Stories from Friday, March 21, 2008

Liberty Middle evened their record at 4-4 with a 7-3 road win over Westwood Middle behind Nolan Sanders' five-inning, nine-strikeout performance. Sanders allowed only one earned run in his appearance on the hill, walking just three batters to pick up his third win of the year...

Dorothy Lorene Crowell Rion, 83, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Bedford County Nursing Home after an extended illness. Graveside services will be 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Willow Mount Cemetery with Marie Hatcher officiating. Visitation with the family will be 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home...

The driver of a car initially stopped due to a defective taillight was charged with possession of marijuana after a vehicle search Wednesday night. Michelle Lynn Andrus, 21, Shelbyville Mills Road, was stopped by Officer David Curley in the parking lot of a Madison Street bar, As a computer check showed her license had been revoked for DUI, Andrus allegedly told a waitress who was checking on the commotion that she would "have to be arrested for DUI."...

Tennessee General Assembly's lottery subcommittee looking at proposals for disbursing excess lottery funds, chaired by Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville), has recommended several bills for passage to the full committee. According to Tracy, there is $460 million in the lottery reserve account, of which $50 million must be kept in savings under current law...

It's too early to tell whether a rescission of $66.3 million in federal funding to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) would impact Bedford County, according to Sen. Jim Tracy. But Tracy stated that he would "work like crazy" to keep projects like the Shelbyville bypass from dropping off TDOT's list of priority projects...

During a meeting Thursday of county employees, County Mayor Eugene Ray said discussions are continuing with Middle Tennessee State University over the possibility of MTSU holding satellite classes in the old Central High School / Harris Middle School building on Elm Street...

Cost control and record-keeping were stressed during a meeting Thursday of the county's department heads. The quarterly luncheon meeting was held Thursday at the Bedford County Emergency Management Agency building on Railroad Avenue. It included the presentation of bonus checks to the staff of Bedford County Zoning Office for their cost-saving measures...

A pair of walks were all that stood between Cascade Middle pitcher Jared Carkuff and complete perfection. The eighth grade pitcher struck out the first eight batters faced and no-hit Huntland Middle in a 3-0 win. Of the 15 outs recorded, 13 were via Carkuff strikeouts...

Harris Middle exploded for six runs in two separate innings in a 12-3 win over Warren County Middle in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup at H.V. Griffin Park. The Eagles (3-1, 2-1 CTC) made the most of four hits, a walk and a pair errors in a six-run third. Then, they took advantage of four hits, two walks and an error in a six-run fifth...

Community Junior High committed two first-inning errors and walked two hitters to allow Cornersville Middle to score three runs and were never able to recover on a cold, windy Thursday night in Unionville, falling 8-4 for their second loss in eight outings...

Cascade suffered their first road defeat of the young season 6-1 to Marshall County in Lewisburg. Tiffany Gibbs, Leigha Carter and Lauren Claxton had two hits apiece. The Lady Champions (3-2) totaled seven hits. Their defense committed only one error...

Solid defense, good pitching and timely hitting is usually the difference in a close game. Harris Middle proved it in a 1-0 win over visiting Warren County Middle in a Central Tennessee Conference game at H.V. Griffin Park. Eaglette second baseman Lauren Warren reached base on a right field hit and shortstop Haylie Spence followed with a double to center field to score Warren...

The Shelbyville baseball team dropped a heartbreaking 6-5 contest in eight innings to host Hardin County on Thursday on the opening night of the Courier Classic in Savannah. The Golden Eagles (0-5) return to pool play today at noon with matchups against Huntington and Loretto, respectively. Shelbyville then battles Giles County on Saturday morning at 10 before the tournament semifinals are held later in the day...

The Shelbyville Central boys and girls tennis teams completed a clean sweep of 14 matches against Franklin County at H.V. Griffin Park. The Eagles didn't win all seven of their matches without a fight. Jordan Phelps won five consecutive games after being down 4-7...

For much of the first half, Thursday's soccer match between rivals Webb and St. Andrew's-Sewanee was nip-and-tuck as they remained scoreless for the opening 25 minutes. Freshman Zach Wagner took assists from classmate Josh Ferrell twice in a nine-minute span to push the Feet ahead 2-0...

The Community Viqueens opened their District 9-A game with visiting Eagleville like a house afire, scoring four runs on four hits to give freshman pitcher Brittany Haynes an early lead to work with, and then managed to score only four more to fall 15-8 in blustery conditions...

Bedford County Ministerial Association sponsored its annual "Stations of the Cross" Good Friday. Participants walked through Shelbyville, stopping at seven places for readings related to the passion and crucifixion of Christ.

After 60:31 of soccer, it looked like Cascade was ready to turn the corner against one of their District 11-A/AA rivals. However, the upset wasn't meant to be as Spring Hill notched a 2-1 come-from-behind victory in Wartrace. Michael Martin scored on a penalty kick shortly into the first half and the Champions were building steam versus a Raider team that has tormented them in recent years...