Stories from Wednesday, November 4, 2015

The Forrest Rockets' first-round Class 2A playoff game versus Bledsoe County has been moved to tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Murrey E. Holton Field in Chapel Hill. "We have had a good week of practice so far preparing for a good Bledsoe County team," Forrest coach Matt Kriesky said.

Tigers punish Page in classic showdown All eyes were on Lewisburg Friday night as media outlets from all over the Mid-State showed up for the battle of Region 4-4A, pitting longtime rivals Page and Marshall County in a championship match with the winner gaining a top seed and home field advantage through at least the first two games of the playoffs. Page (7-3, 4-1) managed to score first in each half, but the game was never in doubt for Marshall County (9-1, 5-0) as it cruised its first region title in 13 years with a 42-24 victory.

Cornersville ended the season with 44-24 victory over rival Richland Friday night at Frog Bottom, extinguishing the bad taste of losing and setting up a promising future for Coach Gerard Randolph's Bulldogs. "It was a tremendous team victory for our football program and a lot of emotions came into play with it being senior night and also our last football game of the year," Randolph said. "If it was going to end a certain way, this group of young men couldn't have picked a better way to come out and play some really good football."

The Forrest Rockets capped a perfect Region 4-AA record Friday night with a 42-0 Senior Night romp over Jackson County at Murrey E. Holton Field in Chapel Hill. "It wasn't pretty. It is what it is," Forrest coach Matt Kriesky said. "There was a little distraction from senior night, but 42-0 -- I can't complain in the end."

The Forrest Middle School basketball season is just more than a third of the way through through schedule and both squads have impressive winning records with the girls standing at 6-2, while the boys are 5-3. The Lady Rockets have reeled off six straight wins after losing their first two games of the season.

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes came up against a young and experienced Spring Hill team and that showed as the Tigerettes didn't allow their opponent to get much going on the way to a 37-7 blowout. The Tigerettes are now 2-0 in the young season with a game against a tough Fairview opponent on Tuesday night.

Mrs. Shirley Ann Sheppard Whaley, age 67, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday morning, Oct. 28, 2015, in Lewisburg. Mrs. Whaley was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Harry Edward and Annie Lee Perryman Sheppard. She was a homemaker and a member of Farmington United Methodist Church. Mrs. Whaley was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Glenn Whaley, who died in July of 2014...

Nancy Jane Cooper, age 76 of Lewisburg, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 in Marshall Medical Center. Ms. Cooper was a native of Bedford County, Tennessee, and daughter of the late Carly and Mary Cortner Crosslin. She was a homemaker and breast cancer survivor. She was a member of the Baptist Church...