By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle?s tennis teams picked up a sweep Monday afternoon, downing the Wildcats from Tullahoma Middle School in both boys? and girls? action. The Pioneers improved to 5-1 on the season, as they downed the Wildcats 7-2, winning all but the final two doubles matches.…

KNOXVILLE (AP) WINGATE Tennessee center Major Wingate has been suspended from team activities for violating team rules and university policy, coach Bruce Pearl announced Monday. Wingate started in 29 of 30 games last season as a junior, averaging 10.6 points and four rebounds a game. Pearl would not provide details of the suspension or the…

Tennessee Titans fans will have the opportunity to meet team representatives today, when Titans Caravan IX rolls into the McMinnville Kroger parking lot at 3 p.m. Players Rien Long and Bo Schobel will be on hand to meet and greet fans and sign autographs, as will Titans Radio broadcasters and the team?s mascot, ?T-Rac.? The…

Photo provided The 11-year-old McMinnville Tigers won a tournament in Rockwood, Tenn., over the final weekend of March. Pictured are, front row, from left, Dylan Barnes, Mitchell Steiner, Daulton Foster, Austin Wright,and Collin Hutchins. Second row, Kendall Rutledge, David Lee, Alex Walker, Hunter Chilton and Ben Wilson. Back row, coaches Craig Foster, Jimmy Walker and…

Tennis camps Coach David Dunlap will provide tennis instruction at three camps this spring and summer. Entry fee is $75, with classes divided into three age groups. Ages 5-8 will have class from 10-11 a.m., while 9-11 year-olds will be from 11 a.m. until noon and 12-16 year-olds will be from noon-1 p.m. Cap dates…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard MURFREESBORO ? The Pioneer soccer season came to an end in the first round of the District 7-AAA championship Monday night, as Warren County made an early exit with a narrow 2-1 loss to Siegel. Playing on the Stars? home field, the Pioneers, who entered the…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Justin Ware and Nick Grandey got the Senior League?s Saturday action off to a memorable start last weekend, combining for a no-hitter to lead Rubley?s Rangers over the Morris? Auto Body Yankees. Ware pitched four innings, striking out 11 batters, and Grandey balanced three strikeouts against…

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke?s response to rape allegations involving members of the men?s lacrosse team was too slow and relied too heavily on secondhand information, a report commissioned by the university has found. That included assertions by Durham police that the accuser ?kept changing her story and was not credible,? the report released Monday said.…

The Nashville Predators have signed a $13.4 million four-year contract with defenseman Marek Zidlicky, team spokesman Ken Anderson said Monday. Zidlicky missed most of the end of the season due to a shoulder injury. He came to Nashville in 2002 from the New York Rangers. In the past season, Zidlicky ranked second among team defensemen…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Emily Smith, shown connecting for a base hit in a recent Lady Pioneer softball game, belted her second home run of the season Monday night in Warren County?s 6-1 win over Cookeville. Warren County High School?s softball team kept its hopes of a District 7-AAA tournament…