DURHAM, N.C. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. — North Carolina was in a jam. Center Erlana Larkins was on the bench fighting foul trouble, point guard Ivory Latta was bottled up by the defense and the Tar Heels’ archrival was pulling away.…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. — Carla Thomas scored 14 of her game-high 16 points in the second half to help No. 22 Vanderbilt beat Mississippi 68-58 on Sunday. Vanderbilt (14-7, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) gave up eight straight points to…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. — Losing is rare at Tennessee, and poor defense and rebounding even rarer. After the Lady Vols lost back-to-back games last week for the first time since 1996-97, two former players showed up at practice…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. — The St. Louis Blues traded second-leading scorer Mike Sillinger to the Nashville Predators on Sunday night for forward Timofei Shishkanov. Sillinger, 34, led the Blues in goals, including a team-high 11 on the power…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Lady Pioneer guard Lauren Patterson (12) keeps the ball away from a Riverdale defender during the third quarter of Friday night’s game. WCHS lost to the Lady Warriors 52-32. Fresh off a victory over the then-league leading Siegel Lady Stars on Tuesday night, Riverdale’s girls…

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. — Al Horford blamed himself for Florida’s last loss. The senior center scored six points and played poor defense earlier in the week at South Carolina. He didn’t want to feel like that again. Horford…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County’s Issac Slatton posts up against Riverdale’s Michael Young during the first half of Friday night’s District 7 game at the Charlie Dalton Gym. (Rob Nunley photo) Taking the floor after watching their counterparts on the girls’ team produce one of their lowest point…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. — Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl doesn’t like calling timeouts to stop opponents’ runs. That’s the job of 3-point shooter Chris Lofton. Lofton scored 23 points, including consecutive 3s that ended a late run by South…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County High School wrestling team finished its regular season Thursday night at home against the La Vergne Wolverines. The Pioneers fell 40-24, dropping to 8-3 in region matches and 17-5 on the season.Thursday night’s match was supposed to be a tri-match with Cookeville,…

Plans are under way for the McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce annual membership meeting to be held at the Bridgestone Firestone Learning Center on Monday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m.This marks the second year this established Chamber meeting has changed its format to allow more networking among its members and to have exciting and fun…