A gutty second half comeback by Cornersville went for naught on Tuesday night, as the Bulldogs (1-14, 1-8 District) dropped a hard fought 59-51 decision to the Culleoka Warriors on Homecoming. After taking a 28-22 lead into halftime, Culleoka (6-15, 4-6 District) opened up a 35-24 advantage midway through the third quarter before the Bulldogs came storming back to tie the game at 37-37 early in the fourth period. more

The Forrest Rockets wrestling team finished its regular-season slate in style, disposing of Coffee County 8-23 in Chapel Hill Tuesday night. Harley Sisk took to the mat first for the Rockets and came away with a first-period pin over Hannah Curtis in the 106-pound weight class. more

It was not a competitive game for very long at Christ Presbyterian Academy Tuesday night as the Marshall County Tigerettes fell 78-33 to the No. 2 ranked Lady Lions. "It was really tough, I think we are just going through a tough time right now, we had a lot of people quit and are not with us right now, so we are a little sluggish and a little slow, but we just have to build and play hard," said Marshall County senior Kiya Morris. more

In a battle of the only two remaining District 12-AA unbeaten teams, it was the Christ Presbyterian Academy Lions who took round one, beating Marshall County 73-55 in Nashville Tuesday night. "They are a damn good team, hopefully we will get the opportunity to play them three more times, that would be great," said Marshall County coach Arnett Bodenhamer. more

On Tuesday night, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs snapped a three-game losing streak by thrashing District foe Culleoka 56-26 on Homecoming to complete the sweep of the season series. Cornersville (6-12, 4-5 District) put the game out of reach early and built a 32-12 lead in the first half before outscoring the Lady Warriors 24-14 over the final two quarters to cruise to their 26th straight win over Culleoka. more

After failing to break the 40-point mark in each of their last two games, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs had their offense muzzled once again on Friday night when they dropped a 41-34 decision to District rival Richland in Lynnville. The Lady Raiders (9-10, 8-1 District) led nearly the entire contest and built a 14-9 advantage in the first half before opening up a 30-17 cushion early in the fourth quarter. more

The FMS Lady Rockets, coming off their biggest win of the year over Cascade in the second round of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament, had a letdown on Thursday, losing to Community 33-14 in the semifinals. The third-seeded Viqueens pillaged the Lady Rockets from the outset of the game, reeling off a dozen straight points before Emily Yost scored in the low post for Forrest with 1:01 remaining in the first quarter. more

With senior guard Tate Lowery missing his second straight game after reaggravating a knee injury that he suffered earlier in the season, the Cornersville Bulldogs were unable to keep pace with District rival Richland on Friday night, as they were drubbed 67-34 by the Raiders in Lynnville. Richland (10-11, 5-4 District) built a 31-18 lead in the first half before blowing the game open after intermission and outscoring CHS 36-16 over the final two periods to cruise to their 15th straight win over the Bulldogs. more

With the regular season coming to a close this week, the Forrest Rockets' trip to White House on Thursday for a dual match with the Blue Devils and Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet started out with an easy 72-12 win over the Blue Knights, followed by a 54-29 triumph over the home squad. more

The No. 10 seeded FMS Lady Rockets (11-11) finished the season on a high note Saturday in Chapel Hill, coming back to defeat No. 4 seeded Huntland (14-7) 34-29 in the consolation game of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament. "These kids bought in immediately after I took over and worked hard and I can't complain one bit about any of the kids or the team as a whole," said FMS head coach David Junkins. "One of the things we talked about was having each other's back, I had theirs, they had mine and they bought into what I was asking them to do and it paid off for us." more

The Forrest Rockets came into Thursday night's World Tournament semifinal versus Eagleville riding an 18-game conference winning streak, and they tacked on another victory to the unblemished record with a 39-27 win over a pesky Eagles squad. Two Dylan Jones baskets and a steal and score by Josh Meglis gave FMS an early 6-0 lead before Eagleville standout Ethan Cobb dropped in a bucket in the low post, making it 6-2. more

Although their final regular season match did not yield another qualifier for the upcoming Region Swim Meet, all three Marshall County teams enjoyed a productive night in the pool at the Lewisburg Recreation Center on Thursday, as nine different swimmers set personal bests in 13 different events. "I was surprised. We did really well considering that we had time off because of Christmas break and missed some practices because they were working on the pool," said Jeff Borne, who coaches all three local teams. more

Having finished second in the James C. Haile Tournament last year, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (10-4) appear poised to make another deep run this season after crushing the North Gators 58-23 on Saturday night at Middle Tennessee Christian School in the first round of the Class AAA bracket. The Tigers were never seriously challenged by North (5-10) and built a 39-17 lead in the first half before outscoring the Gators 19-6 over the final two quarters to cruise to the 35-point victory. more

The James C. Haile Tournament brought out the best in the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (5-9) on Saturday night, as they defeated the Algood Lady Redskins 36-27 at Middle Tennessee Christian School in the first round of the Class AAA bracket. Mired in a five-game losing streak coming into Saturday's contest, LMS led by as many as nine points in the first half, before Algood (10-7) used a big second quarter run to seize an 18-15 advantage at the break. more

The FMS Rockets teetered on the edge of disappointment in the championship game of the 53rd Annual World Tournament in Chapel Hill Saturday night versus Liberty until Ty Hengesbach drained an ice-cold 3-pointer with 8.1 seconds left, securing a 41-40 comeback win over the Patriots and capping off an undefeated Duck River Valley Conference season slate at 20-0. more

After leading Cornersville High School's football program the last two seasons, John Denton officially stepped down as the head coach of the Bulldogs last week in order to accept a position on Marshall County High School's coaching staff. Denton joins a veteran staff at Marshall County that was able to quickly resurrect the Tigers' program under head coach Thomas Osteen, who posted an 8-3 record in his first year at MCHS. more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 19, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: more

In the end, it was a depth issue and Cascade's superior play in the low post that spoiled one of best efforts of the season by the Marshall County Tigerettes, who faded late in a 56-40 loss Friday night in Wartrace. "We ran out of gas and ran out of bench, we just don't have the depth," said MCHS head coach Jerrie Henry. "I was really proud of the girls the way they did play, it's just hard when they have twelve running in and out and you only have seven." more

The Marshall County Tigers, riding a five-game winning streak, travelled to Cascade Friday night and thanks to a havoc filled 29-point third quarter, MCHS marched home to Lewisburg with a big 74-59 win. "That atmosphere was great, small town, big time athletics, that's what it's about and they had a sixth man here in the first half, they were with it, and I think it rattled us a little bit, they couldn't even hear the calls we were calling," said MCHS head coach Arnett Bodenhamer. "We went into half time and I told them let's play, just play your game and you see when we turn the defensive intensity up, it's a whole new ballgame." more

Columbia Academy finally ended the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (5-11, 3-4 District) decade long run of dominance over them on Tuesday night when they defeated CHS 47-34 at Anderson Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs also tasted defeat later in the evening, as CA drubbed Cornersville 81-49 in the nightcap to complete the sweep of the season series. more