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Abolishing TWRA would be a travesty

An effort by some state legislators to abolish the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has drawn the ire of outdoorsmen who recognize it as a disaster for hunting and fishing. According to the Tennessee Wildlife Federation, Representative Sherry Jones (D-Nashville) has been working to recruit co-s...

Bell's HR lifts Lady 'Cats to 7-6 win

GLADEVILLE â€” In its first game in frigid Tennessee following a spring-break trip to Florida, Wilson Central overcame seven errors Monday night to hold off visiting Allen County [Ky.] 7-6. The Lady Wildcats broke a 5-5 tie with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, one of which came on Savann...

Commanders crush Gordonsville 13-4

SOUTH CARTHAGE â€” Following a 2-2 trip to South Alabama, Friendship Christian opened District 8-A play Monday by scoring in all but two innings of a 13-4 thumping of host Gordonsville at Crump Paris Park. Bryant Alsup homered twice among his three hits, driving in four runs for Friendship. G...

Calling all turkeys

Turkey season opens March 29 and hunters everywhere are practicing sweet-talking a lonely gobbler. Thereâ€™s a wide variety of yelps, clucks, putts and purrs that are supposed to imitate hen come-hither. Loosely translated, it all means, â€œHi, sailor, new in town?â€ Turkey trickery...

Cumberland splits pair at Union

JACKSON â€” Robert Clayton pitched Cumberland to a 5-3 win over host Union in the first game of Saturday's double header before the host Bulldogs [both schools use the same nickname] won the rubber match of the TranSouth Conference series 14-3. Clayton scattered six hits and no walks while st...

Wimmer's a winner

GLADEVILLE â€” With the final restart coming with 65 laps remaining in Saturday's Pepsi 300, it was going to be touch on fuel went barring another caution. But with the race remarkably caution free, Scott Wimmer passed Richard Childress Racing-teammate Clint Bowyer on Lap 205 and Crew Chief P...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

When the inaugural Lebanon High Sports Hall of Fame class adjourned to the library for pictures back in December, Karen Dedman, LHS class of 1982 and daughter of Hall inductee Robert Dedman, said it was the first time she had been in the room in 25 years. I don't think the library's changed that m...

Northeast deals Devils first loss; Lebanon rebounds vs. Gallatin

Lebanon's undefeated start ended Friday when Northeast beat out an eighth-inning infield single to edge the Blue Devils 7-6 in the Chik-Fil-A Classic at White House. But within a matter of hours, the Blue Devils began another potential winning streak with a 4-1 victory at Gallatin. Northeast had ...

Early Bulldog blasts not enough to save CU from 6-5 setback

JACKSON â€” Three Cumberland home runs weren't enough cushion for the Bulldogs to withstand a Union comeback as the hosts prevailed 6-5 Friday night in a TranSouth Conference battle of the Bulldogs at Fesmire Field. James Parker, Brian Lucas and Nick Jiles went deep with the bases empty in th...

LHS blisters Cookeville track

COOKEVILLE â€” Lebanon's boys recorded 13 wins and two school records Thursday night while the girls won eight events and set one school mark. Casey Nunley and Xavier set personal records in the high jump in a tie for first place with jumps of 6-2. Smitih followed with another personal best 2...