By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sixty 4-H members from across the Central Region converged on Tennessee Tech University July 25-27 to participate in a 4-H Design Camp.The three-day camp designed for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade 4-H members provided youth with an opportunity to gain first hand knowledge in the areas…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Leah Walker of the Boyd Christian soccer team winds up to send the ball upfield during Thursday afternoon’s victory over Middle Tennessee Christian. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Thursday at Boyd Christian the Lady Broncos high school soccer team picked up their first win of the year…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Pioneer tailback Morgan Wilcher breaks through the Coffee County defense on his way to a touchdown run during Thursday night’s 13-0 victory at Nunley Stadium. (Rob Nunley photo) After blanking Coffee County in Thursday night’s opening game, Warren County freshman coach Darek Elrod said much…

DENVER (AP) — An offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers collapsed in the locker room and died Sunday morning, shortly after the team played the Denver Broncos in a preseason game. Players had finished listening to coach Mike Nolan address them in a post-game meeting when 23-year-old Thomas Herrion, a 6-foot-3, 310-pound first-year player,…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Pioneer quarterback Josh Paz makes a cut to get around Bradley Central’s Josh Heffington (13) on his way to one of his three rushing touchdowns during Friday night’s game. (Dale Stubblefield photo) It’s been a long time coming for this senior class.But three years of…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans aren’t desperate enough to try and track down Gary Anderson in Canada. That doesn’t mean either Rob Bironas or Ola Kimrin should feel comfortable enough to rent an apartment. Bironas, who played in the Arena Football League, jumped ahead in the competition for the Titans’ open kicker job with…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The NFL finally has notified Tennessee left tackle Brad Hopkins that he has been suspended for one game after pleading guilty to an assault on his wife in March, which will keep him out of the season opener on Sept. 11 at Pittsburgh. Hopkins, 34, had been waiting to hear from the…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.Not only was the streak broken Friday night at Nunley Stadium, but the boys in red put an old-fashioned butt-whooping on the visitors, who, by the way, expected the goal posts to come down next week.Yep, there were some surprised looks on the faces of the Bradley…

By RALPH D. RUSSO / AP Sports Writer Here’s why Southern California is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason poll: Every player who scored a touchdown in the Trojans’ 55-19 victory over Oklahoma in last season’s Orange Bowl is still playing for USC. And so is Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, who threw five…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Pioneer players, including Phil Hitchcock (88), Adam Wood (84) and Tony Garibaldi (27) celebrate on the field following the final horn. (Dale Stubblefield photos) Since Aug. 17, 2001, football Fridays for Warren County High School have meant disappointment.But by the end of Friday night’s game…