By Thomas Sellers Jr. The debut of the Zane Adams’ Millington Trojan Baseball team had a week delay. After ice, snow and rain cleared out the last week of February and first few days of March, it was sunny and 75 degrees when Adams led his team to the diamond at Brighton Baseball Stadium. The…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. The news is spreading quickly around the Shelby-Metro area that the Tipton-Rosemark Academy Lady Rebels are pretty good. For a firsthand testimony, ask the FACS Lady Crusaders, Bartlett Lady Panthers and Bolton Lady Wildcats. Those teams have already suffered defeats at the hands of Johnie Sanfratello’s Lady Rebels. The latest victim…
The Tuscaloosa County High School Wildcats traveled to the Volunteer State to take on some of the best in Tennessee. The Wildcats played the Tipton-Rosemark Academy Rebels at Rebel Field March 18 with both teams exploding for a big inning. Tuscaloosa scored four runs in one inning. Then the Rebels answered with six runs behind…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. The Brighton Cardinals were three outs away from a 5-0 start under new Head Coach Michael Wickersham. Instead of lamenting over the 3-2 lost to the Bartlett Panthers on opening night, Coach Wick has his players focused on pitching, good defense and an aggressive approach on the base paths and at…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. COVINGTON — Most games between Tipton County softball rivals are thrillers that can turn on one play. The March 16 contest between the Munford Lady Cougars and Covington Lady Chargers followed that traditional script on the field at Crestview Middle School. In the fifth inning of a scoreless game, Munford had…
Recently Munford Cougar defensive end/outside linebacker Edward Estes was joined by the Munford Football coaching staff during his signing to Bethel held in the school’s cafeteria. Estes is the fourth Cougar in the Class of 2015 to sign with the Wildcats and fifth overall from the program to be heading to the next level.
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Hope Home care & Personal Support Agent owner LeeEva Hickerson is combining her passion and compassion to benefit Millington. Growing up in the Rosemark area and graduating from Bolton High School in 1999, Hickerson saw a need in her community. While attending UT-Martin, Hickerson was building toward her career in health…
By Jason Alderman For many teens, there’s nothing more exciting than receiving the first paycheck from a summer job – a sure-fire ticket to fun and freedom. It’s also a great opportunity for parents to encourage proper money management. Parents or guardians need to do some necessary paperwork first. Working teens will need his or…
By Josh Gowan I promise that this is the last time my report comes from Mississippi, that is of course unless I get another opportunity to go, in which case I apologize ahead of time, because I’ll be down I-55 faster than you can say “Man that’s a huge crappie!” This past weekend was the…
By Jim Rast In the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, No. 7523, the Hebrew word in God’s Word for kill is “ratsach”, meaning to murder. What is the difference in our word kill and the Hebrew word? Well, “ratsach”, the Hebrew word means, mostly, to premeditate the killing of another human, our word is murder. The Sixth…
