Stories from Friday, April 22, 2005

Shelbyville drifted out of District 8-AAA for a game against always tough Murfreesboro Oakland and found themselves on the short end of a 13-3 score in a five-inning contest at Central Thursday afternoon. Oakland exploded for seven runs in the top of the second frame, added four more in the third and rallied for two more in the fourth...

The Moore County Raiderettes were still seeking their first win of the season as they visited Community High for a Thursday doubleheader. They came away with more than they expected, defeating the Viqueens 7-0 and 13-4 in five-inning District 11-A games...

Shelbyville's Eaglette and Eagle tennis teams continue to roll, each claiming District 8-AAA wins over Lincoln County Thursday afternoon at H.V. Griffin Park. The Eaglettes remain undefeated in the district with a 6-1 win while the Eagles shut out the Falcons 7-0...

Shelbyville scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat visiting Tullahoma 2-1 in a huge District 8-AAA softball game Thursday night. The win gave the Eaglettes the regular season sweep over the Lady Wildcats. Freshman Samatha Dye turned in a one-hit effort, fanning six batters and walking only one. The Eaglette defense helped her cause, turning in an outstanding performance as well...

The victim of a traffic accident early Thursday morning north of Shelbyville died later in the day at a Nashville hospital. Chris Wiser, 21, of Clyde Gleaves Road, died about 8 p.m. at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said David Parker, supervisor of student placement and safety for the Bedford County School System. Parker, who was Wiser's former baseball coach at Cascade High School where he also played football, was with the family Thursday night...

Bedford County Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler sentenced at least eight people to prison on Monday when most of the cases were developed by the 17th Judicial Drug and Violence Task Force with the assistance of a confidential informant. The sentencings were issued after the Bedford County grand jury reported another list of true bills of indictment from cases forwarded from General Sessions Court. ...

Bedford County Animal Control officer Michael Gregory defended his program Thursday during a meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement committee. The law enforcement committee, meanwhile, denied Gregory and his deputy hefty salary increases for the upcoming fiscal year, saying they would never make it through full commission approval...

If Community Health Systems, the apparent best bidder, does buy Bedford County Medical Center and builds a replacement hospital, then that new facility appears destined to be the showcase for the Brentwood-based company. "People come to our corporate headquarters and they want to see a hospital," CHS Senior Vice President William Hussey said last night at the BCMC Trustees meeting in the county-owned hospital, where he noted his driving time from Brentwood is about 45 minutes...

The Rev. Morgan Norvell, 70, of Wartrace died Wednesday at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Carbondale, Ill. Visitation with the family will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home with services to follow at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Barry L. Cox Sr. will officiate. Burial will be at Heritage Garden Cemetery in Fairfield...

No need to bring out the jaws of life. Cascade finally pried one of those monkeys off of their backs after taking out District 11-A foe Richland 2-0 on Thursday afternoon in Wartrace. It took a twist of fate from the prior day's contest between the Lady Champions and Cornersville whereby errors accounted for both Lady Bulldog runs...

One day after Webb evened the week's series with University School of Nashville at a game apiece, freshman southpaw Jordan Burchett struck out 14 and didn't allow an earned run but the Feet still fell to their rivals 4-3 in Bell Buckle. "If we would have caught the ball in the ballgame, especially in the third inning, Jordan would have had a shutout," Webb coach Tom Windham said...

Webb invited Battle Ground Academy to Bell Buckle on a gorgeous Thursday afternoon for a friendly softball doubleheader. Things didn't stay too friendly for long as BGA stomped on the Lady Feet 18-0 in the first game before scratching across a run late in game two for a 4-3 victory...

The Webb Feet fell in a home tennis match to Montgomery Bell Academy 6-0 on Thursday. The Lady Feet lost 9-0 to Harpeth Hall. Ronak Sha (8-1), Josh LaLonde (8-2) and Miles Haynes (8-0) fell in the singles matches for the Feet. Sha/Haynes (8-1), Matt Fleischer/Joonhee Lee (8-0) and Jay Chi/LaLonde (8-1) fell in doubles contests for Webb...