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Executive Editor of Decatur Daily. Started my first full-time job in March 1981. Back then, anybody I met with 40 years in the newspaper biz was ancient.
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Hartselle’s Sparks can trace tennis success to grandmother’s inspiration

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By Bruce McLellan
| Hartselle Enquirer Verified
Nolan Sparks has become a top high school tennis player, and he can thank his grandmother for getting him started in the sport. Lavonda Sparks first got granddaughter Caroline Sparks interested in tennis, and Nolan soon followed. Lavonda, when visiting from Muscle Shoals, would take her two grandchildren and another future member of Hartselle High’s tennis team to the city’s old courts near J.P. Cain Stadium. The lines on the courts had faded, according to Brandon Sparks, Nolan’s father.
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Hartselle's Sparks can trace tennis success to grandmother's inspiration

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By Bruce McLellan
| Decatur Daily Verified
HARTSELLE — Nolan Sparks has become a top high school tennis player, and he can thank his grandmother for getting him started in the sport. Lavonda Sparks first got granddaughter Caroline Sparks interested in tennis, and Nolan soon followed. Lavonda, when visiting from Muscle Shoals, would take her two grandchildren and another future member of Hartselle High’s tennis team to the city’s old courts near J.P. Cain Stadium.
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Morgan Hall of Fame to induct Gary Knotts, Brewer baseball and hoops star, on Saturday

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By Bruce McLellan
| Hartselle Enquirer Verified
Like a lot of sons, Gary Knotts played catch with his dad. But as the son started to develop as a pitcher, he didn’t simply toss the baseball to his dad. He threw it harder and harder. Eventually, the elder Knotts had to prepare for what had become training sessions at their Priceville home. “He bought shin guards, he had a chest protector. I think he bought the whole nine yards,” Knotts recalled of his late father. Eventually, the son would start throwing the baseball at more than 90 mph.
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