Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Senior pitcher Dylan McKnight helped the Marshall County Tigers (9-4, 5-2 District) collect their fourth straight win on Friday night by tossing a complete game shutout to lead MCHS to 2-0 win over the Lewis County Panthers (4-8, 2-6 District) at home. McKnight outdueled Lewis County staff ace Charter Helton and racked up 10 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings of work while limiting the Panthers to just five hits and two walks en route to earning his third win of the year.

The FMS Lady Rockets made easy work of Columbia Academy Monday afternoon at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill, crushing the Lady Bulldogs 16-1 in a three inning run-rule win. With the win, Forrest improved to 15-1 on the season and ended conference play with an undefeated slate. "After that big game versus LMS last week, this was a lot easier," said FMS head coach Bunky Elmore. "It was a great chance to get a lot of kids some playing time."

The Marshall County Tigerettes had one big inning on offense and Grace Medley had seven solid innings in the circle as Lewisburg beat the Lewis County Lady Panthers 4-3 Friday night at Reese Hambrick Field to take over first place in the District 12-AA standings. "Any time Lewis County comes to town we know they are a tough, gritty team and we are always going to expect a good game out of them," said MCHS head coach Holly Cook. "I expected to hit her (Bass) a little better, but obviously, like I told the girls, any time you can get a win over Lewis County, I'll take it."

On Friday, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (8-4) completed the season sweep of county rival Cornersville (6-5) when they went on the road and defeated the Lady Bulldogs 6-4 to snap CMS' three-game winning streak. After narrowly beating Cornersville 8-7 in their previous meeting on March 8, the Tigerettes were involved in another tightly contested affair with the Lady Bulldogs on Friday, as the two teams battled to a 4-4 tie through the first six innings of play.

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs completed the season sweep of District 11-A foe Culleoka on Monday night when they defeated the Lady Warriors 8-1 on the road. Cornersville (3-2, 3-1 District) had crushed Culleoka 14-3 six days earlier, but were on upset alert for much of Monday's contest, as they trailed 1-0 through the first four innings of play before tying the game at 1-1 in the top of the fifth. The Lady Bulldogs, however, finally broke the game open in the top of the seventh inning and pushed across seven runs in the frame en route to claiming their 14th straight victory over the Lady Warriors.

Spring Hill (4-6, 4-3 District) snapped the Marshall County Tigerettes' three-game winning streak on Monday night when they defeated MCHS 5-1 in Lewisburg to earn a split of the regular season series. Marshall County (8-5, 6-2 District) had won the last four meetings against the Lady Raiders, which included an 8-1 victory on March 12, but were unable to solve Spring Hill starting pitcher Haley Perryman on Monday, as the sophomore hurler limited the Tigerettes to just three hits in the contest while issuing no walks.

The Marshall County Wrestling Club (MCWC) was able to send twelve wrestlers to the TN AAU State Wrestling Tournament in their second season of competition, which was an improvement over last year's number of six wrestlers. Eli Bell, Creek Anderson, Nick McClendon and Seth McCoy all finished in the Top Ten. The two tournament standouts were McClendon earning seventh place and McCoy finishing fifth.

The FMS Rockets are in unfamiliar territory after suffering a huge 10-4 loss to host Liberty in the first round of the Mid-South Conference Tournament Monday night. "It was not the start that I was hoping for," said FMS head coach Bart Joyce. "We had a bad top of the first inning and just dug a hole that we couldn't get out of. We had a couple of errors that we couldn't get back and it cost us." The four-time defending champion Rockets dug a sinkhole, putting them down 8-0 in the top of the first inning.

Olene Helton Williams, 87, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Lewisburg. Mrs. Williams was born in Bedford County, and was a daughter of the late Ernest Dennison and Violet Leona Clay Helton. She was a retired nurse, working at the former Gordon's Hospital and the clinic of Dr. Von Almen. Mrs. Williams was a member of Farmington Baptist Church...

Ella Mae Whitehead Hickman, 79, of Franklin, formerly of Chapel Hill, died Friday, April 5, 2013, in Nashville. Mrs. Hickman was born in Marshall County, and was a daughter of the late James Eddie and Ruby Elizabeth Collins Whitehead. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Franklin TN #449. She was retired from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency as a computer operator...

Malachi Johnson Sr., 95, of Triune, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Mr. Johnson was a member of Leipers Fork Primitive Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Malachi and Amelia Johnson; wife, Evie Ann Still Johnson; daughter, Wilma Faye Jones; eight brothers; and two sisters...

Margaret Price Little, 87, died peacefully in Cumming, Ga. on Thursday, April 4, 2013, surrounded by her loving daughter and grandson. A native of Cornersville and a resident of Montgomery, Ala. since 1961, Mrs. Little was the daughter of the late Clarence Franklin Price and Tishie Mai Luker Price...

Rebekah Dance Lambert was born Oct. 30, 1927, in Lewisburg, and died April 5, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar F. and Pauline Dance Lambert; her brothers, Edgar Folk Lambert Jr. and John D. Lambert; and her sisters, Martha Lambert Watkins (William W.) and Ann Lambert...

Thefts and vandalism reported Between 3 and 11:30 p.m. April 3 someone broke into a home on Bear Creek Road and took a 42-inch Samsung flatscreen TV, a 42-inch Phillips flatscreen TV, an LG blue-ray player, 200 DVDs, an Acer laptop, a Kodak camera, 20 firearms (handguns, rifles and a shotgun), and an unknown quantity of ammunition. Total value of the missing items was estimated at $19,185...

By Jacki Moss Special to the Tribune PULASKI, Tenn. -- The unmistakable rhythm of horses' hooves on a sod track was music to the ears of a crowd of about 200 horse enthusiasts at the Milky Way Farm Equestrian Challenge Sunday. The event, sponsored by the Walking Horse Racing and Event Commission, was held at the historic Milky Way Farm, home of candy legend Frank Mars. ...

By Karen Hall Editor The county may be able to borrow enough money to fund the building program school board members have been discussing, Schools Director Jackie Abernathy revealed Monday. County Commission Chairman Nathan Johnson "indicated after talking to (financial advisor) Steve Bates $19.5 million over three years is the most they can borrow," Abernathy said. There could even be some money available this year, and taxes will not have to be raised...

By Karen Hall Editor A Southern Cross of Honor was placed in Lone Oak Cemetery Sunday at the grave of the man who was Marshall County's last living Confederate veteran. The ceremony was attended by descendants of James Knox Polk Thompson, local dignitaries, and members of several chapters of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy...