WCHS volleyball to hold tryouts this week
By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County High School volleyball coach Franklin Fisher will be holding tryouts for the 2002 volleyball team June 4-5. Tryouts are for incoming freshman and upper-classman who attend WCHS. Last year coach Fisher put together a team of ten players and will be looking for…
Read MoreSenior League Baseball: Outdoor Shop bounces Check Advance
Results from last weeks Sr. League action at the Dottie West ball field:On Tuesday, Outdoor Shop beat Check Advance 13-1. Kyler Boyd picked up the win for Outdoor Shop. Mathew Black and Travis Young collected two hits each, Jon Bryant and Casey Myers had one hit each.For Check Advance Mitchell Young was the only runner…
Read MoreSEAA Showdown June 7-8
Warren County will host youth softball teams from several areas Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, for the SEAA Warren County Showdown Youth Softball Tournament.The tourney will be played at two locations. Play begins with the boys teams Friday at the Jaycees Complex at the Fairgrounds.A feature of the opening night will be an home run…
Read MoreSwim team gets ready to compete
Kayann Moore competes for the McMinnville swim team during a meet last summer. The Swim team begins practice Wendesday to prepare for the up coming season. (Photo provided) Having no pool hasn’t stopped the McMinnville Swim Team from securing a five-meet swim schedule for this summer.The team has contracted with the McMinnville Country Club, and…
Read MoreJunior League Baseball: Rogers’ no-hits D.C. Roofing
Recent results from Junior League baseball:• Slayden Rogers fired a no-hitter to lead Gateway to a 12-1 win over D.C. Roofing.Gavin Lewis led the way with three RBIs on a pair of hits, and Austin Fairchild, Roth Nunley and Rogers drove in two runs each while Tyler Farley added an RBI. Fairchild and Nunley finished…
Read MoreStill perfect: League’s unbeatens win again
By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ABC Ice pitcher Brett Patterson threw a two- hitter and struck out 16 during his team’s 8-1 win over Wilmore Body Shop Friday night at the Hoover Millarany Field. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Junior League baseball’s final two unbeaten teams kept their perfect records intact Friday,…
Read MoreWarren County edged in hoop scrimmage
By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County High School basketball coach Doug Keil calls a timeout to set up the Pioneers’ final play with five seconds left on the clock during Thursday’s scrimmage against Upperman at the Charlie Dalton Gym. The Warren County High School basketball team ended its spring…
Read MoreLocal girls attain top scout honor
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Jessica Dykes, left, and Leslie Bohr of local Girl Scout Troop 1096 recently received the Gold Award, the highest honor girls can achieve in Girl Scouts. (Photo provided) Two local Girl Scouts were recently recognized for earning the organization’s top leadership honor, the Gold…
Read MoreMusic festival turns up volume in Manchester
The first BONNAROO music festival is set to take place June 21-23 just outside Manchester.This three-day festival features such acts as Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio, String Cheese Incident and Ben Harper. Recognizing the varied influences of these bands, and the tastes of their fan bases, the event will also feature everything from cutting edge DJs…
Read MoreNational Guard soldiers poised to test battle skills
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BOWERS Members of I troop, the local unit of the Tennessee National Guard, departed yesterday with the rest of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment to test their skills against the best the U.S. Army has to offer at its premier training facility, the National Training…
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