wednesDAY Sports April 25, 2018 McMinnville, Tennessee B Championship aspirations

Grace Rains and the Lady Pioneers will have to wait Jeffery Simmons photos until Thursday to get back in action. Edgar Villegas and the WCMS soccer team are vying for a sixth straight CTC title. The Pioneers begin their title defense Wednesday at home against White County at 5 p.m. WCMS teams prepare for tourneys Washed out by JEFFERY SIMMONS district games. The games by JEFFERY SIMMONS bring back the title again. They are an Sports Editor for the Southern Standard have been moved to Sports Editor for the Southern Standard elite group and know what it takes to (McMinnville, Tennessee) (McMinnville, Tennessee) Wednesday and Thursday win at this level.” at 6 p.m., weather permit- The opening round matchup with Making moves for ting. The first game is set to Championships were the talk of all White County is set to start at 5 p.m. District 6AAA crowns on be played at Patrick Ramsey the Warren County Middle School at Warren County High School. The the diamond have been Field, while the Pioneers hit sports teams when the spring season Pioneers won the regular season dampened this week. Not the road Thursday. started. Now it’s time to see if titles matchup 8-1. With a win, Warren by losses, but by lack of The Lady Pioneers cur- will be won. County would advance into the final play. rently sit in the top spot in The Pioneer soccer and four and play its semifinal game The Pioneer baseball District 6AAA, controlling teams will each be looking to defend Saturday in Tullahoma. The champi- team and Lady Pioneer their destiny in hopes of their Central Tennessee Conference onship game is also slated for team each had piv- back-to-back district titles. tournament titles in the next week, Saturday in Tullahoma. otal district games post- Warren County got some while the Lady Pioneer softball team Coach Chad Young led the Pioneer poned due to rain this help from Rhea County last is in search of its third championship baseball team to a perfect record last week, spoiling each team’s week when the Lady Eagles in the last five years. year en route to a title, but many of chances of cementing their downed Cookeville in extra New soccer coach Ario Zadeh those players are now making contri- status atop the standings. inning 5-4, handing the knew before he ever took the reins of butions at WCHS. Warren County The Pioneers were set to Lady Cavaliers their second the program how much pressure will enter this year as an underdog, play a home-and-home district loss. there would be to win. The Pioneers starting Thursday with a game at series with Rhea County, Warren County currently have won five CTC titles in a row, White County at 6 p.m., but coach which currently sits third in is 5-1 in district play, split- putting a target on their back every Young believes the tools are there to the district standings with a ting its season series with outing. win again. 5-4 record. Warren County Cookeville and already The WCMS soccer team starts its “I refuse to make excuses about holds the second spot at owning a 9-7 victory over title defense Wednesday at home how we've been playing. We have to 7-3, trailing leading Rhea County. The Lady against White County and Zadeh flip a switch and come out swing- Cookeville’s 9-2 mark. Pioneers were set to play at believes his group is ready to roll. ing,” said Young. “We will not go Warren County (12-11) home Tuesday against “I’m very confident in our chanc- down without a fight. Our boys are lost the first matchup with Stone Memorial, but the Halo Armstrong and the es. We have grown a lot as a team fired up and ready to play.” the Eagles 3-0 in March, but game has now been moved WCMS softball team will play and have to trust one another,” said is hoping to bounce back to next Tuesday, May 1. The Thursday in Coffee County. Zadeh. “These boys are hungry to Continued on 2B with a sweep in its final two first pitch is set for 5 p.m. Fye stars for Autism 5K winners WCHS track Bethany Fye had her hand in almost all the track. Fye finished fifth in the 200, fin- of the best finishes for the WCHS girls ishing in a time of 28.35 seconds. She went track team Saturday in the Tomahawk on to team with Olianada Vazquez, team championships held in Murfreesboro. Madalyn Stubblefield and Lydia Fleming The senior standout won the triple to finish fifth in the 4x200 relay, turning in jump, along with finishing in the top five a time of 2:04.39. in shotput, the 200-meter race Christian Locke was also a and running a leg for the fifth- top performer for the Pioneers. place 4x200 relay team. Days after pledging to Berea Fye, already committed to College to run track, Locke play at the next dominated competition in level for Asbury College, both the 800 and 1,600. showed her multi-sport skills The senior topped a field of among hundreds of competi- 31 runners in the 800 with a tors at the Riverdale event. time of 2:03.29, over a second Fye flew through the air for a better than Tullahoma's Elijah 31-foot, 3-inch mark in the Walker. triple jump, besting her clos- Fye Locke was equally domi- est competitor by more than a nant in the 33-person 1,600. foot. Warren County's top distance She also showed her strength in the runner turned in a time of 4:42.22 in the shotput, flinging a throw 30'8.5" for third mile race, beating Hamz Abohashema place. Fye's efforts in the shotput and tri- from and the ple jump put her on the radar for qualify- Riverdale duo of John Neal and Grayson Lacy Garrison photo ing for the state tournament later this McPherson. The Autism 5K Awareness race brought hundreds of competitors downtown Sat- season. Jayren Perkins had the team's only urday. Pictured are the overall female and male race winners Keely Campbell and Not done, Fye also flashed her speed on other top five, finishing fifth in the 200. Matthew Bratcher. Full results can be found on 2B. Have A “Hole” Lot of Fun! The Civic Center presents a CHASE THE ACE Tournament May 12 • 9:30am - Noon

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