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Have an injury and need physical therapy? Call the SportsWorks Rehab team at 731-352-4189
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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
There was good news and bad news when one considers the football scrimmage between Martin and McKenzie Middle School football scrimmage Thursday afternoon.
The bad news was that a veteran Martin Middle School team picked apart a young McKenzie team and made it look easy. The good news was that McKenzie, in just its fourth day on the practice field, has time to pick up the pieces, regroup and figure out where to go from here.
Martin outscored McKenzie 5-0 in the scrimmage. And yes, while it is early August and not late September, MMS coach Brad Chappell was not too pleased with what he saw.
"We made a lot of unforced mistakes tonight," he said. "If we can fix those things, we'll be okay, but we need to play with more heart and learn how to adjust to adversity."
Things have come easy to the Rebels, who are 22-5 over the last three seasons and three-time defending champions. Adversity hasn't been in the MMS vocabulary over that span.
"Friday won't be a day off for us. We'll look at the film and go into a teaching mode where we show them what they did wrong without being emotionally charged up," said Chappell. "We will look at the film and fix what went wrong and then we need to find that desire, that willingness to get better."
It wasn't just completely awful for the Rebels. They had several instances where they raced for big yardage, made good step-in, step-out cuts, and completed a few passes.
"But it seemed like for every good play we'd make, we'd do something wrong on the next play and take a few steps back," Chappell said. "We need to find the right people in the right place on defense. Today, when Martin made some big runs, it was usually because we had one person in the wrong place."
Chappell said Bishop Williams played well and showed great speed in pursuit. He also praised Josh Owen, a seventh grader, for his efforts. The coach hinted that there may be a battle for numerous positions on both sides of the ball.
"Martin is a good team, but we need to learn to respond to adversity," the coach said. "It's disappointing today, but it's not like we expected Martin to lay down. They are tough every year and we have to come back, get better at practice and go back to the drawing board."
Martin will face another huge challenge and perhaps face a better team than Martin when it goes to Paris-Inman for scrimmage action Tuesday afternoon.
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McKinney Marketing 181 South Main Street, McKenzie, TN 38201 Custom Designed Screen Printed T-Shirts, Sweats, Fleece, Caps, Athletic, Polo, Tanks, Sleeveless and Henley's for Men, Women and Children For Churches, Clubs, Fundraisers, Organizations, Individuals, Business, Schools, Teams, Etc....Phone 352-2141 |
