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🌱 How Sweetwater stacks up in the latest Knoxville Super 25 rankings
Be sure to catch SMPOA Quarterly Meeting on the Sweetwater Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- 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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📰 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. 
📸 Around Sweetwater
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sweetwater
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★ Featured events ★
- SMPOA Quarterly Meeting →
Sweetwater
8:30 am
Thursday October 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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 - Presidents in the Hot Seat with COL Mike Thornton, Army (Ret.)
Tellico Village Public Library, 300 Irene Lane, Loudon
10:00 am - 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 - Football LHS vs Sequoyah 7:00PM
Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
8:00 am
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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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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