Stories from Thursday, September 24, 2020

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through September 21, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:...

As an undergraduate student, Alex Diamond was tangentially intertwined with one of college athletics’ grandest basketball programs. Today, in 2020, Dr. Alex Diamond has been intricately involved in developing the return-to-play guidelines amidst the COVID-19 pandemic for both the National Federation of High School Sports (NFHS) and the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA).

The age old football adage goes something like this-- when two bitter rivals go head to head, you can throw out the records. Giles County (2-3) came prepared for a battle and kept the contest close through three quarters before the Tigers tacked on two fourth quarter touchdowns to turn a 24-14 contest at the end of three into a 38-14 comfortable win.

Cornersville freshman Annabelle Mulliniks did what she had to do to make it out of the Division I, Small Class, Region 6 Tournament Monday at the Lawrenceburg Golf and Country Club, shooting an 85 on the 4,574-yard par 71 tract. Mulliniks shot 42 on the easier front nine and 43 on the tough, hilly back nine to claim the second of three individual qualifier spots for next week’s state tournament at the WillowBrook Golf Club in Manchester on Tuesday and Wednesday...