By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A teen who told police he wanted to “do something stupid,” apparently accomplished his goal Saturday evening when he was caught abandoning a truck a block away from where he stole it.The 17-year-old suspect, whose name is being withheld by police due to his underage…

By Bernard Smith / Columnist This week’s NASCAR race at the Texas motor-speedway is one of the few tracks that are not owned by the France family.You can always tell the difference.NASCAR runs half of their races on the International Speedway Corporation’s tracks. About a fourth of the rest of the races are run at…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A new sport has been added to Warren County.The Warren County Rugby Football Club, who call themselves “The Redmen,” have hit the field this year, with WCHS teacher George Joslin serving as coach.Joslin, who played a little rugby back in his younger days, formed a…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The WCMS softball team traveled to Lebanon Friday night for two games in the Lebanon Middle School tournament, falling to Mt. Juliet 15-3 and losing 11-2 to Macon County.Mt. Juliet scored two in the first to take an early lead, but WCMS answered with one…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard David Price took matters into his own hands Thursday night to lead the Blackman Blaze to a 8-3 win over the Pioneers at Patrick Ramsey Field.The lanky sophomore hurled a complete-game four-hitter, and picked up a pair of hits of his own, driving in five…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thursday afternoon the Lady Broncos tried to mount a late rally, but came up four runs short falling to Gordonsville 6-2 at home in district softball action.The Lady Tigers got on the board in the first inning, with three runs on four hits. Boyd picked…

Looking for its second straight win, the Pioneer soccer team ran into a strong offensive squad Saturday in Nashville, as McGavock scored three goals in the second half on its way to a 4-1 win over Warren County.WCHS, which fell to 1-4 with the loss, got strong play in goal from senior Matt George in…

By JOSH EZZELL / Mid-South Sports Network MURFREESBORO — Like the girls, Warren County’s boys’ track team didn’t fare well against District 7-AAA foes at Blackman High School.The Pioneers tallied 37 points to finish last at the District 7-AAA meet Thursday. Riverdale won with 146 points, while Lebanon was second with 92 points. Cookeville placed…

Warren County’s boys tennis team improved to 3-4 Friday, and picked up their first win over a district foe with a 6-3 victory over Riverdale in Murfreesboro.Doug Roberts won at No. 1 singles, losing the first set to Riverdale’s John Rone 7-6 (5) but coming back to take the final two sets 6-2 and 6-1.Travis…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The friendly confines of home haven’t been so friendly to the Pioneer baseball team this weekend.Warren County suffered a pair of losses in the first two games of its own Dr Pepper Classic, the latest an 11-2 loss Saturday morning to Chattanooga Baylor.“We played a…