Is Bobby Labonte headed for Petty Enterprises exit?
RACING By Greg Zyla
      Q: Greg, what's up with Bobby Labonte and his future with Petty Enterprises? The rumors are going wild that he's leaving Petty at the end of 2008 and heading to Richard Childress Racing and taking his sponsor, General Mills, with him. Do you know what's going on? -- Patty L., Spokane, Wash.
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Lady Gators headed to state tourney
Clarke Prep to play Glenwood in opening round at Lagoon
      The Clarke Prep School Lady Gators softball team closed out the regular season last Friday by sweeping Cottage Hill in a double header in Mobile. In the final match CPS won 9- 3. Tess Ackerman went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Anna Hicks went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI. Kristin Sc...
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From the mouths of babes...I have heard it all now
Sports Scene
Ross Wood Sports Editor
      Just when yoiu think you may have seen or heard it all....think again. Monday night I was umpiring a coach-pitch game featuring a team named the Auburn Tigers. One of their players, Dylan Robinson, is the son of a staunch Alabama fan.
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CCHS Bulldogs bow out of playoffs
      The 2008 baseball season came to an abrupt end for the Clarke County High School Bulldogs last Friday as they lost both games of a double-header to the visiting Green Wave of Gordo High School. It was the second straight season that the Bulldogs had advanced as far as the second round. In 2007 th...
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Lady Bulldogs edged in tight softball games
      The Clarke County High School Lady Bulldogs closed the regular season by dropping a heartbreaker 8-7 Tuesday against Leroy. Abby Walker went 2-for-4 with a triple. Gioia Jackson was 2-for-4 with a double. Brittney Harvell went 2-for-4.
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Ezell hits first HR in GH Dixie softball league
      Mariah Ezell hit the first recorded "over the fence" homerun in Grove Hill Dixie Youth Girls Coach Pitch softball during the game last Friday night (April 25) to help the Spice Girls defeat the Thomasville Ladybugs 26-15. The 7 and 8-yearold coach pitch girls team is on a roll as they are currentl...
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Bird taken using bow and arrow
     Jimmie T. Grayson, of Toddtown, killed this turkey early in the season while hunting with a bow and arrow. The bird had a 10 inch beard and weighed 18 pounds. It was his first time hunting with a bow.
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Dumas kills her first gobbler
     Whitney Dumas, 11-years-old, killed her first gobbler. The bird had a nine inch beard and one inch spurs. She killed it on the first day of the season while hunting with her dad. He dropped a gobbler with a 12 inch beard and one inch spurs. She is the daughter of Dale and Vicki Dumas of Grove Hill.
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