Stories from Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Here in the last week at Community High School, we've bitten our nails to nubs, rubbed our erasers bare, and written until our pencils were dull. Preparing for the ACT is no small task. The teachers put in just as much work behind the scenes as we did, and that's a side the students don't see. Just as we spent hours at home studying, they spent hours figuring out just what to say to benefit us the most...

Lookin good with there shades on....lol

Christopher & Logan @ tha dr.

Willie H. "Buddy" Stephens, 68, of Oceanside, Calif., a native of Bedford County, died Sunday, March 18, 2012. Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 31, at 3 p.m. at Wheel Community Center. A covered dish fellowship will follow the meal.

It was a slow start for the Cascade Champions against the Page Patriots on Saturday afternoon. Despite the slow start, the Champs eventually pulled out a 6-5 victory over the Page Patriots in the bottom of the eighth. After holding the visitors scoreless in the first two innings, the Champs gave up five runs to the Patriots in the next three innings, giving the visitors a 5-1 advantage with only nine outs to play...

Everette Julian Grubbs, 87, of Wartrace died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Lynchburg Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Revs. Fay Tucker and Bratton Tucker officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Newspapers are unquestionably a part of the equation in sharing awareness with community members about information -- some of which will hopefully save lives. On Tuesday, Times-Gazette employees learned how to save their own lives when Shelbyville Asst. Fire Chief Brian Nicholson presented a program on fire safety and prevention...

Shelbyville Central bounced back from a shaky start to claim a 14-6 win over visiting Tullahoma in a huge District 8-AAA matchup on Tuesday night. A pair of errors and a walk led to three runs in the first inning for Tullahoma, but the Eaglettes settled down from that point and played well in every facet of the game...

Harris Middle's Golden Eagle soccer team remains undefeated after a 4-2 win over visiting Blackman in a non-conference clash on Tuesday afternoon. Blackman held a 2-1 advantage at halftime. Ismael Hernandez scored a hat-trick with three goals while Jovan Cruz added a goal for the Eagles...

Shelbyville Central (1-1-1) was able to hold off a late rally to pick up the win against Bedford County foe Webb on Tuesday afternoon in Bell Buckle. The Golden Eagles took an early 1-0 lead with the first goal coming off the toe of Kyle Cunningham with the assist from Steven Quinonez. That goal gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead at the half...

Bedford County sports fans have come to expect intensely played games decided at the last minute, no matter the sport, when Cascade and Community load it up in the chute. And Tuesday's game didn't disappoint. Both squads battled to hold leads and both staged come-from-behind rallies before Community finally prevailed with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to overcome a 8-6 advantage by the Champions and win 9-8...

Bedford County Financial Management Committee, which was asked to investigate the possibility of the county buying the Regions Bank building on the square for use as additional courtroom space, also wants to look into the possibility of buying the site of Big Springs Shopping Center on Lane Parkway...

Shelbyville's fire marshal said that it is up to court officials to correct continuing overcrowding issues at the county courthouse. Last December, fire marshal Brian Nicholson, who is also Shelbyville's assistant fire chief, wrote a letter to Bedford County officials about overcrowding in one of the three courtrooms, restricting the number of people allowed in the downstairs chambers...

Following Monday night's 11-4 romp over cross-county rival Cascade, the Community Middle Viqueens hoped to continue the string of success and make it 2-0 against the Lady Champions on Tuesday night. Cascade had other plans. The Lady Champions were able to string together enough hits in the fifth and sixth innings to hold off their arch-foes for the 3-2 victory...

It was an extremely well played game by both teams as Shelbyville Central was edged 4-3 by host Tullahoma in a District 8-AAA matchup on Tuesday evening. The two teams will square off in the second game of the series in Shelbyville this afternoon at 5:30...

This weekend The Black Curtain Players of Cascade High School will present "The Mousetrap" in three performances in the school's auditorium. Written by Agatha Christie, the murder mystery is well-known as having the longest "initial run" of any play in history, now in its 60th year of performances in London's West End...

On Monday afternoon, Bedford County baseball fans were treated to some of the best pitching the mid-state has to offer. Cascade and Eagleville starting pitchers Jared Carkuff and Bryan Smith battled furiously into extra innings before the Champions were able to emerge with a 2-1 decision in the bottom of the 10th inning...

Following a heartbreaking loss to Huntland on Monday night, the Lady Champions were able to rally and pick up a big 9-A win over the Eagleville Lady Eagles on Tuesday afternoon. Cascade piled up nine runs on nine hits, while limiting scoring opportunities for the home team...

For about 88 of 90 total game minutes, the Cascade Champion defense held visiting St. Andews-Sewanee scoreless. That solid defense nearly netted the Champions a slim, 1-0 victory on Tuesday afternoon. But with less than two minutes to play, Tinashe Zimbwa snuck a shot into the Cascade goal to equalize the score at 1-1...

The Shelbyville boys and girls tennis teams split a pair of matches on Tuesday afternoon against Lincoln County as the boys were able to take the 6-1 victory, while the girls suffered a 7-0 loss. The boys faced several tough matches from Lincoln County opponents, but were able to emerge victorious...

Linda Joy Berra, 63, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at Heritage Medical Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. A private burial will be held at a later date. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m.