Tag Archives: Cookeville High School

New COVID guidelines will be in place for Thursday night’s game against Livingston Academy after fans failed to socially distance during the first game. Tickets will be limited and pre-sold at the high school’s main office only. No tickets will be sold at the entrance of the game. COVID screenings will be required at the gates. Fans will be required ... Read More »

Many fans at Thursday night’s Cookeville-Upperman game did not follow posted COVID guidelines, causing concern among school administrators. “We hope in future games, fans will take more personal responsibility for following the TSSAA guidelines so that we can continue to allow them to attend the football games this season,” administrators said in a Friday afternoon press release. Both Cookeville and ... Read More »

Cookeville Head Football Coach Jimmy Maynord found out on the football field Tuesday that high school football could start on time. “I think everybody’s excited about that,” Maynord said. “I know that’s something that we really was not expecting, I guess, but very, very happy that we’re going to get to start on time. I think that every football coach ... Read More »

Social distancing and contact is impacting cheerleading teams across the Upper Cumberland too. Cookeville High School Cheer Coach Vicki Russel said stunt practicing has yet to begin, but non contact conditioning began last week. “The challenge is not knowing the answers,” Russel said. “My girls come to my everyday and have questions asking if this is true. I just try ... Read More »

Cookeville High School will get a new synthetic turf surface after the school board approved the financing completed by Cookeville parents. The school board gave the parents and about 75 Cookeville Cavalier athletes in attendance a standing ovation. The group raised close to $800,000 to replace Cookeville’s football field. “It’s just been awesome seeing the community come behind this project ... Read More »

Putnam County Schools will host its first ACT test date of the summer Saturday. Grades 9-12 Curriculum Supervisor Sharron Anderson said the school system secured enough staff to host and follow the ACT Covid guidelines. “We had some question initially about that, because the ACT has definitely ramped up their requirements for sites and the number of staff we would ... Read More »

20 school resource officers in 19 Putnam County schools will receive salary increases thanks to a new grant. Sheriff Eddie Farris said the $175,000 grant will help the county’s financial situation. “It’ll help because the county will not have to come up with as much money to pay for the salaries,” Farris said. “The $265,000, the county taxpayers will not ... Read More »

Cookeville and Upperman High Schools are repairing their gym floors this July. Putnam County Schools Facilities and Construction Supervisor John Magura said the floors are usually repaired every 10 to 12 years. Each gym floor will not include any new designs. “The floors will be sanded down to bare wood and repainted and refinished,” Magura said. “They’ll also repaint logos ... Read More »

It’s the fourth quarter in local parents’ efforts to replace the turf at Cookeville High School. Parent Julie Baker said the group remains committed to installing new artificial turf before the first football game in August. The deadline comes next Thursday when the Putnam County School Board considers the issue and what money has been raised. “We are definitely on ... Read More »

The Putnam County 911 Department is using GIS technology to map enough space for Tucker Stadium high school graduation. 911 Assistant Director Brandon Smith said it made sense for the department to use their GIS system for this cause. “We use GIS Mapping a lot in the 911 center to assign addresses, maintain the street’s databases for the county and ... Read More »