A funeral service with full military honors will be held Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m. for beloved Montgomery Bell Athletics teacher and rifle coach Lt. Col. Joe Sharbel, who died this week from injuries sustained in a road accident. He was 60.
The service will be held at Cathedral of Incarnation, 2015 West End Avenue and is limited to 300 attendees. A stream will be available at the MBA dining hall, where a celebration of life will begin at 11:30 that morning.
Sharbel, a retired Marine, died Monday after the accident occurred last Friday. Sharbelâs Buell motorcycle was struck when a Ford Escape attempted a left turn into the Kroger parking lot, according to Metro Nashville policeâs initial investigation. The other driver, Anna Proctor, was released from Vanderbilt Medical Center with minor injuries.
Sydney Thorvaldson Claims Gatorade National POY Honor
Photo Credit: MileSplit It s been a really strange time for a lot of people. To still have an opportunity to earn this award and race like I have, it s been really great. I ve worked for this for awhile, so to see it your senior year, it s perfect timing, really. Sydney Thorvaldson
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Sydney Thorvaldson had to take a second on Wednesday to stop and think.
That after four years and four state titles and 35 cross country races won in Wyoming, everything had led up to this moment.
She was awarded Gatorade s highest honor, named National Cross Country Player of the Year for the 2021 season.