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Photo provided - Franklin’s 10U All-Star baseball team won the Dizzy Dean district tournament in June. Front row, from left: Gus Teeter, Hunter Lowe, Caden Mason, Hudson Stringer, Hayden Haggard, Reid Laseter. Second row: Axel Brown, Paxton Sutton, Logan Rollins, Eli Phillips, Ethan Ramey, Branch Browning. Back: coaches Nathan Hursey, Justin Nicholson, Mark Sutton.

All-Stars crush competition

Tue, 07/02/2019 - 11:59pm

Assembling an All-Star baseball team sometimes results in a lack of cohesion among players who are playing together for the first time.

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Press photo/Andy Scheidler - Ilah Williams is one of 11 swimmers on FAST who have qualified for the Junior Olympics.

Swimmers focus on Junior Olympics berths

Tue, 07/02/2019 - 11:59pm

A dark cloud formed Thursday evening in the distance, just north of Franklin, yet the thunder and lightning it produced was close enough to cause a delay of the swim meet at the Macon County Recrea

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Photo provided - Franklin’s only All-Star softball team took second in a tournament June 15 at Parker Meadows. Front row, from left: Tatum Carrion, Molly Moeller, Kate Kennedy, Payton Houston, Kyelynn Hervey. Back row: Aubrey Newsome, Makenna Hursey, Alyssa Awtrey, Chloe Lambert, Finley Moffitt, Suzanna Cabe, Mya Roberts. Coaches: Craig Awtrey, Lane Cabe, Justin Moffitt.

All-Stars aim for state 3-peat

Thu, 06/27/2019 - 11:59pm

Franklin’s 8U All-Star softball team has claimed the state championship for the past two years.

Coach Lane Cabe has designs on making it three straight.

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File photo - Cole Doolittle was one of Franklin’s leading offensive players last season. He’ll continue his career at Warren Wilson College near Asheville.

Hard work pays dividends for hoopster

Thu, 06/27/2019 - 11:59pm

Cole Doolittle started playing basketball in the fourth grade. He had played football for a year and didn’t like it all that much. But he immediately fell in love with basketball.