The Fayette boys’ basketball team played twice last week, losing by 20 points at Curry before losing a heartbreaker later in the week at Haleyville by one point in overtime. On Monday, Dec. 9, Fayette was defeated by Curry 79-59.
The Hubbertville Lady Lions hosted Marion County in the first round of the North Alabama Conference (NAC) Tournament on Thursday, Dec. 12 and lost to the Lady Red Raiders by a score of 52-27. Haylee Pollard and Laikyn Wright led Hubbertville with 11 points each. Madison Cribb scored three points for the Lady Lions, and McKenna Fisher rounded out the scoring with two points.
Scrooge will once again take center-stage this year at the Fayette Civic Center, this time as the central character in Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol.” It has been a few years since Scrooge and his supporting cast appeared on the Civic Center’s stage. Dogwood Productions presented the Christian adaptation of Dickens’ timeless story, “The Gospel According to Scrooge,” for many years prior to the untimely death of the show’s director, Deborah Bynum.
Fayette resident Neil McCabe was recently honored by his former college for doing something that only he can say that he accomplished - scoring the first touchdown for Itawamba College in the history of the program. McCabe signed with the junior college (now community college) after playing high school football for Lauderdale County. He was a starting tailback for the first football team that Itawamba fielded in 1949, 70 years ago.
Forrest Deal, a 16-year old actor who attends Fayette County High School, will be featured in the re-airing of the Dolly Parton holiday movies, “Coat of Many Colors” and Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love.” NBC will rebroadcast “Coat of Many Colors” on Dec. 26 at 8 p.m. and will air “Christmas of Many Colors” the following night at 8 p.m.
Pictured are a few of the many trees featured in this year’s Fayette Arts Museum’s “Festival of Trees.” The exhibit is on display during normal business hours at the Fayette Civic Center and Arts Museum. There will be an opening reception at the Fayette Civic Center on Friday, Dec. 13 from 6 - 6:50 p.m.
Although it rained earlier in the day, the skies cleared and allowed the 2019 Christmas Parade in Berry to proceed as scheduled.
The Fayette boys basketball team defeated Dora last week before losing to Winfield later in the week, while the Lady Tigers were defeated by both Dora and Winfield. Dora defeated the home-standing Fayette Lady Tigers 45 - 33.
The Berry’s boys basketball team returned to play after taking a few days off for Thanksgiving and delivered three impressive wins during the past week. The Wildcats opened the week traveling to Brilliant, and defeated the Tigers by a score of 61 - 50. Levi Cannon led Berry with 16 points and eight rebounds, followed by Tyler Lollar with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Isaac Darty scored 13 points with eight rebounds, while Isaiah Kizzire also scored in double figures with 10 points and two rebounds.
The Hubbertville boys started the week with a win against Vina 72 - 66. Hubbertville’s Gage Key led all scorers with 25 points. Brady Porter added 15 points, followed closely by Gage Alexander with 14. Landon Morrow scored 12 points and recorded eight rebounds for the Lions, while Austin Berryhill had three points, Grayson Sullivan scored two points, and Brodie Porter made a free throw.
Timothy Vess Benton
Timothy Vess Benton, 22, of Fayette accepted a plea deal last week in Fayette County Circuit Court, pleading guilty to two counts of second degree sodomy. According to 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin, Benton received a sentence of 17 years in an Alabama Department of Corrections prison for each count, with the sentences to run concurrently. Benton was first arrested on May 4, 2017, and charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with forcible compulsion and two counts of first degree sexual abuse with forcible compulsion.
The Fayette Christmas Tree Lighting was held on the lawn of the Fayette County Courthouse on Monday, Nov. 25.
The annual Fayette Christmas Parade was held on Monday, Dec. 2.
During its Nov. 26 meeting, the Fayette City Council approved the removal of a leaning tree from a resident’s property after the council determined that the city’s actions may have contributed to the damage. Councilman Jerry Nichols was absent from the meeting with all other council members present. Malcolm Mostiller appeared before the council to state his case that a pipe placed in a drainage ditch by the city caused a flooding problem on his property and also caused a tree to lean.
The Fayette County Commission held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Nov. 25. All commissioners were present for the meeting. Prior to the start of the meeting, the commiccion held a brief work session to discuss the county’s adherence to the current FY2020 budget.
The commission noted during the work session that most departments were staying within their allotted budgets, but stressed the need to take a look at the budgets monthly to ensure that the budgets do not get out of control.
Audrey Clelland of Winfield shot this 17-point, double-main beam deer on Nov. 17 while hunting in Marion County. The 11-year old, sixth-grade student at Winfield Middle School has been hunting since she was eight years old, and has already become a seasoned hunter. In the three years that she has been hunting, she has killed five does and three bucks. Clelland killed the buck while firing only one shot from her 243 Mossburg Patriot Youth Rifle.
The Lady Tigers’ basketball team hosted Marion County on Nov. 25 and was defeated by the Lady Red Raiders by score of 46-34. This was Fayette’s first loss of the year. Fayette was led in scoring by Jada Savage and Holley Files with 10 points each. Meredith Collins had eight points, followed by Samantha Cox with four points and Iteria Walker with two points.
The Hubbertville Lady Lions traveled to Guin on Nov. 22 and lost to the Lady Red Raiders by a score of 54-23. Haylee Pollard was three-for-three on three-point shots and led Hubbertville with nine points. McKenna Fisher scored eight points, Laikyn Wright registered four points, and Haley Watkins made two points for Hubbertville.
The Berry girls’ basketball team won its first game before losing its next two during the Curry Thanksgiving Tournament. The boys’ team did not play last week.
Berry opened the tournament on Nov. 22 with a game against Sumiton Christian and won by a score of 49-36. Brooke Hill led the Lady Wildcats in scoring with 17 points and five steals. Iannah Fields also scored in double figures with 15 points.
A one-vehicle accident on Saturday, Nov. 23 caused only minor injuries, but resulted in several thousands of dollars in property damage when a 2009 Ford F-150, driven by Christopher Nicholas Blakely of Fayette, hit a utility pole, overturned, and continued into several new utility trailers.
