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Cumberland falls to Union in conference play 21-14

Traveling to Union College in Barbourville, Ky., Saturday the Cumberland University Bulldogs lost 21-14 in a hard-fought Mid-South Conference interdivisional game. During the first quarter, which the Union Bulldogs (1-5 overall, 0-2 MSC East) dominated for 10:21, neither team managed to get anythin...

'Cats inflict Major[s] damage on Devils

GLADEVILLE â€” Needing to make some halftime adjustments to fix a struggling offense, Traye Aricâ€™s words to Wilson Central were less about strategy and more about tone and volume. Whatever he said worked as the Wildcats blew Lebanon away 28-6 for a school-record 6-0 start. â€œThere�...

Five teams at top of Region 4-1A

WATERTOWN â€” Not until Joey Heflin pulled down an interception with two seconds left in the game could the Purple Tiger faithful breathe a collective sigh of relief as Watertown (5-1, 2-1 Region 4-1A) overcame a flat first half and tricky Clay County (4-2, 1-2) 12-8 at Robinson Stadium. And w...

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...