Stories from Monday, December 6, 2010

One of the greatest things about covering local sports is seeing the youngsters on the respective squads have some success. Though no local team will probably win every game, seeing some have success early sure is a momentum builder, and a reason for local fans to get excited and hopefully hurry home from a hard day's work only to hurry to an area gym to catch some hoops action...

The Dyersburg Trojans and Lady Trojans hit the road Friday night for what shaped up to be two tough district contests at Haywood County. The Lady Trojans picked up a big win over the Lady Tomcats, 55-30, against the team that knocked them out of the district tournament last year, and swept them in the season...

Facing North Side to open the district slate on Friday night in Jackson, the respective Dyer County squads left with different results. In the opening game, the Lady Choctaws battled the district front-runners throughout the first half, trailing by a deuce at the end of the second quarter, 22-20. ...