Lewis County halted the Lewisburg Middle Tigerettes' magical run through the TMSAA Area 2 Class AA tournament, as the top seeded Lady Panthers thumped LMS 52-17 in the championship game on Saturday afternoon in Hohenwald. Boasting a stellar 20-0 record coming into Saturday's contest, Lewis County dominated the game from start to finish and built a 26-11 lead in the first half before outscoring the Tigerettes 26-6 over the final two quarters en route to claiming the title. more

On Dec. 7 at Huntland, the Hornets burned Forrest from downtown, converting 11 three-pointers in a 70-65 loss, but on Friday night in Chapel Hill, the Rockets turned the tables, raining down a dozen three-bombs in a huge 88-48 thrashing over the Franklin County squad. "I don't know what to say about that, that was ridiculous and it was definitely our best shooting performance this year, by far," said Tyler "Juice" Rumley after the game. Forrest had four players in double figures in the scoring column with Mark Pope leading the way with 22 points, including three treys. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets, coming off a 40-point shellacking at Moore County, righted the ship at home Friday night, coming away with a thrilling 53-51 win over Huntland. "That must have been a good game to watch, but it was pretty tough from where I was," said Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean. "It' been a long four days of practice, but they were ready to play tonight and we came away with the win." more

As far as road trips go, Friday night's was a good one for both MCHS hoops squads as they came away with a much-needed sweep over East Hickman. The Tigerettes, coming off two straight District 12-AA wins, took to the hardwood in Lyles first and they came out swinging, doubling up the Lady Eagles 20-10 in the first quarter. more

The Forrest Rocket grapplers picked up their 20th win of the season after taking home first place in the Mountain Top Invitational Tournament in Sewanee on Saturday. "Winning this tournament was big step in the right direction for our wrestling program," said Forrest head coach Kyle Stacey. "This should be a big confidence boost for our kids going into the Region Tournament, but they must understand the Region will be much tougher." more

Still perfect. The Lewisburg Middle School Tigers claimed their third straight TMSAA Area 2 Class AA tournament title by defeating the E.O. Coffman Panthers 41-28 on Saturday afternoon in Hohenwald to run their record to 16-0. LMS had defeated the Panthers by double digits twice during the regular season, but E.O. Coffman hung tough for much of Saturday's contest and trailed just 20-18 at halftime before seizing a 26-22 lead late in the third quarter. Hindered by the loss of guard Garrett Martin in the final minute of the third quarter due to a broken wrist, the Panthers (15-6) were unable to hold off Lewisburg down the stretch, as the Tigers outscored E.O. Coffman 19-2 the rest of the way to take home the 13-point win. more

After leading Cornersville High School's football team the last nine years, Ray Stocstill recently decided to hand over the reins of the program to someone else and resigned as the Bulldogs' football coach. Stocstill sighted the desire to watch his son Joe Stocstill play football at the University of Tennessee as the main reason for stepping down, but will still be a part of the school's athletic program by coaching the Cornersville Middle School team this coming Fall. Joe Stocstill is currently a freshman walk-on at UT, but still has four years of eligibility left after redshirting this past season. 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 January 21, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: 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 January 21, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: more

Due to the ice storm on Tuesday and more bad weather on Thursday, the LMS hoops squads had their second round TMSAA Area 2/Class AA Tournament games pushed back to Friday at Lewis County Middle School. The LMS girls sent early shockwaves through the tournament, opening up with a four-overtime 22-19 instant classic win over previously unbeaten and second seeded Bridgeforth Monday night. more

Campbell signs with Motlow State After adding former Cornersville shortstop Makenzie Hopkins to their program last year, Motlow State Community College snatched up another CHS softball standout on Wednesday afternoon when senior Makayla Campbell signed a letter of intent to play for the Lady Bucks. Having started each of her first three years at Cornersville, Campbell has batted leadoff for the Lady Bulldogs the last two seasons while earning All-District honors twice. more

On Wednesday at MCHS, Tigerette all-purpose standout Morgan Moyers signed a Letter of Intent to play softball next season at Motlow College in Lynchburg. "Motlow was close to home, I didn't really want to go to a big school and I really liked coach Raby," said Moyers. "I just followed my dreams, now here it is." more

On Thursday night, the Cornersville Bulldogs (3-14) were unable to slow down a hot shooting Huntland squad, as they dropped a 69-49 decision to the Hornets (12-5) on the road. Cornersville hung tough early and trailed just 35-30 with 6:55 left in the third quarter, but Huntland controlled the game from that point on and outscored CHS 34-19 the rest of the way to pull away for the 20-point victory. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets suffered through a 60-20 pummeling at the hands of Moore County Friday night in Lynchburg. It was the fourth straight loss to the Raiderettes and the forty-point margin was the largest by either squad since at least the turn of the century with Moore County holding a 14-8 advantage in the last 22 contests, dating back to Dec. of 2001. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs tasted defeat for just the fourth time this season when they lost 61-59 to the Huntland Lady Hornets on the road in overtime. After taking a 24-22 lead into halftime, Huntland (9-8) opened up a 41-35 advantage early in the fourth quarter, but the Lady Bulldogs (13-4) rallied to tie the game at 51-51 at the end of regulation. The Lady Hornets then surged out to a 58-51 lead in overtime before weathering another Cornersville comeback attempt to hold on for the two-point win. more

Dual Meet Score Forrest 66 Shelbyville 18 Match Summary 220 Spenser McGuiggan (Forrest) won by forfeit 285 Dallas Castleman (Shelbyville Central) won by pin over Logan Wright (Forrest) 1:15 106 CJ Monce (Forrest) won by pin over Jeremy Jones (Shelbyville Central) 1:57. 113 Peyton Sisk (Forrest) won by forfeit 120 Cage Hargrove (Forrest) won by forfeit 126 Andrew Dyer (Forrest) won by forfeit more

The LMS Tigerettes ended the regular season on high note, outlasting E.A. Cox in a 32-27 thriller Thursday night in Lewisburg. "It was a great way to end the regular season," said LMS head Coach Chris Coleman. "We hung tough, got some big rebounds down the stretch, our players stepped up and made big shots at crucial times, and we had made free throws in the second half that we haven't had a lot this so year, so it feels real good to put one of those away." Leah Hollingsworth scored 10 points, including a three-pointer to start the contest and a resounding, game clinching, three-bomb with 4.6 seconds remaining in the contest. more

Sometimes it is not pretty, you just get the job done and that was the case Friday night in Lynchburg for Forrest as the Rockets came away with 56-41 win over Moore County. The Rockets led from start to finish for their second defeat over Moore County this season. "I was proud of them, we had a great couple of days of practice, really all we focused on was defensive intensity and playing hard the whole game," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "To come out and do that was really the difference." more

After earning a spot on the Tennessean's 2012 All-Midstate Team last month, Marshall County junior kicker Aaron Medley received another major honor this past Thursday when he was named to the Second Team Defense of MaxPreps Medium Schools All-American Football Team as a punter. "It's overwhelming. It's good to get surprised every now and then," said Medley. "I had no idea this was going to happen because I thought I had a pretty average season by my standards. It's a nice honor, but I still have to keep working because I have a new standard to live up to." During the 2012 season, Medley helped the Tigers consistently win the field position battle by averaging an impressive 45 yards per punt on 44 kicks with a long of 61 yards. He also booted 31-of-45 kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks, converted 27-of-30 extra points, and made 3-of-6 field goals, highlighted by a school record 50-yarder against Spring Hill. more

Due to the ice storm on Tuesday, the LMS hoops squads had their second round TMSAA Area 2/Class AA Tournament games pushed back to Thursday night at Lewis County Middle School. The LMS girls sent early shockwaves through the tournament, opening up with a four-overtime 22-19 instant classic win over previously unbeaten and second seeded Bridgeforth Monday night. Leah Hollingsworth led the seventh seeded Tigerettes with 10 points, including two three-pointers, while Zachuriya O'Neal scored six points, Taianda Hutton chipped in with four points and Kendrah Ashby netted a deuce. more