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A really cool experience during deer season

There may something to Global Warming, but if so, somebody forgot to tell my toes awhile back as I sat on a deer stand in the frosty pre-dawn. It was so cold it wouldâ€™ve made a henâ€™s teeth chatter. Trust me â€“ I know cold. I grew up hunting on the Cumberland Plateau, where eve...

Lady Bulldogs pound Temple Baptist 104-14

NASHVILLEâ€”Cumberlandâ€™s No. 16 ranked Lady Bulldogs pounded Temple Baptist 104-14 at Treveccaâ€™s Pops Duncan Classic. Cumberland (8-0) held the Lady Rams (0-8) to 8.3 percent shooting, forced 32 turnovers and had 17 steals. The halves were mirror images of each other, with CU sc...

Comeback Commanders rally past Portland 43-39

PORTLAND â€” Friendship Christianâ€™s Lady Comeback Commanders did it again. Three nights after overcoming a 19-1 deficit to win at Clay County, the Lady Commanders climbed out of a 25-3 hole to overtake Portland 46-39 Monday night. Portland led 7-0 following the first quarter before th...

Cannon County finishes off Tigers

WOODBURY â€” Cannon County finished plays and Watertown didnâ€™t, at least in the first half, Monday night as the Lions caged the Purple Tigers 53-47. The Lions led 14-8 following the first quarter, 33-16 at halftime and 40-32 through three periods as the Purple Tigers dropped to 4-5 for...

Foul-plagued Tigerette stop Lady Saints

WATERTOWN â€” Watertown was able to overcome foul trouble to Miaushia Thompson and Sarah Reeder. Mt. Juliet Christian struggled without Sarah Worden. The Tigerettes put together a 21-2 run to close out a victory that was much closer than the 42-20 Friday night final. Thompson, who got Watert...

Kneisel powers Purple past MJ Christian

WATERTOWN â€” With Mt. Juliet Christian on a roll going into halftime Friday night, Watertown needed an answer. John L. Kneisel answered the bell with a big second half to power the Purple Tigers to a 57-43 victory. Kneisel scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half as the Tigers kept the...

Devilettes beat Lady Pats at Oakland's own pace

Lebanonâ€™s girls beat visiting Oakland at its own slowdown game 38-18 Friday night at Campbell Brandon Gym/Hester Gibbs Court. The Devilettes led 7-2 following the first quarter and 19-9 at the half in winning their District 7-AAA opener and improving to 5-3 for the season. â€œThey were...

Blue Devils' rally falls two-points short

Facing on Oakland team which dominated most of its competition last year, Lebanon battled from an 11-point deficit to start the fourth quarter Friday night before coming up short 54-52 at Campbell Brandon Gym/Hester Gibbs Court. The teams were tied at the end of the first quarter 15-15 and at half...

Lady Bulldogs suffer first loss, fall to Ozarks

NASHVILLE â€” Cumberlandâ€™s 16th-ranked [in NAIA Division I] women suffered their first loss of the season Friday as NAIAâ€™s D-II No. 1 College of the Ozarks overtook the Lady Bulldogs in the second half to win 73-63 in the Pops Duncan Classic at Treveccaâ€™s Moore Gym. The L...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

We celebrated Billy Carrâ€™s 60 years with The Lebanon Democrat last week. Not mentioned in the hoopla was his nearly three decades of service to our communityâ€™s youth. For 27 springs and summers, Billy would leave work and head for Baird Park where he coached the Lebanon Bank team in ...