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CU sees lead slip away in season opener

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Cumberland saw a four-run lead vanish as Faulkner put up a pair of three-spots in the fifth and sixth innings Friday in a 9-7 Eagle victory in the No. 8 Bulldogs’ season opener. Fifth-inning home runs by Kevin Leslie and Jose Morillo turned a 6-2 Cumberland cushion...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

The week began with the most exciting of the XLII Super Bowls as the New England Patriots, envisioning thoughts of the undefeated ‘72 Miami Dolphins, instead became linked with the ‘68 Baltimore Colts in losing to the New York Giants in one of the biggest upsets in the game’s hi...

CU gets signature of Florida lineman

Cumberland football coach Dewayne Alexander received the signature of offensive guard Conrad Davis on a letter of intent Thursday. Davis, a 6-1, 280-pounder from Pace, Fla., didn’t make his visit to Cumberland until yesterday and became Alexander’s 34th signee, counting semester tran...

Lady Dawgs race past Lyon

Facing what seems like one of the few teams not in the NAIA women’s ratings, Cumberland raced to an early lead over Lyon and punished the Lady Pipers 86-67 Thursday night at the Dallas Floyd Center. The Lady Bulldogs led 39-26 at halftime and, after shooting .633 from the floor, pulled even...

Purple picks and rolls to .500 finish

CARTHAGE — Watertown’s boys overcame a halftime deficit Thursday night to overtake Smith County 51-43. The Purple Tigers, in beating the Class AA Owls for the second time this season, finished the regular season 12-12, their first .500 regular campaign since the 2000 team finished wi...

Tigerettes trounced by Smith County

CARTHAGE — Watertown’s girls fell behind early Tuesday night and Smith County left the Tigerettes in another zip code as the Owlettes prevailed 54-19. Smith County widened an 8-3 first-quarter lead to 25-10 by halftime and 45-14 going into the fourth as Watertown concluded a 7-16 reg...

Without injured Mull, Dawgs play ball

Despite a ninth appearance in the NAIA World Series and a 48-20-1 record in 2007, there were obvious holes Cumberland coach Woody Hunt wanted to fill during summer recruiting. Close observers of the program believe the Bulldogs are loaded for another run to Lewiston, Idaho. They are ranked No. 8 ...

Gadgets with a catch

The spring fishing catalogues are coming out, chock full of all the latest gear, gadgets, gizmos, and other money-back-guaranteed angling aids. They may not catch a bass, but they’ll hook a sucker. My fishing buddy Jerry Thompson was a pushover for new fishing gadgets – the wackier ...

Eaglettes soar over Lady Bears

SHELBYVILLE – Don’t tell Mt. Juliet and Shelbyville their Saturday night tilt didn’t matter all that much. The regular season, non-district finale was a barnburner with the Eaglettes scoring a 62-57 victory over the visiting Lady Bears, breaking Mt. Juliet’s month-long ...

Short-handed Devilettes succumb to Lady Cavs

Injury- and flu-riddled, Lebanon gave Cookeville all the Lady Cavaliers could handle until the closing minutes of the fourth quarter Friday night as the visitors scored the final 11 points in a deceptively close 51-34 victory at Campbell Brandon Gym/Hester Gibbs Court. The Devilettes fell behind ...

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