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Jonathan Jemison, 15, of Marietta serves in his singles match at the Southern Closed 16 Championship at the Rome-Floyd County Tennis Center, June 18, 2013. (Brittany Hannah/RN-T)
Players continue vying for titles as Closed tournament nears finish
The tennis courts around the Rome area were once again filled with some of the best young players in the nation on Tuesday as play continued in the Southern Boys’ and Girls’ 16 Closed tournament. ...
Jun 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Blane Swift (Contributed photo)
College Baseball: Former Coosa star Swift rolls through freshman year
Coosa graduate Blane Swift continued to make big strides this spring, carrying his successful high school baseball career over into his first college season at Marion Military Institute. Swift, who...
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Rome Braves: Wild game, frustrating loss for Braves
Final: Intimidators 10, Braves 8 (in Kannapolis) How it happened: In a wild game that saw the teams combine for 22 hits, five errors and six multi-run rallies, the Intimidators escaped with the wi...
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Jada Tijani, 14, of Suwanee, plays a return during her match at the Southern Boys’ and Girls’ 16 Closed tennis tournament Saturday at the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center.
Tennis: Southern Boys' and Girls' 16 underway in Rome
The Southern Boys' and Girls' 16 Closed tennis tournament began Saturday with more than 300 tennis players flooding Rome. Listed below are the results from Saturday. SOUTHERN BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ 16...
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Cyclists compete in the Georgia State Road Racing Championships. (John Bailey / RN-T.com)
Cycling: Cyclists compete in Georgia State Road Racing Championships
Cyclists race on Highway 136 in LaFayette after a turn from Pocket Road during the Georgia State Road Racing Championships hosted by Rome Velo on Saturday. More than 300 riders participated i...
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Shorter Football: Kids & Pros to focus on character
For the second straight year, those who dream about playing in the NFL will learn what it takes to play the game on the professional level from those who have accomplished the feat when Shorter Uni...
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Coosa's Marlena Brock
College Signing: Coosa’s Marlena Brock
Coosa's Marlena Brock (seated, center) signed with the Georgia Northwestern Technical College cheerleading program Friday afternoon. Joining Brock at the signing ceremony were her mother Susan Broc...
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Coosa's Destiny Runyan
College Signing: Coosa’s Destiny Runyan
Coosa senior Destiny Runyan (seated, center) signed with the Georgia Northwestern Technical College cheerleading program Friday afternoon. Joining Runyan at the signing ceremony were her mother Cam...
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Rome Braves: Another loss to Kannapolis for Braves
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Final: Kannapolis 6, Rome 4 (in Kannapolis, Md.) The turning point: The Braves owned a three-run lead until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Intimidators scored three runs to take a one-run...
Shorter finishes 2nd in NCCAA Presidential Award for Excellence standings
by Shorter reports
Jun 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
In it’s first year of National Christian College Athletic Association play, the Shorter Hawks and Lady Hawks wasted no time making an impact. Narrowly missing being awarded the NCCAA Presidential A...
Norman Arey Column: No respect for UGA in preseason
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Sports columnist Norman Arey talks about the Georgia Bulldogs' low rankings in preseason polls in his column in Friday's print edition of the Rome News-Tribune.
Tennis: Tournament ends; another event set for Saturday
by staff reports
Jun 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
The final champions were crowned Thursday at the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center after the last matches of the Georgia State Junior Closed Challenger . Sarah Hubbard, the last remaining player from R...
Semipro Football: Spartans relishing championship in inaugural season
by Jonathan Blaylock, Rome News-Tribune Sports Writer
Jun 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
When Joey Hale started playing for the Rome Spartans last year, he probably didn’t think the team’s first season would end with a championship. But that’s just what recently happened for the se...
Tennis: List of champions expands as Georgia State Junior Closed Challenger reaches final stages
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Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
As the amount of remaining matches grows shorter, the list of champions is getting longer at the Georgia State Junior Closed Challenger . The event — which opened with roughly 500 players — has ...
College Signing: Rome High’s Matthew Scott
Jun 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome High senior Matthew Scott (seated, third from right) signed to play basketball at Tennessee Temple University (in Chattanooga) on Tuesday afternoon. Joining Scott at the signing ceremony were ...
College Signing: Coosa’s Darien Smith
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Coosa senior Darien Smith (seated, second from right) signed to play basketball at Tennessee Temple University (in Chattanooga) on Tuesday afternoon. Joining Smith at the signing ceremony were AAU ...