Stories from Friday, September 20, 2013

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles will have a tough task on their hands when they travel to take on the undefeated Franklin Rebels in a non-district football match up on Friday night. The Rebels (3-0) sit atop their district and are a very well coached team that excels in all three phases of the game...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes now sit atop the District 8-AAA standings after claiming a 2-1 victory over host Columbia as Tullahoma and Lincoln County played to a tie in District 8-AAA action on Thursday evening. After training 1-0 at halftime, the Eaglettes (5-3-2, 3-0-1 8-AAA) tied the score with approximately 10 minutes left to play when Alexis Larion was fouled in the box and Courtney Hornaday stepped up and converted the penalty kick...

The Cascade Lady Champions needed a big win on Thursday night against visiting Giles County. Cassidy Carpenter made sure the Lady Champs delivered. The Lady Champion forward netted a hat trick for Cascade, powering the home team to a big 4-2 win. After the first half, Cascade (3-2) found itself in a 1-1 stalemate with the visitors, with neither team finding much success...

It was a homecoming to remember for the Liberty Patriots. The home team showed no warm welcome on the field against cross-country rival Cascade as the Patriots were able to cruise to a 42-6 win on homecoming night Thursday. The Patriots got on the board with a pair of touchdown runs in the first quarter from David Trisdale and Chris Houston of 24 and 41 yards, respectively...

On Thursday night the Community Vikings struggled to slow down Westwood's running game as the visiting Rockets were able to pick up a 30-8 win. The Vikings came out fighting Thursday night as they were able to hold the Rockets to only eight points well into the second quarter...

MURFREESBORO -- A solid defensive effort coupled with a pair of timely goals landed the Community Viqueens (5-2) a key district win at MTCS on Thursday night. The Viqueens were able to find the back of the net once in each half and get a handful of key stops against the Lady Cougars to help secure the shutout win...

As the regular season comes to a close, District 8-AAA golf teams played in a match at Bear Trace on Thursday. Bear Trace will host the District 8-AAA Tournament on Monday. Coffee County won the match with a team score of 302 led by Andy Stout's 65...

SMYRNA -- The Community Viqueens just can't seem to turn the corner. In virtually every set played this year, the Viqueens have been right with nearly all the competition. But, as with recent matches, the Viqueens gave up a hard-fought loss on the road at Lancaster Christian, falling in straight sets...

Cascade Middle picked up a big 7-0 win over rival Liberty on Tuesday night. Carmen Ray banked a hat trick while Keeley Sutton added two goals. Andrea Nieto finished off the scoring for the Lady Champs with a final goal of the night. Keeper Mallorie Gardner recorded five saves in goal during the win...

Allen Pitner has been named CEO of Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, succeeding long-time chamber executive Walt Wood, who retired effective June 30. Pitner is one of the former owners of Economy Pen & Pencil Company, which closed in 2012. He is also on the board of the local Workforce Solution office, is a member of Shelbyville Municipal Planning Commission and Shelbyville Airport Authority. He is a past president of the chamber's board of directors...

Accusations of possession of child pornography were leveled against a former minister already accused of seducing a member of his church's youth group. Joseph Todd Neill, 37, was charged by direct indictment by the Bedford County grand jury with sexual exploitation of a minor after 90 images containing minors engaged in sexual activity were allegedly discovered on cell phones he owns. None are of members of the youth group, investigators said...

County Mayor Eugene Ray is calling for a sense of urgency for the Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and property committee to come up with recommendations on possible sites for a proposed new jail. "We need to get some recommendations from the committee," Ray said. "We need to meet with Chris (White) to look at sites for the jail and keep the state officials up-to-date...

A Shelbyville attorney will continue to defend a man accused of plotting to kill his wife and another individual. David Lee Claxton, 59, of Warners Bridge Road was arraigned Thursday on charges of attempted first degree murder and solicitation of first degree murder...

Bedford County law enforcement received four grants totalling over $34,000 this week to help fund DUI enforcement. The Governor's Highway Safety Office (GHSO) awarded $21.1 million in grants to 370 Tennessee agencies to support highway traffic safety efforts...

If your son or daughter's impression of humanity were taken solely from TV and the movies, what a skewed view of the world they would have. Imagine emulating the back-stabbing behavior of the competitors on survival-type programs. Even their TV promos talk about how they plan to deceive and eventually vanquish an arch rival. ...

Lois Frances Frutiger, 90, of Unionville died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Eric Richardson and the Rev. Scott Yates officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Ala.