After showing improvement on the basketball court last season, the Cornersville Bulldogs hope to continue that upward trend during the 2013-14 campaign under second-year coach Gerard Randolph. Although the Bulldogs posted just a 5-21 record in Randolph's first year as head coach, Cornersville had won just a total of two games over the two previous seasons. CHS also recorded four victories in District 11-A play during the 2012-13 campaign en route to finishing fifth in the league after notching only one win in conference play the last three years. more

On Thursday, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (4-4) suffered their second straight loss when they were defeated 51-32 by the Riverside Christian Academy Knights in Fayetteville. The Knights (7-3) put the hammer down early and forged a 33-6 lead in the first half before cruising to the 19-point victory. more

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (5-3) handed Riverside Christian Academy just their second loss of the season on Thursday night by defeating the Lady Knights 50-31 in Fayetteville behind a stellar all-around performance by center Morgan Terry. Cornersville held a 20-17 lead at the break, before putting their foot on the gas at the start of the second half and outscoring the Lady Knights 30-15 over the final two quarters to pull away for the 18-point victory. more

In a battle of local rivals, the visiting FMS Rockets came away with a 29-22 win over Community in the nightcap, while the Lady Rockets fell 31-25 to the Viqueens in Unionville. "Playing after a girls' loss is rough, it kind of gives the home team a sense of confidence," said FMS boys' coach Randy Toombs. "But, that's what makes basketball a unique monster, you have to learn to fight and win on the road." Strong start more

For the second straight year, the Marshall County Tigers were knocked out of the Class 4A playoffs by a Chattanooga area team, as MCHS suffered a 52-17 road loss at the hands of District 7 champ Signal Mountain in the first round on Friday night. The Eagles buried Marshall County early and raced out to a 35-10 lead in the first half before outscoring the Tigers 17-7 over the final two quarters to claim the lopsided victory. more

After winning their final three regular season games to grab a spot in the Class A playoffs, the Cornersville Bulldogs (6-5) were unable to carry that momentum into the postseason, as they were defeated 49-14 in the first round by the Wayne County Wildcats on Friday night in Waynesboro. Having beaten Wayne County 21-18 last year, the Bulldogs hung tough early on and trailed just 6-0 late in the second quarter, but the Wildcats (7-4) scored a touchdown and a two-point conversion with 2:18 left in the first half to stretch their lead to 14-0. more

Riverside booted from playoffs The pain and disappointment from the last second loss in 2011 at Decatur County Riverside is just a distant memory now as the Forrest Rockets exacted their revenge in a pressure packed 23-20 come from behind win over the Panthers in Friday night's opening round of the TSSAA Class 2A playoffs at "The Rock" in Chapel Hill. "We showed a lot of mental toughness and pride tonight," said Forrest head coach Brian Coleman. "There was just unbelievable fan support tonight, everybody was excited and I hope the boys did Chapel Hill proud tonight because the pride of this team is they fight for four quarters, every game." more

After taking one out of two ballgames last weekend at the Stewarts Creek Middle School Tournament, the FMS Lady Rockets returned to Chapel Hill for a clash with Liberty on Monday and after battling back to lead in the fourth quarter, Forrest could not hold and fell 27-25. It was a low scoring contest from the start as each team scored just three apiece in the first quarter. more

Bridgeforth completed the season sweep of the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday night, as CMS dropped a hard fought 29-24 decision to the undefeated Lady Bobcats at home. The Lady Bulldogs (4-3) held the upper hand early on and led by as many as six points in the second quarter before taking a 14-13 advantage into the break. more

The FMS Rockets knew they were up against a formidable foe Monday night in Chapel Hill when they took on Liberty and even though FMS never led in the contest, the Patriots needed all their talent to spurn a late Forrest comeback before prevailing 58-47. "The playing behind was a rough place to be against a very good basketball team, and they are unbeaten in conference play," said FMS head coach Randy Toombs. "We can't play catch up to such a good team all night. They were very difficult to defend." more

After defeating Elkton 41-23 the previous evening, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (4-3) had their four-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday night when they lost 40-21 to the Bridgeforth Bobcats at home. Having beaten CMS 21-11 in their previous encounter on Oct. 22, the Bobcats (4-0) held a 21-12 lead at the end of the first half in Tuesday's contest before outscoring Cornersville 19-9 over the final two quarters to complete the sweep of the season series. more

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigers experienced the sting of defeat for the first time in nearly two years on Monday night, as they saw their 27-game win streak come to an end with a 43-34 road loss at the hands of the Spring Hill Generals in their season opener. Having lost the past eight meetings against the Tigers often in blowout fashion, the Generals (3-0) finally stood their ground against LMS in Monday's contest and held a 20-12 lead early in the third quarter. more

n Monday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in their season opener when they rallied from a 12-point second half deficit to defeat the Spring Hill Lady Generals 31-28 on the road in overtime. Spring Hill held a 24-12 lead late in the third quarter and appeared to be in complete control of the contest, but the Tigerettes came storming back and went on a 16-4 run over the final six and a half minutes of regulation to knot the game at 28-28. more

After posting a 24-9 record and capturing the regular season District 9A title in 2011, the Forrest Rockets won 19 games and lost 12 in 2012, but slipped to a third place finish in league play last season under head coach Wes Hobbs, who will enter his third season as head coach in Chapel Hill. "We had a really good season and that went back to good senior leadership, who led by example," said Hobbs. "We had some great wins, beat some really good teams, but then again, we were a little inconsistent at times and we would lose one that made me mad too. Overall, you can never be upset with that kind of season and all the guys played really hard last year." more

Last season, the Forrest Lady Rockets ended up with their first losing record since 2003-2004, but got hot late in the year, including a huge road win at Houston County in the first round of the Region 5A Tournament that propelled the Chapel Hill girls to the region semis where Moore County ended Forrest's season. "Looking back at last year, record wise wasn't good, but I think we went as far as we should have," said FHS head coach Jeremy Jean. "The region semi was a good thing for us, going to Houston County and upsetting them and we did good on that." more

Cornersville Middle School girls basketball coach Peyton Newton got the better of his alma mater on Thursday night, as his Lady Bulldog squad defeated the Richland Lady Raiders 33-28 in the semifinals of the Cornersville Athletic Booster Club tournament. Thursday's game was tightly contested throughout, as CMS held a 12-10 lead at halftime before the Lady Raiders seized a 20-18 advantage at the end of the third quarter. more

The Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (2-2) advanced to the championship game of the Cornersville Athletic Booster Club tournament for the first time in three years by crushing the Richland Raiders 43-17 on Thursday night in the semifinals. Cornersville led by as many as eight points in the first quarter before taking a 10-5 lead into halftime. The Bulldogs then turned the game into a laugher in the second half by outscoring the Raiders 33-12 over the final two quarters to roll to the 26-point victory. more

Huntland claimed their second straight Cornersville Athletic Booster Club tournament title on Saturday night when they defeated the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs 32-14 in the championship game. Having lost all four meetings against the Lady Hornets over the last two years, the Lady Bulldogs (3-2) managed to stay within shouting distance of Huntland early on and trailed just 12-7 at halftime. more

Giles County defeated the Marshall County Tigers for the third straight time on the gridiron when they beat MCHS 42-21 on Friday night at Sam Davis Park in Pulaski. Fighting to obtain one of the last at large bids to the Class 4A playoffs, the Tigers (4-6, 2-3 District) hung tough early on and trailed just 21-13 at halftime. The Bobcats (8-2, 4-1 District) then broke the game open in the second half by scoring three straight touchdowns to forge a 42-13 advantage in the fourth quarter before cruising to the 21-point victory. more