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SportsWorks Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Our Staff has 28 years of combined experience Have an injury and need physical therapy? Call the SportsWorks Rehab team at 731-352-4189 |
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Holland Farms Strong supporters of McKenzie sports and athletes for generations GO REBELS! |
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McKenzie Feed and Grain 2016 Cedar Ave., McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 Phone: 352-2084 STIHL Your licensed STIHL dealer |
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BETHEL COLLEGE Academic Excellence...Personally Phone 731-352-4000 |
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MBC McKENZIE BANKING COMPANY Serving McKenzie, Paris, Alamo and now Jackson CONVENIENT Drive in hours: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; Lobby hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday Highland Branch hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; Drive-through hours 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays-- We'll Be Here! |
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McCaslin Motors Quality Pre-Owned Vehicles, Trucks, ATVs 25255 Highway 22, McKenzie, TN 38201 Call 731-352-2233 |
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Brummitt Funeral Home Supporting the Rebels and Serving McKenzie since 1945; Obituary Line 352-9391 |
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CHET'S PIZZA 21810 E. Main Street, Huntingdon, just past the overpass For the BEST pizza in West Tennessee, call 986-9705 |
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Alexander Thompson Arnold, PLLC CPAs 16208 Highland Dr. McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 Phone 731-352-3513 See Mark Downing for your accounting needs |
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R & R Quality Construction Licensed and Insured Custom Homes, Remodeling, Additions, Any of your Home Improvement Needs Call Terry Reeder 731-352-9849 (h) 731-694-3019 (c) or Richard "Soup" Raymer at 731-644-7676 (h) 731-693-6578(c) |
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G&B MOTORS Highland Drive, McKenzie, TN 38201, phone: 731-352-7251 Good dependable used cars On the spot financing! See Greg Blackburn
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Brents K. Priestley 16194 Highland Drive, McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 Phone 352-7822 See Brents for personal investment advice |
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Phipps Pharmacy 205 Hospital Drive McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 |
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City of McKenzie P.O. Box 160 McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 |
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Kee Photography 50 Willard Ave. McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 Steve Kee, owner and photographer |
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My Ezee Web Ez4me, Ez4u Let Us Customize Your Website Just for Your Business; It's Never Been so Ezee! Steve Kee, Owner/Web Designer |
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Mars U.S. Pet Food 399 Euclid Ave. McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 Phone 731-352-3396 GO REBELS! |
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Farmers & Merchants Bank 15172 Highland Drive, McKenzie, Tenn. 38201 Phone 352-9998 Hometown Banking since 1916 |
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Backhoe Services Septic Installation, General Excavation Keith Robertson, Prentice McClerkin, Jr. 3102 Hwy. 423 McKenzie, TN 38201 (mail) |
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By JIM STEELE
mckenzierebels.com
Maybe McKenzie's middle school football team didn't win, or even score, during its scrimmage at Paris-Inman Tuesday afternoon.
But this was a scrimmmage, not a regular-season game. The emphasis is on improvement, not necessarily winning. Inman outpaced the Rebel varsity 2-0, but MMS did get better.
Last week, Martin systematically dismantled McKenzie 5-0 in a scrimmage. The Rebels looked more like a football version of "Bad News Bears" than a football team. But the team went back into the film room, took a calm look at the problems, the alignments and personnel.
"We looked a lot better and we improved a lot," said MMS coach Brad chappell. "In a way, there were things that were very similar to last Thursday in that when we got all 11 players on the same page, we looked pretty good."
McKenzie was able to grind out yardage when it lined up properly. One of the big keys on Tuesday was the fact the line on both sides of the ball improved.
"The defensive line played a lot better and we had quite a few tackles for loss," said the coach. "You know, when your line does what it's supposed to do, it takes a lot of pressure off everyone else, your linebackers, your safeties."
Inman featured two former McKenzie standouts: Storme Hilliard and Jamari Curtis. And Chappell said they looked to be in mid-season form.
"They both looked good," said Chappell.
"We were outclassed as far as speed goes, but Inman is a good team," the coach said.
Chappell said he saw improvement in a lot of players as well.
"Chance Flippin was playing a lot better today and Bishop Williams ran the ball today and showed his speed real well," he said. "He hit the hole real hard and when the blocking broke down, made things happen on his own."
Offensive and defensive linemen Jay McCutcheon and Austin Paschall got better, the coach said. "They played a lot beetter and when the line does what it is supposed to do, it makes a difference."
The JV team topped Inman's B-team 3-2, which was an encouraging sign. The Rebel JV will face Henry around 7 p.m. in Saturday's middle school jamboree at Rebel Field. The Rebels battle a tough Lexington Minuteman team to end Saturday's pre-season fest, which will start at 2 p.m. when Inman and USJ square off. Martin will play Camden next, then Bruceton vs. Paris-Lakewood. Defending mckenzierebels.com Bowl champion Medina takes on Huntingdon in the next pairing. Dresden takes on West Carroll then McKenzie closes the event out. Advance tickets are $4 and available at participating schools. Local proceeds are kept by each individual school. Tickets at the gate are $5 and gate receipts will be shared among the participating schools.
As for the Rebels, Chappell said he was encouraged.
"We'll go back into the film room and take a look at what we did and try to fix some things in practice," he said. "We have three more good days of practice and I hope we can get some things done, but today , we took a good step."
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