Cannon High News's Blog (4)

The Cannon County Lions stepped onto the home filed of the Franklin Road Academy Panthers looking for some respect after falling to 0-2 at home. The Panthers wanted a win to celebrate their Homecoming festivities and came out roaring to take a 7-0 lead at half time. Being in the FRA “Jungle” didn’t intimidate the Lions who call their own home field “The Jungle” and the mighty Lions roared back in the second half with 24 unanswered points improving their record to 1-2 for the season and spoiling… Continue

Cannon County fell to 0-2 after losing to the York Institute in the Jungle Friday night. Despite the light drizzle, the Lions maintained fan support throughout the game and offered some thrilling moments to please the crowd. Receiving the ball at the kick off of the second half, Tony Harris (30) brought the crowd to their feet with a runback that looked like it was going all the way to the end zone but he was stopped after powering through the arms of several York tacklers. Cannon County moved… Continue

The Cannon County Class of 1968 is planning a 40 year reunion to be held Saturday, October 11 at the Fist Baptist Church in Woodbury. For information and making arrangement to attend, contact either Sue Patrick at 615-563-1328, Patricia Bryson at 615-563-6725, or Wade or Judy Campbell at 615-765-5201. If you are a Cannon County Alumni, please join the Cannon County Network and upload photos from your high school days for all to see and enjoy. Joining is free and gives you your own personal pag… Continue

The Cannon County Lions took the field Friday tonight for the first regular season game. The Lions faced Sequatchie County and former Cannon County Head Coach Chad Barger. Barger returned to Sequatchie County to take the head coaching position. Cannon County's new head coach Andrew Bartsch told the Lions in practice, “it’s simple, tomorrow you punch in, punch them and punch out!” The coach believes strong support from the student body is also important to the game plan. Students who displayed t… Continue