By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The 21st Annual Mike Muncey Memorial Big Fish Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, Aug. 26, at Ragland Bottom on Center Hill Lake. The tournament will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m., and all participants must pre-register and receive a ticket to participate. Entry…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Mark Harvey fumbles the football after taking a hard shot from a pair of Coffee County tacklers, including Cody Callwell (21), during Thursday night?s game in Manchester. MANCHESTER ? The Pioneer freshmen got off to an inauspicious start to their 2006 season Friday night, taking home…

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) BURTON Jeff Burton won another pole Friday, spoiling Elliott Sadler?s debut in the Evernham Motorsports No. 19 Dodge. Sadler, who left Robert Yates Racing to replace fired Jeremy Mayfield in the Evernham ride, was the 41st of 47 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers who made qualifying runs on the two-mile Michigan International Speedway…

NEW YORK (AP) Troy Smith, Ted Ginn Jr. and the rest of Ohio State?s blazing Buckeyes provided a peek into the future at the Fiesta Bowl with a warp-speed win that left a lasting impression. With a flurry of quick-strike scores, Ohio State took out Notre Dame 34-20 and served notice that big things could…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County?s Lane McCoy is leveled by Bradley Central?s Matt Risenhoover after a third-quarter reception Friday night. Bradley Central?s Brandon Coffel (32) was also defending on the play. CLEVELAND ? An old adage states ?revenge is a dish best served cold.? But for the Bradley Central…

ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons was at Fenway Park on Saturday, his first visit to a major league stadium since his brain aneurysm in June. Gammons visited both clubhouses before the game between the Yankees and Boston Red Sox. The 61-year-old former newspaperman was speaking with New York manager Joe Torre in the visitors? clubhouse…

Shellsford won the Men?s Church Softball division A championship with only one loss on the season, while Christ Methodist finished first in the B division.(August 19, 1981)

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Kirk Brothers speaks to members of the community during a Central Church of Christ luncheon Friday. Preacher Kirk Brothers says there are several ways to know if you?re going to have a bad day. If your twin sister forgets your birthday, it?s going to be a bad…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Witnesses subdued a drunken vandal Thursday as he and his partners in crime were in the process of vandalizing a policeman?s home. The suspect, Dustin Couch, is charged with vandalism and theft as authorities believe he stole a car just before showing up outside Buckingham Apartments…

Charles W. Johnson photo Jason Maxwell of Channel 2 News interviews Samantha Henry, 7, the winner of the first heat of the Ducky River Race at Pepper Branch Park yesterday as her brother Timmothy, 4, looks on. The event was a fundraiser for Teens4Teeth, which works to provide free dental care for those who can?t…