Sports Briefs
Church league meeting The Warren County Church league will hold its final organizational meeting for the 2007 season Monday, April 30, at 7 p.m. at the Ben Lomand building on North Chancery St. Churches interested in having a team in the church league should have a coach at this meeting, as this will be the…
Read MoreRutgers women?s team to meet with Imus
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) ?The Rutgers administration and women?s basketball team blasted Don Imus? ?despicable? remarks Tuesday, but stopped short of saying he should be fired and agreed to meet with the embattled radio host. Starting Monday, Imus will be suspended for two weeks for calling the Rutgers players ?nappy-headed hos.? Rutgers? athletic director, Robert E.…
Read MorePioneer baseball set to host Classic
By ROB NUNLEY High school baseball teams will be breaking out the lumber this week, when the annual Dr Pepper Wood Bat Classic begins at Warren County?s Patrick Ramsey Field. The five-team, round-robin format tournament begins Thursday afternoon and wraps up Saturday night, with Warren County in action all three days. The Pioneers open this…
Read MoreHair match tame by foreign standards
By Duane Sherrill For all his moaning and crying about his new chrome dome, Vince McMahon can be happy he lost only his hair at Wrestlemania 23 in his little bet with Donald Trump. Frankly, the hair match is one of the oldest in the book. If you?ve wrestled for a while there?s a good…
Read MoreGame over for ?Pacman? – Jones suspended for 2007 season
NEW YORK (AP) ? Roger Goodell cracked down Tuesday on the player misconduct that?s plagued his first seven months as NFL commissioner, suspending Tennessee?s Adam ?Pacman? Jones for the 2007 season and Cincinnati?s Chris Henry for eight games. ?It is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right,? Goodell said in a statement. ?These…
Read MoreBoyd soccer struggles against Cascade
By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Bronco goalkeeper Dylan Fernandez corrals a shot. If you were keeping stats, it was a one-sided game; and unfortunately for the Boyd Bronco soccer team, so was the final score when Cascade defeated the Broncos 10-1 Monday night in District 9-A action. The Broncos had no shots at goal in the first…
Read MoreBroncos explode in eighth
By ROB NUNLEY Boyd Christian continued its winning ways against league foes on Monday, taking home a victory from Unionville after an 11-6 slugfest against Community High School. The Lady Broncos gave up two runs in the bottom of the seventh, forcing extra innings, but erupted for a five-run eighth, batting around as they improved…
Read MoreWCMS tennis teams split pair with Wildcats
By ROB NUNLEY Dustin Morris returns a shot during his wingles win over John Svendsen Monday. Warren County Middle School?s tennis teams played host to Tullahoma on Monday, and while the Lady Pioneers suffered a narrow loss for their first defeat of the season, the Pioneer boys rolled to a 9-0 victory. With the split,…
Read MoreAugusta knocks out big names
By Dale Stubblefield Usually, Amen Corner is the deciding factor in who gets to wear the green jacket ? but not this year. Augusta National had its way with the world?s top golfers this weekend. In simple words, the golf course ate their lunch, and turned players full of confidence and pride into humble hackers.…
Read MoreWCHS softball clips Lady Cavs – Lady Pioneers rally behind Fisher?s two-run hit in sixth
By ROB NUNLEY The Lady Pioneer softball team picked up their second district victory Monday night, rallying with a two-run sixth inning to top Cookeville 2-1. Mary Kate Fisher came through with the game-winning hit for the Lady Pioneers, singling to center field to bring home Bethani McGuire and Katie Rogers, who had led off…
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