Stories from Friday, August 31, 2018

Mr. Marty Lee Ghee, 54, of Big Sandy, TN, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. He was born in Benton Co. TN. Mr. Ghee was a son of the late Marvin Ghee and was an alumnus of Forrest School in Chapel Hill, TN. Marty had a very loving and great spirit as well as being known as a very witty person. His great love of humor was well known. His occupation was that of an Auto Body Repairman. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a brother, who he has joined in heaven, Sean Ghee...

The Forrest Rockets’ golf team swept a tri-match versus Hickman County and Columbia Academy Tuesday at Henry Horton with the Lady Rockets winning 91-93 to remain undefeated on the season at 9-0, while the boys took a 181-202 victory. “I’m really happy with both teams to be honest,” Forrest coach Andy Burkett said. “Our boys have made some big strides this season, a lot of the guys that are playing this is their first year playing golf, so I could not be more proud of them seeing them really start to take to the game, find a love for the game and just see them play well with all the practice they have been putting in.” Columbia Academy did not have a girls team, so it was Forrest versus Hickman County and the match was close the entire nine holes before Chapel Hill prevailed in the end.

Lewisburg is a mid-size town and Marshall County High School is a mid-size school. But for the past four years under head coach Thomas Osteen and his hard-working staff, the Tigers have been sending an enormous amount of football players to the next level. Clocking in at just over the 900 mark in terms of enrollment, the Tigers are the smallest school enrollment-wise in Region 4-4A but have had 13 players sign with colleges in that period alone.

For any horse lover in Tennessee or across the country, the dream gig is getting to show a horse in Shelbyville's Tennessee National Walking Horse Celebration. That dream became a reality this past weekend for two Chapel Hill riders as Taylor (4th place) and Raelynne (3rd place) Williams both had a successful weekend. Raelynne, a seven year-old second-grader at Chapel Hill Elementary School, also shows trotting horses along with the walking horses and will be participating in the Academy Nationals.

Saturday, August 25 Top 5 Pure Stock 1. Dylan McCrary 2. Justin Young 3. Tyler Whaley 4. Justin Sells 5. Tim Wilson

Lewisburg’s Bubba Russell, playing with Bill Marsh, scored a hole in one in league play on Tuesday, acing the Par 3, fifth hole with a nine iron at the Saddle Creek Golf Club.