Dodgeball Turkey Tournament The McMinnville Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a dodgeball tournament on Friday, Nov. 10. They will be offering a junior division, as well as an adult co-ed division. Registration will be accepted until Wednesday, Nov. 8, and pre-registration is required. The cost is $8 per person, with 6-8 players to…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The county?s seventh- and eighth-grade basketball teams will tip off their season in traditional fashion this week, when the Morrison Ruritan Club Invitational Tournament tips off Monday night. Six different schools will be competing in this year?s tourney, which begins Monday at 4 p.m. with a…

Photo provided The Horizon Express Vols recently wrapped up an undefeated 6-0 season in the 5- and 6-year-old division of the Warren County Junior Football League. Pictured are, front row, from left, Quinton Malone, Austin Duggin, Cole Estes, Chance Hobbs, Devin Martin, Jordon McMillen and Cody Cooke. Second row, Florencio Jauntez, Gavin McClure, Cameron LeDuc,…

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Brandon Cox passed for a season-high 253 yards and a touchdown and John Vaughn kicked three second-half field goals to help No. 7 Auburn slip by Mississippi 23-17 on Saturday. The Tigers (8-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) trailed the Rebels (2-7, 1-5) twice, but Auburn converted two third-quarter interceptions thrown by Brent Schaeffer…

Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, Houston?s career victory leader, died Friday, Astros president Tal Smith said. He was 61. The two-time 20-game winner suffered a brain aneurysm Thursday and was taken to South Florida Baptist Hospital, then transferred to St. Joseph?s Hospital in Miami, where he died. Niekro, father of San Francisco Giants first…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Mike Hart ran for 95 yards and a touchdown to help No. 2 Michigan pound out a 17-3 rain-soaked win over Northwestern on Saturday. Hart and the Wolverines? swarming defense kept Michigan on track for a potential No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup at Ohio State on Nov. 18. Next up…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was found dead in a church courtyard Saturday with chop wounds to his head, police said. Police are treating Berbick?s death as a homicide, Inspector Victor Henry said. Berbick?s body was discovered about 6:30 a.m. in his hometown parish of Portland, constable Beverly Howell said. No other…

Duane Sherrill With the playoffs set to begin, only four teams in 5A remain undefeated and just three more have just one loss, telling us just how competitive big-time high school football has been this season. The 5A playoffs include 32 teams, three of whom, like Warren County, have sub-.500, or to be specific, 4-6…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Lady Wildcats of Dibrell picked up a win over 25-18 win over Eastside last week, but fell to Morrison 32-12 on Thursday. In Thursday?s matchup the Lady Wildcats had trouble putting points on the board. Dibrell got one basket from Adriana Ramirez and one basket…

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) Even Mark Martin is feeling optimistic these days. The longtime NASCAR star heads into Sunday?s Nextel Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway seventh in the season standings, 96 points behind leader Matt Kenseth with four races remaining in the Chase for the championship. ?If you look at it historically ? last year…