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Saints go down swinging to Station Camp 1-0

MT. JULIET — Mt. Juliet Christian battled Station Camp tooth and nail in a 1-0 Saints loss Thursday night. Matt Williams' head ball produced the game's only goal with 14 minute to play as the Saints went down swinging. "Our boys played extremely well," Mt. Juliet Christian coach Lloyd Sharp s...

Lebanon runner looks to dad for inspiration

Jamie Robinson drives the roads on 18 wheels in his day job. He often gets around on two legs after work. A paycheck is his motivation for the former; his father the inspiration for the latter. The Lebanon truck driver will be one of thousands who will pound the Nashville pavement in the annual Cou...

Dawgs dominated as Trojans take title

Cumberland dug itself a hole with first-inning misplays. Then, Trevecca pitcher Nick Shoup grabbed the shovel and buried the Bulldogs with his pitching as the No. 7 Trojans took the TranSouth Conference title 14-0 Friday at Woody Hunt Stadium. Trevecca took advantage of two errors and four hits to ...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

I was running a little late to Friday's Trevecca-Cumberland game at Woody Hunt Stadium. Anticipating a good game between the top two teams in the TranSouth Conference, both ranked in the NAIA top 20, I was shocked when I saw four Trevecca runs on the first-inning scoreboard. Before I reached the So...

Watertown takes 8-A No. 2 seed with 8-inning victory over Gordonsville

SOUTH CARTHAGE — Watertown scored twice in the top of the eighth inning to hand Sarah Reeder a hard-earned 4-2 win over Gordonsville on Friday and give the Tigerettes a first-round bye in the upcoming District 8-A tournament. After Gordonsville scored in the bottom of the seventh to tie the s...

MJ's Boston bears down to stop Central

GLADEVILLE — With Mt. Juliet headed toward an apparent showdown with Beech next Tuesday for the No. 2 seed in the upcoming District 9-AAA tournament, B.J. Boston bore down on Wilson Central in an 8-1 Golden Bear victory Friday night. The right-hander held Central hitless until the sixth innin...

Bell rings up 8-inning win for WC

LAVERGNE — Wilson Central has found some light near the end of a long, dark tunnel of a season. Marty Bell flipped the light switch Wednesday night with a tie-breaking RBI single in the top of the eighth inning of an 8-7 win over LaVergne. "The kids hung in there," Central coach Anthony Ford ...

MJ pitcher Roark fires perfect game

MT. JULIET — It was a Senior Day to remember for Kenzie Roark. The Virginia Tech-signee retired all 21 Oakland batters to face her while her Mt. Juliet teammates put a touchdown on the board in a 7-0 win Wednesday at MJ League Park. Roark struck out 17 in bringing her season record to 16-4. C...

Lady Saints swing away to defeat Greenbrier

RIDGETOP — Mt. Juliet Christian's girls won the first five singles matches Wednesday in a 6-3 victory over host Greenbrier. The Saints swept the two singles matches but were edged by the Bobcats 4-3 in the boys' match. Singles winners for the Lady Saints were Crystal Harwell over Chloe Morris...

Ruttman looks to prove himself again

His birth certificate and all his important papers list him as 62. But Joe Ruttman has been away from the Craftsman Truck Series long enough he feels he has to prove himself all over again. "I compare myself to the young guns in the sport," said Ruttman, who will climb behind the wheel of the No. 1...