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A young but talented team of basketball players took to the court Tuesday night in the 2008-2009 season opener for the Washington- Wilkes Tigers and although details of the game were not available for this writing, Head Coach Don Keiser is cautiously confident that the team can make the state playoffs again this year. More ... Jackson Pope, son of Chrissie and Pembroke Pope IV, sits atop the 10-CC 4-wheeler to be raffled by the Optimist Club of Washington. Tickets are available for $5 each or five tickets for $20 from any Optimist Club member, or at the main office and downtown office of Farmers and Merchants Bank, at Farmers State Bank, or at The Company Store. The drawing will be held on Friday, December 19. You do not have to be present to win. More ... The top 12 teams in the South this week area: 1. Alabama 2. Florida 3. Georgia Tech 4. Ole Miss 5. Georgia 6. Virginia Tech 7. Wake Forest 8. East Carolina 9. North Carolina 10. FSU 11. Clemson 12. LSU More ... There were two big rivalry games played in our part of the country last Saturday. Yours truly predicted upsets in both. Here is what happened. Georgia Tech at Georgia In 1954 the renowned sportswriter Grantland Rice attempted to select the greatest 4-man backfield in college football history. He selected Sammy Baugh as QB and Bronko Nagurski as FB. If the astute Mr. More ... Ten-year-old Avery Hall bagged this 11-point deer while hunting with his dad in Taliaferro County November 22. Avery is the son of Boyce and Pam Hall of Rayle. More ... |
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