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Smith, Davis lead Gordonsville to 4th-quarter win over Cubs

GORDONSVILLE â€” Gordonsville played up two classes in hosting Cheatham County on Friday and the Tigers knocked off the Class 3A Cubs 27-21. After seeing Cheatham County climb out of a 21-7 hole to tie the score, Gordonsville moved 80 yards to a 1-yard touchdown run by Jordan Davis with just u...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Itâ€™s 100 degrees outside and itâ€™s hard to focus on one topic. So hereâ€™s a random sampling of sports thoughts that float in and out of the brain: â€”â€”â€”â€” Michael Vick is pleading guilty in federal court of dogfighting. He admits to killing dogs who under...

Wildcats thunder to 21-7 3rd-qtr. lead

GLADEVILLE â€” It took thunder and lightning to stop Wilson Central on Friday night. Franklin County sure couldnâ€™t. The Wildcats thundered to a 21-7 lead in a season opener suspended by lightning early in the third quarter. The game will resume at 7:30 p.m. tonight with Central facing t...

Rain finally comes, but delays football games

Mother Nature has done no favors to area football teams this month. After practicing around and through record heat throughout August, many teams opened the season in mid-90-degree temperatures Friday night. Then the weather pulled another trick for some teams â€“ lightning. The rain so many h...

Like it or not, Week 0 is here

Despite an extra week of preseason practice, Traye Aric is not a fan of Week 0 games. I wish I had another week,â€ said the Wilson Central coach, whose Wildcats face one of those Friday night when Franklin County comes to the Glade to open Aricâ€™s second season. â€œIf we get through ...

Blue Devils blast Brentwood

Too bad this one didnâ€™t count. Lebanon moved the ball with relative ease against a solid Brentwood team and kept the high-flying Bruins from doing the same in a 16-0 victory Thursday in the Kickoff Classic at Nokes-Lasater Field. The Blue Devils compiled 146 yards on the ground, including 10...

Wildcats, Purple Tigers blanked in jamboree

GLADEVILLE â€” Wearing a new mumber, J.T. Majors looked like his old self Saturday night. But the Wilson Central senior had a touchdown called back while Ensworth hit one big scoring play and crossed the goal line at the end of a long drive as the Tigers silenced the host Wildcats 13-0 in the ...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Ran into Watertown mayor Mike Jennings in the elevator lobby at Nashville Superspeedway before the truck race last Saturday. If a proposed schedule change is implemented regarding the Craftsman Truck Series race, I wonâ€™t see Mayor Mike at the track at next yearâ€™s event. A published re...

Some Bulldogs struggle with first-day heat

Tuesdayâ€™s triple-digit temperatures took its toll on three Bulldog players as the full Cumberland squad practiced for the first time this preseason. One player was transported by ambulance and another two by car to a hospital for heat-related problems. Two were released and back on campus la...

Kvapil remembers Hamilton while winning

GLADEVILLE â€” After dominating practice Friday and capturing the pole early Saturday afternoon, Mike Skinner dominated the first two-thirds of the evening race at Nashville Superspeedway. But Travis Kvapil was lurking behind the series points leader and eventually overtook the field to win th...