The Roy Bailey African American Museum and History Center will celebrate the legacy of the Lebanon Clowns Negro League baseball team with a weekend of activities July 28 and 29.

Mt. Juliet's Tyler Cates Post 281 Riverdogs Senior 18U Baseball Team won the Nashville RBI Invitational Tournament last weekend for the second year in a row.  

The Riverdogs went undefeated throughout the tournament and were led by some outstanding pitching performances from Connor Sugg, David Farmer, Josh Weaver, and Jimmy Fontaine.

Principal Mel Brown has named Jim Carter as the new baseball coach at Mt. Juliet High School.  

Tommy Bryan

Special to The Chronicle

After 13 stellar seasons, Mark Purvis stepped down earlier this week as head baseball coach at Mt. Juliet High School. Purvis, a 1989 graduate of Mt. Juliet and a four-year starter at second base for Cumberland University, broke the news to his team in a meeting on Wednesday.

The Tyler Cates American Legion Post 281 MJ Riverdogs 16U Junior team won the Post 236 Junior 17U Invitational Tournament over Owensboro, Ky. in Daffenville, Ky. Sunday.