After a 46-36 win in Manchester on Monday, the FMS Rockets travelled to Middle Tennessee Christian School (MTCS) on Thursday and handily beat the Cougars 46-34 in a coast-to-coast win, marking the 16th consecutive Duck River Valley Conference win in a row for Forrest this season. FMS can clinch the outright conference title with a win at Liberty (13-2) on Jan. 5, 2015 or in Lynchburg (3-12) on Jan. 8. more

The Forrest Rockets dropped their third straight game, losing 70-56 to Collinwood in Chapel Hill Monday night. Kelley Ray led the Trojans (7-1) with 20 points, while Ty Robertson (13) and Kedron Hensley (10) also scored in double digits in the contest. A Noah Rumley basket early in the first quarter gave Forrest a 4-3 lead and that would be the last time the Rockets would be in front. more

Cornersville's District opener proved to be a trying experience, as the Bulldogs were thumped 77-40 by defending conference champ Columbia Academy at home on Friday night. CA (5-1, 2-0 District) put the game out of reach early and raced out to a 43-10 lead in the first half before outscoring Cornersville 34-30 over the final two quarters to coast to their 12th straight win over CHS (0-4, 0-1 District). more

On Thursday, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (7-7) completed the season sweep of archrival Richland when they whipped the Raiders 37-14 at home on 8th grade night. Despite getting off to a slow start offensively, the Bulldogs held a 12-7 lead at the break before blowing the game open in the second half and outscoring Richland 25-7 over the final two quarters to claim their fifth straight win over the Raiders. more

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs handed Richland just their second loss of the season on Thursday when they defeated the Lady Raiders 32-25 at home on 8th grade night to earn a split in the season series. After taking an 18-16 lead into the break, the Lady Bulldogs (8-6) slowly pulled away from Richland (10-2) in the second half by outscoring the Lady Raiders 14-9 over the final two quarters to claim the seven-point win. more

Both Lewisburg Middle School basketball teams were dealt losses on Thursday night, as the Tigerettes dropped a 26-12 decision to the Rockvale Lady Ravens on the road, while the Tigers were defeated 58-39 by the Ravens in the nightcap. Having beaten the Tigerettes 29-20 in the Chargers Christmas Invitational at Oakland last year, Rockvale jumped on Lewisburg early in Thursday's contest and built an 8-2 lead in the first quarter. more

The FMS Lady Rockets came up with a solid effort Thursday night in Eagleville, jumping out to a big lead that propelled them to a 31-22 win over the Lady Eagles. Forrest went deep in to the bench in the contest as nine players managed to etch some points in the scorebook. more

The FMS Rockets remained unbeaten in conference play on the season thanks to a gutsy 38-32 win over a determined Eagleville squad Thursday night in Rutherford County. Forrest moved to 14-0 in Duck River Valley Conference play, two games up on Liberty (12-2) with four conference games remaining at press time. more

After winning the District 11-A tournament title last season, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs took the first step towards defending their crown on Friday when they defeated an improved Columbia Academy squad 48-44 at home in their conference opener. Cornersville (2-5, 1-0 District) had won all 23 meetings against Columbia Academy (1-5, 0-2 District) since 2004, but that streak appeared to be in jeopardy after CA built a 34-25 lead midway through the third quarter. more

After a huge 48-45 road win over District 9-A rival Middle Tennessee Christian School on Friday night, the Forrest Lady Rockets returned home on Monday and outlasted a tough Collinwood squad 62-55. "It was a good comeback, but if we take care of business with our own stuff, we don't get down by 10 points," said Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean. "We didn't defend good tonight, and we didn't make that extra pass we have been making in the past couple games, so if we do those two things the first three quarters, we aren't trailing by 10." more

The Marshall County Tigers, coming off back-to-back wins, made it three in a row Friday night with a solid 63-57 triumph over Summit in Lewisburg. "You know me any win is a good win, Summit has some very good shooters and we had to come out and push them off the 3-point line," said MCHS head coach Arnett Bodenhamer. "I think we did a pretty good job of that and I'm extremely proud of the way we shared the ball and the effort we gave for four quarters." more

The Marshall County Tigerettes came up with a huge 32-30 win over Summit Friday night at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg, winning the nail biter on a clutch 3-pointer by Kiya Morris with 10.6 seconds remaining in the game. The Tigerettes (2-6) led the Lady Spartans 8-3 after a low scoring first quarter ended with a Sydney Solomon rebound and put-back, followed by a steal and score by Tianda Hutton. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets travelled to longtime rival Summertown Tuesday night and came away with their biggest margin of victory ever over the Lady Eagles, winning a coast-to-coast blowout 65-34. It turned into a special night for the huge throng of travelling Forrest fans who got to celebrate as senior Savannah Brothers and sophomore Caitlin Yost both eclipsed the 1,000 point career mark before halftime. more

Coming off a big win over New Prospect the previous night, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (6-7) came crashing back down to earth on Tuesday evening when they lost 39-20 to Ethridge Elementary School at home. Having defeated Cornersville handily in their first meeting on Nov. 4, Ethridge built a 20-11 lead in the first half of Tuesday's contest before outscoring the Bulldogs 17-9 over the final two quarters to complete the sweep of CMS. more

The Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (6-6) recorded their most impressive victory of the season on Monday night by going on the road and defeating the New Prospect Tigers 58-46. Although the Lady Bulldogs (7-5) put up a tough fight in the opening game of the evening, they lost to New Prospect for the second time this season when they dropped a heart breaking 40-39 decision to the Lady Tigers. more

After losing a hard fought 40-39 game against a strong New Prospect team the previous evening, the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (7-6) suffered their second straight setback on Tuesday night when they dropped a 33-27 decision to Ethridge Elementary School at home. Ethridge had narrowly defeated Cornersville 22-21 in the previous encounter on Nov. 4, but the Lady Bulldogs appeared they would avenge that loss after rallying from a nine-point second half deficit to take a 24-23 lead midway through the fourth quarter. more

Lincoln County (2-3) recorded their ninth straight victory over the Marshall County Tigerettes (1-6) on Monday night when they defeated MCHS 53-26 in Fayetteville. The Lady Falcons disposed of Marshall County in relatively easy fashion and built a 27-12 lead in the first half before opening up a 48-19 advantage at the end of the third quarter en route to claiming their second win of the season. more

Forrest did not take care of the basketball in Tuesday night's District 9-A home opener versus Eagleville, turning the ball over a myriad of times to the Eagles, who seemed to take advantage of every Rockets' miscue on their way to a 49-35 win. "The most frustrating part of the night was when we were able to set up our half-court defense, they didn't score on us very often," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "The largest majority of their points came from easy baskets or transition threes after turnovers. Holding a team to 49 points when we had 20-plus turnovers and shot very poorly in the first half is an accomplishment to build on, but we will never be satisfied with the overall performance tonight." more

The Forrest wrestling squad continued their hot start to the season Monday night in Chapel Hill as the Rockets swept Greenbrier and Battle Ground Academy (BGA) to improve to 6-1 on the year. Forrest opened with a 51-27 triumph over Greenbrier, avenging their lone loss of the season and the match started in style as Austin "Georgia" Geeting went all three rounds before taking a tough 4-0 decision over Austin Cook in the 145-pound weight class. more

Coming off an impressive 53-52 victory over defending Class AA state champ Jackson South Side at the Rumble on the Ridge in Forrest City, Arkansas two days earlier, the Marshall County Tigers appeared to be brimming with confidence on Monday night when they thrashed the Lincoln County Falcons 74-42 on the road. The Tigers (3-4) pounced on their prey early and jumped out to a 37-17 lead in the first half before outscoring Lincoln County 37-25 over the final two quarters to claim their third straight win over the Falcons (0-5). more