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Cosby has familiar playoff opponent in Midway to open postseason
COSBY — On Nov. 8, 2025, the Cosby High School football team traveled to Kingston and was defeated by Midway 27-13 in the first round of the TSSAA 1A state playoffs. On Friday, 363 days later, the Eagles will host the Green Wave in Cosby with a chance for revenge — and the program’s first-ever postseason win — on the line. Region 1 champion Cosby (9-1) will see a Midway team that went 6-4 under first-year coach Anthony Leckie, who promoted from offensive coordinator, and finished fourth in Region 2 after starting 0-3 in league play before winning four straight. The Green Wave enter the postseason on a five-game winning streak overall and defeated Wartburg Central 28-17 in a go-or-go-home contest last Thursday. “They look a little bit different than they did last year when we played them in the playoffs,” Cosby head coach Levi Cooper said of Miday. “They’ve got a new head coach. So, schematically, they look different, a little bit, on both sides. Personnel-wise, they seem to be extremely athletic on both sides. They’ve got a really good quarterback, a really good running back, and some athletic wide receivers that they like to throw the ball around
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CCHS Class of 1957 reunion held
The Cocke County High School Class of 1957 recently held its 69-year reunion at the Taylor-Ford Home in Eastport. The event was hosted by Tammy and Jabo Francis in honor of Tammy’s step-father Alfred “Butch” Ford. The hosts served a luncheon. Ten of the 28 living class members attended the event including Garry Brooks, Christine Gray Smith, Joyce Gray Clark, Alfred “Butch” Ford, Willie Green, Ben Hooper, Charles McNabb, Paula Moore Inman, Evelyn Mason Rhodes and Jeanne Yater Birdwell. Cocke County Mayor Joe Shults was a special guest. His mother, Claudette Dunn Shults was a member of the class. Also in attendance were spouses of deceased members including Shirley (Guy) Hayes, Debra (Mickey) Lovell, Peggy (Junior) Walker and Herman (Margaret Holt) Shelton. Rounding out the guest list were Shirley Brooks, Faye Fish, Patsy Hooper, Brenda McNabb, Susan Overholt Drinnon, Vaughn Lewis Moore, Michael Haag and Vickie Mason. Members who died since the last reunion were remembered — Shelby Grooms Owens, Verlin White, Guy Hayes and Madge Murray Mounger.