Sports

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 would’ve made a hen’s teeth chatter. Trust me – I know cold. I grew up hunting on the Cumberland Plateau, where eve...

Lady Bulldogs pound Temple Baptist 104-14

NASHVILLE—Cumberland’s No. 16 ranked Lady Bulldogs pounded Temple Baptist 104-14 at Trevecca’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 — Friendship Christian’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 — Cannon County finished plays and Watertown didn’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 — 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 — 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

Lebanon’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. “They 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 — Cumberland’s 16th-ranked [in NAIA Division I] women suffered their first loss of the season Friday as NAIA’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 Trevecca’s Moore Gym. The L...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

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