Stories from Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Stephanie Dawn Dunnavant, 38, of Belfast, died Tuesday, May 7, 2018, in Vanderbilt Medical Center. Stephanie was a native of North Carolina, born March 7, 1980, daughter of Caroll Wayne Dunnavant and Donna Angus. She was a member of the Baptist Church...

People who didn’t know them counted them out. That was a big mistake. The Forrest Rockets are red hot at the right time after winning their fourth straight potential season ending elimination game. After losing to Murfreesboro Central Magnet (MCM) in the first round of the District 12-AA Tournament, the Rockets have staved off elimination with a wins over Community, Marshall County, Nolensville, and a nail-biting 4-3 win over MCM at Nolensville in Tuesday night’s loser’s bracket final on a Drew Daughrity walk off single in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Lewisburg’s Joe Liggett poses seconds after recording his fifth lifetime hole in one on Sunday morning at the Buford Ellington Golf Course on the grounds of Henry Horton State Park. Liggett aced the 172-yard, Par 3, 16th hole using a six-iron and was in a foursome with Scott Delk, T.J. Tipps, and Anthony S. Puca...

Forrest and Marshall County High School met Monday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill in the first-ever district tournament matchup between the two intra-county rivals and the game lived up to the billing as the Lady Rockets won a 2-0 thriller. “It was truly a team effort, because as you know some of us did not get the job done, but that is what a good team is all about,” Forrest coach Becky Cheatham said. “When one person is not getting it done, somebody else has to step up.”

Cornersville’s switch-hitting outfielder Hannah Hart recently signed a Letter of Intent to play softball next season on scholarship at Martin Methodist College at Pulaski. “My biggest goal throughout high school has been to play college softball and I was very excited when coach (Brandie) Paul and (Taylor) Moore offered me,” Hart said. “I am excited to attend Martin not only for athletics, but also for academics.”

The Marshall County High School girls tennis team pulled off a comeback for the ages Thursday at Tullahoma in the finals of the District 8-AAA Tournament as they fought off match point before storming back to win. The number-two seeded Tigerettes had lost 5-2 to top-seeded Tullahoma earlier in the season and were trailing 0-3 after the first three singles matches, facing defeat if they lost just one more point...

Cornersville kicked off the District 8-A Tournament with a 6-5 win over Moore County Thursday night, before suffering a 5-1 loss to host Eagleville on Friday. The Bulldogs tried to fight their way out of the loser’s bracket, but the Moore County Raiders got revenge on Monday, knocking the Bulldogs out of the playoffs via a 3-0 shutout loss...

The Forrest Rockets and the Marshall County Tigers took different paths to the loser’s bracket of the District 12-AA Tournament as Chapel Hill lost 6-2 to Central Magnet in the first round before coming back with a 2-1 win over Community on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers blasted Community 12-3 in the first round, but lost 10-5 to longtime rival Giles County in round two, setting up a titanic battle between the intra-county rivals Monday night at Nolensville.

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs held destiny in their hands as they took on Cascade Tuesday night in a District 8-A Tournament winner’s bracket game. The Lady Dawgs beat Eagleville in round one and then took a hard fought 1-0 win over Moore County in round two. Cornersville lost 2-0 to Cascade on Tuesday and plays Moore County in the loser’s bracket final on Thursday at 5 p.m. Moore County beat the host Lady Hornets 7-2 on Tuesday night.