Stories from Friday, January 26, 2007

The Liberty Patriots advanced to the championship round of the Bedford County Tournament as they defeated host Webb Middle 54-27 behind Trevor Reed's 15-point, 10-rebound performance. Webb (2-15) made the top seed work hard for a 12-8 advantage after one period and was able to send Patriot star Seth Jarrell to the bench in foul trouble early...

Defense was the name of the game when Community Junior High and Cascade Middle squared off on Thursday night at Webb School. The Viqueens managed only 21 points, but held the Lady Champions (4-13) to just 15 to claim the win and a berth in Saturday's championship game of the Bedford County Tournament...

Jarius Brown, Ryan Adcock and Trent Turner combined for 24 points to lead Cascade Middle over Community Junior High 43-32 in the opening round of the Bedford County Tournament at Webb's Barton Athletic Center on Thursday night. The Champions (7-9) got off to a quick start by scoring the first 17 points before Community notched a basket by Austin Thurber to break the streak at the 1:36 mark...

A Circuit Court jury in the Bedford County Courthouse continued its deliberations this morning in the trial of a Shelbyville man charged with selling .3 grams of crack cocaine two years ago. Joshua Alan Robb, 25, of Orchard Lane allegedly sold cocaine to a confidential informant controlled by agents of the 17th Judicial Drug Task Force who had her equipped with a microphone and digital transmitter...

Approval was given Thursday by the Shelbyville Planning Commission for the site plan for work to be done on areas of Shelbyville Central High School. The additions will total 96,538 square feet, containing a new two-story classroom and office building, which are to be placed between the existing building and the gymnasium, becoming the building's new front entrance, facing Learning Way and the Harris Middle School campus...

A man wanted for statutory rape in Shelbyville was found in Miami Beach Thursday with a missing 16-year-old girl. Liana Spellman, who had missing for two weeks, was found with 23-year-old Darby Ridenour, who is facing charges here. Ridenour also faces charges of interference with custody in Alabama...

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE -- Members of the 101st Airborne Division have been at the National Guard firing range outside of Tullahoma this week, brushing up on their marksmanship and getting new troops ready for possible deployment. Officers with the 101st call the firing range one of the best they've been at and this is what AEDC officials like to hear, since the Air Force base is in the running to host the Common Battlefield Airman Training (CBAT) program...

Times are changing. The days of 40-50 point wins for local teams over Webb Middle appear to be over as this season has proven time and time again. Liberty Middle won't put up an argument over the improvement of the Lady Feet as they were knotted with the Bell Buckle bunch at 15-all with less than three minutes to play in the opening game of the Bedford County Tournament on Thursday...

Funeral services for William Edward Anderson, 83, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Kindred Hospital in Nashville, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Fairlane Church of Christ. Geoff Giesemann and Rufus Clifford will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

It was a chance for a little payback. Harris Middle got a little sweet revenge with an impressive 42-23 win over visiting Coffee County Middle on Thursday night in a Central Tennessee Conference contest. The Red Raiders claimed a 37-24 win earlier in the season...