The Pioneer Press

By Jim Hayes

The Volunteer State Community College Lady Volunteers rode sophomore Aliyah Miller’s triple-double to a 61-51 win over the Roane State Community College Lady Raiders Jan. 12, at Pickel Field House.

Miller led all scorers with 20 points.  She made eight of her 12 field goal attempts and all four of her free throws.   Miller also had 10 rebounds and 10 assists on the afternoon.

After losing three players to academic ineligibility, Erica Mason, LaMonica Mintlow and Titania Lavender, the Pioneers needed every point they could get.  The bench contribution just 7 points and 6 rebounds for the entire game.

By Katelyn Marshall

Volunteer State Community College will host the International Film Series, “Stairway to Heaven,” Jan. 24, at 5:30 pm in Caudill Hall.

This film is a romance, fantasy, drama, comedy, and war genre movie about a British wartime aviator who cheats death and must argue for his life before a celestial court, according to IMDb.

“This movie really tells two interwoven stories,” Vol State’s English instructor Sarah Crotzer, said. “One on earth as Peter the fighter pilot fights what appeared to be some sort of seizure that comes over him and seeks help from a local doctor, and in heaven the angel is working to claim his soul. He ultimately has to go up in front of a celestial court to argue that he should stay alive in the arms of the woman he loves.”

By Jim Hayes

Seven Volunteer State Community College basketball players, four from the men’s team and three from the ladies’, were ruled academically ineligible over the winter break.

Included in that group is the nation’s leading junior college men’s scorer, George Stanberry.  None of the men, Stanberry, Devon Chapman, Daverix Cleves, and Jordan Lockridge will be eligible to return this year.  

On the ladies side, Erica Mason, is lost for the year while LaMonica Mintlow and Titania Lavender were eligible to return last Wednesday.

By Jim Hayes

The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the lives of those killed in mass shootings over the past several years will be commemorated at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, in Caudill Auditorium.

The ceremony will begin with an address by Volunteer State Community College President, Dr. Jerry Faulkner followed by a video in remembrance of those who have died in mass shootings.  A candlelight vigil and moment of silence will take place before a showing of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

“I strongly encourage everyone who can attend to be a part of this important commemoration of the life of a man who changed the course of world history,” said Faulkner in an email sent to Volunteer State students and faculty.