Stories from Monday, February 18, 2008

For the third straight year, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes will play for the District 8-AAA tournament championship. Top-seed Shelbyville (22-5) meets No. 2 seed Lawrence County tonight at 8 at SCHS. After claiming back-to-back district titles, the Eaglettes advanced by defeating Franklin County 57-32 in the semifinals Saturday afternoon...

Russ Faxon, the Bell Buckle sculptor whose best-known work in Bedford County may be the veterans monument on Shelbyville's public square, has been selected by the National Sculpture Society to have one of his bronze castings on display for the society's 75th anniversary exhibition in New York and South Carolina...

Looking for a three-peat! That's what Shelbyville Central coach Kevin Thomas and the Golden Eagles now have their sights on after dismantling Lawrence County 74-48 in the semifinals of the District 8-AAA tournament Saturday night at SCHS. The top-seeded Eagles (25-4) face No. 2-seed Franklin County for the title Tuesday evening at 8...

NASHVILLE -- Good things happen when you shoot the lights out. For the Webb Feet, those good things couldn't have happened at a better time. Sophomore Logan Burchett and junior Will Murphy scorched the nets all night long, combining for nine 3-pointers and 49 points as Webb earned a convincing 71-58 victory Saturday over homestanding University School of Nashville to claim third place in the East/Middle Region tournament...

NASHVILLE -- They didn't go down without a fight. In fact, for the majority of Saturday's East/Middle Region consolation game, the Webb girls most certainly took the fight right to host University School of Nashville. In the end, the Tigers rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half to squeeze out a narrow 46-44 win over the Lady Feet to advance to the sectional this weekend in Memphis...

Young people sat silently and on the edge of their Calsonic Arena seats on Valentine's Night as Barb Wise shared the heart-wrenching story of her journey from a diagnosis of HIV at age 27 -- to navigating the consequences of living with a terminal illness -- to being happily married for the past 14 years...

Enrollment at Motlow College, which was named one of the fastest-growing colleges in the U.S. by Community College Week, continues its upward path and this spring surpassed 4,000 students for the first time in the college's history, according to Dr. MaryLou Apple, president of the college...

Bloggers at the Times-Gazette web site, t-g.com, have offered their observations on a wide variety of topics so far this month. Here are some excerpts of interest: Bo Melson: Just a thought. With all of our modern medicines and more being developed each day, has mankind ever been served better, pound for pound, by anything better than hot or cold water and aspirin?...

Funeral services for Cindy Marie Farrar, 39, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Douglas Moore will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...