Coming off a blowout win over Lewis County earlier in the week, the Marshall County Tigers (4-2, 3-1 District) reeled off their third straight victory on Friday night by defeating the Summit Spartans 49-45 on the road. The Tigerettes (2-7, 2-2 District), conversely, suffered their second straight loss earlier in the evening when they dropped a 52-48 decision to the Lady Spartans. more

After winning the last four District 11-A regular season titles, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs began defense of their conference crown by crushing Columbia Academy 48-13 at home on Friday night in their league opener. The Lady Bulldogs (6-1, 1-0 District) dominated the contest from start to finish and built a 28-6 lead in the first half before outscoring CA 20-6 over the final two quarters to roll to the 35-point victory. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets fell to 3-8 on the season and winless in league play as they lost their second consecutive District 9-A contest on Friday at Huntland 57-53. Lady Hornet low post standout Alexis Smith muscled in 28 points as Huntland won their first district game of the season, staving off a late Forrest charge to move to 5-3 overall and 1-2 in league play. more

The Forrest Rockets travelled to Huntland Friday night and led for much of the first half and into the third quarter before the Hornets took control in a 70-67 win. "I told the guys after the game, I wouldn't trade them for anybody," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "They played hard until the end and that shows a lot about them as a team." Huntland's Seth Satterfield scored 20 of his game high 27 points in the second half, including four out of his five three-pointers in the contest. more

The Forrest Rockets grapplers are off to a great start, improving to 9-2 on the season after a third-place finish at the 2012 Summit Public/Private Duals Tournament. Forrest was in a pool with Page, Briarcrest Christian, Hume-Fogg, and Creek Wood and the Rockets defeated every school in their pool except the Memphis based Briarcrest Christian School. The Rockets placed second in their pool and went on to wrestle the second place school from the other pool, which was the host Summit Spartans. more

In front of a jammed packed house in Chapel Hill Saturday night, the FMS Lady Rockets' magical post-season run ended with a second place finish after a thrilling 35-30 overtime loss to the top-seeded Moore County Raiderettes (15-2) in the 51st Annual World Tournament title game. "This team has already beaten us once," said Moore County head coach Brooke Lindsay. "I knew it was going to be down to the wire, I knew their press was going to give us trouble, but we won somehow." more

Forrest 54; Warren County 30 106 CJ Monce (Forr) won by forfeit 113 Alex Jordan (Forr) won by forfeit 120 Christian Lopez (WC) won by pin over Cage Hargrove (Forr) 126 Ray Bishop (WC) won by pin over Payton Sisk (Forr) 132 Cooper McNair (Forr) won by pin over Devin Plesant (WC) 138 Bailey Briest (WC) won by pin over Clay Watson (Forr) 145 Ivan Wentzel (Forr) won by pin Jordan Banner (WC) 152 Joshua Stevens (WC) won by forfeit 160 Jerry Jordan (Forr) won by pin over Anthony Hamlet (WC) more

The Marshall County Tigerettes dug themselves a deep hole early in the game before attempting a second half comeback that fell short in a 57-43 loss to Lewis County Tuesday night at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg. "Give the girls some credit, we dug down deep and realized we could play with them in the second half," said MCHS head coach David Junkins. "But that first half was ugly basketball. With about four minutes left to go in the first quarter it was 2-0 and then all of a sudden the wheels came off for us defensively." An Allison Hargrove bucket opened up the scoring in the ballgame and Michala Hopkins ended the first quarter with a basket for MCHS. more

After losing to Whitthorne 36-34 four days earlier, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (1-6) were dealt another heartbreaking defeat on Monday night when they were beaten 26-25 on the road by Fayetteville Middle School in overtime. Having lost to Fayetteville 34-18 in their previous encounter on Nov. 15, the Tigerettes trailed 14-3 at halftime of Monday's contest, but outscored FMS 18-7 over the next two quarters to send the game into overtime tied at 21-21. more

Despite making a spirited fourth quarter rally, the Cornersville Bulldogs (0-6) came up short against Moore County on Tuesday night, as they dropped a 60-55 decision to the Raiders at home. Moore County (3-4) led by double digits for much of the contest and held a 30-19 lead at halftime before opening up a 48-33 advantage late in the third quarter. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (5-1) suffered their first setback of the season on Tuesday night when they were defeated 49-32 at home by a rugged Moore County Raiderette squad. Aided by a dominant first quarter performance, Moore County (4-3) built a 24-16 lead in the first half before opening up a 46-22 advantage midway through the fourth period en route to claiming their third straight win over CHS. more

On Monday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (7-0) once again ran amok on the basketball court, as they crushed Fayetteville Middle School 65-23 on the road to remain undefeated. After defeating FMS 59-21 in their last encounter on Nov. 15, the Tigers turned in another dominant performance in Monday's contest and built a 31-12 lead in the first half before outscoring Fayetteville 34-11 over the final two quarters to roll to the 42-point victory. more

The Marshall County Tigers went off Tuesday night, turning in an incredible, high-flying first quarter that put away Lewis County in just eight minutes in a huge 64-27 blowout win in Lewisburg. The Tigers scored the game's first 17 points and continued the pummeling in a once in a season or even a couple of seasons 34-4 first period pounding. more

The FMS Lady Rockets are one climb away from completing their trek to reach the top of world after a thrilling 32-29 overtime win over Middle Tennessee Christian School (MTCS) Thursday night in Chapel Hill in the semifinals of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament. The seventh seeded Lady Rockets (6-10) quest to reach the summit has now included wins over the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in Cascade and MTCS, respectively. more

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes suffered their fifth straight loss on Thursday night when they dropped a hard fought 36-34 decision to Whitthorne Middle School in Columbia. After taking a 16-11 lead into the halftime, the Tigerettes (1-5) held a 25-23 lead early in the fourth quarter. Lewisburg, however, was unable to hold off Whitthorne down the stretch, as WMS used a 12-5 run to seize a 35-30 lead with 1:00 left before holding on for the two-point victory. more

The FMS Rockets' season ended with a 38-24 loss in Monday night's opening round of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament in Chapel Hill versus second-seeded Eagleville, but not without a good fight. "The season was about what we expected, especially with all the injuries at the beginning," said FMS head coach Randy Toombs. "The one thing that has really hurt this program a lot is practice time. We haven't really had a consistent practice time and it is not their fault. It more goes on line of the whole program overall. The girls have been pretty solid in their practice, but we haven't. But not a bad year and I will sit down with them and let them know what they need to do to excel at the next level and I am the next level." more

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The Cornersville Bulldogs gave it their all on Friday night, but saw victory elude them once again, as they suffered a gut wrenching 48-47 loss to the Fayetteville Tigers in their home opener. Fayetteville (4-3) had defeated CHS 61-41 in their previous encounter on Nov. 13, but the Bulldogs (0-5) put up a much tougher fight this time around and held a 47-45 lead in the waning moments of the fourth quarter. more

After passing a couple of tough tests earlier in the week, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (6-0) aced another exam on Thursday night when they hammered Whitthorne Middle School 65-19 in Columbia. Aided by a dominant first quarter performance, the Tigers buried Whitthorne early and built a commanding 37-9 lead in the first half. Lewisburg then stretched their lead to 65-13 at the end of the third quarter before coasting to the 46-point victory. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes (2-5, 2-0) notched their second straight victory on Friday night when they defeated the East Hickman Lady Eagles 46-19 on the road. In the nightcap, the Tigers (2-2, 1-1) bounced back from a disappointing loss against Giles County three days earlier by defeating the Eagles 53-39. Having won the three previous meetings against East Hickman (1-5, 0-1), the Tigerettes took control of Friday's contest early and jumped out to a 14-5 lead in the first quarter. more