By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard JONES In an effort to relieve overcrowding at West Elementary, the Warren County Board of Education voted last week to rezone students in one of the school’s bus route districts to attend under-populated Bobby Ray Elementary.“We’re just overloaded,” said West Elementary principal Troy Jones, “and…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard CONAWAY Three Star Mall officials hope to land a major retailer to replace Kmart, but what that store might be remains a mystery.“Our company is working as hard as they can to have somebody else in here before Kmart leaves,” said Three Star Mall employee Susie…

McMinnville Jaycees will present the 2002 Little Miss and Mister Warren County Pageant at 6 p.m., April 27, at Hickory Creek Elementary Gymnasium. Each child must be between the ages of 4 and 6 the day of the pageant, but not enrolled in the first grade.The Jaycees have set an April 15 deadline for submitting…

The first Warren County Junior Princess Pageant for Warren County children ages 9 through 11 is being presented by the McMinnville Jaycees. The competition is slated March 30 beginning at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium at Hickory Creek Elementary School. Rehearsal will be held March 29 at 6 p.m. at the pageant site.Pageant officials are…

Boyd’s Lady Broncos opened their softball season on the road Monday, losing a tough 11-10 decision at Gordonsville.Dara Webb hit the mound for the Lady Broncos and held the Wildcats to four runs after three endings. Gordonsville scored four runs in the first, but Boyd tied the game at 4-4 by the end of the…

TULLAHOMA — Three Warren County Middle School soccer players did double-duty Monday night, and did all the damage the Pioneers would need in a pair of victories over Tullahoma.In varsity action, Jose Martinez and Armando Santilliar scored two goals apiece in a 4-1 Pioneer win. When the junior varsity squads took the field, Warren County’s…

Warren County Middle School kicked off its second season with a pair of big wins on Sunday, sweeping a home doubleheader against Gallatin’s Rucker Stewart Middle School.The Pioneers won the first game 11-0, behind a strong outing from pitcher Colby Killian, who went the distance, striking out six Gallatin batters and allowing just three hits.The…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist I want to follow up on last week’s column concerning athletes who don’t graduate from college.It’s already bad enough we have coaches recruiting players and not seeing they succeed academically. On the average, 42 percent of college athletes don’t graduate. Among African-American players, 65 percent never get their degree. Most…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Boyd kicked off its 2002 soccer season with a district win Monday, downing York 4-3 in a District 8-A matchup that featured a hat trick from newcomer Arne Alberts.In the first half Boyd moved the ball down field and kept York’s defense on its heels.…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County shortstop Matt Brown slides home with the Pioneers’ first and only run of Monday night’s game at Tullahoma. The Wildcats scored in the seventh to down WCHS 2-1. (Rob Nunley photo) TULLAHOMA — Warren County’s 2002 baseball season got off to an inauspicious…