Stories from Monday, March 1, 2010

Dorothy Jane "Dot" Jones Baird, 76, of Lascassas, a graduate of Community High School, died Friday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Westbrook Cemetery with Teb Batey officiating. Visitation will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at Murfreesboro Funeral Home.

CLARKSVILLE--All good things must come to and end. And so it did for the upstart Community Vikings on the road Saturday night in a 68-34 loss to No. 1-ranked Clarksville Academy in the opening round of the Region 5-A tournament. The loss ended their season, but even more noteworthy closed out the basketball careers of two esteemed seniors in Cody Pierce and Kyle Dyer. ...

Clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch helped Cascade keep its season alive in a 78-70 win over East Robertson on Saturday night in the first round of the Region 5-A tournament. The second-seeded Champions (17-11) led for almost the entire game but had to survive a fast-paced fourth quarter that saw the teams combine for 63 points by knocking down 14-of-19 charity tosses in the final 6:31...

MURFREESBORO -- On paper it looked like Shelbyville Central didn't stand a chance and even though it came up short on the scoreboard, no one can question the effort the Golden Eagles played with against host Siegel in the opening round of the Region 4-AAA tournament on Saturday night...

A layup in transition accounted for the only two points Webb could muster in the fourth quarter but that was all it needed to defeat host Lausanne 37-36 in a Division II-A sub-state matchup Saturday. Miles Davis came up with a steal at midcourt and found fellow Feet senior Logan Burchett for the game-winning basket...