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Shelbyville gives Lebanon rude awakening

SHELBYVILLE â€” What often makes the tournaments so special is the magic some teams create to overturn the logic of three months of regular-season play. Lebanon's dream postseason was rudely interrupted moments after the opening tip of Wednesday's Region 4-AAA as Shelbyville brought the Devil...

Outdoors notebook

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'Cats put NE's offense, season in deep freeze

CLARKSVILLE â€” Even as snow was blanketing everything outside Rossview High School except the roads, Wilson Central's zone defense put Northeast's offense in the deep freeze Tuesday night as the Wildcats returned to the Region 5-AAA final following a two-year absence with a 55-44 win. Distri...

Double-OT triumph sends Devilettes to Region 4-AAA final

SHELBYVILLE â€” Expecting to play the early game in Monday's Region 4-AAA semifinals, Lebanon learned early yesterday the Devilettes would play the late game instead. As things turned out, the clock may have been closer to midnight, but Lebanon's Cinderella run is nowhere near the Witching Ho...

Central puts away pesky Beech

CLARKSVILLE â€” Despite a sub-.500 record, Beech had put scares in District 9-AAA heavyweights Wilson Central, Mt. Juliet and Smyrna all season. The Lady Buccaneers again gave Central all it wanted Monday before Jasmine Hassell proved to be too much for Beech to handle as the Lady Wildcats mo...

Bulldogs salvage Texas triumph

Four straight losses had Cumberland reeling and dazed coming out of the West Texas desert. The No. 8 Bulldogs dropped their second straight double header at No. 7 Lubbock Christian on Saturday 7-4 and 15-5. They stopped off in Ft. Worth on the way home Sunday and salvaged an 8-2 triumph over Will...

Lady Wildcats Hassell Kenwood out of tournament

GLADEVILLE â€” When it's win-or-go-home time, coaches want their teams to play their A-game. Give Wilson Central's Lady Wildcats an A+. The Lady 'Cats thrashed Kenwood 80-45 in their first-round Region 5-AAA match-up Friday. Central's Jasmine Hassell, a Miss Basketball finalist, led all ...

Merger boosts Nashville Superspeedway

Owners of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League on Friday announced that they will unify, effective this season. â€œItâ€™s great news for the sport and great news for our track,â€ said Cliff Hawks, vice-president and general manager of Nashville Superspeedway, which holds its eighth a...

Chaparrals sweep CU in one-run affairs

LUBBOCK, Texas â€” Lubbock Christian is ranked one spot ahead of Cumberland and the No. 7 Chaparrals were twice a run better than the No. 8 Bulldogs 12-11 and 5-4 Friday at Hays Field. The Chaps scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning of the first game as each team scored in both extra...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Hope all the fans got to their teams' games on time last night and know when and where to show up tonight. That applies to the teams as well. Depending on where one got their information regarding times and places for this weekend's high school region basketball tournaments, you may have been 30 m...