Today's Sports

Joe Guthrie grew up in Drennon Springs living like many rural kids do. He hunted, fished and hiked on and around his parents’ farm and along Drennon Creek.

That rural background led him to dedicate his life to preserving wilderness areas and the species that inhabit them.

In his youth, Guthrie played a variety of sports including football, baseball, track and cross-country.

Scoring is up in the world’s most popular tournament this year. There have been stunning moves and scores, plus drama on and off the playing surface. I have watched as much of it as I can but work gets in the way and I’ve missed some great games.
No, I’m not talking NBA playoffs.

Henry County has a couple of 10-year-old golfers who are playing some serious golf this summer. Isaac Klempner and Alex Hadden are playing in golf tournaments on two different junior tours. So far they have competed in 20 of the one-day tournaments and combined for 14 first and second place finishes.

They have played mainly on the Musselman-Dunne Junior Golf tour.  Alex has played four events on the Pepsi Junior Golf Tour and Isaac has competed in one Pepsi event.

The two youngsters are unusually focused and determined for their age.

Two years ago my father-in-law Chuck bought a used johnboat and the small outboard engine that went with it.

We couldn’t wait to get out on Taylorsville Lake in it; he had lived on the lake for a while and we had talked about a guys’ day out on the lake for a while. We finally set a date during spring break in early April.