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McKenzie Rebels Basketball 12th Annual Golf Tournament and Four-Man Scramble is Saturday, September 16, 2023 at Carroll Lake Golf Course, McKenzie, Tenn. The price includes 18 holes of golf, cart, …
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8/30/23
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McKENZIE (August 11) — Recently, the McKenzie Rotary Club hosted the senior football players from McKenzie High School. Coach Wade Comer spoke of the upcoming season and the challenges ahead. The senior members of the team introduced themselves and stated the positions they play on the team.
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8/29/23
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McKENZIE (August 25) — As they say, all good things must come to an end, and so it did for the McKenzie Rebels’ winning streak Friday night. After 16 consecutive wins and a state championship, the Rebels finally had to put one down in the loss column. The Dresden Lions handled McKenzie fairly easily in the week two matchup, coming away with the 42-14 victory.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 8/29/23 |
McKENZIE (August 18) — The 2022-23 Lady Rebels basketball team was honored for their state championship title during halftime festivities of the McKenzie/Huntingdon football game.
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8/22/23
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McKenzie High School Lady Rebels Soccer Team won 3-1 over Gibson County on Tuesday, August 15. Sydney Rimmer scored two goals and Allie Walker scored one. Goalie Rachel Essary had six saves in the contest at the MHS field.
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8/22/23
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McKENZIE (August 18) — For the fourth consecutive season, the McKenzie Rebels have defeated their cross-county rivals, the Huntingdon Mustangs. The 28-12, week one, home opening, win put the Rebels on the correct path to defending their 2022 state championship.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 8/22/23 |
PARIS (August 11) — In the final pre-season matchup before the start of the regular 2023 season, McKenzie scored early and held on to defeat the 6A Mustangs of McCracken County, 20-14. In the three-preseason game, McKenzie has been able to hold McNairy County, Lexington and McCracken County to a combined 20 points. Offensively, the Rebels have totaled 64 points in the three scrimmages.
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8/15/23
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Henry County Patriots are hosting its annual football jamboree featuring eight teams on Friday, August 11.
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8/8/23
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McKENZIE (August 5) — On Saturday, football teams from sixteen different middle schools clashed at Randy Thomas Field for the annual McKenzie Jamboree. Three Carroll County teams competed, including McKenzie, Huntingdon, and West Carroll Middle Schools. Each team played two twenty-minute quarters on one half of the football field, allowing double match-ups to occur simultaneously.
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By Kathy Bush
banner@mckenziebanner.com | 8/8/23 |
Rainy conditions forced the pre-season scrimmage between McKenzie and Lexington to be moved to Bethel University. The two and half hour event proved many positives for the hometown Rebels. Stafford Roditis hit two field goals (35 and 36 yards) and Timmy Arline found the end zone from 14 and 6 yards out. Tate Surber passed to Stafford Roditis for a 29 yard score.
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8/8/23
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McKenzie (August 4) - A football scrimmage between the McKenzie Rebels and Lexington Tigers is Friday, August 4, 5:30 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium on the campus of Bethel University. The game …
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8/4/23
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McKENZIE — McKenzie Middle School’s inaugural girls soccer team was revealed in late July, almost a month before the team’s first game.
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8/1/23
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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.
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8/1/23
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Aug. 18 Huntingdon
Aug. 25 Dresden
Sept. 1 @ Chester Co.
Sept. 8 @ McEwen *
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8/1/23
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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.
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8/1/23
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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.
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8/1/23
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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 …
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7/28/23
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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.
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7/28/23
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McKENZIE — You can’t have a cross country team without a track.
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7/18/23
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McKenzie High School’s cross country team, coached by Beth Mathis, sprints into action this August.
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7/4/23
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