By Mike Hutchens
Union City Schools Communications Director
The 2018 fall sports season begins this week for Union City High School and UCMS teams and individuals.
The high school golf team plays its first match today, participating in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Classic at Jackson County Club. The Tornado linksters, coached by Jason Qualls, will host their first match of the season Thursday, welcoming Obion County Central.
UC’s middle school softball squad will debut Tuesday with a road game in Camden. Second-year head coach Chelsea Farmer and her team will play its first home game Aug. 13 against Milan at Graham Park.
The season will get under way Thursday for both the UCHS volleyball and middle school football teams.
Jodi Powell will open her tenure as Lady Tornado volleyball coach and look to lead UC back to the state tournament, where the squad made the program’s first-ever appearance a year ago. A trip to Westview on Thursday begins this season.
Union City will play at home for the first time Aug. 13, hosting Fulton County, Ky.
The UCMS football team will begin its season Thursday by visiting Mayfield, Ky.
Second-year coach Coby Watts saw his troops tune up for their season opener with a 14-0 win over Lake Road in the Obion County Jr. High Jamboree Saturday night in Troy.
Jacob Arnold had a 45-yard touchdown run and Durell Littleton scampered 52 yards to pay dirt for the Jr. Twisters, who won the Rebel Bowl last season.
Dominic Broadway tacked on a two-point conversion after the first Union City TD.
Littleton finished with 72 yards rushing, while Arnold gained 68 yards on the ground.
Miguel Sanchez had three tackles, while Hayden Moon, Hayden Kennedy and Gage Smith all were in on two stops apiece for Union City defensively.
The Twister jayvee team recorded an 8-6 win over Northview.
Both the UCHS and UCMS cross country programs will participate in jamborees Saturday at Jackson State Community College, hosted by Madison Academic. The middle school will run at 9 a.m., the high school at 10.
The first regular season meeting for the high school teams is slated for Aug. 14 at Dresden, while the middle school will run for the first time Aug. 16 at Dresden.
Union City made it to the state meet last year in boys’ competition.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Union City’s high school varsity football team will have its final dress rehearsal for the 2018 season Friday when it faces perennial Class 4A power Haywood in the fifth annual STAR Physical Therapy/West Tennessee Bone and Joint Jamboree at Dyersburg.
The reigning Double-A state champion Tornadoes will play two halves against the Tomcats, who return most of their starters from last season’s 11-win team that made it to the semifinals.
The halves will consist of 20-minute periods with the clock running continuously until the final two minutes of each half. Each team will receive two timeouts in each half. No rush will be allowed on punt or PAT attempts and there will be no returns on kick plays. Possession will change hands at the end of each half.
Tickets are $8 apiece and will be available at the gate. There will be no advance tickets sold.
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