Stories from Wednesday, March 16, 2016

The Marshall County boys soccer team opened up the 2016 soccer season looking to accomplish something it had never done before-- beat Shelbyville Central in a soccer match. The last three meetings have been close, with Marshall County (0-1) never falling by more than two goals and the Tigers hung tight with the Eagles (1-0) once again in Monday's season opener before falling 4-2 to the AAA team from Bedford County.

The hard part about an opening day win is gauging whether your team is that good or if your opponent is having a down year, but one thing is for sure after the first game of the 2015-2016 season, the Marshall County Tigerettes know how to take care of business...

Opening day. There are three days as a boy that brought joy to me. The last day of school, the first day of school and opening day of baseball season. On Monday, the spring prep season opened in Tennessee and at Forrest, the defending Class A state champion Summertown Eagles spoiled the Rockets' fun with a 10-5 win in the first meeting between the two schools since Alex Brewer's dramatic seventh inning homerun at Summertown that ended the Eagles' season two years ago in a sub-state game.

Marshall County Tigers coach Arnett Bodenhamer and his squad have internally believed in their abilities to overcome and win against the odds, not listening to the pundits and predictors, who didn't give them much of a chance just a couple of weeks ago. Now the Tigers are changing minds in a hurry and they should be after travelling to Maplewood last Friday night and upsetting the sixth-ranked Panthers 56-54 in a dramatic come from behind win in a Class AA state sectional contest that punched Marshall County's ticket to the 2016 BlueCross Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's State Basketball Championships.

Tuesday, March 15 At Cornersville Culleoka 004 000 0-4 8 1 Cornersville 030 011 X-5 8 3 Culleoka: Vandiver 2-4, Montoya 2-4, Hardison 2-3, Hooper 1-4, Lovell 1-4. RBI: Vandiver 1, Montoya 1, Hardison 1, South 1. Cornersville: Garham Duke 2-4, Caleb Crowell 2-2, Aaron Fox 1-3, Colby Downs 1-4, Michael Allen 1-4, Knox Barnes 1-2. RBI: Duke 2, Ben Taylor 1, Crowell 1, Barnes 1. WP: Carson Stacey LP: Hooper

Paul Wayne Witherow, age 65 of Cornersville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in Maury Regional Medical Center. Mr. Witherow was a native of Giles County, Tennessee and son of the late James and Geraldine Woodard Witherow. He was retired from Inter-City Products after 33 years and was employed with Tennessee Technical Coatings for four more years. He was a member of the Cornersville Church of Christ...

Charles Granville Crosswhite, age 69 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Crosswhite was a native of Memphis, Tennessee and son of the late James Fox and Thelma Ramsey Crosswhite. He was retired from Walker Die Casting and was a member of the New Life Family Tabernacle...