Stories from Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Forrest Lady Rockets put aside two days of fun in the cool sun at Panama City Beach and got back down to business on Tuesday, sweeping South Walton High School 2-1 and 5-2 behind back-to-back solid pitching performances in the circle by Katie Warrick and Sara Jordan. Forrest also came up with some timely hitting, an improved defense, and a little bit of help by the Lady Seahawks in game two.

Mary Elizabeth DeFoe, 63, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Maury Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Marshall County, and daughter of the late Carl Allen and Sarah Louise White Liggett. She was a homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church...

Betty Jean Johnson, 78, of Lynnville, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, in NHC Hillview Healthcare in Columbia. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Maury County, and daughter of the late Horace and Viola Mash Osborne. She was retired from Genesco Corporation and was a member of Scribner's Mill Church of Christ...

Funeral service for Ronald W. "Ronnie" Osteen, 58, of Fayetteville, was conducted Sunday, March 24, at Washington Street Church of Christ with Bro. Jim Black and Bro. Mike George officiating. Burial followed in Lebanon Cemetery. Mr. Osteen passed away Thursday evening, March 21, 2013, at his residence...

William D. "Bill" Beech, 94, of Lewisburg, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2013, at NHC-Oakwood in Lewisburg. A native of Davidson County, Mr. Beech was the son of the late George Otis Beech and Minnie Mae Whitehurst Beech. Mr. Beech was a member of East Commerce Baptist Church and served his country in the United States Air Force. ...

By Karen Hall Editor Waste Management was selected to provide trash and recycling services to the City of Lewisburg for the next three years at a special-called meeting Monday. At $13 per household per week, Waste Management was the low bidder by just 48 cents per household per week. Allied Waste's bid was $13.48, and United Waste's was $13.50...

Arrested on a warrant for theft Jeffrey Allen Jr., 22, Lebanon. Bond: $8,000; court date: May 6. Additional charge: criminal impersonation. Allen was identified from a photo lineup as the man who stole five bottles of vodka from By-Pass Liquors, but when police went to arrest him he claimed to be Zachary Allen, and showed them his brother's ID card. ...

From Staff Reports On Friday, March 22, Chief Jackie King completed his final official duty with the Town of Chapel Hill as he turned over Chapel Hill Chief of Police responsibility to newly sworn in Chief Chris Cook in front of employees, friends, family and elected officials...

From Staff Reports Tribune general manager Jim Ward is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Hall as editor, effective March 25. She wants to make the Marshall County Tribune the best paper possible, and make it truly an asset for the community. ...

Coming off losses to Smyrna and Columbia the previous night, the Marshall County Tigerettes (5-3) righted the ship on Saturday morning when they defeated a previously unbeaten Richland Lady Raider squad 3-2 in their final pool game of the Middle Tennessee Softball Coaches Association T Tournament at Ridley Park in Columbia. After MCHS jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, Richland (4-1) plated two runs in the top of the fifth inning to tie the contest at 2-2. The Tigerettes then pushed across a run in the bottom of the sixth to seize a 3-2 advantage before holding the Lady Raiders scoreless in the top of the seven to claim their fifth victory of the season.

On Thursday, the Marshall County Tigers picked up their first win in District 12-AA play when they thrashed the Fairview Yellow Jackets 15-4 in five innings at home to snap a two-game losing streak. Having scored just a total of five runs in their three previous games, the Tigers (2-2, 1-2 District) finally broke out of their offensive slump and finished with 10 hits and four walks against two Fairview pitchers while the Yellow Jackets (4-2, 2-1 District) committed five errors in the contest.

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (5-4) completed the season sweep of Richland by whipping the Lady Raiders 13-2 in five innings on Thursday night in Lynnville. Having defeated Richland 9-4 two weeks earlier, the Lady Bulldogs held a 4-2 lead through the first two innings of play before outscoring the Lady Raiders 9-0 over the final three frames to pull away for the 11-run victory.

After posting a 1-2 record in pool play, the Marshall County Tigerettes made an early exit from the single elimination portion of the Middle Tennessee Softball Coaches Association tournament when they lost 3-2 in the first round to the Collinwood Trojanettes in five innings on Saturday afternoon. With the game approaching the hour and 15 minute time limit, Marshall County held a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, but Collinwood snatched victory from the jaws of defeat by scoring three runs in the frame on three hits and a MCHS error to pull out the dramatic victory.

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs came up short in an important early season District 11-A clash when they dropped a 3-0 decision to defending conference champ Richland in Lynnville on Thursday night. Coming off a nine day layoff, the Lady Bulldogs (1-1, 0-1 District) were unable to solve Lady Raider starting pitcher Ashton Edwards and mustered just one hit and four walks against the hard throwing junior while striking out six times leaving eight runners on base overall.

Cornersville baseball coach Ben Putman was unable to get the better of his alma mater on Thursday afternoon, as his previously undefeated Bulldog squad lost 12-1 at home to the Pirates of Rogers, AL. The Bulldogs had yielded an average of just 2.7 runs per game in their previous six contests, but were unable to slow down the Pirates on Thursday, as Rogers banged out 15 hits against two Cornersville hurlers to go along with four CHS errors.