The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (11-3) knocked off a potential playoff opponent on Saturday afternoon when they defeated Region 6-A foe Wayne County 59-49 at the Richland Christmas Classic. Wayne County (5-10) had won the last two meetings against CHS, but the Lady Bulldogs were in control for much of Thursday's contest and built a 25-15 lead in the first half before opening up a 44-30 advantage late in the third quarter. more

Coming off an impressive win over Richland the previous night, the Forrest Rockets (9-6) reeled off their third straight victory on Saturday afternoon when they defeated the Cornersville Bulldogs 61-37 at the Richland Christmas Classic. The Rockets broke the game open early and built a 33-17 lead in the first half before outscoring CHS 28-20 over the final two quarters to cruise to their second win of the season over the Bulldogs (2-12). more

The Forrest Rockets (8-6) gave their fans a late present last Friday night by defeating the Richland Raiders 74-68 at the Richland Christmas Classic. Having narrowly lost to the Raiders 54-51 in their previous encounter on Nov. 27, the Rockets held a 26-24 lead at the break of Friday's contest before using a 31-13 run to forge a 57-37 advantage with 5:33 left in the fourth quarter. Forrest then weathered a frantic rally attempt by Richland (12-3) with the help of some clutch foul shooting to claim the six-point victory. more

On Friday, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (10-3) snapped a two-game losing streak when they defeated the Fayetteville Lady Tigers 62-49 at the Richland Christmas Classic. Although Cornersville had beaten Fayetteville twice already this season, the Lady Tigers (1-11) gave CHS fits early on in Friday's contest and held a 28-20 lead at halftime. The Lady Bulldogs, however, straightened things out after the break and outscored Fayetteville 42-21 over the final two periods to take home the 13-point win. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes came into Thursday night's opener at the East Nashville Holiday Classic shorthanded due to an injury to Morgan Moyers and things went from bad to worse when Mecia Reed and Kemesha McFall also went down. In the meantime. the West Creek Lady Coyotes took advantage of the Tigerettes' misfortune, mauling the Lewisburg girls 68-39. Reed was injured in the first quarter and remained hobbled the entire contest, while McFall played the first half, but did not suit up for the second half. more

Coming off a 63-58 victory over West Creek the previous day, the Marshall County Tigers (7-5) were unable to knock off another Class AAA foe on Friday when they lost 63-51 to the Overton Bobcats (5-8) at the East Nashville Holiday Classic. Marshall County took the fight to the Bobcats in the first half and held a 35-29 lead at the break, but Overton regrouped after the intermission and outscored the Tigers 34-16 over the final two quarters to claim the 12-point win. more

Overton handed the Marshall County Tigerettes (3-11) their third straight loss on Friday afternoon, as the Lady Bobcats (7-6) defeated MCHS 55-43 at the East Nashville Holiday Classic. Overton built a 27-17 lead in the first half before opening up a 44-29 advantage early in the fourth quarter en route to claiming the 12-point win. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (9-2) had their four-game winning streak snapped on Thursday afternoon when they lost 53-43 to the Collinwood Trojanettes at the Community Christmas Classic. Cornersville led for much of the first half, but the Trojanettes (9-1) used a late second quarter surge to take a 28-25 lead into the break. Collinwood then controlled the second half of play and opened up a 52-37 advantage late in the fourth period before claiming the 10-point victory. more

Community played the role of Grinch against Cornersville on Friday night, as the Viqueens defeated the Lady Bulldogs 51-41 before the Vikings thrashed the Bulldogs 67-40 in the finale of the Community Christmas Classic. more

The Marshall County Tigers made a return trip to the East Literature Holiday Classic and came away with a thrilling 63-59 win over West Creek High School from Clarksville. "West Creek is a solid AAA ball team, they play out of the talented Clarksville region and have some quality wins over some good teams," said MCHS head coach Adrian Wilson. "This is a great win for the boys and our program." Both teams came out with a ton of intensity in Thursday night's match-up with the Tigers falling behind the Coyotes 8-7 before back-to-back baskets by Cameron Bowers and Kacey Pleas edged MCHS in front. more

The defending District 9A regular season champion Forrest Rockets broke a three-game skid Friday night, coming up with a big 50-44 league win at Eagleville. "We needed this one, we have lost some close ones lately and have been struggling a little bit," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "This game is always a rivalry game and the boys played hard. We played much better defensively tonight and to hold a good scoring team like them in the forties is what we want to do." more

The Cornersville Bulldogs (2-9) provided their fans with some holiday cheer last Thursday when they defeated the Collinwood Trojans 59-48 at the Community Christmas Classic. Collinwood entered Thursday's contest with an impressive 7-2 record and had won the last seven meetings against the Bulldogs, but Cornersville stayed within striking distance of the Trojans through the first three quarters of play and trailed just 31-30 entering the fourth period. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets travelled to Eagleville on Friday after a ten-day layoff and for a while, the Chapel Hill girls looked a little rusty before a second half explosion carried them to an easy 66-32 win. "After the first half, we played pretty good and that's the way we have to play every night," said Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean. "After that ten-day break and the emotional win over Cascade it was tough, but the girls came out in the second half and took care of business." more

Beech Tournament Girls Thursday: Station Camp vs. Hunters Lane, 10 a.m.; Brentwood vs. Rossview, 11:30 a.m.; Sparkman, Ala., vs. Brentwood Acad., 4 p.m.; Independence vs. Beech, 5:30 p.m. Friday: Second-round games Saturday: Seventh place, 10 a.m.; fifth place, 1 p.m.; third place, 4 p.m.; championship, 7 p.m. Boys Thursday: White House vs. McGavock, 1 p.m.; Marshall Co. vs. Centennial, 2:30 p.m.; Giles Co. vs Hunters Lane, 7 p.m.; Springfield vs. Beech, 8:30 p.m. Friday: Second-round games Saturday: Seventh place, 11:30 a.m.; fifth place, 2:30 p.m.; third place, 5:30 p.m.; championship, 8:30 p.m. more

Mt. Pleasant (8-0,4-0 District) simply had too much firepower for the Cornersville Bulldogs (1-9, 1-3 District) on Tuesday night, as CHS lost 78-52 to the unbeaten Tigers on the road. Having won the last three District 11-A tournament titles, Mt. Pleasant showed why they are one of the favorite to claim another conference crown in the first half of Tuesday's contest and built a 40-21 lead through the first two quarters of play. more

On Monday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (2-9) were dealt a gut wrenching defeat when they were beaten 34-25 at home by the E.O. Coffman Lady Panthers in double overtime. E.O. Coffman had drubbed LMS 39-16 in their last encounter on Nov. 27, but the Tigerettes appeared they would get the better of the Lady Panthers in Monday's contest and held a 20-13 lead early in the fourth quarter. Lewisburg, however, was unable to hold off E.O. Coffman down the stretch, as the Lady Panthers used a 9-2 run to send the game into overtime tied at 22-22. more

The Marshall County Tigers, playing without senior Kevin Peterson, looked like they would not miss a beat without their injured leading scorer, holding an eight-point halftime lead versus Lincoln County until the Falcons came back for a 64-54 win Monday night in Lewisburg. "Although we had a lead and control early on, our foul trouble limited us on how aggressive we could be in the second half," said MCHS head coach Adrian Wilson. "We want to play hard and smart and we played hard but did not play smart. Being out of position defensively caused us to get silly fouls and late in the game our shot selection was suspect. We have to take the best shot available and we didn't do that." more

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (11-0) knocked out another challenger on Monday night when they pummeled E.O. Coffman 41-19 at home to complete the season sweep of the Panthers (11-4). Having defeated E.O. Coffman 34-21 in their previous encounter on Nov. 27, the Tigers staggered the Panthers early in Monday's contest with a flurry of fast break baskets and surged out to a 25-9 lead in the first half. LMS continued to pull away in the second half and opened up a 37-13 advantage early in the fourth quarter before coasting to the 22-point victory. more

Forrest vs Coffee County Wrestling Forrest 48 Coffee County 34 132 Cooper McNair (Forrest) won by forfeit 138 Craig McDonough (Coffee County) won by tech fall over Clay Watson (Forrest) 145 Zach Lusk (Coffee County ) won by tech fall over Ivan Wentzel (Forrest) 152 Phillip Brown (Coffee County ) won by forfeit 160 Jerry Jordan (Forrest) won by pin over Andrew McCormick (Coffee County ) more

The Lewisburg Tigerettes are a gritty group of players and they displayed their determination once again Monday night in Lewisburg, fighting from behind the entire game before finally succumbing 65-54 to Lincoln County. The Lady Falcons were buoyed by a stellar performance from point guard Cortney Story, who poured in a game-high 25 points with one trey and a solid 6-7 performance from the free throw line. more