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Three 6-foot post players transfer to Cumberland

Cumberland womenâ€™s basketball coach Clint Mason has signed three post players. Lapinia Roe, a 6-3 center from Detroit, will have four years of eligibility with the Lady Bulldogs after redshirting at Austin Peay last season. â€œLapinia is a long 6-3 athlete who has a tremendous upsize and...

Rotary 9-10s return to district final, State

WAVERLY â€” The Lebanon Rotary is returning to the 9-10 Dixie Youth State Tournament. Lebanon assured itself of a trip to Waynesboro next week by advancing to the top two of the district tournament and a chance to win the championship tonight. The Rotary beat McEwen for the second time in four...

World's fastest backward driver looks forward

NASHVILLE â€” He once drove a car in reverse faster than most of us will ever go even forward. It was so fast in fact, Darren Manning holds the land-speed record for driving backward, going 102 mph in reverse in a road-legal car. He would like to set some records, or at least go faster than th...

Adkins waits through contract talks with LA

James Adkins is in a holding pattern. Nearly two weeks after being taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a supplemental first-round pick, the former Wilson Central High and University of Tennessee left-hander still hasnâ€™t signed a contract. Heâ€™s not alone. The Dodgers have signed just f...

Martinez, Shao sign, head west

Former Cumberland catcher Luis Martinez and ex-Mt. Juliet pitcher Stephen Shao have signed professional contracts and begun their careers in the far west. Martinez is playing for the Class A Eugene [Ore.] Emeralds after the San Diego Padres drafted the Bulldog junior in the 12th round of the entry ...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Is it just me, or is it odd prospective Predators owner Jim Balsillie is talking to everyone except anyone in Nashville about his plans for the team? Everyone else in an official position with the NHL or Balsillie is saying the team is not in immediate danger of leaving Nashville. But Balsillieâ�...

Puryear, Gibbs recall Mears' visits to LHS

Ray Mears was already a Tennessee legend when he visited Lebanon High School in 1972. The object of the Vol basketball coachâ€™s trip was a Blue Devil shooting guard named Kip Puryear. â€œI can remember when he came to the high school, it caused quite a stir,â€ Puryear said Monday aft...

King Carl does it again at the Superspeedway

GLADEVILLE â€” The finish of Carl Edwardsâ€™ third straight Busch Series victory at Nashville Superspeedway was rather uneventful as he pulled away to beat Clint Bowyer across the finish line by 1.656 seconds on a weather-perfect Saturday night. But his arrival that afternoon was a nailbi...

Martinez, Shao go during second day

Cumberland catcher Luis Martinez was taken in the 12th round of the Major League Draft by the San Diego Padres on Friday, the 387th selection overall. Former Mt. Juliet High pitcher Stephen Shao was taken in the 26th round, No. 792 overall, by the Colorado Rockies out of Vanderbilt. They join forme...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

ames Adkins may be leaving Tennessee, but another with baseball connections to Wilson County may he headed to Rocky Top. Gary McClure was contacted by UT officials early this week after Rod Delmonico was let go after 18 seasons in Big Orange Country. McClure was a Cumberland infielder from the mid-...