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Smyrna slams door on Central's season

SMYRNA — After keeping Sonny Gray and Co. in the cooler for nearly 10 minutes of football time, Smyrna came back to put Wilson Central’s season in the deep freeze Friday night. The Vanderbilt baseball-signee pumped enough deep pitches past Central’s secondary to score his defe...

Blue Devils fight off Panthers

CROSSVILLE — Lebanon’s boys narrowly defeated host Stone Memorial in the Panthers’ King of the Mountain Classic on Friday night 56-53. The Blue Devils went into the third quarter with a 13-point lead, but Stone Memorial fought back to come within three points. “Our inex...

Short-clawed 'Cats fall at Siegel 69-53

MURFREESBORO — With nine players preparing for tonight’s state quarterfinal football game, a skeleton Wilson Central team went to Siegel on Tuesday night and lost 69-53 in the Wildcats’ season opener. Of the nine, six are in Coach Troy Bond’s rotation. “We got su...

Smith County's consistency beats Tigerettes' inconsistency

WATERTOWN — Despite giving up 10 inches to Smith County’s Kayci Ferris, Watertown’s Miaushia Thompson didn’t back down Tuesday night. But the Lady Owls’ consistency paid off in a 55-38 triumph over the Tigerettes. The 6-8 Ferris and the 5-10 Thompson each totale...

The bait debate

In Tennessee it’s illegal to put out grain or other food intended to lure game animals during hunting season. At the same time, it’s perfectly legal to plant a “foot plot” which is specifically intended to do the same thing. Is there a difference? “To me, thereâ...

Outdoors Notebook

“Foxgate” arrests. Eighteen persons have been arrested in Alabama for illegally trafficking in live foxes and coyotes. Several Southeastern states participated in the two-year investigation and although Tennessee was not directly involved, the story is relevant here. Coyotes have a wid...

Berry men shoot down Bulldogs

MT. BERRY, Ga. — Hot-shooting Berry outscored Cumberland’s men 71-65 Monday night. The Vikings made half of their first-half shots in leading 32-28 at halftime. They got even hotter in the second half at .692 as they improved to 4-3. Cumberland connected on 42 percent from the floor ...

Numbers work against Devils in road setback

CROSSVILLE — High shooting percentages and low turnover counts usually lead to wins. The reverse generally leads to the opposite result as Lebanon learned the hard way in a 55-44 loss to McMinn County in the King of the Mountain Classic at Stone Memorial on Tuesday. “We turned it over...

Wildcats win

The TSSAA football playoffs have been running short on upsets this month. But Wilson Central pulled off a doozy Friday night which is having people across the state talking even this morning. The Wildcats upset top-ranked and undefeated Riverdale 35-13 in the Warriors’ Tomahawk Stadium in M...

Wilson Central shocks the state

MURFREESBORO — The Wilson Central Wildcats sent shockwaves through the state of Tennessee in high school football as they came into Tomahawk Stadium and defeated the top-ranked Riverdale Warriors 35-13 Friday night in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs. With the win, the 10-2 Wildcat...

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