The race for the title of Little Fairest of the Fair is on with 72 little ladies competing for the title. The pageant will be held at the grandstand Tuesday night of fair week. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. The 2004 Little Fairest Lydia Wilson will crown the new queen and her court.Contestants include:Haley…

Warren County A&L Fair officials are announcing the contestants for the Fairest of the Fair Pageant competition. A total of 46 lovely young ladies will be competing for the title and the right to represent Warren County in the state competition in January.The pageant, which is a highlight of the fair, will be held Thursday…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle School volleyball team snatched a defeat from the jaws of victory Thursday, after coming one game away from a home win.Playing host to the Lady Bees from Baxter’s Cornerstone Middle School, the Lady Pioneers won the first two games of their…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County High School Lady Pioneer volleyball team dropped a pair of district home games last week, losing against Blackman and Cookeville.On Tuesday the Lady Blaze slipped past Warren County in four games. Warren County fell in the first game 24-26, but rebounded to…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The pressure is on the drivers still trying to fill out the field for NASCAR’s championship title hunt. How each one handles it will play a huge role in who succeeds. “I know there is pressure, but I don’t feel it,” said Ryan Newman, a point out of the 10th and…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — High school football star J.C. Brignone lost nearly everything when Hurricane Katrina tore through coastal Bay St. Louis, from his home to his senior season at St. Stanislaus High. Brignone’s family fled 400 miles to join relatives in the suburban Atlanta town of Lilburn, where Georgia powerhouse Parkview High received him…

MURFREESBORO (AP) — Maurice Holman returned a third-quarter interception for 99 yards and a touchdown as North Texas defeated Middle Tennessee 14-7 on Saturday. Patrick Cobbs scored North Texas’ only touchdown on offense later in the same quarter on a 4-yard run. Cobbs rushed for 103 total yards, caught four passes for another 36 yards…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard With one of their biggest offensive weapons seeing limited action, the Pioneer freshman football team fell short against a fully-loaded White County squad Thursday night, 20-8.WCHS tailback Morgan Wilcher was held out of much of the game, nursing a high ankle sprain, and had just…

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jay Cutler threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Marlon White with 26 seconds remaining to give Vanderbilt its second straight come-from-behind win, 28-24 over Arkansas on Saturday night. The Razorbacks led 24-21 after Bryant Hahnfeldt missed a 43-yard field goal with 2:46 remaining, but Vanderbilt regained possession on a punt after…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WCHS goalkeeper Erin Wolford hauls in a save. The Lady Pioneers fell to Franklin County Thursday. (Dale Stubblefield photo) The Warren County Lady Pioneers soccer team’s performance on the road against Franklin County Thursday night was much improved after falling to Riverdale Tuesday.But unfortunately, the…