School News
Retiring teachers recently honored
CELINA-Four Clay County School System retiring teachers were honored here last Thursday night at the Clay County School Board meeting. Schools director Donnie Cherry lauded the contributions of the teachers and school board chairman Dickie Roberts presented the retirees with a commemorative plaque. The four teachers combined for a total of over 140 years of [...]
ContinuedLocal teacher offers first-hand account of South Pacific tour
By Josh Price CCHS Teacher Editor’s Note: This is a first-hand account/ commentary written from the author’s point of view submitted to the HORIZON. From June 1 through June 15, I took a group of students and adults on a tour of the South Pacific. We visited Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii. My name [...]
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Initial class voted into Clay County Sports Hall of Fame
CELINA-Two dozen members will be inducted into the initial class of the Clay County Sports Hall of Fame (CCSHOF) sometime during next year’s high school basketball season. CCSHOF officials last week announced the names of the 24 initial inductees, adding the first class was a fine start in honoring the players, coaches and others who [...]
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Sims returns to coaching with hopes of improving illustrious 18-year career
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-When local schools director Donnie Cherry found out he would have a vacancy at the Clay County High School (CCHS) girls basketball coaching position for the upcoming season and began advertising the opening, he probably never imagined he would find an applicant with 18 years of coaching experience in the [...]
ContinuedTri-County writing contest winners include two Clay County students
Tri-County Electric recently announced the winners of the 2010 Washington Youth Tour Writing Contest, and a pair of students from Clay County High School were chosen from several high school juniors attending school within the Tri-County Electric service area. Students entering the contest competed for such prizes as cash awards, an expense paid tour of [...]
ContinuedSchool year to end as first scheduled
At the March meeting of the Clay County school board, it was announced the original school ending date of May 21, 2010 would remain in place despite an abundance of days missed due to inclement weather this past winter. Because Clay County schools are in session an extra 30 minutes each day, the system has [...]
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School system looking to upgrade equipment
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-School board members were presented with plans to replace the current telephone system at Clay County High School and an outdated one at Celina K-8 here at the February board meeting, and they also approved a motion to request bids for other future building updates. Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative representative [...]
ContinuedDawgs fall in region to end season at 24-5
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor LIVINGSTON-The Clay County Bulldogs ended their season with a 24-5 record here in the semifinal round of the Region 4-A tournament last week with a heartbreaking loss to Red Boiling Springs, who they had previously beaten in a pair of regular season match-ups. With the win they would have had [...]
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Lady Dawgs finish season at 19-8 after falling in Region 4-A opener
Statistics & Information By DARRELL COLLINS HORIZON Correspondent RED BOILING SPRINGS-The Clay County Lady Bulldog basketball team finished in fourth place in the District 7-A tournament after losing the consolation game to Pickett County last week, and their season ended here four nights later in the opening round of Region 4-A play, as they fell [...]
ContinuedClay Sports Hall of Fame still needs nominations
By THOMAS P. WEAVER HORIZON Editor CLAY COUNTY-The newly formed Clay County Sports Hall of Fame (CCSHF) is still seeking nominations from residents here and those abroad who have have knowledge of the county’s athletic history for the inaugural 2010 CCSHF class. “We’ve got 15 to 20 nominations so far, but we want to have [...]
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Bulldogs take 7-A title and advance to region semifinal
CELINA-The Clay County Bulldogs advanced to the second round of regional play with a 88-64 shellacking of Watertown here Saturday night, just four days after winning the District 7-A tournament championship. The Bulldogs topped Pickett County in their conference finals last Tuesday, and hosted Watertown in an opening-round region game on Saturday. They carried a [...]
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Lady Dawgs fall to Pickett County in District 7-A consolation contest
LIVINGSTON-The Clay County girls basketball team fell here to Pickett County in the District 7-A tournament consolation game Monday night, despite a 23-point outing by Lady Dawg Rachel Burnette. CCHS led by three at the end of the first period, but headed into the half down by the same margin. They knotted the game up [...]
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Lady Dawgs headed to consolation game
LIVINGSTON-The CCHS Lady Bulldogs fell to Clarkrange here last night for the third time this year in the semi-final round of their conference tournament, sending them to Monday night’s consolation game where they will have the chance to finish third in the District 7-A event. After jumping out to a double-digit lead by the end [...]
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Rare Occurrence at Dale Hollow Dam
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