It never sat well with Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean, losing to Eagleville in Chapel Hill last year and his Lady Rockets made things right on Tuesday when they came away with a 60-51 win over the Lady Eagles in their District 9A home opener. "Eagleville is always a tough game for us, with them being just down the road it adds something special to that game," said Jean. "And with them beating us on our home floor last year, I think made us play a little tight. I told the girls the same thing I say before every game, it's the biggest game of the year. The biggest game of the year is the one you are about to play." more

Longtime rival Cascade beat Forrest 47-32 in Wednesday's Thanksgiving Tournament opener in Chapel Hill before the Rockets bounced back with wins over Hampshire and Culleoka to move to 3-4 on the season. "It was nice to get a couple of wins to end the tournament, the guys needed to see some success and see how the work they are putting in can pay off when they play with a high motor," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "We were able to rotate a lot of players into the games and get some much needed experience for our team." more

The Marshall County Tigers were well represented for post-season honors recently when 13 players were selected to the District 12AA All-District squad. The Tigers picked up two of the highest honors as Chris Walker was selected as the District MVP and first-year head coach Thomas Osteen was rewarded for a great 8-3 season when he was named Coach of the Year. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes finished with a 1-2 record at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament after losing 42-31 to the Eagleville Lady Eagles on Saturday afternoon. Eagleville (5-2) took control of the game early and built a 25-15 lead in the first half before outscoring MCHS 17-16 over the final two quarters to claim the 11-point victory. more

Cascade dealt the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs their fourth loss of the season on Wednesday night, as the Lady Champions rallied to defeat coach Peyton Newton's shorthanded squad 54-40 at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament. Despite only having seven players at their disposal, the Lady Bulldogs (0-4) more than held their own in the first half and built a 29-25 lead through the first two quarters of play. more

Overton added to the Marshall County Tigerettes' early season woes, as they defeated MCHS 54-35 on Tuesday night in Lewisburg. The Lady Bobcats (2-4) broke the game open early and built a 32-12 lead in the first half. Overton then saw their lead swell to 49-14 late in the third quarter before coasting to the 19-point victory. more

After knocking off Marshall County the previous day, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (1-5) were unable to carry the momentum into their next game, as they lost 46-33 to the East Hickman Lady Eagles (6-1) on Saturday morning at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs trailed 31-15 late in the third quarter before battling back to slice the deficit to 35-30 early in the fourth period. more

Arnett Bodenhamer picked up his first win as the head coach of the Marshall County Tigers on Tuesday night when MCHS defeated the Overton Bobcats 73-62 at home. After taking a 41-40 lead into halftime, Marshall County (1-2) held a tenuous 58-55 advantage early in the fourth quarter. The Tigers then controlled the game down the stretch and outscored Overton 15-7 the rest of the way to claim the 11-point victory. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs first win of the season proved to be a memorable one, as they defeated Marshall County 38-34 on Friday morning at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament to claim their first ever win over the Tigerettes on the basketball court. Cornersville (1-4) trailed 18-14 at the break before rallying to take a 34-30 lead with 1:34 left in the fourth quarter. more

After a big 58-39 win over Franklin County on Wednesday, the Forrest Lady Rockets followed with a pair of wins over Summit on Friday and Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, finishing the sweep of the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament in Chapel Hill. "Going 3-0 is a good feeling, it's the first time we haven't lost a game at our own tournament," said Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean. "We beat two solid and athletic AAA teams and a much improving Mt. Pleasant team." more

After losing three straight to start the season, the MCHS Tigerettes broke into the win column on Wednesday, beating Hampshire 53-40 at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament in Chapel Hill. Makiya Morris poured in a game high 28 points for Marshall County, who went coast-to-coast for the victory. more

The Forrest Rockets opened the 2014-2015 home portion of the season in style Tuesday, sweeping the Harpeth Indians in a pair of close matches, 45-32 and 42-38. "We won only because we had a full team and they did not fill every weight class," said Forrest head coach Kyle Stacey. "Filling a team is a huge part of wrestling and it's hard to win without a full team, but we have a long ways to go to be where we want to be as a team." more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (0-3) are still searching for their first win of the season after dropping a 55-36 decision to an undefeated Moore County Raiderette squad on Friday night in Lynchburg. Cornersville stood toe-to-toe with the Raiderettes (5-0) early on and held a 20-18 lead late in the second quarter, but Moore County closed the first half with a 12-3 run to seize a 30-23 advantage. The Raiderettes then pulled away from the Lady Bulldogs in the second half and outscored CHS 25-13 over the final two quarters to claim their fifth straight win over Cornersville. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes travelled to Columbia Central Friday night and ran into a red-hot Lady Lions squad that sped off to a 77-47 coast-to-coast win over Lewisburg. Columbia's Micayla Timmons filled up the nets with a career-high 30 points, including a trio of third quarter 3-pointers that squelched a potential MCHS comeback attempt. more

After losing a one-point game at Shelbyville in their season opener, the MCHS Tigers found themselves in a big cat fight Friday night at Columbia where they led early before falling 65-55. "We just didn't do what we needed to do tonight, we didn't make enough free throws and some bad defense with no help hurt us," said MCHS head coach Arnett Bodenhamer. "In the words of the great Aaron Rogers "relax" we are going to get and when we get it, we will be fine. I don't like to lose, nobody likes to lose, but it is a learning experience." more

The Marshall County Tigerettes (3-5) bowling team had their two-match winning streak snapped on Monday afternoon when they were defeated 23-4 at Galaxy Lanes by a strong Columbia Central Lady Lion squad that finished second in the 2013 Class AAA State Tournament. Columbia also had the upper hand in the boys match, as the two-time defending Class AAA State champs defeated the Tigers 26-1 to run their record to 14-1 on the season. more

The FMS girls suffered a heartbreaking one-point loss to the Lady Hornets before the Rockets came up with their 12th consecutive conference win to salvage the Franklin County split Monday night in Huntland. The Rockets served an early notice that there would be no letdown in their quest for an unbeaten regular season league record when they fired three consecutive long bombs by Josh Meglis, Ryley McClaran, and Ty Hengesbach to start the contest. more

Coming off a loss to Minor Hill earlier in the week, the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (7-4) bounced back on Thursday night by going on the road and defeating Santa Fe 40-27 to complete the season sweep of the Lady Wildcats. Santa Fe, though, evened the score in the nightcap when the Wildcats beat the Bulldogs 46-34 to record their second win over CMS this year. The Lady Bulldogs pounced on Santa Fe early and jumped out to a 12-2 lead in the first quarter on the strength of nine points from Gabby King and a Sarah Beth Prosser three-point play. more

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (4-1) snapped a two-game losing streak against Whitthorne by defeating WMS 48-25 in Columbia on Thursday night. Despite missing a number of easy shots underneath the basket early in the contest, the Tigers held a 14-9 lead at intermission before breaking the game open in the second half and outscoring Whitthorne 33-16 over the final two quarters to pull away for the 23-point victory. more

On Thursday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (3-2) defeated Whitthorne (0-7) for the fourth straight time when they traveled to Columbia and whipped WMS 29-8 behind a strong performance from point guard Demariae Ingram. The Tigerettes blew the game open early and built a 25-0 lead through the first two quarters of play before calling off the dogs in the second half and cruising to the 21-point victory. more