Article: Murfreesboro is set for its first big Fling.

Byline: Jaime Lackey

May 7--In a little more than two weeks, hundreds of area athletes will join the thousands headed to Murfreesboro to compete in Spring Fling, the annual high school state-championship series. Organizers have spent the past 11 months working to ensure the midstate city succeeds in its first year as the event's host. "We feel really, really good right now," said Ronnie Carter, executive director of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. "Obviously, when you change cities, there's the normal anxiety only from the standpoint of not having used those sites before. But the people in Murfreesboro are doing a lot of work, and ...

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