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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...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

We need more homers at the mike I wrote in this space a couple of weeks ago about how listening to baseball games has evolved from local signals over the transistor to streamed games which can be picked up anywhere by computer. This isn't limited to baseball. I've been listening to...

Outdoors notebook

Turkey harvest down: Heading into last Sunday’s final day of turkey season, the state-wide harvest stood at 30,901 birds, 2,105 fewer than last season’s total. Wilson County ranked 5th in the state with 658 turkeys bagged. A second turkey season will be held i...

Swann spins Rotary no-hitter for ADC

From staff reports Matt Swann pitched a four-inning no-hitter for ADC Thursday night in a 10-0 triumph over Wilson County Motors in the Rotary Dixie Youth major league at Baird Park. Wilson Bank & Trust edged Sunset 9-8 in the earlier game. Swann helped his cause by gett...

FCS baseball sectional moved to 2 p.m.

From staff reports Due to concerns about rain, Friendship Christian has moved today's baseball sectional with Marion County to 2 p.m., five hours earlier than originally scheduled. Also today, Mt. Juliet is scheduled to play host to Brentwood in a Class AAA sectional at 7 p.m. ...