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DeKalb 13&14 Year old All Stars Win Opening Game of District Tournament

The DeKalb County 13 & 14 year old All Stars defeated Smith County 4 to 1 in the first game of the District Tournament at Smith County Monday night.

Steven Page was the winning pitcher. He gave up six hits, had eight strikeouts, and walked two.

Hits for DeKalb County:
Aaron Patterson, single and RBI
Seth Stanley, single, BB
Devin Summers, double, single, BB, and 2RBI
Evan Cripps, hits batsman
Travis Ferrell, 2 singles and RBI

DeKalb County will rematch with Smith County Tuesday night (tonight) at 6:00 p.m. If DeKalb wins, the team will advance to the state tournament in South Holston. If the local All-Stars lose Tuesday night, a third and deciding game will be played Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m.

DeKalb 13 & 14 Year old All Stars Advance to District Tournament

The DeKalb County 13 & 14 year old All Stars won the Area Tournament at Smith County last week and will advance to the District Tournament, which is also being played at Smith County starting tonight (Monday).

DeKalb County will take on Smith County tonight at 6:00 p.m. Regardless of the outcome the two teams will re-match on Tuesday and a third and deciding game will be played Wednesday if necessary. It's a best two out of three tournament. The winner of the District Tournament will advance to the State Tournament at South Holston, Tennessee. Times and dates TBA.

In a recap of last week's action, DeKalb County defeated Westmoreland 15 to 4 on Monday, July 5th.

The winning pitcher was Chase Hoke.

Hits:
Aaron Patterson, 2RBI
Seth Stanley, a single HBP2
Steven Page, 2 singles, BB, and 3 RBI
Evan Cripps, BB, RBI, HBP
Devin Summers, 2 singles, triple, RBI
Travis Ferrell, BB, single, HBP
Spencer Stanfield, BB
Joe Driver, BB, RBI
Chase Hoke, HBP, RBI
Ty Curtis,HBP, BB

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9-10 Year old Machine Pitch Team Wins First All-Star Game

The 9-10 year old Machine Pitch team won their first All Star game in Smithville in the first round, Monday July 5th by defeating Sparta by a score of 19 to 1

England Three-peats at Fiddler 5K

36 year old Christopher England of Atlanta, Georgia was the overall winner of the 12th annual Fiddler 5K and One Mile Fun Run held Saturday morning in Smithville.

England, who has now won the race for three years in a row, completed the course in 17:54. He also holds the course record, 16:30 in 2008.

Meanwhile, 19 year old Sara Terashima of Richmond, Indiana was the overall winner in the women's race. She completed the course in 20:53.

A new category was created this year for the male and female masters. 53 year old Lee Piccirillo of Murfreesboro was the overall winner in the male masters. His time was 19:23.

In the female masters, 42 year old Lisanne McLaurine of Liberty was the overall winner. Her time was 24:07

Eleven year old Tate Chumley of Murfreesboro was the overall winner of the One Mile Fun Run. His time was 7:15

Nine Year old Macy Hedge of Smithville completed the course in 7:38, the best among females.

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All-Stars set to open tournament play, July 5th

DeKalb County’s Little League All-Star teams will soon be taking part in the annual tournaments, which start in full swing on July 5th. The 2010 All-Star teams were announced last Tuesday night, along with their coaches and where they will be playing, this post-season.

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12th Annual Fiddler 5K and One Mile Fun Run Set for July 3rd

The 12th annual Fiddler 5K and One Mile Fun Run, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County, will be Saturday, July 3rd, the weekend of the Smithville Fiddler's Jamboree.

Race Director Tecia Puckett-Pryor says the race begins promptly at 7:00 a.m. rain or shine on Highway 56 north in front of the Family Medical Center. The race ends on Church Street. "We're excited that the 12th annual Fiddler 5K and One Mile Fun Run is Saturday, July 3rd which is the weekend of the Fiddlers Jamboree. The race starts promptly at 7:00 a.m. and we are now taking pre-registrations. We are encouraging everyone who is interested in either running the race or doing the fun run, which is a great little race for kids, to get registered."

"We are offering registration at www.active.com. You can register on-line up until June 30th and you still get the pre-registration discount if you register on-line. By paper, you can print out a form at www.fiddler5k.com but we need you to register by Monday, June 21st if you are registering by paper. That's a little bit of a change this year. We've cut the paper registration (deadline) off a little early this year because we're offering the on-line registration."

"You can also register on the day of the race but you have to pay $5.00 more if you do that and we're asking that you go ahead and bring a completed registration form with you if you have to register on race day. All these details are on our website and on the registration form which is available at www.fiddler5k.com."

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DeKalb Little League All-Stars Announced

DeKalb County's 2010 Little League All-Star teams and season award winners were announced during a special ceremony Tuesday at the Little League Field.

Stephen Page received the Carter Braswell Most Valuable Player award for the Junior League division, while A.J. Mooneyham and Tyree Cripps each won the award in Little League and Minor League, respectively.

Evan Curtis won the Josh Reece Memorial Golden Glove award in Junior League, while John Roller won it in the Little League division. Ethan Martin won the Josh Reece award in Minor League.

Quentin Cook and Jordan Huling were co-recipients of the Mike Williams Memorial Batting Champion award in Junior League, as each player hit .500 for the season. Seth Wright won the Mike Williams award for the best average in Little League with a .500 average, while Derek Fish, who hit .689 for the season, was the Minor League recipient.

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Diana Moon Wins Relay 5K

Diana Moon was the overall winner of the Relay 5K held Saturday morning in Smithville to benefit Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. She ran the course in twenty six minutes and nine seconds.

Jim Wall had the second best time at 26:26 and Jason Mahan came in third overall at 26:43

In the One Mile Fun Run, Ethan Jenkins, who took first place, finished the course in ten minutes and six seconds followed in second place by Luke Jenkins at 10:40 and William Clendenen whose time was 13:42

Casey Midgett, 2010 Chairman of Relay for Life, said more runners took part in this year's event. " We had a good crowd of 45 participants which was up from 23 runners last year. We had two races, the 5K and the Fun Run, which both began at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the east end of Green Brook Park."

"As far as winners, we had a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place overall for the 5K and a 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall for the Fun Run."

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