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Tennessee teams in winner's final

The hometown Wilson County Longhorns will be playing for their seasons today while a pair of Tennessee teams look to advance to the finals of the Continental Amateur Baseball Association 14-under World Series. The Longhorns overcame an early 1-0 deficit to drop Green Bay East into the loserâ€™...

Struggling in Cup, Toyotas thriving in Truck Series

NASHVILLE â€” Toyota has more than held its own since it began producing vehicles to race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2004. The Japanese auto maker has seen 32 of its trucks in Victory Lane and 43 capture poles in the 88 races it has competed in going into this weekendâ€™s eve...

Longhorns advance as No. 4 seed

The preliminaries are over. The Continental Amateur Baseball Association 14-under World Series has been sliced from 18 teams to eight. And the Wilson County Longhorns are one of the fortunate few who get to play on. The Longhorns finished pool play at 4-2 with their fourth straight win Tuesday, an ...

Packers beat Seahawks â€” Not

Green Bay beat Seattle 6-3 Monday. But it wasnâ€™t an exchange of field goals between the Packers vs. the Seahawks. It wasnâ€™t the NFL. It wasnâ€™t even football. It was Green Bay East posting the victory over the Bombers in Phase 3 of the Continental Amateur Baseball Association 14...

Lebanon Lions struggle in CABA tournament play

The Lebanon Lions continued to struggle at the CABA World Series tournament in weekend play. The Lions dropped an 11-2 decision to the Junior Toppers Sunday at Wilson Central High School, followed by a 12-2 loss at the hands of Puerto Ricoâ€™s Torrimar Hurricanes in the follow-up game at Veter...

Lebanon Rotary All-Stars finish third in state

Lebanonâ€™s Rotary Dixie Youth 9-10 All Stars finished third in the state out of 15 teams after a hard fought battle against the Madison County All-Stars Friday night. Nolan Allison opened up the bottom of the first inning with a line drive double to center field. Allison advanced to third b...

Babe Ruth All-Stars round out field

When a team dropped out of the upcoming CABA 14-under World Series, local officials scrambled to find a replacement to return the tournament to an 18-team field. â€œWe called all over Middle Tennessee looking for a team,â€ City of Lebanon Parks and Recreation director William Porter said W...

Local teams fall in early CABA action

There was no joy in the Cedar City for local teams in Fridayâ€™s CABA World Series games. The Continental Amateur Baseball Association kicked off their 14-and-under championship tournament at four sites in the Lebanon area Friday. The two Wilson County entrants could not exploit their home-fie...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

What part of â€œone-year suspensionâ€ do Michael Huyghue and Pacman Jones not understand? It appears the Titansâ€™ problem-child cornerback and his agent feel NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, in handing down Pacmanâ€™s suspension, left open the possibility of participating in trai...

Rotary 9-10s in Dixie final four

CLIFTON â€” Lebanon advanced to the final four of the Dixie Youth 9-10 State Tournament Thursday with a 7-3 win over Summertown. The Rotary scored twice in the first inning on a steal of home by Nolan Allison and an RBI by Colten Morris when he reached on an error. Those were enough to make a ...