Stories from Friday, March 15, 2013

The defending District 9-A champion Forrest Lady Rockets opened the new season in style Wednesday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill, crushing the Community Viqueens 15-4 in a five-inning run-rule win. "I was proud of the fact that everybody got to play today," said Forrest head coach Becky Cheatham. "I thought we hit the ball well and there have been days we struggled with pitching, so I was glad to see everyone get the bat on the ball."

Coming off an 8-1 win over Spring Hill the previous evening, the Marshall County Tigerettes cruised to another easy win on Wednesday when they defeated the Columbia Central Lady Lions 17-6 at home in five innings. The Tigerettes got off to a red hot start and raced out to a 12-0 lead through the first two innings of play. Columbia (0-2) then rallied and narrowed the gap to 12-6 in the top of the fifth inning, but Marshall County brought the mercy rule into effect by scoring five runs in the bottom half of the frame to run their record to 2-0.

The Marshall County Tigers baseball team rode the arms of their pitching staff to a win on Tuesday night, as they defeated the Shelbyville Golden Eagles 3-0 on the road in their season opener. MCHS starting pitcher Dylan McKnight and relievers Matt Sharp and Jacob Graves silenced Shelbyville's bats for much of the evening and combined to throw a six-hit shutout. McKnight picked up the win on the mound after giving up three hits and a walk in three scoreless innings of work to go along with three strikeouts. Sharp then came on in relief of McKnight in the top of the fourth and allowed three hits over the next three frames before Graves allowed two walks in the seventh inning.

The LMS Tigerettes remained undefeated on the season after squeezing out a 3-2 win over Spring Hill at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg Tuesday night. Sydne Solomon has been on fire for LMS this year at the plate and she continued her hot streak against the Lady Generals, going 3-3 with the big blow coming on a solo homerun in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Neither rain, nor wind, nor the cold of night could keep the Marshall County Tigers soccer team from getting the job done on the pitch, as they went on the road and defeated the Zion Christian Academy Eagles 2-1 in their season opener on Monday evening. Despite controlling the action for most of the contest and outshooting the Eagles 25-7 overall, the Tigers were locked in a 1-1 with Zion Christian at halftime. Marshall County then took a 2-1 lead early in the second half on a goal by junior striker Edwin Jaimes before thwarting a handful of scoring attempts by the Eagles over the final 30 minutes to take home the victory.

Pitching carried the Cornersville Bulldogs to a win in their season opener on Tuesday night, as they defeated District 11-A foe Santa Fe 1-0 at home to record their 17th straight victory over the Wildcats. With senior pitcher and All-District performer Matt Callender currently nursing an injured shoulder, junior southpaw Jody Sullivan helped to pick up the slack on the mound for the Bulldogs. Sullivan notched seven strikeouts and scattered four hits and three walks in five scoreless innings of work to pick up the win.

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (4-4) enjoyed their most productive day at the plate this season when they pummeled the Bridgeforth Lady Bobcats 16-2 in five innings at home on Tuesday. Bridgeforth held a 1-0 lead at the end of the first inning, but it was all Cornersville after that point, as CMS exploded for 16 runs over the next three frames to coast to their fourth win of the year.

After watching their middle school counterparts rout Bridgeforth earlier in the afternoon, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs recorded a blowout victory of their own on Tuesday night when they crushed District 11-A foe Santa Fe 17-2 in four innings at home in their season opener. The Lady Wildcats actually held a 2-1 lead at the end of the first inning, but things would quickly go downhill for Santa Fe after that point, as the Lady Bulldogs scored 16 runs over the next three innings to cruise to the mercy rule shortened victory.

Columbia Academy Middle School Softball Tournament Friday March 15 At Columbia State Community College 4 P.M.-Cornersville vs. Summertown 5:20-Fayetteville City vs. Liberty 6:40-Lewis County vs. Summertown 8:00-Cornersville vs. Lewis County

The FMS Forrest Rockets (8-2, 7-1) are in mid-season form after sweeping a double header from intra-county foe Cornersville 7-4 in the first game and 9-5 in the nightcap Tuesday in Chapel Hill. "Anytime you get a conference win it's a big win, especially against a cross county rivalry," said FMS head coach Bart Joyce. "Cornersville has a good team with some hitters. We didn't have our best performance, but we managed to get two wins."

Evelyn Smith Teague, 60, of Lewisburg, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013, in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A native of Marshall County, Mrs. Teague was the daughter of R. E. Hargis and the late Raymond Smith. She retired from medical administration and was of the Baptist faith...

J.W. "Bill" Arbuckle, 92, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Born in Grundy County, Bill was a resident of Lewisburg from 1947 to 1975. He was a WWII veteran, receiving a Purple Heart for being wounded during combat in France. He served as City Manager during the 1960s, developed water systems throughout Marshall County, and laid grounds for the first Highway 50 drive-in. ...

Funeral service for William Clayton McBay, 80, of Cornersville, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Higgins Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with graveside services to follow at 2:15 p.m. at Lone Oak Cemetery in Lewisburg. Mr. McBay passed away Wednesday morning, March 13, 2013, at Donalson Skill Care Center...

John Mark Gold, 53, of the Farmington Community of Marshall County, died Monday evening, March 11, 2013, in Columbia. Mr. Gold was born in Marshall County and was a construction worker. He was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church in Bedford County...

Herbert Allen Taylor, 88, of Belfast, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Taylor was a native of Giles County, and the son of the late Sullie and Vashti Taylor. He served his country in the United States Navy. He was retired from Inter-City Products (Heil-Quaker Corp.) following 36 years of service, and was a member of First Baptist Church of Lewisburg...

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Road paving projects estimated at $133,000 to $200,000 are planned in Chapel Hill where the priority will be streets that were torn up for a sewer project, the town administrator said Tuesday. Eveningside Drive, Hastings Street and Crestview Drive are to be resurfaced. Town Administrator Mike Hatten said, "We know for sure that those will be paved in conjunction with the sewer projects."...

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A former city manager is back in office for 90 days to help Lewisburg keep moving in the right direction. At the city council's March meeting Tuesday, Mayor Barbara Woods, who has been acting city manager since Tommy Engram resigned, suggested council members put Eddie Fuller back in the job...

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Testimony continued all day Tuesday and Wednesday in the trial of Jerron Braden, 19, charged with the murder of Penny Blackwell Coyle. Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab clarified some of the details of what happened the night of Nov. 21, 2011...

By Karen Hall Staff Writer "We do it for the children," said Lions Club Secretary Sherry Sorrells, who was one of the hosts for a Breakfast with the Easter Bunny held last weekend at the Lions Club building in Cornersville. It's also a fundraiser for Lions Club community projects like vision screenings for all Marshall County kindergarteners...