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25 years ago:

The junior high football team scored on its first play from scrimmage, and went on to down Cookeville 14-0 at Tennessee Tech’s Overall Field.

Roger Jacobs and Nelson Ramsey scored the Junior Pioneers’ two touchdowns, as the team improved to 2-0.

(Sept. 20, 1979)

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On this date in: 1988 — U.S. diver Greg Louganis struck and injured his head on the board in a preliminary round of springboard diving at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Days later, however, Louganis won the gold medal in springboard diving.

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