Adam Wood wraps up a Wildcat receiver during last Friday’s game in Tullahoma. The Pioneers travel to Cumberland County Friday for a Region 3-5A tilt. (Dale Stubblefield photo) No one will argue the fact that this year’s season-opening win over Bradley Central was one of the biggest in recent Pioneer football history.Breaking a 39-game losing…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Setter Mary Kate Fisher and the Lady Pioneer volleyball team came away with first place in their own annual midseason tournament this weekend. (Dale Stubblefield photo) The Warren County Lady Pioneer volleyball team held their annual mid-season tournament on Saturday with Warren County coming away…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Tennessee-LSU game Monday night averaged a 3.1 rating on ESPN2, making it the highest-rated college football game in the network’s 12-year history. Tennessee’s 30-27 overtime victory was seen by a record 2.76 million households. The game, originally scheduled for Saturday, was postponed because of Hurricane Rita. The previous highest-rated and…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Rick Clausen helped Tennessee rally from a big deficit, perhaps saving the Volunteers’ season, and proved again why he deserves to be the starting quarterback. Clausen, a senior and co-captain, came off the bench Monday night to replace starter Erik Ainge with No. 10 Tennessee (2-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) trailing 21-0 at…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Andrew Brock watches his chip shot bounce onto the green during a match earlier this fall at the McMinnville Country Club. Brock will be the Pioneers’ lone representative at the Region 4-AAA Tournament Monday. (Dale Stubblefield photo) A year ago, a team score of 318…

Thirty-seven students were recognized for earning 39 diplomas during ceremonies that marked the end of summer quarter 2005 at the Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville.Director Andy Forrester presented diplomas to practical nurses, medical assistants, surgical technologists, industrial maintenance technicians, microcomputer specialists, an automotive technician and administrative and accounting assistants. Forrester also recognized 34 students with…

SILLS Angie Sills, formerly of Saipan, one of three inhabited islands located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, has joined the faculty at Motlow College, where she is teaching biology and physical science at the McMinnville Center.Sills brings to the classroom a wealth of experience in teaching and curriculum development, according to Dr.…

Citing increased costs for coal, natural gas, purchased power and other expenses, the Tennessee Valley Authority will implement a new rate schedule for wholesale power Oct. 1.For McMinnville Electric System customers, all meters read on and after Oct. 1 will reflect the TVA rate change. MES consumers will see an average increase of 6 percent…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A man wanted in Texas on felony charges was busted here Tuesday after he fled the scene of a shoplifting incident leaving his girlfriend behind to take the heat.The suspect, Travis Lee Hawley, 26, is charged with shoplifting and criminal impersonation. He will face those…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A woman convicted of cruelty to animals last year is in trouble again, this time after her probation officer caught her with a house-full of dogs in direct defiance of a court order.The defendant, Leah Hillis, could face jail time when her violation of probation…