Stories from Wednesday, July 31, 2019

The Marshall County bats went silent for the second game in a row versus stellar pitching and the lack of hitting ended the hosts’ run at the 13-15 year old Babe Ruth Southeast Region Tournament via a 4-0 loss to Arlington, Virginia in the semifinals on Saturday at the Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Memorial Babe Ruth Field in Lewisburg. Arlington posted a 5-0 record in the tournament and went on to win the title in the championship game, beating Lawrenceburg in an 11-10 slugfest to advance to the Babe Ruth World Series in Bismarck, North Dakota next week.

Duck River Raceway Park Results Saturday, July 27 Pure Stock 1. Dylan McCrary 2. Justin Sells 3. Clint Carter 4. Chris Ruth 5. Josh Bondurant 6. Donnie Ashford 7. Josh Anderson 8. Justin Coleman 9. Ralph Williams, Jr 10. Jeff Beechum 11.Kevin Whaley 12. Jeremy Owens

Hoyle Fleming Montgomery, Jr., 98, died peacefully on July 29, 2019, at Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg, TN. He had been a resident of Village Manor for many years and was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg. Born on March 3, 1921, Fleming was a native of Farmington in Marshall County and graduated from Marshall County High School in 1940. ...