By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Josh Paz tags Josh Crosby as the fourth leg of the Boys? 15- to 18-year-old relay team at Saturday?s meet at Sewanee. The team consisted of Wesley Minton, Casey Myers, Paz and Crosby. They beat the Sewanee team with a time of 56.02 seconds. Sewanee finished…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Alyssa Ledbetter of Walker?s Sod Farm hustles to third during her team?s game against Security Federal last week. Last Tuesday night on the Pete Holt field, Walker Sod Farm slipped past Security Federal 14-12 in girls? 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch action. Walker Sod Farms out-hit Security…

James Clark photo Noah Fann of Dr. Himelwright tries to field a throw to first, but not before Treyton Crothers of Ben Lomand reaches the base safely for a hit. The teams squared off in coach-pitch baseball at the Civic Center.

MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) The par-4 sixth hole is downhill, only 321 yards, practically begging one of these big-hitting pros to take out a driver and whack it onto the green. One catch: This is the U.S. Open. Anyone who misses is going to be in deep trouble … and even deeper rough. ?I?ve found over…

Duke basketball star J.J. Redick was arrested early Tuesday on charges of drunken driving, another blow to a school shaken by a lacrosse scandal. Redick, The Associated Press Player of the Year, also was charged with unlawful use of highways for making an illegal U-turn. Redick, who has a Virginia driver’s license, lost his driving…

Rob Nunley photo Dylan Keith of First National Bank delivers a pitch during his team?s game against Sundrop last week in the Babe Ruth league.

Dale Stubblefield Being a professional athlete takes a lot of time and hard work. These people spend their entire lives working for one goal, and that?s to make it to the top of their profession. They trade in their fun as a youth for endless nights of practice. Family time is limited, and almost nonexistent…

Central Oil improved to 8-1 on the season with a 17-1 win over Sundrop in Babe Ruth action. Jacob Melton had three hits, while Chris Tate and Kaleb Hayes added two hits each for Central Oil.(June 13, 2001)

River Park CEO Christopher Dux recently named three new directors to the hospital staff. Dux announced Jenny Grady as the new director of the family birthing unit, Jeff Johnson as the facility?s director of information systems, and Rob Wheeler as director of strategic development. Thirty years of nursing experience prepared Grady to take over as…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Up-and-coming band High Strung will be performing at 2 p.m. this Saturday, June 17 at the Magness Library auditorium. The show has recently been moved from the high school auditorium, where it was originally scheduled, to the library. The 2006 National Rock N? Roll Library…