Stories from Thursday, May 10, 2018

After a grueling four-game winning streak, the Forrest Rockets ran low on fuel in the District 12-AA title game, losing 7-3 to Giles County Wednesday night at Nolensville. “It’s like I said last night, the fight in those 25 guys in that dugout is just unreal, they fought through 42 innings of baseball since Sunday,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. “They fought hard, played hard, but just came up a little short.”

LEWISBURG – The Marshall County Tigerettes took the lead against the Giles County Lady Bobcats, but the Lady Bobcats used two three-run innings to take control and ended the Tigerettes’ season with a 6-1 victory in the District 12-AA Tournament Wednesday night at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg. After winning the first three games against the Lady Bobcats this season, the Tigerettes looked poised to continue their streak and advance to the district championship, but Giles County used some timely hitting and missed opportunities by Marshall County to reverse the trend.

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes’ softball team had an outstanding 2017-2018 campaign compiling a rock solid 15-1 record. LMS outscored their opponents 208-50 and six players ended the season batting over .400. Jessa Lancaster led the team with the highest batting average with a .584 mark on the year...

Mahlon Russell, 87, of Berlin, died Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at his home. Mr. Russell was a native of Giles County and was the son of the late William and Tennie Pearl Fralix Russell. He was retired from Uni-Web knitting mill and was a member of the Church of God...

Buford Van Endsley, 93, of Cornersville, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in St. Thomas Midtown Medical Center. Mr. Endsley was a native of Marshall County, TN, born April 24, 1925, son of Virgil and Irma Pruitt Endsley. He was a graduate of Belfast School in the class of 1944. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the liberation of the Philippines in WWII and retired from International Comfort Products. He was a member of the Cornersville Church of Christ...