Stories from Friday, December 12, 2014

By Karen Hall Editor A Marshall County man and his wife made the long trip to South Korea this summer so that he could revisit the land he fought for and receive an Ambassador of Peace medal from the South Korean government. Ralph and Dorothy Grubb left Nashville on July 22 and returned a week later, with an album full of pictures, and a ton of memories they are glad to share...

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer The Joint Economic Community Development Full Board met on Tuesday at Marshall Medical Center. Phyllis Brown provided a delicious luncheon and started the meeting with an update on the hospital. She mentioned that, currently, the medical center employs 153 people, several of whom earned their associate's degree locally at Columbia State Community College, and some who are master's degree prepared...

By Crystal Guess, M.S.P., M.S. Special to the Tribune Court Appointed Special Advocates of Marshall County just held their first swearing-in ceremony for a volunteer at the Marshall County Courthouse. Pamela Alexander completed her screening and 10-week training in November. Judge Lee Bussart swore in the Alexander and then allowed her to stay and observe court on Dec. 8...

Chapel Hill Elementary School Jacob Ingram - 5th grade math; Jack Henry Martin - 5th grade math; Ben Piper - 5th grade math and social studies; Lane Stacey - 3rd grade science. Forrest Middle School Trevor Desjardin - 6th grade math; Anthoni Cariazo - 8th grade math; Alex Huey - 8th grade math; Tucker McNair - 8th grade math; Jacob Rich - 8th grade math...

Betty Sue Nolan, 76, died on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, in NHC Pulaski. She was born in Muhlenberg County, Ky. on April 23, 1938. Her parents were the late Thomas Daniel and Nancy Elizabeth Spencer Carroll. She served people of Giles County for 31 years as a registered nurse, and was a member of First Baptist Church, Pulaski...

Meridianville roughed up Lewisburg Middle School on the basketball court for the second time in four weeks, as the Lady Eagles defeated the Tigerettes 39-20 while the Eagles thumped the Tigers 61-30 on Tuesday night in Lewisburg. After losing 37-11 to Meridianville in their previous meeting on Nov. 11, the Tigerettes (4-5) put up a fight early on in Tuesday's contest and trailed just 8-6 at the end of the first quarter.

Forrest lost their fourth straight game Tuesday night, falling at Summertown 61-57, but it wasn't with a lack of effort as the Rockets battled and battled through adversity before finally succumbing in the final moments of the game. "The guys battled tonight in a very tough place to play and I was very proud of the effort," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "We are still working to play a solid four quarters in the same game, tonight we played a great first and fourth quarters, but needed to do better in the second and third."

Walmart store manager Bruce DiMarco presents a check for a $1,000 to Cornersville High School principal Brent Adcox before the start of the Bulldogs' game against Richland on Tuesday night. The money will benefit Cornersville's boys and girls basketball programs...

It was a bittersweet night for Cornersville senior guard Tate Lowery. Although he broke the 1,000-point career scoring mark on Tuesday, Lowery suffered what appeared to be a severe knee injury late in the third quarter of the Bulldogs' 58-50 home loss to the Richland Raiders. After taking a 25-23 lead into halftime, Cornersville (0-5, 0-2 District) held a 36-35 advantage late in the third quarter before Lowery was forced to leave the game with :44 left in the stanza.

On Tuesday night, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs were dealt their first District loss of the season when they dropped a 46-38 decision to the Richland Lady Raiders at home. Richland (3-6, 3-0 District) held a 26-16 lead at the break, but the Lady Bulldogs (2-6, 1-1 District) came storming back in the second half and rallied to tie the game at 38-38 midway through the fourth quarter.

On Monday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (6-2) completed the sweep of the season series against Whitthorne Middle School when they defeated WMS 59-39 at home. The Tigers steadily pulled away from Whitthorne, as they jumped out to a 29-19 lead through the first two quarters of play before outscoring WMS 30-20 in the second half to claim their sixth win of the season.

The Forrest Rocket wrestling squad faced some tough competition over the past 10 days, traveling to Eagleville on Dec. 2 where they lost a 42-42 tiebreaker to the Eagles before losing to Fairview 50-20. "We are gaining much needed mat time in these tournaments that hopefully will pay off in the long run," said Forrest head coach Kyle Stacey. "The Fairview match was a tough loss, but it gives us a measuring stick to go by. We know where we have to be at after Christmas break."

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (4-4) snapped a two-game losing streak on Monday night when they defeated Whitthorne Middle School 31-9 at home to complete the sweep of the season series. Having defeated WMS 29-8 in their previous meeting on Nov. 20, the Tigerettes once again had little trouble dispatching of their long time rival, as they built a 17-6 lead in the first half before outscoring Whitthorne 14-3 over the final two quarters to cruise to the22-point victory.

After a 46-36 win in Manchester on Monday, the FMS Rockets travelled to Middle Tennessee Christian School (MTCS) on Thursday and handily beat the Cougars 46-34 in a coast-to-coast win, marking the 16th consecutive Duck River Valley Conference win in a row for Forrest this season. FMS can clinch the outright conference title with a win at Liberty (13-2) on Jan. 5, 2015 or in Lynchburg (3-12) on Jan. 8.