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Wildcats roll past Lebanon for sixth straight win

GLADEVILLE â€” After a yo-yo of a season for most of the way, Wilson Central seems to be rounding into form going into the District 9-AAA tournament. The Wildcats won their sixth straight to end the regular season Monday night with a 54-43 win over visiting Lebanon. Central led all the way. T...

Hassell leads Lady 'Cats past Lebanon

GLADEVILLE â€” It's not often a basketball team beats two of its rivals on the same day. Hours after Lady Wildcat coach Bud Brandon won a coin toss with Mt. Juliet's Chris Fryer for the top seed in the upcoming District 9-AAA tournament, Central wore out visiting Lebanon on the court 71-49 ...

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 ...

Lady 'Cats get well in 2nd half, beat Hendersonville

GLADEVILLE â€” With their coach battling a fever, Wilson Centralâ€™s girls fought back from early shooting ills to pull away from a game Hendersonville squad 54-43 Friday night. Many expected this late-season District 9-AAA contest between two teams on opposite ends of the standings to b...

Blue Devils conquer Cavs on Senior Nite

After leading by 13 points in the first half, Lebanon endured some Senior Night suspense as Cookeville climbed back to lead by four in the fourth quarter before the Blue Devils closed their regular-season home schedule with a 54-51 victory at Campbell Brandon Gym/Hester Gibbs Court. Junior Casey N...

Wildcats spread wealth in Senior Night win

GLADEVILLE â€” It was Senior Night at Wilson Central Friday and everybody on the Wildcat roster got to celebrate in 65-42 win over Hendersonville. Every Central player earned time on the court and all but two got marks in the scorebook, including all four seniors. Senior Travis Adkins led th...

CU sees lead slip away in season opener

MONTGOMERY, Ala. â€” 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 Bulldogsâ€™ 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 â€˜72 Miami Dolphins, instead became linked with the â€˜68 Baltimore Colts in losing to the New York Giants in one of the biggest upsets in the gameâ€™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., didnâ€™t make his visit to Cumberland until yesterday and became Alexanderâ€™s 34th signee, counting semester tran...

Lady Dawgs race past Lyon

Facing what seems like one of the few teams not in the NAIA womenâ€™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...