Marshall County's Emily Spence, shown here against Huntland, scored three goals and dished out an assist to help lead the Tigerettes to a dramatic 6-5 comeback victory over the Middle Tennessee Crusaders. MCHS trailed 5-1 at the break, but outscored the Crusaders 5-0 in the second half to pull out the win. Abbey Cross and Sophie Raffo also tallied two and one goal for the Tigerettes respectively, while Abbey Redferrin recorded two assists. more

Columbia Central opened up their passing game in a big way Friday night with quarterback Matthew Markham throwing for 237 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Lions past Marshall County 56-21 on homecoming night at Jim Cartwright Field. The Lions outgained the Tigers 433-237 in total yardage in the contest as Marshall County dropped their third straight to Central. more

The Forrest Rockets fell 35-20 to District 10-A's White House-Heritage (WHH) Friday night as they could not overcome the emotion generated by the Patriots' first ever Homecoming at their new field, a one-sided hanky party by the game officials and a momentum changing third quarter kickoff return touchdown run by the Pats. "We just have to do what we are supposed to do," said Forrest head coach Moos. "In some instances we did and we had success and in some instances we didn't and that is why we didn't have success when we should have or could have." Both squads punted on their first possessions of the ballgame before the Pats went on a 65-yard scoring drive, capped off by a Devin Wright 15-yard touchdown reception from Christian Reid. more

Coming off a 38-20 road win over Perry County the previous week, the Cornersville Bulldogs notched their second straight victory on Friday night when they defeated the Huntland Hornets 39-14 at home. Having narrowly lost to Huntland 28-26 last year, the Bulldogs (2-1) put Friday's contest out of reach early and built a 32-7 lead in the first half. Cornersville then tacked on a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to open up a 39-7 advantage before cruising to the 25-point victory. more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six 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 September 10, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: more

The Summit Spartans golf team turned in an impressive performance on the links this past Tuesday, as they handily defeated the Cornersville Bulldogs (0-4) at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. Summit posted the four lowest rounds of the match en route to shooting 162 as a team, while Cornersville finished with a score of 210. more

Although the game didn't count in the District 11-A-AA standings, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (0-4-1) and Marshall County Tigerettes (1-3-1) both played with plenty of intensity on Tuesday night, as the two county rivals battled to a 1-1 tie in Lewisburg. Playing the first of two regular season encounters, Cornersville jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Jessica Dunn, before the Tigerettes' Yesenia Equia scored late in the first half to knot the game at 1-1. more

The Forrest Rockets squeezed out another win Wednesday on their home course at the Buford Ellington Golf Course inside Henry Horton State Park as they combined for a 185 cumulative score, two strokes ahead of Spring Hill and six shots clear of District 11A-AA rival Community. Gary Lukonen started out on fire before coming home with a four over par 40 on the front nine. more

A storied rivalry will continue in the Battle of the Big Cats when the Marshall County Tigers (1-1) and Columbia Central Lions (2-1) meet at Jim Cartwright Field in Columbia Friday night. Since 1973, the two squads have met a dozen times with Columbia Central holding a 7-5 advantage, including the last three in a row. more

Although they posted two of the top three individual scores, the Cornersville Bulldogs golf team was unable to come away with a victory on Thursday afternoon, as they fell to the Eagleville Eagles at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. Taking the four best scores from six players, Eagleville posted a team total of 190, while the Bulldogs finished 19 strokes back and ended the day with a 209. Dakota Beech was the low man for the Eagles and shot a 43 over nine holes. Vince Zocco followed Beech with a 46, while Ransom McRee and Daniel Stiles notched a 48 and a 53 respectively. more

Despite making a furious fourth quarter rally, the Marshall County Tigers were dealt their first loss of the season on Friday night when they dropped a 28-23 decision to the Hickman County Bulldogs at home. Hickman County (3-0, 1-0 District) controlled the action for much of the game and held a 16-3 lead at halftime before opening up a 28-10 advantage early in the fourth period. The Tigers (1-1, 0-1 District) narrowed the gap to 28-23 thanks to a couple of long touchdown passes by quarterback Austin Stacey before forcing a Bulldog turnover with 1:43 left. more

The Cornersville Bulldogs notched their first win of the season on Friday night when they traveled to Linden and defeated Region 6-A foe Perry County 38-20 to snap a three-game losing streak against the Vikings. Cornersville trailed 7-6 at the end of the first quarter, but got things rolling in the second period and outscored Perry County 20-0 in the stanza to take a 26-7 lead into halftime. The Bulldogs (1-1, 1-0 Region) then scored two more touchdowns to open up a 38-7 cushion midway through the fourth quarter before coasting to the 18-point victory. more

After posting a 1-1 record on a two-week road to begin the season, the Forrest Rockets returned home to "The Rock" Friday night for a District 9-A match-up versus Community, and after allowing an early Viking touchdown, the Chapel Hill squad turned up the heat to win going away 35-14. "You think you should be happy, but there was just so many mental mistakes we have to fix," said FHS head coach Joe Moos. "I am proud for what they did and for winning the game. We practice and put them in the game situations of what is going to happen and sometimes they do it and sometimes they don't. It's just aggravating because I care for them and want them to be the best they can be." more

Scores Standings Warriors 13 Eagles 6 The Eagles got on the scoreboard first with Demari Braden scoring on a 31-yard TD run. The extra point run failed but the Eagles had the early 6-0 lead. The Warriors answered back with an eight-play drive that put Markese Davis into the end zone on a 37-yard TD run. ... more

The Forrest Rockets took to the links at the perfectly manicured Buford Ellington Golf Course inside Henry Horton State Park on Tuesday and the three-way match went down to the wire as the Chapel Hill duffers won by the narrowest of margins. Forrest posted a 188 cumulative score, while Community and Eagleville both finished one shot back of the Rockets at189. Once again, it was senior Blake Tansil leading the way with a four over par 40 on the 3,259 yard front nine portion of the course. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets opened the 2012 soccer season in style Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, beating county rival Cornersville 5-1. The Lady Rockets were buoyed by a fast start on offense versus the Lady Bulldogs (0-3) as Sarah Blasingim and Julie Macy hooked up on a pair of goals in the first 12 minutes of the match to take a 2-0 lead. more

Mark Redferrin picked up his first win as the head soccer coach of the Marshall County Tigerettes on Tuesday, as his MCHS squad beat Huntland 3-0 in a rain shortened contest at home. Having been shutout in their first two games of the season, the Tigerettes (1-2, 1-1 District) scored three times in the span of 12 minutes to take a 3-0 lead midway through the first half. The game was called at halftime due to heavy rains with Marshall County being awarded the victory. more

Everything was clicking for the Marshall Tigers on the links this past Tuesday afternoon, as they defeated the Summit Spartans and Hickman County Bulldogs by double digit strokes at Saddle Creek Golf Course. The Tigers posted the top three individual scores in the match and shot a season low 160 as a team after taking the top four rounds out of six players. more

There is a different set of challenges awaiting for each of the county football squads Friday night, beginning with the Forrest Rockets, who must improve their turnover ratio if they want to beat a much improved Community squad at "The Rock" this week in the first District game of the young season for both teams. more