Stories from Monday, February 13, 2017

Wrestling Saturday, February 11 Region 3A/AA Individual Tournament At Page Forrest State Tournament Qualifiers 113-Pounds: Jeffrey Gross (Forrest) (28-1) 1st Place 120: Dylan Pendley (Forrest) (24-2) 1st Place 160 - Wesley McCoy (26-5) 2nd Place 170 - Austin Geeting (14-8) 2nd Place 220 - Billy Clanton (28-7) 2nd Place 182 - Drew Carlisle (5-1) 3rd Place Friday, February 17 2017 TSSAA Wrestling State Championships At Williamson County Expo Center, Franklin

By Sean Kennedy Marshall County High School Junior Nowadays, having a cell phone policy in schools seems pointless. Less than a decade ago, it was much different. So what has changed? Why is it not enforced like it should be? Since personal communication devices have become so popular in the past five years, it would seem that few people care about how privileged we are to be able to use our phones, MP3 players, watches, etc., as much as is commonly observed...

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 13, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:...

By Marti Sullivan Marshall County High School Senior The life of a high school student with a food allergy in the school system is full of life or death decisions that can have life-altering consequences. From the time I was 2 years old, I have had a life-threatening peanut allergy. There have always been things that I have had to sacrifice, but going through high school with an allergy has most definitely been a completely different story...

By Allie Wood Marshall County High School Junior Take me out to the ball game! Our players and coaches here at Marshall County High School are excited and getting ready for the baseball season. Our baseball team seems to have good prospects this season, which starts in March. Many of the players I have spoken with are very excited for the upcoming season, as well as their coaches...

By Alyson Butler Westhills Elementary School, 6th grader Recently, Mr. Jackson, who is retired from NASA, came to our class to teach us about space. It was a very fun and educational experience. Mr. Jackson taught us about our solar system with many numonics and demonstrations. I think everyone would agree that he effectively taught us some important information for TCAP...

By Adriana Pomatto Marshall County High School Junior Governor’s school is a wonderful opportunity for students to delve deeper into their favorite subjects, such as math or science. Students who apply to Governor’s school must fill out a paper form with meticulous detail and have a number of recommendations. Last year, two Marshall County students succeeded and went to study their respective focuses at MTSU and UTK...

By Caroline McCormick Marshall County High School Junior In the past years at Marshall County High School the student section wasn’t very popular at football games. This year the students came out of their shells and showed our community what tiger pride was all about. Students continuously chanted and cheered on our boys in blue to victory every Friday night whether on the road or at our home field...