Stories from Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Gov. Phil Bredesen has appointed Assistant District Attorney General Robert Crigler to succeed Judge Charles Lee of Lewisburg as judge of part one of the 17th Judicial District. The court covers Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties. He will be sworn in by Bredesen in early February...

Questions were raised by a member of the Bell Buckle Planning Commission about a recently formed land use committee that is making recommendations about the controversial subject of growth in that small town and the mayor of Bell Buckle has expressed concerns about the practice of that committee holding closed meetings...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee recommended Tuesday night that the county apply for a community development block grant on behalf of Bedford County Utility District. This has been a common occurrence over the years. Only a government can apply for block grant funding, so either BCUD or Flat Creek Water Cooperative must ask the county to apply for grant funding on its behalf...

A man who began the night by "flirting with" and asking a Shelbyville convenience store clerk for a date followed up by demanding much more -- at gunpoint -- early Tuesday. The suspect, who had been in Golden Gallon, North Main Street, "two or three times" earlier, returned at 2:54 a.m. "with his hand in his pocket like he had a weapon," Officer Cody King of the Shelbyville Police Department said. "He told her to give him the money from the register."...

Victory Baptist's Patriots had 14 points apiece from Joshua Leathers, Tyler Smith and Michael McClure in Tuesday night's 60-48 road win at Elk Valley Christian. Steven Evans had 17 for Elk Valley, Cody Smith 16 and Daniel Hutchins 10. Elk Valley led 13-9 after the first quarter, 29-22 at halftime and 45-37 moving into the fourth quarter...

Bart Badgett's five 3-pointers would not be enough for Webb, who fell at home 36-31 to University School of Nashville. "It was a pretty close game throughout," Webb coach Jon Bloom said. "It was a three-point game much of the fourth quarter. They tried to stall the ball most of the time."...

After being trounced by around 20 points in their last game of 2004, Webb owed University School of Nashville some payback for making Christmas a little sour. The Lady Feet did just that Tuesday night with a 53-41 victory in Bell Buckle. "I'm really proud of how they were mentally ready to play this game," Webb coach Anita Bartlett Spann said...

CULLEOKA -- After playing out the first quarter to a 7-all tie Tuesday night, Cascade took off on a 14-2 run that lasted into the third quarter to distance themselves from Culleoka. The Lady Champions fought hard down the stretch and never let the Lady Warriors back in the game as the lead never shrunk to smaller than six points and Cascade prevailed 43-35...

The hometown crowd's energy was buzzing as the Community Vikings took the floor Tuesday night against district rival Eagleville. But the buzz dwindled to a moan by the end of the game as Community dropped another one-point thriller, 68-67. It seemed as if the Vikings could do no wrong early. ...

Community's Viqueens overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to take the lead with 50 seconds left on a 3-point goal by Casey Boyce and down visiting District 11-A rival Eagleville 50-49 Tuesday night. Eagleville, to their credit, didn't give up. Chelsie Alsup sank a clutch shot with just 0:17 seconds left and was fouled by Amanda Ledbetter, her fifth. ...

TULLAHOMA -- Shelbyville's young Eaglettes have all of a sudden put together three wins in a row -- two in tough District 8-AAA -- after handing Tullahoma's Lady Wildcats a 69-18 setback on the road Tuesday night. The Eaglette defense was just too much for Tullahoma to handle, allowing only nine points in each half...

TULLAHOMA -- Shelbyville junior Barry Stewart canned a pair of free throws with 0:04 left on the clock to give Shelbyville's Golden Eagles a 56-54 win on the road against Tullahoma's Wildcats in a huge District 8-AAA game Tuesday night. It's the fifth win in a row for the Eagles (14-6, 4-2)...

Harris Middle School swept a pair of games on the road at Manchester Westwood Tuesday night, the Eaglettes claiming a 45-25 victory in the opening Central Tennessee Conference matchup while the Eagles won the nightcap 56-31. Alex Martin scored a game-high 19 points, including seven from the free throw line, for the winners. Kasey Guess paced Westwood with 10 tallies...

CULLEOKA -- Cascade answered the bell Tuesday night after being dealt their first district blow by Forrest last weekend. Guards Alex Craig and Mike Bauman combined for three 3-pointers and 11 of their team's 19 fourth quarter points to help Cascade fend off a Culleoka rally and win 64-57...