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Larry Woody's Outdoors

OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK Fishing Flea Market: They say that one manâ€™s trash is another manâ€™s treasure, and that can be especially true for fishermen. With that in mind, Lebanonâ€™s Music City Marine will host a unique â€œFishing Flea Marketâ€ on Nov. 10 at which fishermen can s...

Central, FCS, MJ fight to stay in first place

The TSSAA playoffs donâ€™t begin for another three weeks. But some of Fridayâ€™s Week 8 games should have a postseason-type intensity. The only difference is no oneâ€™s season will end this week, and few [at least from Wilson County] will even be eliminated from postseason competitio...

The other Cumberlands grind out victory

Cumberland honored a couple of Bulldogs from the 1940s during Saturdayâ€™s homecoming game. No doubt they can remember, and probably played in, an era when option football and low-scoring, defensive games were the norm. They saw a throwback game under sun-splashed, comfortable autumn skies Sat...

October gets my vote for favorite month

If they ever have a contest for Most Popular Month, Iâ€™ll vote for October. Awful August is a mere memory, with its searing heat and parching drought. Septemberâ€™s OK, with its nippy nights and dewy dawns, but itâ€™s just a hint of things to come, a tempting tease for October. Nove...

Commanders rip Red Boiling Springs

Friendship Christian scored early, often and with whoever went onto the field in a 65-0 rout of visiting Red Boiling Springs on Thursday night at Pirtle Field. With the Commanders running a basic I formation with quarterback Lee Maasen under center, tailback Jeremy Rickaway racked up a game-high 99...

Devilettes roar back to take 7-AAA title

Phil Jackson, who has won nine NBA championships as a coach, has a unique philosophy when his teams get in trouble. Instead of always calling timeout, he often lets his players get themselves out of the mess. After dropping the first game of Thursdayâ€™s District 7-AAA championship match by 14...

Bears blank Kenwood 3-0 for 6-4A lead

MT. JULIET â€” In a game widely touted as the battle for the Region 6-4A crown, Mt. Juliet (6-1, 4-0) made a second-quarter Clark McAdoo kick count, as the the Golden Bears held on 3-0, handing Kenwood (6-1, 3-1) its first loss. McAdooâ€™s 36-yarder with 5:50 left in the first half caused...

Central soars to 7-0 by beating Blackman

GLADEVILLE â€” Wilson Central extended its best start in school history to 7-0 by defeating Blackman at home 31-20 Friday night. "We've got to take it one week at a time. We have some work to do in the film room as we made some mistakes tonight," Wildcat coach Traye Aric said after Central mov...

Riverdale drops other shoe on snake-bitten Blue Devils

Lebanon outgained top-ranked Riverdale by 15 yards. But two bone-jarring, change-of-momentum plays led to a pair of Warrior touchdowns in a 27-14 defeat of the snake-bitten Blue Devils Friday night. Tied 7-7 late in the first half, a snap sailed over Riverdale quarterback Trey Smithâ€™s head i...

Tigers maul Saints

MT. JULIET â€” A 35-point showing in the first quarter told the story as the Purple Tigers of Watertown defeated host Mt. Juliet Christian 43-14 Friday. The Saints scored both touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the first coming at 10:24 on a 3-yard run by Tyler Kocher. Mt. Juliet Christian's l...