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Saturday Morning Quarterback

The AP college football poll used to be the exclusive domain of a couple dozen teams. It was just a matter of what order they were ranked in a given week. You had Alabama, Southern Cal, Ohio State, Michigan, Texas and so forth and so on. Looking at this weekâ€™s top 25 and there are some names...

Dawgs D looks to dam up Union's Waters

A week after getting its first win of the season, Cumberland is looking to keep Union from experiencing the same feeling today in Barbourville, Ky., in a battle of the Bulldogs. Union enters the 12:30 p.m. CDT kickoff 0-5 while Cumberland is 1-3. â€œTheyâ€™ve played a solid schedule,â€�...

Devils, Wildcats at starting line for playoff run

High school footballâ€™s Push to the Playoffs starts its five-game shootout Friday with several Wilson County teams barreling into Turn 1 as much as five- and six-wide and looking to push their rivals into the wall. Lebanon and Wilson Central are trying to catch Riverdale, which along with the...

Outdoors Notebook

Hunting changes: Deer archery season opened Sept. 22 and hunters are reminded of a major change in the big-game checking process. This year hunters have 36 hours in which to check in their deer at a TWRA site. In the past, big-game animals had to be checked in the day they were taken. That often wa...

Wilson County is Hooper's great outdoors

im Hooper grew up hunting and fishing in the mountains of Tellico Plains, dreaming of someday making his living in the great outdoors. That dream came true, and today his â€œgreat outdoorsâ€ is Wilson County, where Hooper serves as game and fish officer for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources...

Bulldogs dominate Faulkner 35-7

Cumberland Universityâ€™s Bulldogs won their first game of the 2007 season with a resounding win over Faulkner University Saturday 35-7 in Montgomery, Ala. Head Coach Dewayne Alexander said Sunday night, â€œIt was nice to get a win, and especially on the road. Itâ€™s always nice to ma...

Call of the Wild [squirrels]

I turned 10 last Saturday. Or at least I felt 10 again, when I shouldered the same old weather-worn single-shot .410 shotgun that I hunted with as a kid, and went squirrel hunting. Truth be known, I guess I wasnâ€™t so much hunting for what my snooty city buddy calls â€œtree ratsâ€ as...

Bears overtake Blue Devils

Fans got their $6 worth during the first quarter of Fridayâ€™s Mt. Juliet-Lebanon game at Nokes-Lasater Field. Golden Bear boosters got even more bang for their buck as Mt. Juliet seized control of an early track meet and prevailed 33-21. Lebanon led 21-14 following the first quarter before th...

Purple Tigers topple Titans

WATERTOWN â€” The Mercer County Titans will not want to remember their first trip to Robinson Stadium. The Purple Tigers (4-1, 1-1 Region 4-1A) made it a night to forget for the 2006 Kentucky 2A state champions with a 10-7 victory over the Titans, who are playing their first year of 5A footbal...

Rickaway runs for two touchdowns in Commander conquest

Jeremy Rickaway of Friendship Christian rushed for two scores and 128 yards on 18 carries in the Commandersâ€™ 28-15 home victory over East Robertson on Friday night at Pirtle Field. â€œRickaway ran hard tonight and we had some big plays in our passing game." Commanders coach John McNeal s...