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Cooper to head up Leffler team

In the world of NASCAR, opportunities to come home can be as rare as rain in Tennessee during the summer and fall of 2007. But when Stewart Cooper had a chance to move to Nashville, the Mt. Juliet native said, â€œNo, thanks.â€ Cooper has been hired by Braun Racing to serve as crew chief fo...

Lady Dawgs picked fifth in TSC poll

Reaching the NAIA championship game didnâ€™t garner much respect for Cumberland and Lambuth from their TranSouth Conference coaching brethren, who picked the rivals to finish in the middle of the pack again this season. Union, which had won the two previous national titles, received all but on...

Hastings scores 3 TDs to overturn Oakland rally

MURFREESBORO â€” Lebanon had a 16-point lead heading to the final quarter but had to score late in the game and get a stop from its defense in a 30-27 win over the Oakland Patriots on Friday night. Demarco Hastingsâ€™ third touchdown of the night, a 2-yard run with 3:41 to play, lifted Le...

Bears beat Beech to get closer to 6-4A title

MT. JULIET â€” A 6-yard touchdown run by Ramon Fisher early in the third quarter proved to be game-winner as the Golden Bears of Mt. Juliet defeated visiting Beech 16-10 Friday in a battle for first place in Region 6-4A at Elzie Patton Stadium. In a game marked by defensive battles early, both...

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...

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...

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...

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...