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Both
Dresden and Greenfield ended their pre-Christmas schedules with an
important district battle as the two schools met in Greenfield on
Tuesday night. In boys action, the Lions held off a lat Yellowjacket
surge to take a 46-43 win over Greenfield. Earlier that night, the
Greenfield Lady ’Jackets ended the first half of their schedule on a
positive note as they handed the Lady Lions a 50-31 setback.
Both
Dresden teams will be in action this week during the annual Martin
Lions Club Christmas Tournament at Westview High School. Greenfield
will travel to Clarksburg on Thursday for a non-district matchup
with the Rockets and Lady Rockets.
Dresden
Lions 46
Greenfield Yellowjackets 43
After a
strong start allowed the Greenfield girls to get a double-digit
lead, the Greenfield Lady ’Jackets were assured of their first win
over cross-county rival Dresden for the first time in recent
history.
After a
three-point play by Becky Atnip to start the game, a Magan Cash free
throw made the score 4-0 with 6:08 left in the first frame. Dresden
rallied with four points from Lacey Kelley to counter an Atnip
jumper and cut the Greenfield lead to two points, but the Lady
’Jackets ended the first frame with buckets from Pannayottia
Edmonston and Rhiannon Caudle to take a 10-4 lead after one quarter
of play.
Greenfield Lady ’Jackets 50
Dresden
Lady Lions 31
Chattanooga assistant named
UT-Martin head coach
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By Jason Peevyhouse
Sports Editor |
Jason Simpson, offensive coordinator at the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the past three years,
today was named head football coach at the University of Tennessee
at Martin. The announcement was made by Phil Dane, UT Martin
director of intercollegiate athletics, at an 11 a.m. news conference
in the Bob Carroll Football Building.
Simpson was instrumental in the resurgence of the UTC football
program. After several losing seasons, UTC posted a 6-5 record this
season in the Southern Conference, including a win over OVC member,
Jacksonville State University. Simpson also coached for three years
in the Southland Conference at Texas State University in San Marcos.
(Read the rest of this story in the December
28th edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)
Westview falls to Union City in non-district
action
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By Rory
Higgins
Sports Writer |
With Christmas right around the corner on Thursday
evening, the Union City boys' basketball squad paid
the
Westview Chargers a visit, taking a win over them
81-63.
For a while initially, the Chargers looked strong
and
were right behind the Golden Tornadoes in score as
Cordney Booker and Keith Norris scored most of
Westview's 12 points in the first quarter to Union
City's leading 13.
Westview even momentarily gained the lead in the
beginning of the second quarter after a Norris
trifecta, making the score 16-14, but an
un-interrupted seven-point run from UCHS's Marcus
Weddle and Xavier Robinson, who both later turned out
to
be point leaders in the game.
(Read the rest of this story in the
December 28th
edition of the Dresden Enterprise.) |
