Stories from Tuesday, November 8, 2016

The Cascade High School Band competed at the Division 1 State Championship Saturday at Riverdale High School against 26 bands in preliminary rounds. They made finals and competed against the top nine bands and finished third to finish out their competition marching season. (Submitted photo)...

Editor's Note: The Webb School honor roll was inadvertently omitted from the Honor Roll section Sunday. The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2016-17 school year. An independent college preparatory day/boarding school for grades 6-12, The Webb School is the oldest continuously operating school of its kind in the South. The school has a dual emphasis on academic excellence and character development...

MURFREESBORO -- While the Community Middle Viqueens struggled to get the offensive wheels moving, MTCS didn't fare much better. But the difference in the game came in the third quarter where the Viqueens failed to score, leading to an eventual 21-18 defeat...

The Cascade Lady Champions didn't pull any punches against visiting Fayetteville on Monday night. Cascade rode the momentum off a huge first quarter and coasted to a 44-13 blowout win over the Lady Tigers. Maddie Crosslin was virtually unstoppable in the first quarter...

Though nobody for the Cascade Champions hit double figures, plenty of the team got in on the scoring frenzy against Fayetteville on Monday night. Eleven Champions contributed on the scoreboard and Cascade was able to coast to a 56-32 blowout win over the Tigers...

LYNCHBURG -- The Liberty Lady Patriots fell behind after a big Moore County first quarter and never recovered on Monday night in Lynchburg. The Raiderettes went on to win 40-25 over Liberty. Once again, Mary Alice Shavers provided the spark for the Liberty offense, but got little in the way of offensive support...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eaglettes dropped a 41-30 decision to visiting Whitworth-Buchanan on Monday evening. The Eaglettes fell behind 7-1 a the end of the first quarter, 19-7 at the half and 31-18 going into the fourth quarter. Kendall Dearing and Kailyn Ferrell each pitched in 11 points to lead the Eaglettes...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eagles started slow in a 31-19 loss to Whitworth-Buchanan at home on Monday night, The Eagles trailed 8-2 at the end of the first quarter, 16-6 at halftime and 25-12 after three periods. Kendall Morton and Elijah Smith each netted seven points for the winners...

Leading up to election day, a cross sample of random citizens shared their thoughts on election 2016.

What's on your mind regarding today's elections? The Times-Gazette asked that question of random diners at a restaurant Monday.

If you plan on voting today, Bedford County election administrator Summer Leverette has one piece of advice: have your photo ID ready.

An intoxicated driver carrying several false IDs allegedly tried to run away from the scene of an injury crash at mid-morning Saturday on West Jackson Street.