Stories from Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Good hitting, great pitching and solid defense were the key ingredients for the Community Viqueens in their 6-1 pasting of visiting Eagleville in District 9-A action Monday evening. "This was a big district win for us," Community coach Libby Frost said. "Hopefully this will give us some momentum as we go over to Murfreesboro to face MTCS. We lost a heartbreaker to them last time and we are looking to reverse that over there."...

Charlie Clay "Yark" Rogers Jr., 85, of Normandy, formerly of Wheel, died Tuesday morning at Life Care Center of Tullahoma after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Wheel with David Rash officiating. Burial will follow at Wheel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home and beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Merlin Howard Housch, 85, of Flat Creek died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Senior right-hander Jonathan Horn went the distance on the mound and Shelbyville Central matched his effort at the plate in an 8-2 win over visiting Warren County in a non-district contest Monday. Horn was in control from the start, working ahead in the count on the majority of batters he faced while collecting eight strikeouts and allowing only two walks in a five-hit effort...

Shelbyville Central got a win over Tullahoma from both the boys and girls tennis teams Monday. The Eaglettes downed the Lady Wildcats 5-2, while the Eagles owned a 6-1 victory. Shelbyville travels to Columbia Central today. Girls Singles Mallory Hutton (S) d. Abby Tackett 8-0...

CHAPEL HILL -- Forrest took full advantage of every mistake Cascade made in order to trot off the diamond with a 5-0 win Monday. The Lady Champions (7-7, 4-2 District 9-A) committed six errors and made several other mental mistakes that allowed key Lady Rocket baserunners to take extra bases and advance into scoring position...

Shelbyville Central picked up a huge District 8-AAA win over host Franklin County and banged out 18 hits along the way Monday night. Alyssa Moore claimed the win on the rubber for the Eaglettes (10-18, 4-5 8-AAA), fanning eight batters with three walks while scattering three hits over seven innings...

It was a valiant effort but the Community Vikings started their rally just a little too late to overcome a seven-run cushion built by Forrest in a 6-4 District 9-A loss on Monday evening in Unionville. "I keep telling my team that we may have the best athletes in the district along with Cascade," Community coach Will Caster said. ...

Cascade pitcher Jared Carkuff extended his scoreless innings streak to 24 after a complete-game shutout over host Moore County on Monday. The Champions, winners of six straight, needed every last goose egg Carkuff and the defense could muster as they weren't able to provide much offense in the 1-0 victory...

A Shelbyville man caught last June with an elaborate video game and movie piracy operation entered a guilty plea on Friday. Lemuel Earl Houston, 33, of Templeton Street pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted criminal simulation and was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days, to serve 30 days on the charge...

NASHVILLE -- If he had his way, state Sen. Tim Burchett would get rid of every traffic camera in Tennessee. "I'd like to just put them out of business," the Knoxville Republican said. Burchett is the Senate sponsor of legislation that would place greater restrictions on the process by which traffic cameras photograph motorists and send them tickets if they speed or run red lights. A less stringent compromise bill is moving in the House...

NASHVILLE (AP) -- The state's attorney general says a proposal to create a specialty license plate in Tennessee that says "Jesus is Lord" is probably unconstitutional. The bill would require fees collected from the sale of the plates be used to further the mission of a nonprofit, nonreligious organization, such as the Children's Advocacy Center...

Dr. Bob Womack, a Bedford County native, longtime professor at Middle Tennessee State University and author of "The Echo of Hoofbeats," the definitive history of the Tennessee walking horse, died Saturday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Womack was the father of former State Sen. Andy Womack. He was born and raised in Bedford County but had lived in Murfreesboro for the past 53 years....

Webb's bid to claim the Tullahoma Invitational title came up just short as it fell 4-0 to Clarksville in the final on Saturday night. The teams were scoreless until the 30-minute mark before the victors carried a 1-0 advantage into intermission. The Feet (10-2) were the lone school playing in the Invitational that wasn't Class AAA. Josh Ferrell, Chris Hoover and Zach Wagner made the all-tournament team...

Shelbyville Central hung in tough at Riverdale in a 3-2 loss in non-district soccer action on Saturday night. "I was fairly pleased with the way we played. Riverdale is a quality team," Central coach Neal Gordon said. "There were times we played very well with a lot of intensity then times we didn't but overall it wasn't a bad effort."...

Harris Middle's Golden Eagles rolled to an 8-2 win over visiting Franklin County South on Monday. Tommy Canonico scattered eight hits in the complete-game win while fanning eight batters. Tyler Dennis stroked a pair of doubles, Sterling Smith tripled, Michael Imes doubled and Kristofer Thronberry added a pair of one-baggers to lead the Eagles' 10-hit attack...

Cascade Middle rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat visiting Lincoln County Middle 5-4 in its regular season finale Monday. Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the seventh, the Champions (8-4) got a two-out double from Nolan Barnes to tie the game. Blake Floyd singled Barnes to third base before Chase Carter banged the game-winning single...

Harris Middle's Eaglettes rolled to a 16-1 win over visiting Franklin County South in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday. The Eaglettes (7-3, 4-3 CTC) collected eight hits in just three innings. Baylee Cook ripped a pair of doubles, Allie Odeneal and Peyton Parker each doubled and Alexis Larion added a pair of singles for the winners...