Stories from Friday, January 31, 2014

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer Lewisburg Mayor Jim Bingham has proclaimed Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, as Phil Sanders Day in the City of Lewisburg. Sanders will be 90 years old on that day. "I'm all for honoring people," said Bingham. "He's one of the super citizens of this community. He's an exemplary person."...

By Karen Hall Editor Local author Judy Gill was at the Marshall County Memorial Library this week, reading her new book "Operation S.O.U.P." to a mother and her two daughters, the only ones who showed up for bigger kids' story time Tuesday afternoon...

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer After months of work, the Vision Plan for the City of Lewisburg will be presented to the City Council at their work session at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3. The plan, prepared by Hodgson Douglas of Nashville, sets out goals for the city's future development, looking one, five, 10, 15 and 20 years into the future, and focusing on the areas of parks and recreation, access corridors, and downtown...

By Karen Hall Editor Members of the 2014 Gattis Leadership group spent a day and a half in Lewisburg last week, meeting local leaders, and visiting local industries and the Spot Lowe Technology Center. They concluded their visit with a tour of the Rec Center and a final round-table meeting...

Jason Linley, 38, of Cornersville, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at his residence. A native of Lewisburg, Mr. Linley was the son of Gene Linley and Deborah Blackwell Linley of Lewisburg. He was a graduate of Marshall County High School and employed at Berry Plastics...

Virginia Louise Wiser, 91, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Marshall Medical Center. Mrs. Wiser was a native of Marshall County, and daughter of the late John Rufus and Jennie Mai Beasley Smith. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of Christ...

William Harold Hutton, 60, was born Nov. 28, 1953, to the late James and Rena (Robertson) Hutton. He was a 1973 graduate of Marshall County Senior High School. He was reborn with Christ in January 1982. His past employment included Venus Pencil Company (Faber Castell), Stan McNabb Ford, and as owner of Hutton Small Engine Repair Shop...

The Fayetteville Tigers were on their game Tuesday night in Chapel Hill as they finished off the regular season sweep over Forrest via a 57-43 win. "You can't match baskets with them and our defense just wasn't where we wanted it tonight," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "They drove the lanes well and we didn't contest the shots as well as we needed to. I want to see more guys ready to battle, we just have to have a fire from the start and if you don't match energy with a team like that, you will get blown out."

Murfreesboro Central Magnet (MCM) completed the sweep of the season series against the Marshall County Tigerettes (5-16) by defeating MCHS 61-39 in Lewisburg on Monday night. After building a 28-16 lead through the first two quarters of play , MCM began to rapidly pull away in the second half and opened up a 56-25 advantage midway through the fourth period en route to claiming the 22-point victory.

Page's recent dominance over the Marshall County Tigerettes came to an end on Tuesday night, as MCHS snapped a seven-game losing streak against their longtime rival by defeating the Lady Patriots 43-28 at home. The Tigers, meanwhile, beat Page 65-50 in the nightcap to complete the sweep of the season series against the Patriots.

Forrest 72 Shelbyville Central 11 160: Tanner Kerr (FHS) won by forfeit. 170: Bryan Clanton (FHS) won by forfeit. 182: James Boyce (FHS) pinned Luc Zahorian (SBV) 0:38. 195: Tyler McClendon (FHS) pinned Jake Patterson (SBV) 0:59.

The Marshall County Tigers (13-7) snapped a two-game losing streak on Monday night when they defeated Murfreesboro Central Magnet 65-44 at home to complete the sweep of the regular season series Having defeated MCM 68-34 in their previous encounter on Jan. 11, the Tigers once again had little trouble disposing of Murfreesboro Central Magnet (2-20) and led by as many as 18 points in the first half prior to taking a 25-15 lead into the break. Marshall County then opened up a 55-26 advantage midway through the fourth quarter before coasting to the 21-point win.

The Forrest Lady Rockets, coming off a pair of disappointing back-to-back district losses, burned some frustration Tuesday night in Chapel Hill when they demolished Fayetteville 59-14. Fayetteville came into the contest winless in league play, while Forrest was trying not to overlook the Lady Tigers. "We prepared for last night like we do every game and I always tell them the most important game of season is the next game," said Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean. "We had seen where Fayetteville had been playing other teams in the district close for three quarters, and had recently beat Cornersville, so we did not overlook them."

The Cornersville Bulldogs kept themselves in the running for a possible home game in the first round of the District 11-A tournament when they defeated fourth place Santa Fe 53-45 on Tuesday night at home to snap an 11-game losing streak against the Wildcats. Having dropped a gut wrenching 60-59 decision to Santa Fe in their last meeting on Jan. 3, the Bulldogs (6-15, 4-7 District) seemed bent on evening the score against the Wildcats (12-11, 5-6 District) on Tuesday and built a 25-20 lead in the first half before opening up a 40-31 advantage at the end of the third quarter.

On Tuesday night, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs clinched the second seed in the upcoming District 11-A tournament by defeating third place Santa Fe 44-42 at home to complete the season sweep of the Lady Wildcats. CHS (13-8, 9-2 District) trailed 24-19 at halftime before using a 22-12 run to seize a 41-36 lead with 3:10 left in the fourth quarter.