The FMS Rockets, hoping for an unbeaten season and the honor of holding the Duck River Valley Conference championship trophy came up two points short Thursday night at the Murrey E. Holton Field in Chapel Hill, losing 14-12 to a determined Community squad. "It was a rough night, sometimes the ball just doesn't bounce your way," said FMS head coach Bart Joyce. "The boys played hard, they fought and fought and fought, but sometimes you fall a little short and that's all you can say about tonight." more

Columbia Academy handed the Cornersville Bulldogs (1-6, 1-3 District) their fourth straight loss on Friday, as CHS was throttled 61-7 by the Maury County private school at home on Senior night. Things got ugly early for the Bulldogs, as CA raced out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter before tallying two more touchdowns in the second period to take a 34-0 lead into the break. more

Coming off a 3-0 victory over Cannon County two days earlier, the Marshall County Tigerettes (5-8-1) saw their modest two-game winning streak come to an end when they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Community Viqueens (7-4) at home on a blustery Saturday afternoon. Despite playing their fourth match in five days, the Tigerettes showed plenty of fight early in the contest and battled Community to a 0-0 tie in the first half. more

The Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (7-0) completed the first perfect season in the program's history on Thursday night when they travelled to Lynnville and hammered the Richland Raiders 36-12 in their regular season finale. Cornersville delivered an early knockout blow to the Raiders (1-6) and built a 30-6 lead through the first two quarters of play Despite playing their reserves the entire second half, the Bulldogs tacked on another touchdown in the fourth quarter to open up a 36-6 advantage before cruising to their third straight victory over Richland. more

A shorthanded, battered Rockets squad travelled to Huntland Friday night and gave it all they had before falling 37-27 to the Hornets. "It was a tough loss for us, we had some key guys out but we can't use that as an excuse," said Forrest head coach Matt Kriesky. "The guys will be fine and I know they will come ready to work on Monday. We have been faced with some adversity the past two weeks, but I feel confident in our guys that they will respond well and finish this season out strong." more

On Saturday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (8-1) captured their second Big South Conference title in three years when they went on the road and defeated the top seeded Dickson County Dragons 34-22 in the championship game. Dickson County had beaten LMS 32-14 during the regular season, but the Tigers turned the tables on the Dragons in Saturday's contest and built a 14-0 lead through the first two quarters of play before scoring touchdowns on their first three possessions of the second half to forge a 34-8 advantage early in the fourth period. more

On a night when they honored the 1984 State Championship football team, the Marshall County Tigers (6-1, 3-0 District) looked like potential title contenders on Friday, as they hammered the Cascade Champions 50-19 to the delight of a large Homecoming crowd... more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six 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 October 6, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:¤ Class 6A Record Pts Prv 1. Maryville (15) 6-0 159 1 2. Blackman (1) 7-0 144 2 3. Whitehaven 6-0 123 3 4. Oakland 5-1 109 4 5. Ravenwood 6-0 94 5 6. Riverdale 6-1 66 6 (tie) Science Hill 5-1 66 7 8. Hendersonville 6-1 50 8 9. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett 6-1 33 9 10. Houston 7-0 14 NR Others receiving 12 or more points: None. more

Richland (9-3, 6-2 District) completed the season sweep of the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs on the pitch when they defeated CHS 9-1 in Lynnville on Tuesday night. The Lady Raiders buried Cornersville (1-9, 1-5 District) early and forged a 7-0 lead in the first half before tacking on two more goals in the first 15 minutes of the second stanza to open up a 9-0 advantage. more

After scoring just one goal in their previous two games, the Marshall County Tigerettes (4-7-1) snapped out of their recent offensive funk on Wednesday evening when they defeated the Huntland Lady Hornets 3-1 at home. Huntland (4-9-1) held a 1-0 lead midway through the first half, but the Tigerettes eventually got their offense on track and scored two goals over the next 10 minutes to take a 2-1 lead into the break. Marshall County then tacked on an insurance goal in the second half while holding the Lady Hornets scoreless the rest of the way to claim their fourth victory of the season. more

Posting an undefeated regular season is tough, you need some luck along the way and a lot of determination and the FMS Rockets showed their true grit Tuesday night in Murfreesboro as the winless Cougars gave Forrest all they could handle before the Rockets prevailed 22-20. "That is a well-coached team and their guys fought hard and gave us a ballgame," said FMS head coach Bart Joyce. "On any given night, any team can beat anybody, but our boys fought strong too. We held up an extra point here at the one inch line when our whole defense stood the kid up and got the kid on the ground and that turned the whole game around." more

The Forrest Lady Rockets, coming off consecutive losses, bounced back in a huge way Thursday night on the Lions Club Memorial Field in Chapel Hill, easily handling Cascade 8-2 on Senior Night. "Since it was Senior Night, I was afraid that the girls would have a hard time focusing," said Forrest head coach Natalie Dennis. "But they came out playing hard, although the second half was better than the first." more

If the Cornersville Bulldogs (1-5) are going to reach the Class A playoffs for a second straight year, they will have to make a late season run after losing 35-28 on Friday night to the Zion Christian Academy Eagles on Homecoming. Having defeated Zion Christian 19-6 last year, Cornersville appeared to be in good shape early on in Friday's contest and held a 13-0 lead in the second quarter before the Eagles (3-2) scored a touchdown to narrow the gap to 13-7 at halftime. more

The 2014 Cornersville Middle School Football Homecoming Court. Pictured are, from left, seventh grade attendant Sydney Downs, seventh grade attendant Payton Salsman, C.J. Coble, CMS Homecoming Queen Hunter Campbell, Peyton Finch, eighth grade attendant Moira Borne, and eighth grade attendant Gabriel King. Photos by Pap... more

Wesley Walker made sure Lewisburg Middle School had a happy Homecoming on Thursday night, as the talented eighth grader turned in a tremendous all-around performance to help lead the Tigers to a 43-22 victory over the Lipscomb Academy Mustangs. Aided by three early Mustang turnovers, LMS (6-1) held a 20-6 lead late in the second quarter before Lipscomb Academy (3-2) scored a touchdown in the waning moments of the half to narrow the gap to 20-14 at the break. more

The FMS Rockets pounded Moore County 34-6 on Homecoming in Chapel Hill Thursday night to remain undefeated at 7-0 on the season and with the win over the Raiders, Forrest clinched home field for the Duck River Valley Conference Championship game next Thursday night at "The Rock" versus Community. "It's a great feeling for the program, the school, and the community, because we haven't been in this game in a long time," said FMS head coach Bart Joyce. "I'm proud of the boys, I'm proud of the way they played and I'm proud of what they have accomplished, but there is still a lot more to accomplished and we are glad to be back in that game." The Rockets' two-headed monster struck again as Wesley McCoy and Nick McClendon combined for 257 yards rushing in the contest. more

The 2A Forrest Rockets and 4A Page Patriots battled to a 16-16 regulation tie at the newly dedicated Murrey E. Holton Memorial Field in Chapel Hill on Friday night, but the Rockets fell 23-22 in overtime after Forrest unsuccessfully attempted to win their Homecoming game by going for a two-point conversion after their extra period touchdown. "I lost the game for the kids, I made some costly calls in the game, and put them in bad situations," said Forrest head coach Matt Kriesky. "They played their guts out and I am proud of each and every one of them. We had kids go down left and right, we had kids step up, and there is nothing we can ask, they did everything we asked them to do." more