Rachel Auberger

The White County Warriors punched their ticket to the Frank’s Christmas Shootout championship game with a 59-48 win over the Liberty Creek Wolves. The double-digit win came courtesy of Cole Sims, who scored 31 points on Saturday.   After some turnovers sent the ball back and back and forth between

The White County Warriorettes faced the Southwind Jaguars in the first round of the Frank’s Christmas Shootout. Led by Gracie Clark’s 18 points and helped by 13 each from Ashlyn Selby and Kylie Norris plus another 11 from Bella Winningham, the Warriorettes had no problem taking care of

The 4th Annual Frank’s Christmas Shootout got under way on Friday, with eight boys’ and eight girls’ basketball teams meeting in Sparta for the three-day event. The White County Warriors and Whitwell Tigers faced off for the final game of the boys’ bracket on Friday afternoon, and kept the

Sparta’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen held its final meeting of the calendar year and worked quickly through the agenda Thursday.  In their first order of business, the board approved a resolution calling for a city election, to be held Aug. 6, 2026. Sparta residents and property owners will