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Monday, May 12 Boys 9-10 baseball (Hoover Milraney Field) Sweeton Home Improvement Tigers at D.M. Simpson & Company Reds 6 p.m. Custom Granite Cubs at Phillip Carter Realty Rays 7:45 p.m. Boys 11-12 baseball (Dottie West Field) First National Bank at DWall Drywall 5:30 p.m. Morris Auto Body at Stewarts Nursery 7:30 p.m. Girls 5-6…

By Rob Nunley Dalton Mcriddle steals second. First National Bank’s Phillies held on to pick up their first win of the year in the boys’ senior league Tuesday, downing Stewart’s Nursery’s Braves 3-1. The Phillies put up two runs in the bottom of the third, and added an insurance run in the fifth before the…

By Rob Nunley The girls’ 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league hit the field last week, with several preseason games scheduled to help teams prepare for this summer’s action. Monday night, McMinnville Aluminum and Vinyl Supplies continued on last year’s success, topping Sanders Construction 12-9. Lydia Angus, Erin Hollis, Torie Caldwell and Erin Lane had three…

By Dale Stubblefield Aubree Weitzel takes her turn during serving drills at Thursday’s camp. Over 46 girls attended the four-day camp. Volleyball may be a fall sport, but girls wanting to make the high school or middle school teams next year were out on the hardwood this past week working on the basic fundamentals of…

By Rob Nunley Years ago, a good friend of mine was a college baseball pitcher. During the off-season, he suffered an ACL tear, and for the next several months endured painful surgery, followed by rehab, and could barely get around the house as he was required to use crutches and huge heavy braces. When it…

By Rob Nunley Taylor Hennessee, reached the state sectional track meet, which will be held Tuesday in Chattanooga. Dodds will compete in the 1,600-meter run, while Hennessee will take part in the high jump and the 300-meter hurdles. If either should finish in the to Two members of the Warren County High School track team…

By Rob Nunley Caleb Northcutt takes a handoff from Bradley Steg during the Pioneers’ first offensive possession. Spring practice came to an end for the Pioneer football team a bit earlier than expected Friday night. Taking on Cleveland High School’s Raiders in a scrimmage to mark the end of their two-weeks of spring drills, the…

By Rob Nunley New WCMS head coach Greg Cotten follows the action from the Pioneer sideline during Friday’s high school scrimmage with Cleveland. It wasn’t so long ago that Greg Cotten was roaming the gridiron at Nunley Stadium bringing down opposing ball carriers. This fall, however, the former Pioneer will be returning to the field…

TODAY, MAY 11 Fuston Cemetery decoration will be held. Donations for upkeep may be sent to Fuston Cemetery Fund, in care of Sarah Stanley, Treasurer 7267 Smithville Highway, McMinnville, 37110. SATURDAY, MAY 17 The Class of 1978 will hold an organizational meeting at 5 p.m. at La Cazona for its Aug. 30 reunion. Members of…

The 60th wedding anniversary of Anthony and Ola Brown Cope was celebrated recently at the Ben Lomand Telephone banquet room. The event was hosted by their children and spouses, Gary and Brenda Cope, Jimmy and Janice Crim, Darlene Roberts, and Marlene and Jimmy Young. Their grandchildren include Matt and Donna Crim, Brian and Wendy Anderson,…