Taxonomy term | Lebanon Democrat

Sports

Friendship wins two vs. Station Camp

GALLATIN — Passing up the doubles, Friendship Christian's boys used six singles to shut out host Station Camp 6-0 Monday at Vol State. The Lady Commanders won both doubles matches which proved to be the difference in a 5-3 win. Doubles winners for Friendship's girls were Paige Watson and Chri...

Metro Chr., MJCA play to 2-2 deadlock

MADISON — Mt. Juliet Christian and host Metro Christian battled to a 2-2 draw Monday afternoon. After Metro took a 1-0 lead, freshman Dylan Gammon assisted on back-to-back Saints scores as Mt. Juliet Christian went in front 2-1. Deano Richards tied the game before Corey Wills' head ball off G...

Lady Trojans cruch Cumberland twice

No. 11 Trevecca passed the 40-win plateau Monday with a 9-2 and 11-0 TranSouth Conference sweep of host Cumberland. The Lady Trojans broke open a 2-0 game with four runs in the fourth inning of the first game to chase starter Jessica Moon, who allowed 11 hits. Friendship Christian's Courtney Carr, ...

Cumberland catapults past Mid-Continent for win in the fifth

The Bulldogs of Cumberland used a seven-run fifth inning to catapult to an 11-3 victory Saturday over Mid Continent at Woody Hunt Stadium/Ernest L. Stockton Field. Preston Potter opened the fifth drawing a lead-off walk and advancing to second on a passed ball from the pitcher. James Liiley followe...

Lebanon collects victories despite rainy weather

KNOXVILLE — Lebanon's Devilettes scored two victories Saturday in the Knoxville Gibbs tournament, shutting out Midway 5-0 before blanking defending champion Soddy Daisy 1-0. The remaining games were cancelled due to rain. Meghan Maynard tossed a no hitter and fanned four in the victory over S...

Lady Bears rumble past FCS

MT. JULIET — Mt. Juliet played small ball to build a big lead early Monday as the Lady Bears beat Friendship Christian 10-1 at MJ League Park. The Lady Bears scored six first-inning runs and added three in the second. Four of the Lady Bears' 12 hits were bunts while the Lady Commanders commit...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Don Imus isn't the first to raise a ruckus with his words concerning Rutgers University, though he has stirred up, by far, the most dander. Rutgers' football team came to Tennessee early in Johnny Majors' tenure as Vols' coach for homecoming. The morning of the game, a Knoxville newspaper opened a ...

Central shuts out Bears, now 5-0

Wilson Central's best-ever start has now resulted in a school-record five-game winning streak. The Wildcats went to Mt. Juliet on Thursday night and beat the Golden Bears 1-0 at Elzie Patton Stadium. They were coming off a 2-1 win at Glencliff on Monday. Emilio Carrano scored the only goal at Mt. J...

Friendship's Searcey shuts out Central

GLADEVILLE — In what's been a sometimes-trying season, Friendship Christian continued its domination of Wilson County teams regardless of classification Thursday night when the Commanders shut out host Wilson Central 8-0 in a last-minute scheduled game. Central was originally set to host Sieg...

Maynard, Devilettes douse Blaze 5-1

Meghan Maynard kept Blackman's hitters in check Thursday as Lebanon doused the visiting Blaze 5-1 at Baird Park. The Tennessee Tech-signee allowed four hits and no walks while striking out 12 as Lebanon improved to 15-8 for the season and 5-2 in District 7-AAA. Blackman's sixth-inning run was unear...