Stories from Friday, November 11, 2016

Wanda Sopko, 50, of Shelbyville died Thursday, November 10, 2016. The family will hold a Celebration of Life Gathering at a later date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Shelbyville Central High School is showing its "can-do" attitude once again: The Great Canned Food Drive kicks off Friday, Nov. 11. This year's theme is Candyland "Can" End Hunger, said teacher Megan Insell, a faculty sponsor of event organized by the Student Council. The goal is 20,000 items of food and other necessities.

The Shelbyville City Council's dealings with the local utility board of directors continues to be politically charged. The council voted down a proposed ordinance by 3-2 Thursday that would have allowed it to "establish compensation for citizen members of the Shelbyville Power, Water & Sewerage board of directors." The ordinance was on its second and final reading.

The Liberty Patriots couldn't dig their way out of an early hole and suffered a 48-36 loss to cross-county rival Cascade on Thursday night. Cascade utilized its mismatch in the paint and held the Patriots to just three points in the opening frame, while scoring 12 of its own...

It took until the fourth quarter until the Cascade Lady Champions' pressure cracked the Liberty Lady Patriots. Cascade capitalized off a slew of late turnovers and rode the momentum of a 24-point fourth quarter to a 49-34 win over its cross-county rivals...

Kendall Dearing connected a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Harris Middle School's Golden Eaglettes a 26-25 win over visiting White County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday evening. It was a close game from the start with White County leading 7-6 at the end of the opening frame, 13-9 at halftime with the game knotted at 15-all going into the fourth quarter...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eagles fell 45-32 to visiting White County on Thursday night in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup. The Eagles trailed 11-6 at the close of the first quarter, 24-20 at the intermission and 34-30 after three periods...

UNIONVILLE -- After a first quarter that favored visiting Eagleville, the Community Middle Viqueens settled into a defensive rhythm that utterly shut down the Lady Eagles' offense for the remaining three quarters. After falling behind 11-6 in the first quarter, the Viqueens allowed just 12 points through the remaining three quarters and held off Eagleville for a 31-23 win...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Webb Middle boys basketball team was able to dig its way out of a huge early hole and slide past Riverside Christian on Thursday night, 49-46. In the early goings, RCA held all the momentum, racing out to a 12-1 lead after the first quarter. RCA continued to pour on the offense with 18 more in the second period, posting a 20-10 lead by halftime...

Charles "Chuck" Dykstra, 55, of Camden died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare. He will be cremated with no services being planned at this time. Gowen-Smith Chapel is assisting the family.