/23
|
McKenzie High School Football 2023
Jamboree - Friday, August 11, 2023 at Henry County High School. McKenzie vs McCracken County, Kentucky at 9 p.m.
August 18 Huntingdon August …
more
7/28/23
|
Henry County Patriots are hosting its annual football jamboree featuring eight teams on Friday, August 11 West Carroll, Henry County, Dresden, and McKenzie are the local teams participating.
…
more
7/28/23
|
McKENZIE — You can’t have a cross country team without a track.
more
7/18/23
|
McKenzie High School’s cross country team, coached by Beth Mathis, sprints into action this August.
more
7/4/23
|
The bleach-blond McKenzie Rebels gathered in the McKenzie High School cafeteria to celebrate the end of another thrilling baseball season.
more
7/3/23
|
McKENZIE (June 15) — McKenzie High School girls and boys soccer coach Karlene Brown spoke to the McKenzie School Board June 15, proposing adding a girls soccer team to the middle school.
more
By Lyndsey Summers
lsummers@mckenziebanner.com | 6/20/23 |
Coach Wilkins along with the Lady Rebels and Rebel basketball teams are back to host another year of Summer Basketball Camps to children going into first through eighth grade.
more
6/15/23
|
Players, coaches and parents of the Lady Rebels softball team gathered inside Hometown Hangout June 11 for a bittersweet end-of-season banquet. It marked the end of Kristi Brown’s last season as head coach of McKenzie High School softball.
more
By Lyndsey Summers
lsummers@mckenziebanner.com | 6/13/23 |
The McKenzie Boys Soccer team (11-3-2) ran into a juggernaut Tuesday, May 23 as they faced off against Madison Magnet (17-0-1). The Rebels lost 5-0 in the opening round of the TSSAA State Championship Series. Brice Becerra and Charles Damron had the only goal attempts for McKenzie. Goalkeeper Tellez Renteria had four saves in the matchup. Madison Magnet went on to win the 1A State Soccer Championship defeating Alcoa 3-2 in the final round. Photo Courtesy Jess Martin
more
5/30/23
|
The McKenzie Rebels baseball team made a run at the state title for baseball but was stopped in their tracks by the East Robertson Indians. The Rebels split with the Indians but were sent home after their 2-5 loss on Thursday, May 25 at the Spring Fling in the TSSAA State Tournaments.
more
By Erin Douglas
|
5/30/23
|
With football season just around the corner, McKenzie Middle School announced a change in its football coaching staff. Coach Paul Carroll recently announced he will step down from his position as head football coach, making room for the third generation of Coach Chappells to step in.
more
By Lyndsey Summers
lsummers@mckenziebanner.com | 5/30/23 |
The McKenzie Rebels started off Wednesday with a 6-5 loss to the East Robertson Indians, but they battled back in the losers bracket and defeated the Bradford Red Devils 13-1 to secure their stop in the Class 1A State Semifinals.
more
By Erin Douglas
|
5/30/23
|
ROCKVALE HIGH SCHOOL (SPRING FLING 2023) - McKenzie High School Rebels baseball team made it to the semi-final round of the Class 1A state championship before falling 5-2 against East …
more
5/25/23
|
MURFREESBORO (May 23) - The McKenzie Rebels had a fifth-inning rally that hoisted them to a 5-1 victory over the University School Buccaneers. The Rebels had three hits during the fifth inning that …
more
By Erin Douglas
erin@mckenziebanner.com | 5/24/23 |
McKENZIE (May 18) McKenzie Rebels baseball team is returning to Murfreesboro to compete in the Class 1A state championship tournament. The first game is Tuesday, May 23, 4 p.m. at Rockvale against …
more
5/23/23
|
MEMPHIS (May 20) — McKenzie Rebels Soccer Team advances to the state tournament after defeating Memphis Business Academy and won 1-0.
more
5/23/23
|