Stories from Sunday, February 12, 2006

Anyone that was concerned about Rick Insell not being able to make the transition from one of the nation's elite high school programs to Division I college basketball can rest easy. Things are going quite well, thank you. Insell, a member of The Celebration's 40-member governing body, the TWHNC Association, was named head women's basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State University in May of last year and currently has his team on top of the eastern division of the Sun Belt Conference with a 7-1 league mark and a 14-7 overall record at the midpoint of the chase for the regular season championship. ...

Bigger, stronger, faster and more experienced. When your opponent possesses these qualities when measured against your own, you are, with rare exception, in for a long night on any field of play. District 9-A champion Forrest (16-9, 11-1) strutted into Unionville on Friday night and steamrolled their way to a 67-30 win over a freshman-laden Viking team that was saying goodbye to team leader and lone senior Ryan Zindars...

Community finished regular-season District 9-A play Friday night by falling to champion Forrest 59-24 in Unionville. Forrest (18-6, 12-0 in 9-A) established a 21-9 first-quarter lead by utilizing a very physical press that smothered the young Viqueens' attempts to get the ball upcourt, totally disrupting any chance to get into any semblance of offensive flow...

 MURFREESBORO -- Some nights nothing seems to go your way. Shots don't fall. Whistles are aimed at your team. The clock ticks faster the further you fall behind. Cascade's District 9-A finale at Middle Tennessee Christian was such an evening as they fell 52-41 on Friday...

MURFREESBORO -- Cascade sprinted out of the gates with an early 9-0 lead and never let up en route to a 59-46 District 9-A win over host Middle Tennessee Christian on Friday night. The Champions currently rest at No. 3 in District 9-A with an 8-4 record. If Van Buren County wins at second-place Eagleville on Tuesday, they force a tie...

Robert B. Matthews, 71, of Unionville died Friday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

James Kenneth Wagoner, 75, of Shelbyville died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services were Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Dave Turner officiating.

A memorial service for Paul Frank Sawyer, 82, of Shelbyville, who died Feb. 3 at his home, was held Saturday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester with the Rev. Billy Sawyer and the Rev. Mitchell Sawyer officiating.

Funeral services for Harold Casteel, 73, of Franklin County, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center, were held Friday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester. Burial followed in Winchester Memorial Park.