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County athletes Tim Hartley and Gordon Lee helped England to victory in the Masters cross-country home international at Birmingham. England grouped magnificently to take the first four places in the M40 event, which also involved the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Hartley, running for Charnwood, took the individual honours over the 8k distance for the second successive year in a time of 28min 04sec.  

Two local 4-H members recently represented Walker County 4-H at the AgGeorgia Farm Credit Heifer Show in Calhoun, Ga. This was an area show with participants from throughout the Northwest Georgia area. The Walker County 4-H members involved in the show were Wayne Manning and Logan Edwards.  

Local middle school softball players from the North Georgia Athletic Conference will take on a group of Chattanooga-area all-stars in two games this weekend at Chattanooga State.  

Irina Parv improved dramatically from the opening round to easily win the second race in the Corby AC Winter Handicap Series.  

The jaws of life were needed to free a man and a woman trapped in a Porsche SUV that crashed into a water-filled ditch in Richmond after being struck by a tree blown on to the vehicle Monday.  

Their opponent had not allowed a single run in the state playoffs.  

Everton legend Duncan McKenzie was a special guest at the Everton Collection last week.  

Charnwood women brilliantly defended their National Cross-Country Relay Championship at Mansfield's Berry Hill Park. There was no stopping the Loughborough club's trio of Gemma Steel, Tara Krzywicki and Hannah Whitmore who stepped up to the plate over the three circuits of 3k to win with 14 seconds to spare. It was Charnwood's fifth success in six years – and a fifth gold for Krzywicki, who was the quickest home runner and fourth fastest overall. "We're really pleased with the way things went," said  

The Excel Christian Academy boys' and girls' cross-country teams placed third and fourth respectively at the Region 6-A Cross Country Meet, which was held recently at Berry College.  

The Armuchee Indians were crowned subregion champs Friday night, but they didn't feel like cele-brating. Surrendering a touch-down on the game's final play, the Indians lost to Rockmart, 7-6, in a Re-gion 7-AA South thriller at Armuchee. Rockmart's Roshmel Young hooked up with Terian Beavers on a one-yard scoring pass on the final snap, and Joseph Lockley connected on the extra point to give the Jackets the win — and end Armuchee's bid for an undefeated run through the subregion.