Carthage Courier

11/02/2025

Congratulations, Gordonsville Tigers!
2025 Region 4-2A Champions

11/02/2025

🏆🎉 SCHS CHEER DOMINATES! 🎉🏆
Today, our incredible SCHS Cheer team placed 1st in their division — but they didn’t stop there. Their performance was so 🔥 they earned a bid to the Americas Cheer Cup at Universal Orlando AND scored a $1000 partial paid bid!

11/02/2025

We didn’t make finals at State; however, these kids scored their highest scores in years! We’re making progress!!! Congratulations Smith County High School Band!!!!💕 We will see you guys at STATE 1A next year!!! We are happy to end the season on such a high note! We haven’t even peaked, we’re just getting started! 👍

These kids are something special, and I’m excited to grow with them each day!

11/02/2025

11/02/2025

GHS Band TSBA State Champions!!!

11/01/2025

OFFICIALLY PLAYOFF TIME: The high school football regular season has come to an end which means postseason play opens next Friday night.

Both the Gordonsville Tigers and Smith County Owls will be competing in the Class 2A bracket. Gordonsville (10-0), who roared their way to a Region 4-2A crown and the program’s first undefeated regular season since 1986, will host York (1-9) Friday, November 7 at Turney Ford Field. The Dragons are the fourth-seed in Region 3-2A.

The Smith County Owls (4-6) claimed the No.3 seed in Region 4-2A and will travel to Region 3 second-seed Bledsoe County (8-2) next Friday. 🏈🔵⚫️

https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20250102 a

See the brackets for the 2025 TSSAA Class 2A Football State Playoffs and more at TSSAAsports.com.

11/01/2025

10/31/2025

Huge thank you to Wilson Bank and Trust for their sponsorship of the new video boards for our gym.

10/31/2025

Region Champs!!

10/30/2025

10/30/2025

A weekly newspaper over 100 years old, the Carthage Courier is one of the oldest businesses known to the citizens who call or have called Smith County, Tennessee home.

The Courier has been under the ownership of the Hershel Lake Family for 47 years running with the office located at 509 Main Street in Carthage.

Dedicated to presenting the local, Smith County, Tennessee news to its readership, the Courier is an award-winning publication — recently honored with the top General Excellence Award for all Division I newspapers from across the state at the 2023 University of Tennessee / Tennessee Press Association State Press Contest.

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