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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...

Tigers swat Bees

BAXTER â€” An hour-long road trip to face an opponent in a higher classification with a roster nearly twice its size. A Week 0 kickoff pushed back an hour due to heat. Weeks of sporadic and inconsistent practice times, delayed and changed by school-system mandate. Watertown would have had plen...

Smith, Davis lead Gordonsville to 4th-quarter win over Cubs

GORDONSVILLE â€” Gordonsville played up two classes in hosting Cheatham County on Friday and the Tigers knocked off the Class 3A Cubs 27-21. After seeing Cheatham County climb out of a 21-7 hole to tie the score, Gordonsville moved 80 yards to a 1-yard touchdown run by Jordan Davis with just u...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Itâ€™s 100 degrees outside and itâ€™s hard to focus on one topic. So hereâ€™s a random sampling of sports thoughts that float in and out of the brain: â€”â€”â€”â€” Michael Vick is pleading guilty in federal court of dogfighting. He admits to killing dogs who under...

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...