Stories from Friday, April 1, 2016

PULASKI, Tenn. -- April is Autism Awareness Month and the Martin Methodist Baseball and Softball teams are excited to help join the cause as they will host their second annual Autism Awareness Night doubleheader at the East Campus on Friday, April 15. The RedHawk Softball team will host the University of Mobile in a critical SSAC doubleheader while the RedHawk Baseball team will play the first game of its three-game set against Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.).

For the second season in a row, the Forrest Lady Rockets went to Panama City and swept their opponents, beating Niceville 11-5 on Tuesday before travelling to always tough Rutherford and beating the Lady Rams 5-2 on Wednesday. Niceville Forrest (5-0) took an early 2-0 lead at Niceville on an Emma Stacey two-run base hit before the Lady Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-2 lead...

The Cornersville Bulldogs, looking to break a three-game losing Tuesday night, took on a Grace Christian School team it had lost to by just one run the day before. The first-year district 11A participant Lions carried over their momentum from the Monday night win to crush the Bulldogs 11-0 on Tuesday night, handing Cornersville its fourth loss in a row and the first two district losses of the season to drop to 4-2 in league play after an early undefeated streak...

The Marshall County Tigerettes continued their winning ways on Wednesday at Rudderville, beating the Page Lady Patriots 7-2. MCHS hurler Marlee Woodard turned in a gem in the circle for the Tigerettes, coming within three outs of a perfect game.

How sweet it is. Behind a 7-2 win at Pulaski Tuesday night, the Marshall County Tigers completed the regular season sweep over Giles County and in turn, got an early jump in the District 12-AA race. "It was a little harder tonight, we had several opportunities to put the game away early and didn't necessarily get that big hit we got last night," MCHS coach Mike "Monk" Reese said. "We still did a good job, we kept hanging in there and making our plays and winning our side on defense."

William Robert Mitchell, age 70, formerly of Lewisburg, died April 1, 2016 in Olympia Fields, Illinios. He was the son of former Councilman Willie J. Mitchell and the late Evelyn Wakefield Mitchell. William Robert was a graduate of Jones Training School Class of 1963 and Grambling State University. He played football for the legendary coach Eddie Robinson and was among the first to be drafted to the NFL with the Washington Redskins. Later he became an executive with the Ford Motor Company...