October 24- The Cumberland Gap Panthers played host to the Claiborne Bulldogs on senior night. The celebration of seniors happened before the game, and then it was time for the annual rivalry game. No one had a clue how this game would play out. A three-win team versus a zero-win…
October 17- Unicoi came into Claiborne County looking to spoil homecoming and they did just that by taking home another “W” winning 49-14. After the seniors were honored, Claiborne kicked to Unicoi to begin the game. The ever-improving Claiborne defense played well and forced Unicoi to go for it on…
October 10- The Cumberland Gap Panthers’ awesome 2025 turnaround was tested by a great Happy Valley (7-0) team ranked by Max Preps as the 175th ranked team in the entire state of Tennessee and ranked 16th in all of Division 2A. The Panthers had an outstanding drive on offense early,…
October 9- Claiborne loaded the buses and traveled to Dobyns-Bennett (6A) for a non-district game against the 33rd ranked team in the State of Tennessee. It was 49 to 0 when Claiborne’s offense struck through the air. Kaden Lovin hit Kris Ford on the third play of the drive…
October 3- Claiborne made the bus ride into Black Knight territory to do battle on the gridiron. The Bulldogs were after their first win of the Coach Lee era, and it looked like they had one in the bag until late in the fourth quarter. Chuckey-Doak made a late play…
October 2- The fans at R.O. Giles Field got their money’s worth when the Tazewell Timberwolves middle school hosted the Scott County Scotsmen, also known as the Huntsville Bears. If you are the type of person that loves defense, you were disappointed. Both teams scored early and often. Cage Austin…
September 19- Claiborne High was the location for the football battle between the Bulldogs and the visiting Longhorns of Johnson County. Claiborne kicked off and forced Johson County to eight downs and out, finishing on the Bulldogs 30. Claiborne took over, ran the football, and advanced the ball on the…
September 13- On a beautiful afternoon and evening, Tazewell welcomed Lake City into town for the three games of TYFC football. The TYFC also had Air Evac Lifeteam drop the ceremonial game ball to the center of the field. It was homecoming night and the TYFC named their Kings, Princesses…
September 11- Tazewell Timberwolves met the Cumberland Gap Panthers in middle school football. The two teams traded drives to start the game. On the Panthers’ second drive, Ben Collins and Zack Bowen began doing the groundwork, and the drive continued into the second quarter scoreless. An apparent Panther touchdown was…
Panthers Bounce Back in Thriller at Cosb September 5th– The Cumberland Gap Panthers rebounded from last week’s tough home loss with a hard-fought 21-14 road win over the Cosby Eagles on Friday night. Behind a resilient defensive front and timely plays from quarterback Kole Carter, the Panthers improved to 2-1…
