On This Day continues its focus on the last decade, including an action-packed April 15, 2015 edition of the Southern Standard.
Just five years ago, the WCMS soccer team took down Tullahoma in a battle of two of the top CTC teams. Back in 2015, the Pioneer soccer team at WCMS was in the midst of a dominant run guided by Matt Jackson. WCMS won five straight CTC championships at one point, one of the highlights of Jackson’s career that he pointed out in a coaching spotlight in Wednesday’s paper.
Also starring at WCMS was MaKenna Mason, who helped the Lady Pioneer softball team defeat Franklin North on eighth-grade night. Mason was scheduled to be celebrating a senior night soon, but the TSSAA announced Wednesday that all spring sports are cancelled.
Mason will get her chance to resume play on the diamond this fall at Motlow.
Also in the 2015 edition, Malcolm Montgomery was ending his
stay in Warren County. Montgomery, who coached the Warren County High School
basketball team and the Warren County Middle School girls basketball team took
a job with Gallatin, his alma mater.
In other April 15 editions, WCHS baseball had a bad bounce at Cookeville in a loss (2011), WCHS tennis rallied behind Madison Todd for a victory (2011), WCHS softball snapped a losing streak (2012), WCMS baseball beat Shelbyville (2012), WCHS baseball beat Cumberland County (2016), Rugby blasted Blackman (2018), WCMS soccer outlasted DeKalb County (2018) and WCHS soccer beat Rhea County in OT (2018).
Famous April 15 Birthdays
1875 – James J. Jeffries, Heavyweight champion
1931 – Ed Bailey, sixt-time MLB All Star
1942 – Walt Hazzard, 10-year NBA pro
1956 – Michael Cooper, NBA champion player, WNBA champion coach
1972 – Arturo Gatti, two-time lightweight title holder
1983 – Ilya Kovalchuk, three-time NHL All Star
1984 – Antonio Cromartie, four-time NFL Pro Bowler
National April 15 headlines (AP)
1918 — Babe Ruth pitched a four-hitter for Boston in the season opener and drove in two runs in a 7-1 win over Philadelphia.
1937 — The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 3-0 to take the Stanley Cup in the fifth and final game.
1952 — The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 to capture the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings holds the Canadiens to two goals in the four-game sweep.
1984 — Ben Crenshaw wins the Masters by two strokes over Tom Watson.
1991 — Magic Johnson sets an NBA record for career assists in a 112-106 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Johnson, who needed nine assists to break Oscar Robertson’s record of 9,887, gets 19.
1993 — Sparky Anderson earns his 2,000th victory as a manager, with the Detroit Tigers rallying past the Oakland Athletics 3-2.
1993 — Andre Dawson becomes the 25th player to hit 400 home runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3.
1995 — Glen Rice scores 56 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 123-117 victory over the Orlando Magic.
1998 — The first AL-NL doubleheader is held in New York’s Shea Stadium. The New York Yankees beat the Anaheim Angels 6-3 and the New York Mets edge the Chicago Cubs 2-1.
2000 — Cal Ripken becomes the 24th player to reach 3,000 hits when he lines a clean single to center off Twins reliever Hector Carrasco. He reaches the milestone with his third hit in a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins and becomes the seventh major leaguer to get 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.
2005 — Top-ranked Roger Federer’s 25-match winning streak ends when French teenager Richard Gasquet saves three match points before capturing a third-set tiebreaker at the Monte Carlo Masters. Federer’s 35-1 record this year is the best start on the men’s tour since John McEnroe was 39-0 in 1984.
2005 — Two-time Olympic champion Steven Lopez of the U.S. wins his third world taekwondo title, capturing the welterweight gold medal with a 3-2 victory over Ali Tajik of Iran.
