Two long standing rivals took to the court Monday night at Culleoka as Cornersville and Richland fought to the bitter end to avoid traveling to Linden Friday night to face 12-A power Perry County in the first round of the Region 6-A Tournament. The Bulldogs (13-15) ended a disappointing district tournament appearance by losing to the Raiders (13-11) in the same fashion it had fallen to underdog Hampshire last Thursday-- starting out slow, clawing its way back to take the lead in the fourth quarter before going cold from the field and subsequently losing 44-37. more

he Marshall County Tigers and Giles County met in the District 12-AA semifinals Friday night at Spring Hill after splitting the regular season series 1-1 with Giles edging MCHS by one point in double overtime in Pulaski and Marshall demolishing Giles the second time around with the deep end of the Tiger bench cycling in the game as early as the second quarter. Round three between the two bitter rivals from neighboring counties would be just as heated as the previous games with Marshall County (13-12) trailing by one at halftime, before making a late run to head back to Lewisburg with the 73-62 victory and a spot in the finals against number-one seed CPA the following evening. more

The MCHS Tigers returned to Spring Hill on Saturday for a marquee match-up featuring number-one seed Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA) against seconded-seeded Marshall County for the District 12-AA Tournament Championship for the second consecutive season with the Lions taking the title 62-51 last year. Marshall County played the Lions tooth and nail during the regular season, losing by just eight points on January 5 and a mere seven points just a week prior on February 12, but the Tigers came out flat and struggled to score on the Lions after the end of the first quarter on the way to a 55-26 loss Saturday. more

The Forrest Rockets sent a record six wrestlers to the 2016 Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association State Wrestling Championships at the Williamson County Ag Center in Franklin and half of the Chapel Hill participants earned medalist spots at Saturday's final day of competition. "Three medalists this year and that is the most we have ever had," Forrest coach Kyle Stacey said. "Just an outstanding job this year by all the wresters and all the coaches, we are proud to have every one of them." more

Forrest freshman Jeffery Gross came back strong this morning at the TSSAA State Wrestling Championships, beating Signal Mountain's Isaac Tate 8-4. more

The Forrest Rockets paved new ground today as three wrestlers earned medalist honors at the TSSAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Williamson County Ag Center in Franklin. more

On March 1, 2010 the Middle Tennessee Christian School Lady Cougars broke a an almost decade long losing streak versus Forrest when they pulled off an upset win at East Robertson in the Region 5-A semifinals and since then, the Lady Rockets have lost 8-of-13 to the Murfreesboro private school. The latest setback came via a sluggish 55-42 loss at Chapel Hill Thursday night in the District 9-A semifinals, sending the Lady Rockets to tomorrow's consolation game versus Eagleville (19-8) at 6 p.m. more

Forrest freshman Jeff Gross (left) gets ready to battle Dymond Smith from Pigeon Forge in the TSSAA 106-pound semifinals. Gross (42-4) would go on to lose a close 2-0 decision to Smith, sending the Rocket grappler to the consolation semifinals. more

One of the hardest things to do over the course of a basketball season is to beat the same team three times in one year and Forrest faced that daunting versus Moore County in a District 9A Tournament pay-in on Saturday, just over a week after the Rockets pummeled the Raiders in Chapel Hill by 22 points. more

Forrest took on the Tigers from Fayetteville on Saturday night in a District 9A play-in game and looked to avoid the curse of not being able to beat the same team three times in one season as the Lady Rockets beat Fayetteville handily in both regular season meetings. Forrest would put to rest any thought of an upset by the winless Lady Tigers (0-22), jumping out to a 19-5 lead after one quarter and breezing to a 58-14 win holding Fayetteville to its lowest point total on the year. more

The MCHS Tigerettes traveled to Nashville on Friday to play a make-up game due to inclement weather against the top dog of District 12AA Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA), who had beaten Marshall County by 35 points to start off district play early in January. Marshall County (1-21, 0-10) would not fare much better on this night as the lady Lions (20-4, 10-0) were clicking on all cylinders heading into the 12-AA Tournament and used the Tigerettes as warm-up competition in an 82-37 win. more

The Marshall County Tigers traveled to Nashville on Friday night, trying to claim a win over the lone District 12AA team it had yet to win against during the regular season and lock up second place in the district with a win over a Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA) team that was sporting a 65-game district winning streak. The standing room only crowd at CPA saw a game fit for the top two teams in the district with the Lions edging the Tigers 73-66 despite Marshall County taking a lead into the fourth quarter after going down 11 points at the half. more

After a District 9A Tournament play-in game win over Fayetteville on Saturday, Forrest took on Huntland Monday night at Chapel Hill and the Lady Rockets received a huge boost from standout junior Caitlyn Yost, who poured in 40 points to secure a 65-57 victory over the Lady Hornets. "I don't think I have ever been this tired after a game in a while," Yost said. "We wanted to win, last year we got knocked out in the first round and it stung." more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs looked to avoid the upset bug on Monday night to open the District 11A tournament against a Culleoka squad Cornersville had a tough go against two weeks prior to escaping with a seven-point win on January 29. Cornersville (13-13) made easy work of the Lady Warriors (7-16) on this night, jumping out to an early 39-16 halftime edge en route to a 58-31 victory to move on to the district semifinals at Culleoka Thursday night. more

he Forrest wrestling team made history on Saturday at the Region 3A/AA Individual Tournament at Montgomery Central High School in Cunningham as the Rockets won the team score by one point over Page due to a school record six Chapel Hill grapplers qualifying for the 2016 Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament. Jeffery Gross (106-pounds), Dylan Pendley (113), Wesley McCoy (160) and Nicholas McGuiggan (220) all won region titles, while Billy Clanton (195) finished in second place and Clay Watson (152) came up with a fourth place finish. more

Boys CLASS AAA School Record Pts Prv 1. Blackman (14) 26-0 158 1 2. White County (1) 25-0 120 4 3. Memphis East 23-2 119 2 4. Germantown (1) 24-2 114 T5 5. David Crockett 25-4 90 T5 6. Station Camp 28-1 85 3 7. Cordova 22-3 65 7 8. Oak Ridge 29-2 57 8 9. Independence 23-2 33 9 10. Cane Ridge 22-2 32 10 Others receiving 12 or more points: None. more

asketball February 12: Marshall County at CPA, 6 p.m.* District 9A Tournament at Forrest Play-in round February 13: Fayetteville at Forrest, 1 p.m. (Girls) First round February 15: Eagleville vs. Moore County, 6 p.m.; Huntland vs. Forrest/Fayetteville winner (Girls) February 13: Moore County at Forrest, 2:30 p.m. (Boys) more

The Marshall County Wrestling Club competed in the Tennessee State Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Region 3 Championship last Saturday at Tullahoma High School and the MCWC had eight wrestlers place in the tournament out of the group of twelve that competed. "This has been the most the club has had place in the region tournament in the club's history," said club founder Chris Posey. "The club looks forward to an intense, but fruitful state tournament." more

Perry County (19-5) came into Thursday night's contest at Forrest riding an eight-game winning streak and the Lady Vikings made it nine in a row, beating the Lady Rockets 59-52 in a hard fought game. "We didn't play bad for the second game in row," Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. "We didn't play bad against Moore County too, but we still got beat, so we just need to find a way to win." more

The regular season finale was an encouraging performance by the Forrest Rockets, who took Perry County (13-10) to the limit before falling late 48-47 Thursday night at Chapel Hill. "We just gave them too many second chances, if we could have limited them by three of those we would have been ok, a few less turnovers we would be ok, if we could have taken a few smarter shots, we would be ok," Forrest coach Randy Toombs said. "It was a nice outing. It was encouraging, but it is so encouraging that you just want to win." more