By Jim Hayes
Already reeling from the loss of four players who were ruled academically ineligible over Christmas, the Volunteer State Community College Men’s basketball team now must deal with two players who have left the team.
Sophomore Kevin Rimmer, a starter, and freshman Jayson Brown are no longer with the Pioneers. Rimmer missed four games with an injury to his throat and has elected not to return. Brown left for personal reasons.
By Jim Hayes
Volunteer State Community College has begun the long and winding road to establishing a satellite campus somewhere in Wilson County.
Campus President Dr. Jerry Faulkner, announced that Vol State has a “handshake” agreement to acquire 10 acres of land in Wilson County at a faculty meeting last week.
During an interview with The Settler, he indicated that the current owner will donate 2.5 acres of that land, leaving the college to come up with funding for the other 7.5 acres.
Faulkner would not disclose the precise locatiohttp://thesettler.online/wp-admin/post-new.phpn of the land.
By Yvonne Nachtigal
Faith is an uncomfortable subject for many people. Why is that? We would think that all the talk about diversity would have made talking about faith easier, but even in an atmosphere of tolerance, talking about a person’s religion or belief system tends to cause defensiveness. I think that is because it opens them to the possibility that positions held throughout their lifetime may be weak, which would shake the very foundation of who they are. Be it faith in God, Jesus, Allah, Krishna, or the belief that empirical science has all the answers, people do not want their worldview messed with. Still, the inevitability of our eventual demise is a compelling reason to give the object of our faith some serious thought.
By Jim Hayes
Sophomore guards Shalaya Armstead and Aliyah Miller combined for 32 points in leading the Volunteer State Community College Lady Pioneers to a 72-64 win over the Motlow State Community College Lady Bucks Jan. 26, at Pickel Fieldhouse.
The win was the second in a row for the Lady Pioneers and avenged a Dec. 1, 85-51 loss at the hands of the second place Lady Bucks.
The win left the Lady Pioneers tied for fourth place in the Tennessee Community College Women’s basketball race with a 4-5 record.
By Jim Hayes,
A 78-66 loss to the conference leading Motlow State Community College Bucks left the Volunteer State Community College Pioneer men’s basketball squad in ninth place in the conference Jan. 26, at Pickel Fieldhouse.
Just three Pioneers, Tim Goodrich, Jabori Murphy and Jonathan Howard managed to score in double figures as Motlow State swept the season series from Vol State.