Stories from Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Boys CLASS AAA School Record Pts Prv 1. Blackman (14) 26-0 158 1 2. White County (1) 25-0 120 4 3. Memphis East 23-2 119 2 4. Germantown (1) 24-2 114 T5 5. David Crockett 25-4 90 T5 6. Station Camp 28-1 85 3 7. Cordova 22-3 65 7 8. Oak Ridge 29-2 57 8 9. Independence 23-2 33 9 10. Cane Ridge 22-2 32 10 Others receiving 12 or more points: None.

The Marshall County Tigers traveled to Nashville on Friday night, trying to claim a win over the lone District 12AA team it had yet to win against during the regular season and lock up second place in the district with a win over a Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA) team that was sporting a 65-game district winning streak. The standing room only crowd at CPA saw a game fit for the top two teams in the district with the Lions edging the Tigers 73-66 despite Marshall County taking a lead into the fourth quarter after going down 11 points at the half.

he Forrest wrestling team made history on Saturday at the Region 3A/AA Individual Tournament at Montgomery Central High School in Cunningham as the Rockets won the team score by one point over Page due to a school record six Chapel Hill grapplers qualifying for the 2016 Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament. Jeffery Gross (106-pounds), Dylan Pendley (113), Wesley McCoy (160) and Nicholas McGuiggan (220) all won region titles, while Billy Clanton (195) finished in second place and Clay Watson (152) came up with a fourth place finish.

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs looked to avoid the upset bug on Monday night to open the District 11A tournament against a Culleoka squad Cornersville had a tough go against two weeks prior to escaping with a seven-point win on January 29. Cornersville (13-13) made easy work of the Lady Warriors (7-16) on this night, jumping out to an early 39-16 halftime edge en route to a 58-31 victory to move on to the district semifinals at Culleoka Thursday night.

After a District 9A Tournament play-in game win over Fayetteville on Saturday, Forrest took on Huntland Monday night at Chapel Hill and the Lady Rockets received a huge boost from standout junior Caitlyn Yost, who poured in 40 points to secure a 65-57 victory over the Lady Hornets. "I don't think I have ever been this tired after a game in a while," Yost said. "We wanted to win, last year we got knocked out in the first round and it stung."

The MCHS Tigerettes traveled to Nashville on Friday to play a make-up game due to inclement weather against the top dog of District 12AA Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA), who had beaten Marshall County by 35 points to start off district play early in January. Marshall County (1-21, 0-10) would not fare much better on this night as the lady Lions (20-4, 10-0) were clicking on all cylinders heading into the 12-AA Tournament and used the Tigerettes as warm-up competition in an 82-37 win.

Forrest took on the Tigers from Fayetteville on Saturday night in a District 9A play-in game and looked to avoid the curse of not being able to beat the same team three times in one season as the Lady Rockets beat Fayetteville handily in both regular season meetings. Forrest would put to rest any thought of an upset by the winless Lady Tigers (0-22), jumping out to a 19-5 lead after one quarter and breezing to a 58-14 win holding Fayetteville to its lowest point total on the year.

One of the hardest things to do over the course of a basketball season is to beat the same team three times in one year and Forrest faced that daunting versus Moore County in a District 9A Tournament pay-in on Saturday, just over a week after the Rockets pummeled the Raiders in Chapel Hill by 22 points.

Sarah Marie Duncan, age 71 of Lewisburg died Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Duncan was a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Griffin and Florence Dixon Cason. She was a retired supervisor from Texaco Gas...

Mr. Ralph Butler, age 82, of the Caney Spring community of Marshall County, died Friday, February 12, 2016. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Butler was a son of the late Clifford Pearne Butler and Viola Harrod Butler. He was a dairy farmer and was also retired from Walker Die Casting in Lewisburg, Tennessee. ...

Mary Alice Walker, age 94 of Lewisburg, died Friday, February 12, 2016 in Marshall Medical Center. Mrs. Walker was a native of Marshall County, Tennessee; the daughter of the late William Marcus and Hannah Hardison Hooten. She was retired from Faber-Castell and was a member of the Berea Church of Christ...

Mable Stinnett Spivey, age 94 of Lewisburg, died Thursday, February 11, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Spivey was a native of Marshall County, and she was the daughter of the late Grover and Minnie Stewart Stinnett. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of Christ...