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Lady Bears rumble past FCS

MT. JULIET — Mt. Juliet played small ball to build a big lead early Monday as the Lady Bears beat Friendship Christian 10-1 at MJ League Park. The Lady Bears scored six first-inning runs and added three in the second. Four of the Lady Bears' 12 hits were bunts while the Lady Commanders commit...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Don Imus isn't the first to raise a ruckus with his words concerning Rutgers University, though he has stirred up, by far, the most dander. Rutgers' football team came to Tennessee early in Johnny Majors' tenure as Vols' coach for homecoming. The morning of the game, a Knoxville newspaper opened a ...

Central shuts out Bears, now 5-0

Wilson Central's best-ever start has now resulted in a school-record five-game winning streak. The Wildcats went to Mt. Juliet on Thursday night and beat the Golden Bears 1-0 at Elzie Patton Stadium. They were coming off a 2-1 win at Glencliff on Monday. Emilio Carrano scored the only goal at Mt. J...

Friendship's Searcey shuts out Central

GLADEVILLE — In what's been a sometimes-trying season, Friendship Christian continued its domination of Wilson County teams regardless of classification Thursday night when the Commanders shut out host Wilson Central 8-0 in a last-minute scheduled game. Central was originally set to host Sieg...

Maynard, Devilettes douse Blaze 5-1

Meghan Maynard kept Blackman's hitters in check Thursday as Lebanon doused the visiting Blaze 5-1 at Baird Park. The Tennessee Tech-signee allowed four hits and no walks while striking out 12 as Lebanon improved to 15-8 for the season and 5-2 in District 7-AAA. Blackman's sixth-inning run was unear...

FCS nets two wins at Greenbrier

GREENBRIER — Friendship Christian's girls edged Greenbrier 5-4 Thursday while the boys prevailed 7-2. The Lady Commanders bounced back from losses at Nos. 1-3 singles and No. 1 doubles to improve to 9-2. Singles winners for Friendship's girls were Katie Mitchell over Carmen Melvder 9-7, Laura...

Merrol Hyde wipes out early MJ Christian lead

MT. JULIET — Merrol Hyde spotted Mt. Juliet Christian an early goal Thursday before dominating the Saints, at least on the scoreboard, 5-1. "It was a lot closer than it showed," Mt. Juliet Christian coach Lloyd Sharp said after the Saints slpped to 4-3-1 for the season and 2-2-1 in District 8...

Bulldogs beat Campbellsville, stay 20th in poll

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Cumberland held at No. 20 in the latest NAIA baseball rating released Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the Bulldogs beat Campbellsville 7-3. Eric Mull got Cumberland started with a first-inning home run and Luis Martinez doubled the score by going deep an inning later...

Fairbanks overcomes crash to win

AUBURN, Ala. — Cumberland's cycling team recently posted a victory and a second-place finish at races hosted by Auburn University. The Bulldogs competed in three events against teams from Auburn, Clemson, Lees-McRae, Florida and Florida State. The weekend began on a Saturday morning with a 78...

MJ's Boston no-hits Gallatin

GALLATIN — On a drizzly night, B.J. Boston dried up Gallatin's bats. The Mt. Juliet right-hander hurled a five-inning no-hitter Friday night as the Golden Bears blasted the Green Wave 13-0. The senior struck out eight and walked two to bring his record to 3-2. Mt. Juliet accumulated nine hits...