Despite shooting their highest score of the young season, the Marshall County Tigers golf team came away with a split in a three-team match against the Hickman County Bulldogs and the East Hickman Eagles on Thursday afternoon at Centerville Municipal Golf Course. The host Bulldogs came out on top in the match and tallied a score of 175 over nine holes after taking the four best rounds out of six players. more

he Cornersville Bulldogs showed some promising signs for the 2012 football season when they defeated the Zion Christian Academy Eagles 22-10 in the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Pigskin Preview on Friday night at Preston Hopkins Field. With the contest lasting just one half, Zion Christian jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but the Bulldogs controlled the action after that point and scored touchdowns on three of their first four possessions to forge a 22-3 advantage midway through the second quarter before cruising to the 12-point victory. more

On Friday night, the Marshall County Tigers got a chance to work out some wrinkles before the start of the 2012 football campaign when they dropped a 21-7 decision to the Shelbyville Golden Eagles in the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Pigskin Preview at Preston Hopkins Field. With the contest lasting just one half, the Tigers hung tough early on and played the Golden Eagles to a 7-7 tie in the first quarter. Shelbyville, however, dominated the battle of the backups in the second period, as the Golden Eagle reserves outscored Marshall County's junior varsity 14-0 over the final 12 minutes to claim the two-touchdown win. more

Longtime Marshall County High School Golf coach Gary Wells will be honored by the Marshall County, Forrest and Cornersville golf squads this season when they play for the 1st Annual Gary Wells Cup. MCHS head coach Brent Johns said, "When I first took over for coach Wells I knew I wanted to do something to honor him permanently. After many discussions with Brent Adcox at Cornersville and Becky Cheatham at Forest we all agreed that the Gary Wells Cup and County Championship was the best way to accomplish our goal." more

After coming in seventh in the Class A-AA State tournament last year, the Cascade Champions golf team showed why they are favored to repeat as District champions when they defeated the Forrest Rockets and Eagleville Eagles in a three-team match at Henry Horton Park on Wednesday afternoon. more

After splitting a three-way match with East Hickman and Lincoln County last week, the Marshall County Tigers golf team picked up their second win of the season on Tuesday afternoon when they defeated the Forrest Rockets at the Lewisburg Recreation Center in the Jabber's "It's Time" tournament, which celebrates the first day of school for local students. Taking the four best scores out of six players, the Tigers (2-1) finished with a 165 over nine holes, while the Rockets (0-1) tallied a 183. more

The FMS Rockets had a front row seat to the Joseph Sewell show Thursday night as the Eagleville running back scored on touchdown runs of 64, 48, 40 and 9 yards in the contest, plus a two-point conversion for 26 out of the 34 points scored by the Eagles in a 34-0 shellacking. It was not what first-year FMS head Coach David Evans planned for the season opening crowd at "The Rock" Thursday night in Chapel Hill. more

Cornersville High School ended its search for a new boys basketball coach when they recently selected Gerard Randolph to guide the program. Although he has never coached basketball before, Randolph has experience on the sidelines and has been an assistant football coach the last three years at Marshall County High School and Cornersville. A 1995 graduate of Giles County High School, Randolph also has personal experience on the hard court as a player and was a member of the Bobcats' basketball team for four seasons along with being a three-year starter in football and baseball there. more

After serving as an interim coach this summer, Adrian Wilson officially replaced Jason Tigert as the new boys head basketball coach at Marshall County High School. Having served as the boys basketball coach at Cornersville the past six years, Wilson originally planned to work as an assistant coach at MCHS before Tigert departed for Dickson County High School this summer. During Tigert's six-year tenure at Marshall County High School, the Tigers captured four regular season District titles, won two Region tournament championships, and reached the semifinals of the 2010 State tournament. While he knows he has a tough act to follow, Wilson doesn't feel any added pressure because of Tigert's previous success. more

With the 2012 football season fast approaching, the Cornersville Bulldogs are seeing progress on the practice field after donning full pads for the first time last week. While Cornersville returns a number of starters from last year's squad that are familiar with CHS' offensive and defensive schemes, the Bulldogs have had several new players come out for the team this season that have a chance to contribute. more

Football practices became more physical for the Marshall County Tigers this week, as they joined hundreds of other teams across the state in donning full pads for the first time on Monday. While new head coach Aaron Pitts is in the process of adding some new wrinkles to MCHS' offensive and defensive schemes, his primary concern at this stage of the preseason is making sure his team is fundamentally sound. "We're just trying to get the fundamentals down of blocking and tackling. We look a little sloppy right now, but that was expected with putting in a new system. Guys are thinking instead of reacting," said Pitts. "We want them to be physical, but we're trying to make sure they block and tackle correctly. We want them to get the fundamentals down and do things right." Although the Tigers return a number of starters from last year's squad that went 9-4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class 4A playoffs, Pitts insists that he isn't simply going to hand his veteran players a spot in the starting lineup. "It's an open competition everywhere. We're trying to find guys that fit our system. We're not going to change too much, but this is our time to evaluate them," said Pitts. "I'm sure a lot of the guys that started last year will start again this year, but it's still an open competition and we want them to earn their spots." With the Marshall County coaching staff trying to find a replacement for departed tailback Trevor Irizarry, who broke MCHS' single season rushing record last year, the Tiger defense currently holds the upper hand over the offense after yielding just 13.3 points per game during the 2011 campaign. "I think without a doubt the defense will be the strength of our team and we should have a good defensive line. I'm a defensive guy anyway," said Pitts. "Our secondary still needs some work, but we have some good players back there that are going to get better." MCHS football fans will have a chance to check out the Tigers on Friday, August 10th, when they take on the Shelbyville Golden Eagles in the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Pigskin Preview at Preston Hopkins Field. more

The Forrest Rockets put the pads on this week for the first time and was a welcome sight for the players after months of workouts, weight training, and shorts and shirts. Forrest is in transition after long-time head coach Kyle Stacey stepped away after the heart breaking 14-10 second round playoff loss to Decatur County Riverside last season. Joe Moos was hired shortly after Stacey's resignation and he said about the current squad's performance so far, "So far we have had great participation and great effort, so we are pleased so far." more

Marshall County High School's Morgan Reese has been selected as a shortstop on the 2012 Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State team. Reese, who was the 2011-2012 District 12-AA MVP this season put up some huge offensive numbers, beginning with a .426 batting average. more

Cornersville's Makenzie Hopkins and Forrest's Adrean Jordan have been selected to the 2011-2012 Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) All-State squad. Hopkins, a four-year letterman for the Lady Bulldogs and Motlow State signee was a member of the All-District 11-A team in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. In 2011-2012, Hopkins batted .545, had 25 RBIs, scored 22 runs, belted 3 homeruns, 15 doubles, and 3 triples. more

In softball, speed kills. Columbia State Community College (CSCC) head coach Johnny Littrell is well aware of the damage it can do, signing Forrest speedster Ciara Cook to a Letter of Intent on Tuesday to join the Lady Charger softball squad next season. "You can't seem to get enough speed when it comes to softball, it is really important and Ciara, she really is one of those players I felt like who kind of flew under the radar," said Littrell. "We are glad when she decided to choose Columbia State and stay close to home, so we jumped right on her and we were on her all the time." more

Coming off a 3-1 defeat to Lawrence County earlier in the day, the Marshall County Thunder were knocked out of the 14-year old Babe Ruth District tournament on Sunday night when they were thumped 19-5 by Giles County in the loser's bracket final en route to finishing third in the tourney. Giles County jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Thunder tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom half of the frame thanks to a two-run double by Stuart Warner. more

Marshall County High School found the new leader of their football program on Thursday afternoon when Aaron Pitts was officially named the head coach of the Tigers. Having served as an assistant coach at MCHS from 2007-09, Pitts had taken over as Stratford High School's head coach this past semester, but applied for the job at Marshall County because he enjoyed his first stint with the Tigers. "It just feels like home. I fit here and feel at home here," said Pitts. "There's a comfort level because I still know some of the guys when I was here before and have kept in touch with some of them." more

Coming off a strong sophomore campaign, Marshall County High School football player Aaron Medley has been ranked as one of the nation's best underclassmen placekickers for the second year in a row after turning in an impressive performance at the Chris Sailer Kicking Camp, which was held in Los Angeles, California on June 30 and July 1. Going against the top underclassmen kickers in the country, Medley won both the place kicking and punting competitions at the camp. Thanks to his performance in the two events, the Chris Sailer Kicking Camp ranked Medley as the top punter in the country for the Class of 2014 and the number two placekicker in the nation for the second straight year. more

Marshall County High School soccer player Andres Acosta parlayed a brilliant senior season into a college scholarship when he signed a letter of intent to play at Coffeyville Community College on Thursday night at Q's Casa Mexican Restaurant in Lewisburg. more