Franklin Road Academy alum Tymon Mitchell will be leaving Athens and heading to a new college football landing spot.
Franklin Road Academy has hired former Tennessee Titans and Vanderbilt offensive lineman Justin Geisinger new head coach of the Panther football program, per a press release.
The 2022 TSSAA Hall of Fame inductees have been selected.
Franklin Road Academy shared Monday that Bill Whittemore will step down as its head football coach.
While he wasn't on the field Monday night, former Franklin Road Academy defensive tackle Tymon Mitchell still had a hand in bringing a national title to Athens.
The CPA Lions (7-0) and FRA Panthers (2-5) played each other on Homecoming night at FRA's The Hill.
As the football season continues, so do the score recaps.
The first week of the 2021 Williamson County football season is in the books, with some wins, losses and big plays to mark the opening kickoff.
Last season was difficult for a lot of teams, especially for the Panthers of FRA.
Franklin Road Academy has hired a former college coach with local ties to run its football team's defense.
The Christ Presbyterian Academy Lions (7-1, 3-1) hammered out a victory Friday night at home against the Franklin Road Academy Panthers (1-6, 0-4) 41-29.
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BGA (3-4) and FRA (1-4) haven’t had the greatest starts to the year. Both teams have had to cancel games due to COVID-19 and have had to deal with some roster turnover after losing a lot of seniors.
The seventh week of football this season in Williamson is in the books, and we've got select scores and photos for you to peruse.
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Lipscomb Academy and FRA's annual meeting had the potential to be a great game.
The sixth week of the Williamson County football season approaches, with October football and, believe it or not, the playoffs, approaching.
As we end Week 5 in Williamson County football, let's take a look at how some of this week's games went.
The Williamson County football season is officially reaching its halfway point, with Week 5's games promising some of 2020's most exciting contests yet.
Follow along with select updates from the fourth week of Williamson County football.
The third week of the 2020 Williamson County football season is upon us, if you'll believe it.
After several reports surfaced on Monday that Mayor John Cooper was set to cancel the upcoming Davidson County high school football season, it appears there may still be a small shred of hope for Metro Nashville teams to have a 2020 season.
Bernard Childress is “cautiously optimistic” that everything will go O.K. as the high school football season opens in Tennessee during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday night.
Though the ongoing sports drought continues in response to the coronavirus, we've still got Williamson County recruiting to keep tabs on.
The Tennessee Sports Writers Association has honored a handful of Williamson County football players to its 2019 lists for D-II AA and D-II AAA.
The Tennessee High School Football Coaches Association continues to roll out its superlatives for 2019.
The Division II Class AA region honors for 2019 have honored a good share of Williamson County football players.
Below is a new feature at the Williamson Home Page, a weekly preps recruiting roundup.
Evangelical Christian School 13, Battle Ground Academy 9
The 2019 Williamson County playoffs roll on after a chilly first week of play, and we've got some excitement yet to come for who's left standing.
FRA went up against out-of-state division opponent Northpoint Christian at home as the first round of the D-II AA playoffs began Friday night at home.
It’s no surprise that FRA has had the kind of year it’s had with running back Jeffrey Vercher at the helm.
The 2019 Williamson County football playoffs are officially underway, and the WillCo teams set to participate now know their first-round opponents for the start on Friday, Nov. 8.
While the Christ Presbyterian Academy Lions only won four games this season, they made each of those wins count.
One of the underappreciated stories in Williamson County football this season has been the steadiness of the Franklin Road Academy Panthers.
STORY BY GRANT LEDGISTER | PHOTO BY ANDY COLLIGNON It was a dominating performance in all aspects of the game for FRA (5-1) against RePublic (0-6) as the size, speed, and depth of the Panthers dismantled the Timberwolves 41-6 in front of the Homecoming crowd. RePublic has struggled offensively this year, having never scored more …
STORY AND PHOTO BY GRANT BRICKER For those of you who love high-powered offenses, the most recent bout against Lipscomb Academy and Franklin Road Academy was for you. Both teams came exploding out of the gate and it didn’t feel like they were planning on slowing down any time soon. Once the smoke had cleared, …
STORY BY GRANT LEDGISTER | PHOTO BY RUSSELL VANNOZZI FRA will look to improve from the middle of the road campaign that they had in 2018. The Panthers went 8-5 last season, losing to BGA in the semifinals of the DII-AA playoffs. It wasn’t a total loss, as FRA did have some impressive wins, namely …
STORY BY CHIP CIRILLO | PHOTOS BY CARL EDMONDSON, JR. Brad Myers liked his hitters’ approaches at the beginning and the end, but not the middle. It added up to a 10-6 win for Grace Christian Academy over Franklin Road Academy in Leiper’s Fork on Wednesday night. “We’re getting better,” said Myers, whose team scored …
STORY BY CHIP CIRILLO | PHOTOS BY WHITNEY JARRELD CPA coach Becky LeGate had her doubts last summer. But the Christ Presbyterian Academy players surprised her with a 51-42 win over visiting Franklin Road Academy in a Division II-A District 3 semifinal on Friday night. “No disrespect, but if you had told us we would …
STORY BY LYNN MANDERSON | PHOTOS BY WHITNEY JARRELD BGA got a 50-39 win over district rival FRA in Franklin Thursday night. Garnett Hollis Jr. led the team with 25 points. The Panthers kept trying to play catch-up all night and never narrowed the deficit. In the last quarter, FRA’s efforts were dashed by the …
STORY BY LYNN MANDERSON | PHOTOS BY WHITNEY JARRELD A senior-heavy Battle Ground Academy girls took home a district win from Franklin Road Academy Thursday night, 49-46. “We have five seniors on the team but we are still developing as a unit and are still gaining momentum as a team working together,” Lady Wildcats head …
BY CORY WOODROOF Carley Smith said didn’t know she’d be hitting game-winning free throws to get her Lady Lions a first conference win this morning when she woke up. “I did not,” she said. “Not at all.” But it was her resolve to overcome a few shots just missed from the line to ice a …
STORY BY JAKE DONOVAN | PHOTO BY WHITNEY JARRELD It has only been four years since the Battle Ground Academy Wildcats played in the state football championships—recent enough for the community to recall, but long enough to where not a single player on the 2018 squad has ever participated in such an event. That dynamic …
BY CORY WOODROOF | PHOTOS BY DEB SCALLY AND RUSSELL VANNOZZI Part of the story in this week’s continued playoff push comes with the excitement of seeing old foes and settling scores. For two teams this week, they’ll get a chance to right old wrongs and advance in the playoffs with wins over key rivals. …
The powers that be have determined which county football players will make up the the Division II Class AA Middle All-Region team. Names from Christ Presbyterian Academy, Franklin Road Academy and Battle Ground Academy fill the list. BGA’s versatile offensive weapon Tiy Reed was named the region’s Athlete of the Year, while CPA’s blue-chip running …
The Franklin Road Academy Panthers were stuck in a rut with about four minutes to go to half, down 30-6 on the road to favored Notre Dame. Though, the Chattanooga trip would not be in vain for FRA, who scored two times before the halftime buzzer sounded on a Brogan Wilson run and Sean Casey-to-Riley …
BY CHIP CIRILLO When Franklin Road Academy is running the ball well, it’s tough to beat. Friday was one of those nights as the Panthers rolled to a 39-6 win over Grace Christian Academy-Knoxville in the first round of the Division II-AA playoffs on FRA’s The Hill. Running backs Brogan Wilson and Jeffrey Vercher, who …
STORY BY JAKE DONOVAN | PHOTOS BY ANDY COLLIGNON Christ Presbyterian Academy put an exclamation point on its perfect regular season and Division II-AA title with a 31-10 win over Franklin Road Academy in Friday’s all-district matchup with major playoff implications. Senior quarterback Ryan Eledge led the charge for the unbeaten Lions (10-0/4-0 region), throwing …
BY CORY WOODROOF | PHOTO BY WHITNEY JARRELD It’s hard to catch Brogan Wilson. The Franklin Road Academy senior running back has an electric style to his game, and his speed reminds you of the type of running that Panthers RB (no, not these Panthers, the ones in the NFL) Christian McCaffrey. Wilson blasted visiting …
STORY BY CORY WOODROOF | PHOTOS BY WHITNEY JARRELD As light rain trickled down up on The Hill, the Franklin Road Academy Panthers poured it on visiting Hickman Co. to honor the team’s seniors. Standout talents like Lance Wilhoite (headed to join the Ducks up in Bend, Oregon) and Tymon Mitchell (off to play Between …
STORY AND PHOTOS BY RUSSELL VANNOZZI Thursday’s game between Battle Ground Academy and Franklin Road Academy quickly became a turnover fest. However, it was the Wildcats that were able to limit their mistakes and emerge with a 14-3 victory over the Panthers in Nashville. BGA forced six turnovers, including four interceptions and two fumbles, and …
BY CORY WOODROOF | PHOTO BY ANDY COLLIGNON Here are a few guesses at three key games going on in Williamson County this week. BGA at FRA As the D-II teams get at it, I really think this one comes down to who slows down the run game. Both Brogan Wilson for FRA and Kaleb …
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