Stories from Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Thursday, August 24 Henry Horton State Park (Buford Ellington Golf Course) Boys (Top four scores) Forrest (184): Hunter Ferguson 42, Jarvis Lyttle 45, JT Ferguson 46, Conner Lewis 48, Hayden Pate 50, Grayson Whaley 51, Sebastian Thompson 56 Fairview (189): Clayton Williams 39, Ethan Huckabee 39, Ryan Kilgore 53, Sam Dawson 58

After a 16-0 shutout win at Richland on August 17, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs travelled to Flintville and remained unbeaten on the season with another 24-0 shutout victory over the Bobcats. The Bulldogs are in the midst of a five-game road trip to start the season and travel to South Giles tomorrow. Cornersville finishes up the road trip next week at South Lincoln before returning home for three games to end the season. The Bulldogs play Moore County, Blanche, and Huntland in succession at Frog Bottom.

Despite competing in the same district for over a decade the Tigerettes and Page have not met in a regular season or tournament match since losing to the Patriots 8-0 in the 2012 district tournament. In fact, the last time Marshall County (0-3,0-2) even managed a goal versus Page (2-3, 2-0) was during a 5-1 regular season loss during the 2010 regular season and MCHS has been outscored 51-1 in the past decade against the Patriots before Thursday night’s matchup in Rudderville.

After a disappointing 28-6 loss at Fayetteville on August 17, the FMS Rockets (2-1) posted the identical score the other way versus Cascade on Thursday night in Chapel Hill. “Last week we felt like we left a lot down there in Fayetteville, we didn’t play up to our potential and made a lot of mistakes,” FMS coach Corey Searcy said. “We are getting better one game at a time and that is the goal for us.” The Rockets struck early and struck often in the first half, scoring a pair of touchdowns in each of the first two quarters to put the Champions in a hole they would never dig out of.

In the end, Fayetteville senior Brandon Moore was too much for Forrest to handle as the standout Tiger running back wore the Rockets down in a 27-14 non-region loss Friday night at Murrey E. Holton Field in Chapel Hill. “We knew they were a good football team and we knew 22 (Moore) was going to get his,” Forrest coach Brent Johns said. “We needed to bottle him up and in the second half, we didn’t.” Knowing it didn’t help as Forrest could not stop Moore, who rushed for 208 yards on 25 carries with two touchdown runs, including an 86-yard third quarter scamper.

The Cornersville Bulldogs were a mere four points away from starting the 2016 season out 6-0 after two last minute, heartbreaking losses (Mount Juliet Christian three points, Collinwood one point) in back-to-back games. The element of surprise is not an option for the Bulldogs (1-1) in 2017 as the program has been a fashionable preseason pick to win its first ever region championship and has quickly gone from being the hunter to the hunted.

The Marshall County Tigers righted the ship in a hurry after an opening season loss to Cane Ridge, walloping Shelbyville Central 51-27 Friday night at Preston Hopkins Field in Lewisburg. “Winning is hard and something we are never going to take for granted,” Marshall County coach Thomas Osteen said. “So we are no doubt going to enjoy every win that we get because we work too hard not to.” The Tigers and the Golden Eagles put on an offensive display as the two teams combined for 815 yards of total offense.

Class 4A School Record Pts Prv 1. Greeneville (15) 2-0 159 1 2. Haywood 2-0 124 4 3. Memphis East (1) 1-1 113 3 4. Marshall Co. 1-1 111 2 5. Crockett Co. 2-0 79 T6 6. Anderson Co. 2-0 78 T6 7. Elizabethton 2-0 75 5 8. Spring Hill 2-0 66 8 9. Dyersburg 2-0 51 10 10. Hardin Co. 1-1 10 9 Others receiving 12 or more points: None.

We regret to inform you that, Ms. Bettie M. Parkes, age 85, formerly of Lewisburg, passed on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, at Mt. Pleasant Healthcare Facility after an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Willie Parkes and Tennie Hill Parkes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Odell Owens; one daughter, Bettie Marie Owens and two brothers; Charles Parkes and Paul Allen Parkes...

Linda Scott, age 75 of Brentwood, TN passed away Aug. 29, 2017. Survived by husband of 56 years, Paul L. Scott; daughter, Tricia (Scott) Swann; grandchildren, Caroline Elizabeth Swann and Connor Scott Swann. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home, Ward Jones officiating. Interment at Williamson Memorial Gardens...

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Briefs are published here at no cost on a space available basis. There is no guarantee of publication. You may e-mail briefs and community notices to be published to: briefs.notices@marshalltribune.com • Marshall County Memorial Library events: Sept. ...

September 4-8, 2017 ALL MENUS SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEWISBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL Breakfast Monday: NO SCHOOL Tuesday: Sausage Biscuit, Cereal w/ Cheese Stick, Juice, Fresh Fruit, Choice of Milk Wednesday: Chicken Biscuit, Cereal w/ Cheese Stick, Juice, Fresh Fruit, Choice of Milk...

August 5th was the setting for the annual Jones Park going back to school picnic and horseshoe tournament. This event was coordinated by the late Willie J. Mitchell and his daughter Jerrie Henry, the Jones Park supervisor, some 25 years ago. This event was established as a community builder and as the last gala of the summer before students returned to school in the fall...

DEAR ABBY: I’m an active, 60-something wife, mother and grandmother who was recently diagnosed with early stage Parkinson’s disease. From all outward appearances, I appear healthy and I’m living my life as normally as possible, as my neurologist suggested...

They are trying to wear us down. Although they don’t understand anything about those with whom they are dealing. Regular folks who love God, their family and their country aren’t the fascists or racists the left makes them out to be, with the daily barrage of propaganda designed to take good people down...

President Trump keeps making me look good. Last week we repeated the sound advice we’ve frequently given him but which he regularly refuses to take - know when to shut up and listen to your staff. This week he sabotaged himself yet again. He totally wasted about 95 percent of the generally favorable media coverage and bipartisan huzzahs he got for his Afghanistan policy speech on Monday night...

It was a fine day for protesting at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., where folks were enjoying their right to free speech in a productive and peaceable manner. Lafayette Square sits directly across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. The park was packed with a variety of people the Saturday morning I visited nearly a decade ago...

Greeting from Lynnville, Tennessee. Happy Birthday to the 150th year of Lynnville First Presbyterian Church located on Church Street. The church was built in 1867. The Town of Lynnville moved from Old Lynnville to New Lynnville in 1860 when the Nashville and Decatur Railroad was completed. ...

June/July 2017 Allen, Hugh Donation to the Book Fund given by the MCHS Class of 1956. Ervin, Mildred Donation to the Book Fund given by the MCHS Class of 1956. Gentry, Mr. & Mrs. Howard Donation to the Book Fund given by Terry L. Corbin. Gentry, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Louis...

The Marshall County Republican Party packed the house on Thursday night for their annual President’s Day dinner. Stacey Cothran, the current county party chair, described the turnout as “huge,” especially, she added, since this is a non-election year...

The deadline is fast approaching for a real opportunity to learn about Marshall County. Applications for the 2017-18 Leadership Marshall class are due in by Sept. 4. Leadership Marshall is a program designed to both build community and develop a new generation of leaders for Marshall County and its municipalities...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration continues through Saturday night, September 2nd with the naming of the World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse. With the aged stallion class A & B divisions last Saturday night, will it be one of them?...

The Marshall County Commission handled their current business in under 12 minutes at their monthly meeting on Monday. However, they reopened an issue that has been discussed for over two years, and had seemed to be settled. The commission’s building committee will meet next week to further discuss plans for the Marshall County Health Department building...