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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 Warriorsâ€™ Tomahawk Stadium in M...

Wilson Central shocks the state

MURFREESBORO â€” 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...

Pirates slash past Commanders

SOUTH PITTSBURG â€” The South Pittsburg Pirates had all their offensive pistons firing in a 49-7 thumping of Friendship Christian in their Round 2 playoff match Friday night. â€œWe just ran into a buzzsaw,â€ Commander coach John McNeal said after Friendship ended an 8-4 season. Sout...

Hillsboro knifes around, through Bears

NASHVILLE â€” Like a hot knife to butter, Hillsboro sliced through Mt. Julietâ€™s defense for an early lead and kept it on the floor for a 44-20 bouncing of the Bears from the Class 4A playoffs Friday night. The Burros scored on six of their 10 possessions, failing to score only on two i...

Bozman made the right turn

Five years ago, Cumberland Universityâ€™s football office was a haven for retired Metro Nashville football coaches. Herschel Moore was running his wing-T offense as the head coach. Wes Elrod and Jerry Pigue were his trusted lieutenants. Driving up South Cumberland Street was Charlie Bozman, f...

Devilettes drub Notre Dame

CHATTANOOGA â€” Lebanonâ€™s girls defeated Notre Dame High School 65-34 Friday night in a TSSAA Hall of Fame game for their second win in as many games this week. The Devilettes led 15-11 at the end of the first quarter. They widened their lead going into halftime at 38-21. By the end of...

Lebanon boys off to 2-0 start

CHATTANOOGA â€” Lebanonâ€™s boys basketball squad is off to a 2-0 start after Friday nightâ€™s 58-37 win over Notre Dame in a TSSAA Hall of Fame game. Xavier Smith led the Blue Devils in scoring with 17 points. He sank two three-pointers and got seven assists along the way. Herscha...

A goody buddy

I own the only Labrador retriever whoâ€™s afraid of the water. Buddy just never took to it. When he was a puppy, we led him down to the creek behind our house. I expected him to leap in and paddle around, like the Labs pictured in Outdoor Life. Instead, he took off the other way, toward dry ...

Golden Bear tackle Mr. Football finalist

Roger Perryâ€™s football coaching career has revolved around the wing-T offense. But when Mt. Juliet went on a roll the second half of the 2006 season, it was largely because of the I-formation. And right tackle Slade Adams was the impetus behind the change. The 6-6, 312-pound man-mountain wa...

Rematches abound in second round

Traye Aric has spent the past 2 1/2 months trying to coach his Wilson Central team past seven Region 4-5A rivals. After successfully navigating the Wildcats past five of them to get into the playoffs, their reward? Do it all over again. And Aric, whose Wildcats lost at top-ranked Riverdale 29-7 f...