(AP) ‘ It’s too soon for Pat Summitt and Geno Auriemma to think about meeting in the national championship game. For now, the two most successful coaches in women’s college basketball over the last two decades are focused on just getting Tennessee and Connecticut through the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. ‘The Tennessee-Connecticut matchup…

Pink Dolls are in first place with 50 points in the Peggy’s Bowlers league. A-Team has 39 points followed by Titans with 37, Three Stooges have 36, Bob Cats 35, Cat-Dog 30, Rocky Top 25 and Good Guys have 20 points. Barron Garrett had the high series for the men with a 325, Donnie Everlith…

LEBANON ‘ Warren County native Lester Strode will be the honoree at Cumberland University’s annual ‘Dine With the ‘Dawgs,’ a fund raiser for the NAIA power Cumberland Bulldog baseball team. Strode, who pitched at the former Cumberland Junior College back in 1977, is now the bullpen coach for the Chicago Cubs and in 2006 was…

By Dale Stubblefield The greatest three days for a college basketball fan are the three days before the NCAA tournament starts. Three grueling days of intense pressure, tossing and turning at night wondering if you’ve made the right choices, getting behind at work and for some having to call in sick, all to have the…

By Rob Nunley Brett Mullican slides safely into second with a stolen base during Monday’s varsity game. Mullican scored three runs, including the game-winner. Late heroics were the order of the day at Pioneer Park Monday afternoon, where the WCMS baseball team edged White County in two close contests to sweep a varsity/JV doubleheader. Scoring…

By Dale Stubblefield Jorden Dennis throws to first in time to retire a Lion baserunner. Monday night the Boyd Bronco middle school baseball team started its 2008 campaign with a doubleheader against Cannon County. The Broncos’ stampede started in the first game as Boyd won 20-1 before picking up the victory in the second game…

By Duane Sherrill Twenty-two people were indicted Friday by the Warren County grand jury. Included in indictments: ‘ Mark Cope was indicted on charges of theft, forgery and identity theft. He is charged with obtaining a pair of fraudulent loans after stealing his brother’s identity. ‘ James F. Hopkins was indicted on charges of domestic…

Eastside Elementary’s fourth-grade class held its annual egg decorating contest Friday. Joe Wright, who spent 30 years teaching at Eastside from 1975 to 2005, began the tradition 25 years ago. In honor of his dedication to the students, Sharon Frazier and Lisa Rowland continue the tradition. Pictured, front row from left, are Frazier’s first to…

Mario and Karen Suarez of Seneca, S. C. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Asleight Marie Suarez, to William Harmon Smallman of Nashville. He is the son of Carolyn Karpick of Seneca, and Ernest Smallman, III of Atlanta, Ga. The bride-elect is a 1996 graduate of Seneca High School and attended James…

BABY GIRL Justin and Nicole Jernigan of Christiana are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Harper Ryne Jernigan. Harper arrived February 29, at the Baptist Women’s Pavilion of Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, weighing 7 pounds., 3 oz. Her grandparents are Paul and Annette Watson, the late Herman Lewis, Jr., and Dan…