Sports

TWRA asks fishermen for sturgeon data



Tennessee’s indigenous but once-extinct river sturgeon are making a comeback, thanks to the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency’s restoration program, and the agency seeks anglers’ help in collecting data. Anyone who catches a sturgeon is asked to report it to sturgeon.reports@tn.gov or “Sturgeon Reports” on tnwildlife.org and provide information about when and where it was caught, plus its approximate length and […]

True confessions from the duck blind

Larry Woody's Woods & Waters


Another waterfowl season is winding down, and I missed a roast-duck dinner by passing up a hunt on Reelfoot Lake. My hypothermia had been acting up. When I was young, I thought freezing was fun and ice was nice. But nowadays wintertime duck hunting with my aging cronies would be too noisy with all the creaking knees and chattering dentures. […]

Year-end round for Cheatham-area basketball teams



With the county’s basketball teams now slightly past halfway through the season, we’re going to take a quick look at where everyone stands with the district schedule looming around the corner. We will start with the girls’ side. Cheatham County Central started the season off strong with a 10-game winning streak. The Lady Cubs are now 14-2 on the season […]

Cheatham County Exchange announces 2023 All-County Girls’ Soccer Team; Humphrey named MVP



With the end of the calendar year, the Cheatham County Exchange would like to announce the 2023 All-Cheatham County girls’ soccer team.  All three Cheatham area public high schools enjoyed successful seasons with Cheatham County Central advancing all the way to the Class A sectional round while both Harpeth and Sycamore advanced to the regional round.  Cheatham County Central freshman […]

2023 Main Street Preps All-Midstate football team


Main Street Preps has selected its 2023 All-Midstate high school football team. Standout players from Middle Tennessee across all nine TSSAA classifications were considered. See below for superlative honors, the first, second and third teams, and honorable mention selections. Player of the Year: Zeion Simpson-Smith, Pearl-Cohn, Sr. Simpson-Smith stepped up wherever the Firebirds needed him. That meant rushing 90 times […]

Radical hunting ban being pushed in Colorado

Larry Woody's Notebook


A controversial proposal in Colorado would ban all forms of hunting for all species of wildlife, according to a report in Outdoor Life magazine. The original proposal was to ban hunting mountain lions, bobcats and lynx, which are already protected, but the language was changed to include a ban on “trophy hunting.” Then, according to the report, it was further […]


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