Tuesday, January 4WCHS basketball, at home vs. Coffee Co., 6:308th-grade basketball, WCMS at home vs. Westwood, 6 p.m.Boyd HS basketball, at home vs. Westmoreland, JV 4:30; Varsity 6 p.m.WCHS wrestling, at Murfreesboro Blackman vs. Blackman, Lincoln Co., 5 p.m. Thursday, January 67th-8th basketball, Dibrell at WCMS, 4 p.m.7th-8th basketball, Morrison at Eastside, 6 p.m.7th-8th basketball,…

The Warren County High School football booster club will have its next meeting Thursday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. in the WCHS auditorium.Officers for the upcoming year will be elected at this meeting, so all parents of Pioneer players and other supporters of the program are especially encouraged to attend. Young Men United Basketball CampIf…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County collected another pair of wins Wednesday, and took home a pair of fifth-place finishes from the Overton Christmas Tournament.After falling in both their opening-day matchups, the Pioneers and Lady Pioneers rebounded with wins on both Tuesday and Wednesday to wrap the three-day event.In…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard From left, The Features band members are Roger Dabbs, Rollum Haas, Matthew Pelham and Parrish Yaw. Pelham is native to Warren County but grew up in Sparta. He is the grandson of J.C. and Vera Laxson and the late Zeke and Gwendolyn Pelham. If this…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Ray Kozak Most people get frustrated when they reach the end of their rope, but not Ray Kozak. You see Ray is a trick-roper. If you’ve ever seen old movies of Will Rogers or Monty Montana, or attended rodeos or wild west shows you…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard An example of sudden oak death on the inner bark of a tan oak. (Photo provided) A virulent fungal plant disease, called Sudden Oak Death (SOD), that has caused extensive damage to forests along the west coast of the U.S. is becoming a concern…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard GRIBBLE With a $1 million lawsuit pending against a host of telecommunication companies, the same mistake which brought the original suit was made when Ben Lomand Telephone published the address of the local battered women’s shelter in its recent phone book.“It just adds salt to…

By TERESA M. WALKER / AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans still are saying all the right things about wanting to win and playing hard. The Detroit Lions just might have more motivation. If the Lions (6-9) beat the Titans on Sunday in their first visit to Tennessee, they earn a two-game improvement…

By ELIZABETH A. DAVIS / AP Sports Writer DALLAS — There were signs Tennessee was headed to another bowl defeat, and coach Phillip Fulmer was worried. His concerns didn’t last long after Saturday’s kickoff at the Cotton Bowl. The No. 15 Volunteers lacked intensity and motivation in back-to-back Peach Bowl losses, and they were disappointed…

By Duane Sherrill Oklahoma will beat USC for the national championship at the Orange Bowl Jan. 4.Why? Because USC is a pretender, anointed No. 1 in the country by a bunch of folks who either felt the Trojans were ripped off last year by not being included in the championship game or because they are…