By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Columnist Roger Cook says he’s not a writer, but a scrapbook filled with his work begs to differ.Cook, 67, has dealt with physically debilitating cerebral palsy since birth. The condition affects his speech and fine motor skills, but Cook found a way to use his…

Thirty youth softball teams found their way to McMinnville last Saturday for the annual Warren County Showdown youth slow-pitch softball tournament, sponsored by the Sporting Events Society of America. Squads came from as far away as Pochahontas, Ark. and Rossville, Ga., and from as near as Centertown and Midway. No matter where they were from,…

Morton’s stayed alive with a narrow victory, and the regular season champions from First National Bank rolled into the semifinals as play continued earlier this week at the Senior League baseball tournament.The No. 2 seeded Morton’s, which was upset in the opening round by Outdoor Shop, righted its ship in the losers’ bracket, coming out…

Even though they lost their final season game, Womack Printing captured the regular-season championship of the Girls Prep Fastpitch League Tuesday night.In the first game of the night Cumberland blasted by Dr. Stan Martin 28-2. Then in a close contest, Rickey Elkins Realty defeated Womack Printing 12-10. Womack ended its season at 7-3. The final…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Monday night in the girls 11-13 year old fast-pitch league at the McMinnville Civic Center field, Mason’s Legend fell to Gold Tree Landscaping 8-3. Gold Tree picked up one run in the first, one in the second, three in the third and three in the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Results from last week’s Boys Training League action saw Foster and Foster squeeze by the Dodgers 17-15. The Dodgers took an early lead in the first two innings,scoring four in the first and four in the second to make it 8-7 after two innings.Foster and…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist NUNLEY (Bryan calls this “shotgunning.” Others call it a rip-off of Biddle’s “Random Ruminations.” I call it not having enough on any one topic to fill this space…)Back in my days at the Southern Standard’s sister publication, The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro, you could always tell when our sports…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Though the logo and mascot may be different, the success rate has remained the same for the Middle Tennessee Mudcats this summer.The Mudcats, a 14-and-under traveling baseball team made up of several members of this year’s Warren County Middle School squad, have amassed a 14-8…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Bill Locke won a close match to capture the championship flight of the 2002 McMinnville Country Club Championship last weekend.Locke edged former club champion Corker Deloach, finishing 1-up in their match-play final match. The 2002 champ had reached the championship finals with another close victory,…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Local golfers Tori Ritz, left, and Allison George pose together after completing play Wednesday at the 2002 Junior Girls Electrolux Challenge. (Rob Nunley photo) One of McMinnville’s rising stars on the links defended her home course well this week.Tori Ritz, who will enter her freshman…