Should anyone be surprised the Bush campaign is exploiting the attack on the World Trade Center in his bid for reelection? Folks, they don’t care what we think. The president is making it clear that he intends to use that horrific event to...
March 29, 2004 12:00 am / no comments
Pigeon Forge couldn’t get their shots past G-P’s Johnnny Miley early and went down a point before storming back with the last five goals of the game to take a win over their district foe and county rival up the Spur.
In the early going,...
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Tuesday afternoon held a pile of firsts for the Lady Tigers softball team as their third try at a home opener proved to be the charm in a crushing 23-0 district win over Cumberland Gap. Pigeon Forge twice had their attempts at the first game...
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Cosby (3-1-1) went off-speed when they visited the Highlanders Wednesday night. Freshman Corbin Self’s slow pitches and jerky arm rotation kept G-P (3-2, 1-1) baffled at the plate most of the game as Cosby took a 9-3 win.
The Highlanders...
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“We’re a gambling team,” said Pigeon Forge Coach Larry Cannon after his eighth inning steal call bringing sophomore Tyler Cannon from second to third paid off with a throwing error from the Jefferson Co. catcher that allowed the right...
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First year Seymour soccer coach Mick Williams can see the silver lining in his team’s 3-0 loss to the Webb Spartans Monday night.
Williams feels that losing to the Division II powerhouse Spartans, although still a loss, will help prepare...
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On Thursday, April 8, seventh and eighth grade basketball players at Seymour Middle School will have their chance to show the employees of NIKE Factory Store of Five Oaks how its done. The store will be holding a charity basketball game at...
March 29, 2004 12:00 am / no comments
“Dink” is a marketing term, used to denote a couple with “double income, no kids.” “DINKs” is a humor column dedicated to the lives and relationships of a Seymour couple. Any similarity to real humans is surely a tragic mistake.
As...
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Organizers are expecting what could be in terms of crowd size and participants, the biggest Dolly Parade ever Friday night in Pigeon Forge.
Kay Powell, the assistant director of Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism, said a crowd of between 50...
March 28, 2004 12:00 am / no comments
John Cave took a breather after his match Thursday while his team mates debated who was brave enough to check and make sure he was alive.
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Gatlinburg-Pittman played an improved game in their double header against the visitors from Kentucky. The Lady Highlanders lost, but coaches and fans commented on the girls improved play.
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The soccer season is only two weeks old, but Pigeon Forge (5-1) already wrapped up the regular season district title with a convincing13-0 drubbing of first year program Cumberland Gap Friday night. The win was the Tigers fifth straight and...
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The Tennessee Smokies have teamed with Walters State Community College to announce the Smoky Mountain Showdown, an exhibition game between the two baseball programs at Smokies Park on May 5, at 7:15.
“This is a great opportunity to offer a...
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Kurt Busch did what only three other drivers have been able to do at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, won his third race in a row. Only Darrell Waltrip (7 wins in a row), Cale Yarbourough (4 wins in a row) and Fred Lorenzen (3...
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NASCAR fans, are they for real?
Anyone that follows the top series in NASCAR racing considers themselves a fan, each to a certain extent of course. There are the casual fans. That’s the guy that watches the race if there is no stick and...
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Gatlinburg-Pittman (3-3, 1-2) dropped its second district game and third contest in a row Thursday night. The visiting Bulldogs from Claiborne pounded their way back from an early deficit to take the win 11-4.
Mitch Barton took the mound for...
March 27, 2004 12:00 am / no comments
Seymour alumnus Brandon Ketron was named the Appalachian Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week, the league announced Wednesday, marking the second week in a row that a Union College player has garnered the award.
The junior catcher...
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A total of six first place finishes was more than enough to propel the Seymour boys track squad to win a four-team meet at Heritage High School Friday evening.
The Lady Eagle tracksters collected three top finishes to finish second behind the...
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Bass tournament to support athletics
The Walters State Community College Athletic Department will hold its Sixth Annual Bass Tournament on Saturday, April 10, from 7 a.m.—3p.m., at the Cherokee Dam.
The tournament will feature a boat as the...
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Emotion-charged play to be
presented at CBT
An epic confrontation between racial injustice and personal responsibility will come to life on the stage of the Clarence Brown Theatre as an ensemble cast present “To Kill a Mockingbird,” based...
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