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Jane Campbell (Photo contributed by Darlington School)
Darlington Soccer Academy player putting up impressive numbers
Jane Campbell already has an impressive soccer career and she’s not even out of high school. Campbell, a Darlington Soccer Academy player, recently led a team of Americans to a first-place win in...
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Kenneth Porterfield, of Rome, plays a return during Monday’s action at the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center. (Lisa Hall / RN-T.com)
Rome team wins USTA state tournament
The Men’s 4.0 Coosa Valley Tennis Association team came away with a championship during the USTA League Adult State Championship which concluded Monday. The team is comprised of Jacob Bush, Trip...
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Rome Braves edged by GreenJackets
Final: GreenJackets 1, Braves 0 (Augusta) The turning point: The GreenJackets scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the fourth when Ben Thomas reached on a error. Elliott Blair then ...
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College signing: Sonoraville’s Hunter Creswell
Sonoraville’s Hunter Creswell (seated, center) signs to compete in the pole vault for Brenau University in Gainesville. Also attending the signing were Sonoraville High principal Bruce Potts (seate...
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Zach Vick (Photo contributed by Darlington School)
College signing: Darlington’s Zach Vick
Darlington’s Zach Vick (seated, second from right) recently signed to play golf for Young Harris College. Vick was joined at the signing by Connie Vick (front row, from left), Michael Vick, Clayton...
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Culberson dies at 91
Greater Rome lost a legend in sports Monday with the death of J.M. Culberson. He was 91. Culberson was inducted into the Rome-Floyd Sports Hall of Fame in 1994, and signed a contract with the Ne...
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Former Model star Ben Hawkins (Daniel Varnado, RN-T.com)
Local baseball players living their dreams
America’s pastime is in full swing all across the country, and it doesn’t matter what level it’s being played, it’s still baseball. That’s what spring and summer are all about — going out and enjoy...
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Rome Braves lose 12th straight game
Final: Tourists 6, Braves 2 (State Mutual Stadium) The turning point: Leading 1-0 in the top of the third, the Tourists got a three-run homer by Harold Riggins to take a commanding 4-0 lead. W...
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Shorter baseball: Walk-off homer in ninth eliminates Hawks from NAIA tournament
by Shorter reports
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So often in sports it's not how you start, but how you finish. Arizona Christian showed why in their elimination game against Shorter University's Baseball Hawks. Fourth-seeded Arizona Christian s...
Several hundred riders expected for CVCA's Up the Creek without a Pedal
by Jonathan Blaylock, Rome News-Tribune Sports Writer
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Romans will have a chance to get out and enjoy the great outdoors next weekend. The 22nd annual Coosa Valley Cycling Association Up the Creek without a Pedal ride will take place May 12, and ...
NORMAN AREY COLUMN: Realignment is wrecking college sports
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Norman Arey takes a look at the continuing changes in college sports in his weekly column in Friday’s print edition of the Rome News-Tribune.
Reinhardt hires Rome native as assistant college football coach
by From Reinhardt reports
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Reggie Perkins has joined the Reinhardt athletic department as an assistant football coach under head coach Danny Cronic. Perkins is in charge of the offensive line. Perkins comes to Reinhardt fro...
Rome Braves' skid extends to 10 games
by Staff reports
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Final: Tourists 2, Braves 0 (State Mutual Stadium) The turning point: The game was scoreless until the top of the eighth inning when the Tourists scored the only two runs. Asheville held on fr...
Locals earn 1st-place finishes at swim meet
by Staff reports
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Samson Mumber and A.J. Williams, 10-year-old swimmers with Rome’s Three Rivers Swim Club, both won events at the Gold Long Course Kickoff Meet, which took place recently in Cumming. Mumber, Willi...
Nicholson, College of Idaho downs Shorter 6-4 in Azusa opener
by Shorter reports
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ASUZA, Calif. – The bats came alive much too late for Shorter in its Opening Round game against College of Idaho. Now, the Hawks will have to stave off elimination three times if they hope to advan...
For Shorter Lady Hawks, road to softball Elite Eight goes through defending national champs
by Shorter reports
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Shorter University’s road to a softball national championship will go through the defending national champs. In their final appearance in the NAIA Softball National Championship, the Lady Hawks wou...