Forrest senior Blake Tansil continued his torrid play on the links, shooting an even par round of 36 over the first nine holes at King's Creek Golf Course in Spring Hill on Thursday, but it was not enough to carry the Rockets over the top as they finished in third place behind Spring Hill and Summit. more

After an impressive 20-0 shutout win over Community last Thursday in Unionville, the FMS Rockets returned to "The Rock" in Chapel Hill for a matchup versus archrival Cascade and were done in by the combination of Champion quarterback Hunter Calvert and receiver Lewis Faulk, who hooked up for four touchdowns in the game. Faulk scored on TD receptions from 40, 46, 47 and 64 yards out as the Champions won 34-20. The deadly orange and black combo scored on their fourth play from scrimmage at the 5:48 mark of the first quarter for a touchdown and Calvert found Kevin Conn wide open in the end zone for the two-point conversion for an early 8-0 lead. more

The Forrest Rockets scored two first quarter touchdowns Friday night at Collinwood before the Trojans stormed back, scoring 33 unanswered points and then held off a furious Rockets comeback attempt to win 40-34. Rocket quarterback Brooks Lamb came out on fire, tossing a 51-yard touchdown strike to Jacob Daughrity midway through the opening quarter and then added a 31-yard score to Trevor Wellisley at the 2:16 mark to open up a two-touchdown lead for Chapel Hill. more

Despite shaving a couple of shots off their previous team score, the Cornersville Bulldogs golf team fell to 0-2 on the season when they lost to the Community Vikings on Thursday afternoon at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. Led by State tournament hopeful Zack West, Community matched their best score of the season by shooting 170 as a team after taking the best four scores out of six golfers. more

On Thursday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (2-0) recorded their second straight lopsided victory when they defeated the West Wilson Wildcats 34-6 at home. LMS appeared they might have their hands full early on, as the two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first quarter. more

The Cornersville Bulldogs gave Moore County a run for their money on Friday night, but were unable to come away with the victory, as they dropped a 39-36 decision to the Raiders at home in their season opener on the gridiron. Having crushed defending Class A state champ Wayne County 30-0 the previous week, Moore County (2-0) appeared headed for another easy victory on Friday after building a commanding 26-6 lead in the first half. more

The Marshall County Tigers looked like Big Cats that went without a meal for months as they stormed out of their cage and pounced on Coffee County for an early 20-0 lead and never took their claws out of the Red Raiders in a huge 27-8 win in front of a packed house at Preston Hopkins Field Friday night in Lewisburg. 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 August 27, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: more

The Marshall County Tigerettes had a tough time in their season opener on Tuesday afternoon, as they suffered an 8-0 road loss to the Columbia Lady Lions at Cook Soccer Park. Columbia controlled the action throughout the contest and built a 3-0 lead in the first half before scoring five more goals over the final 40 minutes to cruise to the easy victory. "They are a pretty stacked team. They have a lot of talent, a lot of skill, and a lot of speed. We have to be smarter when we play teams like that. We made some mental mistakes and they capitalized on them," said first-year Marshall County coach Mark Redferrin. more

The reigning District 11A-AA and Region 6A-AA title holding Cascade Champions are off to red-hot start for the 2012 golf season, mowing down one opponent after another and on Tuesday, the Marshall County Tigers and Eagleville Eagles became their latest victims at Saddle Creek Golf Club in Lewisburg. Cascade blew away the completion, shooting a four-man combined score of 159, eighteen strokes clear of the Tigers and 27 ahead of Eagleville. more

All three county gridiron squads will be back under the Friday night lights this week with the Marshall County Tigers and Cornersville Bulldogs hosting opening season opponents in Coffee County and Moore County respectively, while the Forrest Rockets take to road for the second week in a row down at Collinwood. Forrest is coming off a huge opening season 14-6 win at Perry County and came out of the game unscathed and full of confidence, but has to cut down on turnovers inside the red zone if they want to remain undefeated. more

Rockets hungry for return trip to playoffs 2011 Record 8-4, District 4-2, Playoffs 1-1 In 2011, the Forrest Rockets finished in a three-way tie for second place in District 9A, losing their only two league games to Eagleville (11-1) at home by two points and at Moore County 28-21 in the last week of the regular season before blanking Houston County 35-0 in the first round of the playoffs in Chapel Hill. more

Bulldogs hoping to return to playoffs After finishing with a 2-8 record during an injury riddled 2011 campaign, the Cornersville Bulldogs are hoping those growing pains will pay dividends on the gridiron this season, as they return several starters on both sides of the ball to go along with a handful of promising newcomers that came out for the team this year. Having made the Class A playoffs the previous two years, the Bulldogs were dealt a major blow prior to the 2011 season when starting quarterback Joe Stocstill tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Pigskin Preview and was forced to sit out his senior year. more

Tigers expecting big things in 2012 Coming off a 2011 season that saw them post a 9-4 record and advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 4A playoffs, the Marshall County Tigers are looking to continue their success on the gridiron under new coach Aaron Pitts. After beginning the 2011 campaign with convincing road victories over Coffee County (28-0) and Hickman County (28-7), Marshall County dropped a 27-10 decision to a strong Columbia Central team at home before notching impressive wins over archrival Giles County (26-7) and Spring Hill (35-14). more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (August 23, 2012) -- Boosted by continued growth in several girls sports, participation in high school sports increased for the 23rd consecutive year in 2011-12, according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Based on figures from the 51 NFHS-member state high school athletic/activity associations, which includes the District of Columbia, sports participation for the 2011-12 school year reached an all-time high of 7,692,520 participants -- an increase of 24,565 from the previous year. more

Lewisburg Middle School football coach Jeff Morton's first victory over Whitthorne Middle School came in spectacular fashion, as his Tiger squad hammered WMS 70-20 in their season opener on Thursday night in Columbia. Armed with a bevy of fleet skill position players, Lewisburg continuously burned Whitthorne with big plays and built a commanding 50-12 lead at halftime before outscoring WMS 20-8 over the final two quarters to coast to the 50-point victory. more

The Forrest Rockets began the Joe Moos coaching era in style, traveling to Perry County and exacting some revenge on the Vikings with a convincing 14-6 opening season win. "First thing before everything, I would like to thank Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior, because the baby, the football, the masters has been a lot," said Moos after the game. "The kids fought hard and you can tell the conditioning has paid off. We had too many mistakes, we fumbled two times in the chin, the defense was not checking the coverage right and there was too much we have to get better at, but we are going to fix those things at practice this week." more

The Forrest Rocket golf teams, competing in their sixth match of the young season, took second place in the boys' event and the girls finished third on Tuesday at Henry Horton State Park. The Forrest boys (3-3) played in a four-team match and finished with a combined score of 183, 25 shots behind the reigning region champion Cascade squad. more

On Tuesday, the Marshall County Tigers ran their record to 5-2 on the links when they swept a three-team match against the Columbia Central Lions and the Community Vikings at Saddle Creek Golf Course in Lewisburg. MCHS posted a team score of 172 after taking the four best rounds out of six players, while Columbia was six shots off the pace with a 178. Hindered by a uncharacteristically shaky round by State tournament hopeful Zack West, Community finished a distant third with a score of 189. more

The Forrest Rockets kick off the 2012 prep football season Friday night with a Week Zero ballgame that takes them on a long trek to Linden for a much awaited re-match versus the Perry County Vikings. It will be the first game for new coach Joe Moos as he takes a talented Rockets squad on the first of three long yellow bus trips in the first four weeks to begin the campaign. more