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Lebanon overcomes early turnovers to earnroad win

GALLATIN â€” The Lebanon Blue Devils overcame two first-half turnovers to earn an opening win on the road at Gallatin 24-10. "Our defense played great all night and we overcame two first-half turnovers," Lebanon head coach Bobby Brown said. "It is a huge win as we have two tough games on the r...

Cat fight! Purple Tigers scratch DeKalb's Tigers

SMITHVILLE â€” The Watertown Purple Tigers were too much for the black and old gold Tigers of DeKalb County. The 28-14 victory by the Tigers of a different color brought Watertown to 2-0 for the season. Running back Blaze Eaton scored the first touchdown of the evening on 17-yard run with 6:42...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

I wonder how much business the concession stand on the visitorâ€™s side at Gallatin fared during last nightâ€™s game. If some Lebanon boosters had their way, those concession workers were as lonely as the Maytag repair man. This stems from the Blue Devil Booster Clubâ€™s plan to Webc...

As the weather cools, football heats up

After a brutally hot August, fall-like weather came just in time for Week 1 of the high school football season and Wilson County teams responded with hard-hitting play Friday night. In a rock emâ€™, sock â€˜em affair at Mt. Julietâ€™s Elzie Patton Stadium, the kicking of Wilson Centra...

Matheson boots Central past Bears

MT. JULIET â€” In a game of hard-nosed running and aggressive tackling by both teams, the right leg of Chase Matheson proved to be the difference in Wilson Centralâ€™s 13-6 win over Mt. Juliet before a packed house at the Golden Bearsâ€™ Elzie Patton Stadium on Friday. Matheson, a se...

Central-MJ highlight rivalry week

College football saves its rivalry games for the end of the season. But with high schools, the big rival often kicks off the season, especially if itâ€™s outside the region. And the biggest Wilson County rivalry adds another chapter this week when Wilson Central travels to Mt. Julietâ€™s ...

Wildcats finish off Franklin County 28-7

GLADEVILLE â€” It took Wilson Central 42 minutes to finish what the Wildcats set out to do Friday night â€“ finish off Franklin County. The Wildcats added a third-quarter touchdown and ran out the clock in a 28-7 season-opening victory in a game suspended by lightning Friday and finished ...

Saints defense plays poor in opener

Mt. Juliet Christian played poor defense to open the 2007 football season. Lancaster Christian scored on every possession in the first half en route to a loss by the Saints 46-14 at Veterans Memorial Park in LaVergne Saturday night. "The first half was about execution. We found a little rhyhtm in t...

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...