🌱 How Sweetwater stacks up in the latest Knoxville Super 25 rankings

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• How Sweetwater stacks up in the latest Knoxville Super 25 rankings

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 83 and low of 52 degrees.
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• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Who surged into top five in latest Knoxville area Super 25 Football Rankings? (knoxnews.com) — Sweetwater High's football team is ranked No. 20 in the Knoxville-area Super 25 after a close loss to Meigs County, and will host Austin-East on Oct. 2. The rankings highlight how Sweetwater stacks up against regional powers like Alcoa, Maryville, and Powell as the second half of the TSSAA season kicks off.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sweetwater

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 15
• SMPOA Quarterly Meeting →
  Sweetwater
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• Girls Soccer LHS @ Lenoir City 7pm
  Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
  8:00 am
• Volleyball LHS @ Meigs County
  Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
  8:00 am
• 2026 Quilt Show Opens →
  522 W Madison Ave, Athens
  10:00 am
• Pet Enrichment Workshop - Beccy Hughes - Smart with Dogs
  Tellico Village Public Library, 300 Irene Lane, Loudon
  2:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Presidents in the Hot Seat with COL Mike Thornton, Army (Ret.)
  Tellico Village Public Library, 300 Irene Lane, Loudon
  10:00 am
Thursday October 1
• Volleyball LHS @ Lenoir City
  Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
  8:00 am
• Madisonville Farmers & Maker's Market →
  305 College Street, Madisonville
  5:00 pm
• Colonial Pipeline McMinn County EMS →
  McMinn Higher Education Center, 2345 Denso Dr, Athens
  5:30 pm
• Board of Education Workshop
  Loudon County Courthouse Annex, 101 Mulberry Street, Loudon
  6:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Loudon County Courthouse Annex, 101 Mulberry Street, Loudon
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Football LHS vs Sequoyah 7:00PM
  Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Loves posted a job opening for Retail Customer Service Cashier in Loudon. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Pizza Maker - Cashier - (06165) Full/Part-time in Loudon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sweetwater here.

🗞 Nearby News

Loudon

• Rockwood Girls Varsity Soccer @ York Institute (maxpreps.com)

Athens

• ACT planning two table reads in October (dailypostathenian.com)
• Traffic signal to be installed at intersection of two Athens roads (dailypostathenian.com)
• City of Athens announces several road closures for upcoming Pumpkintown (local3news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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