By: Jill Odom Sunni camp attacked in Iraq leaves 33 dead On Tuesday April 23, Iraqi government forces stormed a Sunni protest camp and fighting broke out leaving at least 33 civilians dead and more than 100 wounded. The fighting broke out around midday in a town called Hawija, due to the army and police believing the gunmen who had attacked a government checkpoint on Friday and killed one soldier, along with wounding three others. They claimed that the men had sought refuge with the protestors and demanded they be…
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Troy Sports Hall of Fame 2013 Ceremony Story
By: Caleb Odom Eight more Trojans were enshrined forever on Saturday April 20, in the Troy Sports Hall of Fame as the hall’s second class. It was on a day full of Troy Athletics events that included football’s spring game, Trojan baseball and a softball doubleheader so it was fitting for legends of the school were recognized then. The 2013 class consisted of John ‘Doc’ Anderson, John Archer, Bobby Enslen, Chan Gaily, Danny Grant, Joyce Sorrell, Willie Tullis and Lawrence Tynes. Sorrell, who is known as the mother of…
Read MoreTroy Softball 2013 WKU Story
By: Caleb Odom The Trojan softball team was held at bay all weekend when Western Kentucky took all three games of the series in Troy. The Lady Toppers held Troy to just three runs combined the entire weekend. The Sunday game on April 21, was knotted up 2-2 in the top of the seventh WKU, like it had done all weekend, shut the door on the Trojans. Western Kentucky’s shortstop Amanda Thomas crushed the ball the dead center where Troy center fielder Ebony Wright tried to catch the ball…
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In Saturday’s annual Cardinal and White Trojan football scrimmage, Coach Larry Blakeney was pleased with the performance of the Troy Trojans. The White won the scrimmage 22-14. Usually, the goals of a spring scrimmage are to practice in a game environment and work on fundamentals with no injuries and coach mistakes that players can sometimes make. Blakeney had a goal to run the Trojans through at least 80 plays in the T-Day game, which was accomplished. “Our goal was to get some of these guys that don’t get many reps…
Read MoreMen’s Golf Closes Season with Sixth Place Finish
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – The Troy men’s golf team ended its 2012-13 season on Wednesday with a sixth-place finish in the final round of the Sun Belt Conference Men’s Golf Championships at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Limited play was completed early this morning before rain moved into the area that suspended play until approximately 11:30 a.m. From there the wet course plagued a majority of the teams as the Trojans fell to a 20-over, 308, to wrap-up the 54-hole event in sixth out of 11 teams. …
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