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Clark leads Admirals rout of Powell
Alan Sloan - Sat, Jan 3, 2009
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| Nate Clark of Farragut goes up strong under the basket against a Powell defender. - Dan Barile/farragutpress |
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Nate Clark scored just two first-half points against Powell, while the man he was guarding led the Panthers in scoring 16 minutes into the game.
But things turned around dramatically after the break Friday, Jan. 2, in FHS’s Lynn E. Sexton Gymnasium.
Farragut head coach Donald Dodgen “pulled me aside before the second half … he got in my head, he said ‘you just need you to step up, we need you to be a leader,’” said Clark, an Admirals’ senior forward who scored 13 of his game-high 17 points in the third quarter to lead Farragut’s 75-41 rout of Powell.
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Lady Ads wake up, get aggressive, rally past Powell
Alan Sloan - Sat, Jan 3, 2009
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| Farragut's Jessica Griswold goes up strong on a Powell defender following a steal. - Dan Barile/farragutpress |
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Wes Edmonds’ halftime wake-up call for more aggressive play from his Farragut Lady Admirals took about three minutes to manifest results in the third quarter.
But when the juices kicked it, the Lady Admirals turned a 29-19 deficit against Powell into a 45-34 lead — 26-5 run — then fought off a late Lady Panthers rally to win 55-52 Friday, Jan. 2, in FHS’s Lynn E. Sexton Gymnasium.
Defense, specifically scoring points off of turnovers, sparked the rally that lifted Farragut’s record to 12-3 overall while remaining 4-1 in District 4-AAA.
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Bank robberies, state championships, new business openings highlight year
Alan Sloan - Thu, Jan 1, 2009
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| Farragut High School Diamond Admirals celebrate its fourth state championship title in six years. - File photos/farragutpress |
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The year started with manhunts of both a criminal and political nature rarely seen in the Farragut area.
Two bank robbers were loose within town limits in January just when Farragut-area voters were attempting to make sense of a countywide office musical chairs scenario.
While the alleged robbers were caught under an Orchid Grove home’s deck, Farragut voters helped elect Jimmy “J.J.” Jones as Sheriff while adding Col. Richard Briggs as its third District 5C Knox County Commissioner among other town, county, state and national election choices.
Later in 2008, however, after a November vote narrowly approving a charter amendment referendum, two of those Commission 5C seats would be eliminated by 2010 — reducing Commission from 19 to 11 seats.
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Zach’s legacy inspires others
Kim Johnson - Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Philippians 4:13 reads: “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”
This was the favorite Bible verse of Zachary Thomas Weimer, a Farragut Middle School student, pictured right, who lost his life in October after a tragic zip-line accident, and it is to this verse that his family clung as they endured their first holiday season without their only son and brother.
“We just have to hold on to that verse,” Zach’s mother, Sally Weimer, said. “Because we can’t do any of this without our faith.”
Zach’s death has left a void in the lives of the Weimer family, but Sally, along with Zach’s father, Shawn, and his sister, Kelly, said their family has been unbelievably touched by the outpouring of love and support from the community following their loss.
“It has really shown us what kind of community Farragut really is. We have only lived here a year and a half … all the support we have gotten through cards and Caring Bridge posts and gifts and neighbors.
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Area residents welcome annual holiday park event
Kim Johnson - Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Knox County Parks and Recreation kicked the holiday season off with its annual “Holiday Festival of Lights” Friday, Dec. 19, at The Cove at Concord Park.
Friday and Saturday night featured horse-drawn carriage rides sponsored by Pimentos and Lenoir City Utilities Board.
The walk-through began Sunday, Dec. 21, and continued through Dec. 28, excluding Christmas evening.
Parks and Recreation staff erected light displays along the walking trail throughout the park. Animated displays and a giant live tree with 22,000 lights were highlights of the event.
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