Stories from Friday, January 25, 2019

An old rivalry was revisited at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg Tuesday night as the Giles County Lady Bobcats (7-9, 0-4) came to town to face the MCHS (18-4, 4-1) Tigerettes. The Tigerettes prevailed 56-30, recalling the old days of the 23rd District when duels between these two teams flourished. MCHS, in second place in District 12-AA play at 3-1, were needing a victory to keep pace with front-runner Nolensville.

When the Giles County Bobcats come calling to Dottie Kelso Gym for a District 12-AA doubleheader clash you know the excitement builds. The MCHS band is playing Rock ‘n Roll, the student section is full early, the Concert Choir sings a stirring Star Spangled Banner, and the Tigerettes start the ball rolling with a win. Now it’s ShowTime!! The Tigers did not let the crowd down as they rolled to a 69-51 victory and a regular season sweep over their archrivals from Pulaski.

The Forrest Rockets came into Tuesday night’s home game versus Murfreesboro Central Magnet School (MCM) mired in a three-game District 12-AA losing streak, while the Tigers rode a two-game league winning streak into Chapel Hill. After a good first half in which the Rockets led twice and were tied several times, a second half sputter led to a 43-33 loss. “What a night, our defense showed up, but without the scoring we are capable of,” Forrest coach Randy Toombs said. “Just going to go back to work on our shooting and hope we get back to the offensive team I know we can be at some point.”

After three consecutive District 12-AA losses, the Forrest Lady Rockets got a win and some confidence back as they took care of business Tuesday night at Chapel Hill with a 37-25 victory over Murfreesboro Central Magnet School (MCM). “The girls played hard, we did what we wanted to do defensively again tonight, I thought we played pretty good,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “That’s three games in a row defensively we played good enough to win and tonight we got that win.”

Marshall County High School’s ace righty Hunter Haurez’ pursuit of his boyhood dream took a giant leap forward last week when he signed a Letter of Intent to attend Spalding University at Louisville, Kentucky on a baseball scholarship next season. “It feels amazing, I’ve been working hard for this,” Huarez said. “My goal was to be able to play baseball longer and I’ve got that done, so it feels great.” Huarez, who will be a four-year letterman when the prep baseball season opens for official practice on February 10 had an outstanding 2017-2018 season for the Tigers, posting a 6-1 record with a stellar 1.12 earned run average.

Tribune photo by Jim Wilson Marshall Medical Center officially opened their new physical therapy center here in Lewisburg with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday. Now located on the main hospital campus, the new center offers a new gym and adult and pediatric therapy areas to better serve the community with their physical therapy needs...

Tribune photo by Scott Pearson It seems that Martin Luther King Jr. Day is consistently the coldest of the winter so far and Monday was no different, although that didn’t stop the crowd who gathered to march on Monday in the Unity in the Community march honoring the legacy of King...

Director of the Lewisburg Water and Waste Water Department Trigg Cathey loves sponges. Right now they are one of his favorite things to talk about. Not the kitchen sink kind of sponge or the cartoon sponge but the actual animal sponge itself. Testing in Rock Creek by the Environmental Protection Agency downstream of the waste water plant’s discharge of cleaned water found that the freshwater sponges had reestablished themselves in the creek...

A Lewisburg man was found shot to death Wednesday night in Johnson City, Tenn. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office identified Charles “Rooster” Shelton, 31, of Lewisburg as the victim of a shooting. Deputies responded to a report of an altercation at 415 Cash Hollow Rd. in Johnson City at approximately 9 p.m. on last Wednesday...

photo submitted Several seventh-graders in Mrs. Wiles’ ELA classes at Lewisburg Middle School have been hard at work. They mastered all forty of the seventh-grade ELA Study Island assignments in two months or less. Diya Patel also mastered all eighth-grade assignments within that same time frame. ...

The Westhills Citizen of the Week for January 11 is Daniella Rogel from Mrs. Brooks’ 4th grade class. Daniella is always pleasant to teachers and other students. She is a hard worker that continues to make academic gains and help those around her do the same. Way to go Daniella! Westhills is proud of you!...

Brownie Girl Scout Troop 508 had as invesiture service, in Dec. 1967, at the First Presbyterian Church. Front row, left to right: Debbie Capley, Nan Turbeville, Tammye Daniels, Stephanie Meredith, Susan Wilson. Second row: Kathy McCollum, Sharlene Hill, Joy Boyd, Jan Houston, Mary Jane Stevens, Tammy Ward, Shelly West...

Sometimes deja vu is good, sometimes it’s bad. On Thursday night at Nolensville it was bad when the Forrest wrestling team could not defeat the Knights in the Region 3A-AA Dual Tournament and land a spot in next week’s TSSAA State Dual Wrestling Championships, losing 44-22. Forrest, Nolensville, Eagleville, Cascade, and East Nashville were the top five teams from the region to qualify for the tournament at Nolensville Thursday and for the second year in a row, the only two teams that showed up were the Knights and Rockets.