Sports

Bethel’s Bass Fishing Coach to host National Television Show, “Legends of the Outdoors TV” MCKENZIE, Tenn., October 4, 2021 – The Legends of the Outdoors™ announced the creation of a new outdoors television show hosted by Garry Mason. Mason, a professional hunting, and fishing guide for over forty years, founded the Legends of the Outdoors™ […]

The Wildcats will play five home games and six road game this fall. Bethel plays six of their first eight games on the road. The Cats open the season on the road in Cleveland, Mississippi Thursday, September 2 against NCAA DII Delta State. It will be the 12th meeting between the programs with DSU holding […]

The Reverend Dr. Ronald B. Mays (Covenant Presbytery) has been named athletic director for Ballard County (Kentucky) Schools. Mays has been a Ballard Memorial High School teacher and coach. He replaces Tim Adams, who was recently named the new principal at Ballard Memorial High School.   Dr. Mays holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting […]

The Reverend Tim Smith is widely known as “the voice of the Tigers,” in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Smith, pastor of the Fayetteville, Tennessee, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Columbia Presbytery, has been a part of Fayetteville High School ever since the institution was initiated ten years ago. Rujena Dotson, Supervisor of Fayetteville City Schools, nominated Tim for […]

Dr. Tony Janner Memorial Golf Tournament Saturday, July 10, 2021, 8:00 a.m. Carroll Lake Golf Course (near McKenzie, Tennessee, off SR 22) 4-Person Scramble, $200 per team Men’s and Women’s Teams Welcome 3 Flights, First & Second Place Awarded Boxed Lunches, Sodas, Water/Concession Stand Long Drive Contest/Hole-in-One Contest Opening Ceremony/Salute Proceeds In Tony’s Name Go […]

Bethel University football coach, Michael Jasper, announced Friday, May 28, 2021, Keith Williams has been named Offensive Coordinator for the Wildcats. Williams replaces Morgan Cruce who recently became the new Offensive Coordinator with the Henry County Patriots. Williams just completed his first season as the H-Backs / Tight Ends Coach for the Wildcats. Prior to […]

Brad Chappell, Bethel University Senior Associate Athletic Director, announced Tuesday, June 1, 2021, Jason Essary has been named Bethel Director of Sports Medicine. Essary has been serving as Interim Director during the illness and death of Suzanne Seat Rezac and is in his nineth year at Bethel University. Prior to coming to Bethel, Jason was […]

MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel University Sports Information Office released an early look at the 2021 Wildcat Football schedule Thursday, May 27, 2021. After a sterling start to the season (2020) earlier this year, the Wildcats suffered through four straight disappointing losses to end the abbreviated year at 3-4. The 2021 schedule will as always […]

Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, announced May 13, 2021, that eSports would be the institutions 26th varsity team sport. Over 250 accredited Colleges and Universities in the United States compete in varsity eSports. There are currently fourteen eSports teams in the Mid-South Conference competing in a variety of games, including League of Legends, Rocket League, […]

Suzanne Rezac-Seat, 36, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Suzanne, known to friends as Suz, was born April 19, 1985, in Dyersburg, Tennessee, to Jerry Lynn Seat and Susan Ann McDearmon Seat and grew up in Newbern, Tennessee. She played basketball for Dyer County High School and later Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. […]