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Motlow Wins By 91 Points

The Motlow bucks jumped to a 19-0 lead on Saturday at home against Mid Continent University. The lead would continue to grow to a 43 at half, 65-22. All 15 Bucks would score on the day with 6 hitting double figures in the 91 point win, 134-43. Sean Gardner led the way with 20; Perrin Buford added 18, 11 for Chris Hawkins and 10 each for JC Bonny, Kerrell Davis and Charles Waters. The 134 points by Motlow is the 2nd most points ever scored by the Bucks. Motlow at 11-2 on the season travels to Southwest Tn. and...

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Two More Wins For Coffee County Westling

Coffee County High School (CCHS) 36.0 Riverdale (RIVE) 35.0 285: Lawrence Holcomb, RIVE, pinned Brent Loren, CCHS, 0:47. 106: Victoria Stottlemyer, CCHS, pinned Alex Post, RIVE, 0:10. 113: Patrick Bess, RIVE, forf. . 120: David Tate, CCHS, dec. Amari Thaxter, RIVE, 9-4. 126: Caleb Gentry, RIVE, forf. . 132: Craig McDonough, CCHS, dec. Jame Prisayan, RIVE, 7-5. 138: Zach Lusk, CCHS, dec. Garrett Lawson, RIVE, 3-1. 145: Jonathan Kimbro, CCHS, dec. Jacob Earhart, RIVE, 12-11. 152: Phillip Brown, CCHS, pinned Nate Lane, RIVE, 1:25. 160: Kiley Curtis, CCHS, pinned Antonio Alexander, RIVE, 2:32. 170: Sean Kennedy, RIVE, tech. fall...

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Vandy Falls Hard

Marshawn Powell scored 17 points and BJ Young added 14 as Arkansas pulled away for a 56-33 win over Vanderbilt. Sheldon Jeter had 8 points to lead the Commodores (6-8, 0-2), who matched their season low for points. Vanderbilt will host Ole Miss Tuesday night at...

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Preds To Open At Home Saturday

The Nashville Predators will open the season Jan. 19 hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets followed by a second straight home game against St. Louis before hitting the road for two weeks under a 48-game schedule released Saturday night by the NHL. The Predators play Columbus and Chicago five times but only four against Detroit and St. Louis. How much that helps the Predators, the West’s No. 4 seed last season, reach the playoffs for the eighth time in nine seasons remains to be seen. But Nashville is 31-5-3 against Columbus since the 2006-07 season. Nashville will play all other...

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Kentucky Escapes Nashville With Win

To the Kentucky Wildcats, there’s no doubt that Nerlens Noel’s jumper left his hand before the shot clock buzzer sounded, and they couldn’t be happier. Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings disagrees. That bucket allowed Kentucky to escape with a 60-58 win over Vanderbilt on Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams after blowing a 16-point lead. But officials didn’t review the play. Kedren Johnson finished with a game-high 18 points, and Rod Odom added...

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TSSAA Makes Changes In Football Playoffs

Steps were taken Thursday that will allow a high school football playoff bracket to be redrawn if a mistake is discovered. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s Board of Control voted 8-1 on a five-hour window after brackets are announced for errors to be reported to the state office. Because of the misapplication of a tiebreaker, Cleveland was selected last fall as one of the 32 teams in the Class 5A bracket. Hours later it was found that Sullivan South should have been in the field instead. To impact the fewest teams, Sullivan South — located in Kingsport in...

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Motlow Earns Split With Snead St

In college basketball on Wednesday night Motlow played host to Snead St from Boaz, Alabama. In the women’s contest the Lady Bucks shot poorly from the field falling 67-49. Motlow was led in scoring by Chelsey Wiseman with 17 and Presley Owen added 15 and Lashundra Rice chipped in with 11. The Lady Bucks are at home Saturday against the Nashville All-Stars starting at 2pm. In the men’s game the 28th nationally ranked Motlow Bucks fell behind by as much as 15 points in the 2nd half before making a comeback. Chris Hawkins who has not played much because...

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Coffee County Wrestling Team Wins Twice

Coffee County High Shcool (CCHS) 78.0 Livingston Academy (LIAC) 6.0 145: Jonathan Kimbro, CCHS, pinned Conyr Richardson, LIAC, 2:33. 152: Phillip Brown, CCHS, forf. . 160: Kiley Curtis, CCHS, forf. . 170: Brian Oliver, CCHS, pinned Nicholas Sherman, LIAC, 3:17. 182: Pedro Steele, CCHS, forf. . 195: Alexander Escobar, CCHS, forf. . 220: Jordan Wilson, CCHS, inj. def. Jordan McCoy, LIAC, . 285: Brent Loren, CCHS, pinned Eric Phillips, LIAC, 5:15. 106: Victoria Stottlemyer, CCHS, pinned Dylan Burkart, LIAC, 1:59. 113: Emilee McDonough, CCHS, forf. . 120: David Tate, CCHS, pinned Tyler Sherman, LIAC, 0:32. 126: Michael Richardson, LIAC,...

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