Stories from Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Thursday, April 5 at Cornersville Wayne County 101 022 0-6 10 2 Cornersville 100 403 X-8 10 3 Wayne County: Aaron Stooksberry 2-for-4, Jojo Swinea 2-for-4, Luke Nichols 2-for-3, Brilee Harris 1-for-3, Hunter Staggs 1-for-4, Adam Goss 1-for-3. RS: Stooksberry 2, Harris, Goss, Swinea, Nichols...

The Forrest Lady Rockets kept on rolling Monday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill as they posted their 12th win in a row via an 8-0 victory over Giles County to improve to 15-1 on the season and 3-0 in District 12-AA play. It’s been a season of firsts for sure with the new district alignment and Monday was another in the first meeting between the two schools since 2006.

It was a historical night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill Thursday as two-time Class A state champion Forrest (2008, 2015) entertained 2005 Class 2A state champ Marshall County in the first-ever district game between the intra-county rival squads. The contest lived up to the hype as the Lady Rockets won the highly contested game 7-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning on a double by Kennedy Gillespie that was compounded by a Lewisburg error which allowed Laura Mealer to score the winning run from first base.

Donald Lee Orman, 83, of Lewisburg, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, April 8, 2018, at 9:44 p.m. Mr. Orman was a native of Charlestown, IN, born on April 18, 1934, son of Ernest and Mildred Daily Orman. He served his country in the U.S. Army, retired from NASA as an electrical engineer, and was a member of the Lewisburg First Baptist Church...