Stories from Friday, April 9, 2004

KNOXVILLE -- Things are going like clockwork in spring practice as Tennessee prepares for its 2004 football campaign. That is, as smoothly as things can go with a quarterback battle and ball handling problems. The Vols hit the practice field Tuesday with one obvious goal - protect the ball. Turnovers have seemed to plague the offense during spring practice. It seems to be a plus for the defense, but it's a bad sign of possible things to come on offense...

The Webb Feet ran out of gas in the last two innings to lose 18-4 to the MTCS Cougars in Bell Buckle on Thursday afternoon. Kirk Gilmore hurled for the Feet for five innings and Jordan Burchett took over pitching duties in the last inning. Peck pitched the entire game for the Cougars allowing Webb only five hits....

Cascade's Champions rallied for four runs in the fifth inning in a 6-4 win over Class AA Marshall County on the road Thursday evening. Trailing 4-1 going into the top of the fifth frame, Cascade managed to push across four runs then added an insurance run in the top half of the seventh...

Webb's Middle School pulled out a close 7-6 battle Thursday at Cookeville. "The Feet looked pretty dominant in the first half," said head coach Steve Pietraszek. Leading scorers for Webb were Robert McKee with two goals and Cody Rooks with one goal and three assists. Rooks also led the ground attack with 12 ground balls. Robert Ray followed his teammate's lead by scooping up 10 ground balls...

The Webb School's Lady Feet raced across the plate for 16 runs in the fourth inning to cruise to a 17-1 win over Boyd Christian in McMinnville Thursday afternoon. Webb's winning pitcher was Kli Savage. She gave up only one hit while striking out six...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' budget and finance committee, in a special called meeting Tuesday evening, accepted budget requests from various county agencies for the 2004-2005 fiscal year that begins July 1. No action was taken Tuesday night; the committee will likely wait until the school budget is submitted and until it has a clearer idea of what revenue will look like before making any final decisions on what to fund...

In remembrance of those soldiers who were prisoners of war, today is National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day. One such POW was Bedford County Native LeRoy Damron, who died in Shelbyville in 1989, was a POW during World War II. Damron was drafted into the Army Feb. ...

The battery was stolen from a riding lawn mower at the Warners Bridge Road home of Karen Diamond between March 24 and Wednesday, according to a report filed by Deputy Brian Farris of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. An old battery was left in place of the new one, Farris said...