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Tennessee’s turkey tally down slightly

Although Tennessee hunters bagged a lot of birds this spring, the harvest was down almost 2,000 from last year. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reported 32,489 turkeys had been checked in at the end of the season on May 12. Last year’s spring turkey harvest totaled 34,017, th...

Injured Pryor continues to make progress

By Greg Johns MLB.com SEATTLE – Seattle Mariners reliever Stephen Pryor played short catch from 45 feet on Saturday for the third time this week as he begins returning from a torn right latissimus dorsi muscle behind his right shoulder. Pryor is eligible to come off th...

Blackwood earns first team softball Academic All-America honors

From staff reports Cumberland senior Allison Blackwood was voted first team Capital One Academic All-American as a designated player, as announced Monday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Blackwood was a second team Academic All-American selection in 2...

McDearman, Bradshaw combine for Rotary no-hitter

From staff reports Mark McDearman and Luke Bradshaw combined to pitch a no-hitter in Wilson Bank & Trust's 13-1 win over THW in Rotary Dixie Youth major-league Monday night at Baird Park. Earlier, Seth BEck drove in three runs and pitched ADC past Dugdale 16-2. McDearman...

Soccer Bears turned back by Ravenwood

From staff reports MT. JULIET — Mt. Juliet was stopped one game short of Wilson County's first TSSAA state soccer tournament by a 2-1 loss to visiting Ravenwood in Saturday night's sectional. The Raptors scored both their goals in the first half. Mt. Juliet's Cameron W...

Friendship faces Scotts Hill today

By Andy Reed andy.reed@lebanondemocrat.com After the dust of region and sectional week shook out, the BlueCross Spring Fling will be a relatively quiet affair for Wilson County, at least in terms of volume. Only Friendship Christian's baseball team and Mt. Juliet Christian s...

Brentwood turns back Bears 3-2

Mt. Juliet run of state appearances snapped at 5 By Andy Reed andy.reed@lebanondemocrat.com MT. JULIET — Mt. Juliet's dreams of a sixth straight trip to the state tournament were dashed Saturday night when Brentwood scratched out a 3-2 sectional win. The Golden...

The Zone

Fastpitch softball camp at MJ Middle June 24-27 A future fastpitch softball camp for girls in grades 1-9 will be held from 9-11:30 a.m. June 24-27 at Mt. Juliet Middle School. Cost is $65. For more information, call coach Denise Defevers at 405-2273 or email defeversd@wcschools.com. Girls ...

Lebanon Girls Softball Association results

From staff reports Results from Thursday's Lebanon Girls Softball Association games at Baird Park: 10-UNDER Pryor Family Dentistry 6, KD Builders 2 Kaylee Scharfman homered and drove in two Pryor runs while pitching a two-hitter with six strikeouts. Emily Cockrill, In...

FCS returns to state via Chattanooga

Swindoll shuts out Marion County From staff reports CHATTANOOGA — Since the TSSAA expanded the baseball state tournament to eight teams in 2003, Friendship Christian had played the sectional at home every season - until Friday. The Commanders had earned another home g...