SPORTS WEEKLY Volume 7 Number 7 The The The HomeHome Home ofof of HometownHometown Hometown Heroes!Heroes! Heroes! February 19, 2020 District Playoffs Dickson Enters Tourney Shorthanded, BHS Looks Good Dickson County will enter the be even eight seed, there’s a very District 11-AAA Tournament short- small, miniscule difference,” Mur- handed. rell said. “From a fan’s perspective DJ Stacy, the Cougars leading if you wanted to come to a tourna- scorer (13 ppg), suffered a sea- ment, this would be the one to come son-ending ACL injury in his left to. It’s wide-open.” knee during a loss at Centennial two Dickson was able to get in transi- weeks ago. tion on most opponents early in the “It’s been extremely difficult, to season, but now teams are forcing be perfectly honest with you,” Cou- the Cougars into a half-court game gars coach Hal Murrell said. “Since by sprinting back on defense. the Brentwood triple-overtime loss “The biggest issue for us is we’re and then DJ going down, we’ve not a very big team at all and we been kind of reeling a little bit.” struggle with teams who have big Dickson (20-6, 10-5 through post play because we just don’t Monday) has slumped to 4-5 since have an answer defensively for in- getting off to a 16-1 start. terior defense,” Murrell said. “And The regular season ends Tuesday we don’t have a guy to dump it and play-in games start Thursday. down to.” Higher seeds host Friday’s first Franklin (17-9, 8-7) and Centen- round games before the tournament nial (15-11, 8-7) are tied for fourth. moves to Independence on Satur- Ravenwood (9-16, 6-9) is sixth day. and Page (14-10, 5-10) is tied with Stacy, a 1,000-points-plus scor- Independence (11-15, 5-10) for sev- er, has played varsity ball since his enth. Spring Hill (3-17, 0-14) is in freshman year. last place. “He went down right at the end of the first quarter basically in a Girls Basketball non-contact step,” Murrell said. Brentwood (22-1, 15-0), winner “He went in for a layup and as soon of 22 straight games, has clinched as he planted his leg, it just went out first place. on him.” Page (23-2, 14-2) whose only dis- Senior Tucker Purvine, a reserve trict losses were to Brentwood, has guard, replaced Stacy at guard. wrapped up second place. Both of Dickson’s losses to Brent- Dickson County (13-10, 10-5) wood were in overtime. The Cou- Tough Matchup and Independence (16-8, 10-5) are gars are third in the district behind tied for third. Brentwood (20-6, 13-2) and Sum- Brentwood High School and Dickson County have squared off twice this Ravenwood (12-13, 7-8) and year with the Bruins prevailing both times. With Dickson without its top mit (17-5, 12-3). scorer, they face a huge challenge. Summit (12-11, 7-8) are tied for “Between one and seven and may- Photo by Jennifer Spradlin fifth. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nashville SC & City Settle Arena Talks National Champ Vandy Hosts Locals Girls Basketball Roundup Page 4 Page 5 Page 7 2 Nashville Sports Publications February 19, 2020 STAND OUT IN A SEA OF SAMENESS WITH YOUR SMILE POWER! Now offering DeltaVision® in partnership with VSP®. Protect your eyes and smile with Delta Dental®. DeltaDentalTN.com February 19, 2020 Nashville Sports Publications 3 WNSL League Gears Up for 20th March Madness By Lauren Tygard NSW Contributor Mike Hastings West Nashville Sports League is Publisher gearing up to host the 20th Annual [email protected] March Madness Basketball Tourna- ment beginning on March 5th and Editorial Staff we hope to see many Middle Ten- nessee teams competing! 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All rights reserved. 4 Nashville Sports Publications February 19, 2020 Nashville SC City & Team Reach Agreement Over Future Stadium Nashville Mayor John Cooper tion,” said John Ingram. “The in- ward lease payments. enjoy life-long benefits as Nashville and Nashville Soccer Club lead vestment we are making is not just The Team has agreed to a gener- SC season ticket members and will owner John R. Ingram announced for our soccer team, it is an invest- al statement of principles for parcel be eternally etched in history with that they have reached agreement ment in the future of Nashville and 8C in the 10 acre mixed-use devel- their names featured in the new on an amendment to the future Soc- the Fairgrounds.” opment to account for an open plaza Nashville SC Stadium. cer Stadium to be built at the Fair- “I’m so glad we’ve reached a bet- that can serve the operational needs Tickets to Nashville SC’s inau- grounds Nashville. ter deal for Nashville. I’m grateful of multiple Fairgrounds uses. gural MLS match against Atlanta Under the terms of the revised to Nashville Soccer Holdings and Metro has authorized initiation United FC, presented by Renasant deal, the team has agreed to fund John Ingram for understanding our of the demolition contract and will Bank, are available through Season 100 percent of stadium construc- city’s financial realities and agree- proceed with the demolition pro- Ticket Memberships starting at just tion with private dollars through ing to pay up to $54 million in ad- cess immediately. $425 ($25 per game) and through cash investment, stadium lease pay- ditional costs,” said Mayor Coo- Earlier this week Nashville SC single game and group tickets. ments, and revenues generated at per. “This deal saves the taxpayers the stadium by attendees of events. money and provides a better site The parties have agreed to a state- plan for the Fairgrounds. Today is ment of principles including open an exciting step forward for sports space between the soccer stadium in Nashville and I’m ready for the and the historic speedway. Metro first Nashville SC game on Febru- has agreed to begin the demolition ary 29th.” process immediately. The revised stadium deal consists The revised deal eliminates tax- of the following elements: payer and budget burden for stadi- The Team will pay for infrastruc- launched the first season ticket Be sure to secure your place in um construction while keeping in ture in the immediate vicinity of the member program for the club’s in- history with the best seats for Feb. place the first Community Benefits stadium estimated to be $19 mil- augural season in Major League 29 and throughout the inaugural Agreement in Tennessee. lion. Soccer, the First String MLS season by visiting NashvilleSC. “We are very happy to be moving The team will assume metro’s ob- Founding Members. 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