Today's News

The Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats overcame a sluggish performance at times to pick up a huge 52-32 District 4-A win over the Coalfield Yellow Jackets on Friday evening. 

The Lady Jackets started off strong to get out of the first period with a 10-4 lead to generate a lot of positive buzz early on for the home team. 

The newest member of District 3-A, the Meigs County Tigers completed the season sweep of Midway with a 69-47 win in the girls game and a 68-55 win in the boys contest. 

The Tigers had won both games in Decatur before Christmas break.

The Rockwood Middle School Tigers ran their season record to 24-0 Saturday afternoon with a 44-37 victory over Wartburg in the TMSAA Area 4-AA Tournament at Midway Middle School.

Rocky Houston scored a victory on the first day of his trial in federal court.

Houston, originally charged with 14 counts of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms, had all but one of those charges dropped against him on Tuesday.

See Wednesday's issue of the Roane County News for more details.