Stories from Friday, March 16, 2018

Coming into Wednesday night’s contest at Columbia Central, the Forrest Rockets had lost seven straight games to the Lions dating back to 2002. The jinx is over thanks to some great pitching and timely hitting by the Rockets that resulted in a 4-2 win. “It was a great performance,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. “It was good team effort, you can’t pick out one play or one pitch or anything like that.” “It was group effort of seven innings to win that ballgame and that’s what they did, we did some little things tonight to get the job done and I’m proud of the way the team played tonight.”

After stomping Richland 10-0 in their season opener at home on Monday, the Marshall County Tigerettes entertained Columbia Academy Tuesday night at Lewisburg and came away with a grind-it-out 2-1 win over the Lady Bulldogs. Columbia Academy had beaten the Tigerettes the previous four times the two teams met with Marshall County’s last win over the Lady Bulldogs coming via a 1-0 win in 2006, which was also the last time Lewisburg made a state tournament appearance. “It was a big win,” MCHS first-year head coach Wes Woods said. “CA is a very quality team and it was good to see good pitching and try to score some runs and do sometimes what it takes to win.”

The Marshall County baseball team opened up the season Monday night in Nashville with a 16-7 win over Hume-Fogg with Nathan Derryberry picking up the win on the mound. The Tigers returned to Lewisburg for their home opener on Tuesday at Joe George Field and for the second consecutive night, the Marshall County (2-0) came out swinging hot bats and pitcher Hunter Haurez threw a masterful performance, finishing with a no-hit shutout in a 10-0 win over the Raiders.

The two-time state champion Forrest Lady Rockets have started their quest for another big season and a return trip to the state tournament with a 2-0 record to begin the season. The Lady Rockets took down Spring Hill 10-3 in the season opener on Tuesday and backed the win up last night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill with a 9-0 triumph over Shelbyville Central...

Janet Lynn Warren, 68, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in The Waters of Shelbyville. Ms. Warren was a native of Chicago, IL, born April 12, 1949, daughter of Hugh and Lee Bronkema Tripp. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by two daughters, Heather (Timmy) Hopkins of Cornersville, and Shelly Barron of Shelbyville, and four grandchildren...