Great nicknames
Taking Names and Keeping Score
Charlie Anderson
      Ever since the beginning of the human race, as we know it, parents have routinely chosen a name for their offspring at or shortly after their birth. Sometimes the names have come about after hours of thought and deliberation where many options were considered before the final choice was made.
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Tigers advance to second round
By Charlie Anderson Contributing Writer
      The Thomasville High School Tigers, who qualified for the first round of the AHSAA state playoffs as the runner-up in 4A Area 1, found themselves on the road this past weekend for a match-up with W. S. Neal Blue Eagles, champions of 4A Area 2.
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Four Tigers sign basketball scholarships
     Daril Jackson PHOTO BY TONYA JOYCE Daril Jackson signs a scholarsip with Jefferson Davis Community College. Pictured (from left): Velma Jackson, Daril Jackson, Thelma Jackson and Keontay Madison. Standing: coach Allen Gainor and coach Jasmine Mitchell. Gainor praised the players and Mitchell, who he...
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THS Diamond Dolls
     PHOTO BY ARTHUR MCLEAN The 2008 Thomasville High School Diamond Dolls are: (standing) Sydney Smith (sponsor), Alexandria Taylor, Jessica Reid, Larremy Pope, Taylor Smith, CeCe Chapman, Chelsy Brasell, Sloan Utsey, Kenesha Danzy, (kneeling) Kelly Gates, Brooke Dosier, Emily Godwin, Morgan Downey, Car...
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Bagging a big bird
     Gene Etheredge of Thomasville shows the 22-pound turkey he shot last week. Etheredge said the bird had an 11-inch beard and 1-inch spurs, adding that the location of the kill was "way over yonder."
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Three-way draw in county tourney
By Charlie Anderson Contributing Writer
      The annual Clarke County baseball tournament played over a two day period last Monday, April 14 and Tuesday, April 15 ended with no clear winner. As it turned out each of the three county squads ended the two day series with one win and one loss.
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Allen get team to playoffs in just his second season
By Charlie Anderson Contributing Writer
      Thomasville native and 1999 Thomasville High School graduate, Ashley Allen directed his St. Jude Pirate baseball team to the first round of the AHSAA State Playoffs this spring in only the second year of the programs' existence. The Pirates qualified for the playoffs after finishing as the runner-...
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Knight muzzleloaders are manufactured in Alabama
By David Rainer Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
      Most Alabama hunters who participate in the state's blackpowder deer season are familiar with Knight Rifles, an innovator in the in-line muzzleloading world. However, it's probably a pretty good bet that very few of those aforementioned hunters know that Knight Rifles are now manufactured right h...
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Marengo High School spring game
     PHOTO BY ARTHUR MCLEAN Marengo High School held its spring game Thursday night in Dixons Mills. Marengo squared off against A.L. Johnson High School in a scrimmage that featured both veteran and younger players.
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