Stories from Wednesday, March 24, 2004

Tonight's opening of the 36th annual National Walking Horse Trainers' Show at Calsonic Arena is seen by those in the industry as the trademark kickoff of the official walking horse show season. A special patriotic presentation will take place each evening of the show. ...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' budget and finance committee deferred action on Tuesday night funding courthouse repairs for the second month in a row and refused to establish guidelines for hiring architectural services for county projects...

Bedford County jurors were spared what attorneys estimated to be three days of listening to graphic testimony when William Larry Gilliland, 38, of Shelbyville entered into a plea bargain Monday that earned him four consecutive five-year prison sentences for aggravated assault...

The driver of a large fuel truck involved in a four-vehicle pileup Monday morning on North Main Street was driving on a suspended license, according to Shelbyville police. Keith D. Grissett, 46, of La Vergne, a driver for Eagle Transport Corp., was charged after the truck struck the rear of a stopped car operated by William L. Gilliland, 59, Hurricane Grove Road, according to Officer Justin Smith's report...

Errors plagued the Community Viqueens in their 11-4 District 11-A loss to the Huntland Lady Hornets in Unionville on Tuesday afternoon. Lesley Layne tagged a pitch down the center of the field for a triple and added two singles for the Viqueens' top hitting honors. ...

Cascade's Lady Champions fell 6-2 to visiting Culleoka in a District 11-A matchup Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Warriors banged out 13 hits, led by catcher Kayla Cole's two doubles and single. Anna Foster ripped a double and two singles. Culleoka senior Paige Provey allowed only two hits -- singles by Kate Prince and Katie Jackson in the bottom of the sixth -- while fanning nine and walking only one...

The Shelbyville Golden Eaglettes made their first home game of the season a winning one, taking a solid 7-1 District 8-AAA victory over Lawrence County's Lady 'Cats. Catcher Jillian King was the big hitter for the Eaglettes. She connected three out of her four times at bat, blasting out a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth and collecting two singles...

CORNERSVILLE -- A seven-run third inning paved the way as Cascade's Champions rolled to a 10-4 win over Cornersville's Bulldogs in a District 11-A contest Tuesday night. It's the third straight win for the Champions (4-3/3-1). Cascade banged out seven hits which led to seven runs in the third, including a two-run double by senior outfielder Daniel Bledsoe. Cory Cooper ripped a RBI double and single to lead Cascade's 12-hit attack...

Despite a shaky start the Shelbyville Golden Eagles (3-3, 1-0 District 8-AAA) have stormed back with a winning form. Tuesday afternoon was no exception as the Eagles picked up their first district win of the season, 9-3 at Columbia. Shelbyville turned in another great defensive performance, led by pitcher Ryan Turner. Turner was throwing heat, giving up only seven hits, walking two and striking out three...

Cascade's Champions picked up a win on the road, defeating Wayne County 13-0 Tuesday afternoon in Waynesboro. The Champions scored seven goals in the opening half with Nathan Van Fleet and Noe Basurto each netting three in the first half. Randy Helton scored the first goal of the game on a long shot...

One might call it a new beginning for this year's Shelbyville Golden Eagle soccer team with nine new starters on the field, but this group kicked the season off on the right foot, defeating Oakland 1-0 Tuesday night at the SCHS Soccer Complex. "We had a lot of inexperienced varsity players," head coach Neal Gordon said, "but they played like a bunch of seasoned veterans."...

Shelbyville's tennis team had a deja vu experience against Columbia Tuesday. The only difference was the place and the school. On Monday Shelbyville hosted Franklin County and beat them 11-1 with the boys winning 6-1 and the girls 7-0. The Eagles and Eaglettes did it again against Columbia, winning by identical scores...