Stories from Friday, September 8, 2006

Tennessee wrapped up its final full practice session of the week Thursday on a positive note, working for 90 minutes at Haslam Field with all eyes focused squarely on the Air Force Academy. The Vols host Air Force on Saturday at Neyland Stadium in a 7 p.m. Eastern time kickoff...

Harris Middle returned to action after a lengthy layoff due to the Celebration and fought to a 1-1 tie with Cox Middle of Columbia at home Thursday afternoon. All of the scoring was done in the first half with Lauren Warren scoring off a Hayley Roark assist early in the game...

Cascade Middle fell from the ranks of the unbeaten as visiting Forrest Middle jumped out to an early lead and cruised past the Champions 20-6 on Thursday. The Rockets' win streak now stands at 33 games, having not been beaten since Cascade took them down roughly four years ago...

Cascade hit the road and came home with a 3-0 victory over District 11-A/AA foe Boyd Christian in McMinnville on Thursday. Ashley Bledsoe's hat trick provided all the scoring for the Lady Champions (4-1-1, 2-1 in 11-A/AA). Aimee Taylor tallied an assist...

Webb improved to 3-2 on the season after outshooting Boyd Christian 183-206 at River Bend Country Club on Thursday afternoon. Sean Kim scored the low round with a 39 for the Feet. Bastian Peters followed with a 42. Stephen Barton carded a 45. Garrett King turned in a 57...

Shelbyville Central let a home match slip away when visiting Coffee County claimed a 166-171 victory over the Golden Eagles in a nine-hole match Thursday afternoon at River Bend Country Club. Coffee County's Tyler Freeman was medalist with a 39. Chase Bledsoe led the Eagles with a 41...

After a pair of disappointing losses on the road, Shelbyville Central returns home to the friendly confines of Eagle Stadium for a non-region matchup with Springfield tonight at 7. "We're really excited about being at home and we're looking for a huge crowd," Shelbyville coach Jason Hardy said. ...

On Sept. 1, the Celebration honored 12 surviving exhibitors from the original show in 1939. The Celebration staff could track down only 14 such exhibitors, two of whom were unable to attend. The next night, a conflict over inspection procedures left the show without a World Grand Champion for the first time in its 68-year history. Mildred Bobo, one of those 1939 exhibitors who was honored Friday night, is alarmed by what she sees as a crisis threatening the event...

Although community leaders are following the crisis in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry with some interest, they say there's no sense of panic and no indication that the uncertainty is having any major impact on local business. "I think it's too early to tell at the present time," said Walt Wood, executive director of Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce...

Enormous sections of a World War II aircraft that has rested on the bottom of the Duck River in Normandy for over 60 years were uncovered and measured by Air Force and Navy personnel Thursday. But after examining the vintage wreckage, there are now more questions than answers over exactly what type of warplane is sitting on the river bed...

The latest in an ongoing series of dog thefts occurred Wednesday at a Narrows Road home. "Killer," a black and brown striped mixed-breed, was gone along with her chain and locks when Robert Eugene Schoiber arrived home from work, a Bedford County Sheriff's Department report said...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration board of directors met via conference call on Thursday afternoon to specifically look at two issues stemming from Saturday night's World Grand Championship class. The first issue involves the acknowledged offer by Hamilton County Election Commissioner Mike Walden to pay each of the three approved entries for the World Grand Championship class $10,000...

Community Junior High hosted Westwood Junior High on Thursday and, for the second week in a row, found themselves on the short end of an 8-0 score. The Vikings matched up well with their opponents and it showed as the teams played to a draw for more than three quarters before Westwood's Dempsey Michaels broke loose with just over a minute left...