Stories from Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Thomas Lindeman brought his powerful, young right arm with him to Fayetteville on Tuesday as the eighth grader saddled up 12 strikeouts in five innings pitched to help Cascade Middle defeat Riverside Christian Academy 9-2. Tae Patton sent the crowd home in dramatic fashion by throwing a runner out at home with teammate Austin Gentry applying the tag...

Community Middle's softball team bounced back from a 9-5 deficit with a five-run rally with two outs in the fifth to defeat host Liberty 10-9 on Tuesday. It was the first leg of a treacherous stretch of five games in four days for the Viqueens (3-3)...

It took a game and a half to get it done, but the Cascade baseball team opened up its 2011 season in winning fashion by edging Page 3-2 in 10 innings in Franklin on Tuesday night. All-district catcher Gavin Elmore appears ready to build off a quality sophomore campaign. The left-handed stick scored the game-tying run in the seventh inning on a fielder's choice by pinch hitter Ryan Adcock...

The Shelbyville Central track team made an impressive debut against Tullahoma and Franklin County in Tullahoma on Tuesday. Central placed first in two individual events and once in a relay. Shelbyville travels to Siegel in Mufreesboro for a meet on Saturday...

David France of Unionville became the first winner in Bracket Breakdown before the first tipoff. His name was drawn from among readers who pre-registered online Sunday for the Larry Bird signed Boston Celtics jersey. The luck of the draw was doubly sweet for France -- he had never entered a Times-Gazette bracket contest before this one and now he has a chance to win again in the contest sponsored by Kincaid Service Co. and the T-G...

Shelbyville Central's tennis team opened up its season by slamming District 8-AAA opponent Franklin County in Winchester on a gloomy Tuesday. The Eagles lost just nine games in their sweep of all seven matches. The Eaglettes dropped the hammer on the Rebelettes 7-0...

Shelbyville Central opened the season with a 5-0 loss to Division 2 state champion Chattanooga Christian at home on Tuesday night and now will host Class 3A state champion Brentwood on Thursday. "We knew this first week of the regular season was going to be a huge challenge by playing two state champions from last year," Central coach Neal Gordon said. ...

One of the fun things about Twitter is that, every now and then, it gives you a chance to interact with personalities or authors you admire. When I read my copy of "The Sheriff of Yrnameer," a satirical science fiction novel by Michael Rubens, I tweeted my appreciation, and Rubens acknowledged it. ...

My middle son, Ben, was born too late. Not as far as I was concerned -- in fact, the little stinker could have shown up two weeks earlier and made me, my back, and my bladder a lot happier. But he was born in the wrong time period. He's letting his hair grow out again, after cutting off more than a foot of it less than nine months ago to donate to Locks of Love. ...

Saturday is supposed to be warm and partly sunny -- a perfect setting for Bell Buckle's Daffodil Day. "It was a little wet last year," said Debbie Sheetz, who runs three Bell Buckle businesses with her husband Joe, the Bell Buckle Chamber of Commerce president...

Sometimes, people need someone they can to talk to -- someone who can help, or knows how to get that help. Beginning on Saturday in Tullahoma, you can learn how to be that someone who is there when needed the most. Volunteer training classes for Contact Life Line will be held Saturday at First Baptist Church in Tullahoma, 108 Grundy St., from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m...

A Shelbyville man accused of robbing a convenience store at gunpoint last year may face "substantial" time in prison following a federal indictment issued in the case. Justin Pickle, 24, of Central Avenue is now the subject of a three-count indictment stemming from his alleged robbery of Wedge Market, Belmont Avenue, on Sept. 2...

Charles Homer Barber, 89, of Unionville died Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Mike Williams and Ronnie Edwards officiating. Burial will follow at Pressgrove Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 PM Friday.

Five different players provided scores as Webb Middle defended its home turf against neighbor Cascade Middle and won 7-0 on a cool, damp Tuesday afternoon. Jared Wilson took an assist from InSub Chung to get the Feet (6-1, 4-0 Central Tennessee Conference) on the board in the third minute. ...