Stories from Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Each week during the 2020 season the Maxwell Football Club will recognize outstanding performances with two weekly awards. The Maxwell Award Player of the Week will be recognized for overall performance on offense, defense or special teams, and the Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week will be honored for outstanding defensive play. Players selected do not have to be represented on the Maxwell or Bednarik Award watch lists...

After securing their first win of the season last week versus Hampshire, the Cornersville Bulldogs entertained Mt. Pleasant Friday in the second game of the year between the two longtime rivals. The Bulldogs got off to a slow start and could never mount enough offense to catch up as the Tigers cruised to an easy 51-31 win to sweep the season series...

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs turned in their best performance of the season Friday night at home versus Mt. Pleasant. Coming in to the 2020-2011 season, the Lady Bulldogs had won seven in a row and nine out of the last 10 games over Mt. Pleasant, who broke the losing streak with a six-point win in a Hall of Champions game earlier this season...

Mary Elizabeth Henderson Watkins, 77, retired secretary for the Columbia Daily Herald, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at her residence in Columbia. A graveside service will be conducted Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. at Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg, TN with Reverend Tommy Vann officiating. ...

Shirley Ann Hedrick, 74, of Lewisburg, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Vanderbilt Medical Center. She was a native of Maury County, the daughter of the late Enoch Blalock and Mary Himes Jett. She was retired from ICP and an employee of Wal-mart. She was avid in the Baptist faith...