By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Centertown traveled to Morrison Thursday night for fifth- and sixth-grade basketball action with hopes of picking up a pair of wins over the Eagles. But Morrison defended its home court, and swept the Warriors 34-14 in the girls’ contest and 32-21 in the boys’ game.In…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The fifth- and sixth-grade Lady Eagles of Morrison slipped by the Lady Wildcats 29-13 Friday night at Dibrell.In the first period both teams went to their inside game. Morrison pounded the inside on the offensive glass which resulted in 10 points for the period. The…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Friday night the Morrison Eagles and Dibrell Wildcats went head-to-head in fifth- and sixth-grade action at Dibrell. Morrison pounced on the Wildcats to take a 39-16 win.In the first quarter Dibrell came out aggressive on offense and controlled most of the period. Taylor Barrett and…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Warren County Middle School’s sixth-grade squads dominated Irving College’s fifth- and sixth-grade teams Thursday night, with the Lady Pioneers taking a 57-8 victory and the WCMS boys winning 58-3 to begin a four-game night of action at WCMS.In the girls’ game, the Lady…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist It’s now the stretch run in the NFL, with the coming six weeks to decide the playoff plans for 12 teams.Sure, a lot of things can happen in six games. There have been many years when my Dolphins were going like gangbusters until the stretch run and then they ended…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Irving College’s seventh- and eighth-grade basketball squads split a pair of games at Warren County Middle School Thursday night, with the Lady Tigers taking a 32-14 win while the Pioneer seventh-grade boys picked up a 53-24 victory.The girls’ matchup saw both teams get…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) The Lady Pioneers’ Brittany Brewer scores and is fouled by Cumberland County’s Kristyn Williams. (Rob Nunley photos) After turnovers and missed opportunities cost her team a two-point loss Tuesday night, WCHS coach Ann Eades must have had a sense of deja vu late…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Cody Hillis (42) goes to the basket over the Jets’ Denis Gilpin and Cub Whitson (32). (Rob Nunley photos) Compared to Tuesday night’s rout of Cannon County, Warren County looked like a different squad Friday against the visiting Cumberland County Jets.The Pioneers had trouble shooting,…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Local Girl Scouts got a taste of the underground recently when they attended the first Cumberland Caverns Scout Day. Brownie Troop 2910, and Cadette Troops 2909 and 2191 from McMinnville joined troops from surrounding cities including Brentwood, Smyrna, Murfreesboro and Franklin.The outing drew a…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard New city horticulturist Andreas Blatt works on plantings at the city’s new fire station. He has been on the job for about six weeks. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Friday’s cold wind may have whipped at city employees working outdoors, but it didn’t bother McMinnville’s new horticulturist…