What a way to start the District 9A slate. The Forrest Lady Rockets laid it all on the line Friday night versus the defending league champion Moore County Raiderettes, coming within a whisker of an upset before falling 45-42. Although Forrest trailed the entire ballgame, except for two times early in the fourth quarter when they tied the game, they had several other opportunities to tie or go-ahead, but could not capitalize. more

In a spirited District 9A opener Friday night in Chapel Hill, the Forrest Rockets (6-3) outlasted Moore County 52-48. "We knew coming in that they were a much-improved team from last year, coach King does a great job getting them ready to play every night," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "We'll take a win. Any time you can get a win in this crazy district, we'll take it for sure." more

The FMS Lady Rockets ended the regular season with 34-28 win over Cascade on Thursday night behind a strong effort by Kyleah Hengesbach and Brynn Colvin, who combined for 19 points. The seventh-seeded Lady Rockets came back for Monday night's opening round of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament with the same fire as head coach Rhea Webb's squad made it two in a row over the orange and black, ousting the second-seeded Lady Champions 32-19. more

On Friday night, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs kept their record unblemished by defeating the Fayetteville Lady Tigers 49-39 in their home opener to improve to 5-0 on the season. Having defeated Fayetteville 44-38 in their previous encounter on Nov. 13, the Lady Bulldogs held a 27-19 lead at the break before opening up a 35-22 advantage midway through the third quarter. more

The Duck River Valley Conference Middle School Basketball Tournament, better known as the World Tournament begins Monday in Chapel Hill and runs through Saturday. more

Results from Nov. 27 match vs. Siegel Forrest 24 Siegel 60 106 Joel Singlton (S) pin CJ Monce (FHS) more

The LMS Tigerettes fell to 1-3 on the season after the Meridianville Lady Eagles doubled up the Lewisburg girls 30-15 Monday night. Alli Hobbs opened up the scoring in the ballgame with a rebound and put-back for LMS. Mya Hamilton followed with the lone first quarter basket for the Alabama girls, tying the game at 2-2. more

On Monday night, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (1-7) suffered their second straight loss when they dropped a 44-28 decision to the Huntland Hornets at home. After building an 18-8 lead in the first half, Huntland broke the game open by using a 23-8 run to forge a 41-16 advantage early in the fourth quarter before coasting to their second win of the season over CMS. more

The Cornersville Bulldogs (0-4) are still searching for their first win of the season after dropping a 41-29 decision on the road to the Eagleville Eagles (4-3) on Monday night. Although the Bulldogs nipped at Eagleville's heels for much of the night, the Eagles held a 22-17 lead at the end of the first half prior to opening up a 34-21 advantage late in the third quarter. more

After a close first half, the Giles County Bobcats turned on the Tigers, outscoring Marshall County 39-23 in the second half of their home opener, en route to an easy 61-42 win. "I thought we started the game strong both offensively and defensively, Giles was playing us man early on and they had a hard time guarding us,"said MCHS head coach Adrian Wilson. "They made the adjustments and went zone and our offense stalled. We became stagnant versus the zone and did not move well against it, thus, limiting our point production and increased turnovers." more

Huntland got the better of the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (4-6) for the second time this season, as CMS dropped a 35-27 decision to the Lady Hornets at home on Monday night. After defeating Cornersville 27-17 in their previous encounter on Oct. 25, Huntland built a 22-12 lead in the first half of Monday's contest before opening up a 31-14 advantage at the end of the third quarter en route to claiming the eight-point victory. more

The LMS Tigers faced their sternest test of the season Monday night in Lewisburg, coming away with a hard-earned 41-36 win over an equally athletic Meridianville squad. LMS (4-0) jumped out to an early 4-0 lead behind D'Andre Brown, who scored the game's first basket and moments later, stole the ball and fed Tre Crutcher for a score. Christian Cleveland finally got the Eagles from Alabama in the scoring column before Brown scored on one of two from the charity stripe and on another steal and score, making it 7-2 Lewisburg. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs ran their record to 4-0 on Monday night by defeating the Eagleville Lady Eagles 41-38 on the road despite being without the services of starting center Ashley Umbles, who was sidelined by a shoulder injury. Cornersville coach Micah Landers appeared he might have a relatively stress free night early on, as CHS led by as many as 19 points in the first half and held a 25-8 advantage early in the third quarter. more

Too many times, already this season, the MCHS Tigerettes have led early, and led late, only to see victory disappear from their hands in a 0-5 start to the year. But not this time, not at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium and not in front of a big home crowd in their home opener as the Tigerettes led from midway through the first quarter, to the end in 48-34 win over the Giles County Lady Bobcats. "I'm happy, because it was at home and it was our first district game," said Tigerette sophomore point guard Mecia Reed. "We were on a five-game losing, so it was great to get this one at home." more

The Forrest Lady Rockets (1-5) put a scare into an undefeated Creek Wood team on Friday afternoon, but were unable to keep pace with the Lady Red Hawks for all four quarters, as the defending District 11-AA champs defeated FHS 67-55 at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament. Aided by some red hot outside shooting, Forrest built a 36-32 lead in the first half and held a 44-43 advantage midway through the third quarter. more

After leading for much of the game, the Marshall County Tigerettes fell 49-44 in overtime to Eagleville in Wednesday's opening round of the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament. more

Coming off a 49-44 overtime loss to Eagleville the previous day, the Marshall County Tigerettes (0-5) suffered another gut wrenching defeat on Saturday afternoon when they were beaten 37-32 by the Stewart County Lady Rebels in overtime at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament. After taking a 19-18 lead in into the break, the Tigerettes held a 27-24 advantage at the end of the third quarter. Marshall County, however, was unable to close the deal during crunch time, as the Lady Rebels (3-1) tied the game at 31-31 at the end regulation before outscoring MCHS 6-1 in overtime to escape with the five-point victory. more

The Forrest Rockets swept their holiday plate clean, beating Nashville's LEAD Academy 55-31 on Wednesday and coming back on Saturday with a 66-48 win over Smyrna's Gabriel Christian Academy at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament. "They (LEAD) were very athletic, they definitely pressed us some, which is good," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "They were real aggressive guarding, especially the perimeter and that's always fun and that's why we schedule some of these teams to pressure us and make us work." more

Forrest 2012-2013 Wrestling Team Weight Class Forrest 106 CJ Monce 113 Payton Sisk, Alex Jordan 120 Cage Hargrove 126 Nick Tahmassebi, Cooper McNair 132 138 Clay Watson 145 Ivan Wentzel 152 Bryan Clanton 160 Jerry Jordan 170 Jamie Boyce, Dontay Baugh, Lorne Adams 182 Tyler McClendon, Zach McCoy 195 Keith Hatten, Cody Pigg, Hank Eddins 220 Spenser McGuiggan 285 Nick McGuiggan, Tyler Hart more

From an early age, MCHS senior standout Austyn Whaley was a head turner on the softball diamond, displaying tremendous athletic ability and a game time savvy that she eventually used to become a nationally recognized player. Recently, Whaley was rewarded for her outstanding work ethic and prowess on the field, signing a Letter of Intent to play at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) next season. more