Football season begins for Cannon County in one week. The Lions will be on the road in Putnam County as they visit Monterey. New head coach Andrew Bartsch has been preparing the team and is enthusiastic about the season.
The team has been participating in several scrimmages and their last pre-season event is tonight at the Gordonsville Football Jamboree with Smith County vs. Watertown, 5:30 p.m., Dekalb Co vs Clay County, 6:30 p.m., DCA vs Goodpasture, 7:30 p.m. and Gordonsville vs Cannon County, 8:30 p.m.
The Lions regular season is as follows;
| Fri | Aug. 23 | 7:00 PM | at Monterey | ||
| Fri | Aug. 30 | 7:00 PM | Providence Christian | ||
| Fri | Sep. 6 | 7:00 PM | Cheatham County | ||
| Fri | Sep. 13 | 7:00 PM | Forrest R | ||
| Fri | Sep. 20 | 7:00 PM | at Fayetteville R | ||
| Fri | Sep. 27 | 7:00 PM | at Community | ||
| Fri | Oct. 4 | 7:00 PM | Cornersville | ||
| Fri | Oct. 11 | 7:00 PM | Notre Dame | ||
| Fri | Oct. 18 | 7:00 PM | Cascade R | ||
| Fri | Oct. 25 | 7:00 PM | at Marion County R |
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Cannon’s undefeated team of 1974. That team will be honored at the home game with Providence Christian on August 30th.
WBRY’s coverage of Cannon County sports this year will begin with the Monterey game next Friday. We are pleased to announce that Matt Daniel will return to the broadcast booth with play-by-play of the action.
Cannon County resident Murphy Fair, the Guru of Tennessee Prep Football will kick-off our Friday night broadcasts with Murphy’s Matchups followed by Coaches Corner.