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Since I am not as familiar with the great athletes in all of Carter County, I will focus on the great athletes that were born or raised in the Tie Creek area of the county. In the early years, most every community had a baseball team. For several decades a somewhat organized league of baseball was played. Lute Waterland was a pitcher that played mostly for the Capitol team, I believe. The Waterland family lived near Sheep Mountain. My dad talked about Lute as being the top pitcher of those days. He could put a lot of mustard...
Editor's note: We're still tallying votes and researching history on Eagle readers' picks for the greatest Carter County athletes. One subscriber sent a fun list of Carter County sports trivia separate from his picks. A few of the athletes mentioned in this trivia will likely make the final list. In the meantime, we agree with Alvin Cordell that this will be a fun exercise for all who partake. The answers will be published in next week's paper. 1) This man owned an implement...
