The Forrest Lady Rockets garnered an impressive 11-0 run-rule win versus Huntland Wednesday night, but in the process lost freshman sensation Katie Warrick for the season when she suffered a broken left leg on a collision play near the second-base bag in the top of the second inning. "We are heartbroken for her," said Forrest head coach Becky Cheatham after the game. "We pray that she is going to be OK and things will be alright. We stepped up as a team after her injury and I am proud of the team for that, but we are certainly going to miss her." more

The Marshall County Youth Baseball and Softball League (MCYBSL) will be opening up their caring arms in support of one of their own over the next two weekends when each of their yearly jamborees will be dedicated to Marshall Elementary School first-grader Logan Reynolds, who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. The "Playing for Logan" days will be at this Saturday's T-Ball, Rookie Boys, and 8U Girls jamboree and also next Saturday for the Major and Minor League's Boys' jamboree, both starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Richard Cashion Sports Complex in Lewisburg. more

Forrest/Marshall County High School Easter Baseball Classic Thursday April 5 At MCHS 4 p.m.-MCHS vs. Cornersville 7 p.m.-MCHS vs. Murfreesboro Central At Forrest 4 p.m.-Forrest vs. Murfreesboro Central 7 p.m.-Forrest vs. Cornersville Friday April 6 At MCHS 12 p.m.-Greenbrier vs. Murfreesboro Central 2:45 p.m.-Greenbrier vs. MCHS At Forrest 12 p.m.-Summertown vs. Forrest 2:45 p.m.-Summertown vs. Cornersville Saturday April 7 At MCHS 12 p.m.-Summertown vs. MCHS 2:45 p.m.-Summertown vs. Murfreesboro Central At Forrest 12 p.m.-Forrest vs. Greenbrier 2:45 p.m.-Cornersville vs. Greenbrier more

After defeating Lewis County 6-2 two days earlier, the Marshall County Tigers completed the regular season sweep of their District rival on Thursday by whipping the Panthers 7-1 at Joe George Field. Senior hurler Morgan Reese turned in one of the best pitching performances of his MCHS career, as he racked up 10 strikeouts in seven innings of work while allowing just one run on four hits and two walks to pick up his first victory of the season. more

Coming off a 15-11 road loss to Loretto the previous day that saw them squander a nine-run lead, the Cornersville Bulldogs (7-2) showed no ill effects from that setback, as they defeated the Mustangs 3-1 at home on Friday night behind yet another strong pitching performance from senior hurler Mikey Adams. Having thrown three complete games already this season, Adams once again went the distance on the mound and racked up 15 strikeouts in seven innings of work while limiting Loretto to just one run on seven hits and three walks to improve his record to 3-1 on the year. more

Although the Marshall County Tigers and their fans showed Wyoming, Ohio some southern hospitality after the game, MCHS didn't cut the Cowboys any slack on the baseball diamond on Saturday, as they defeated the Cincinnati area school 7-0 at home. The two teams were originally supposed to play a doubleheader, but rain forced the second game to be cancelled after the opening contest was called in the bottom of the sixth inning. more

After dropping a 10-5 decision to first place Richland last Thursday, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs moved back to the .500 mark in District 11-A play by thrashing the Santa Fe Lady Wildcats 11-1 at home on Monday night in five innings. Aided by a six-run first inning, the Lady Bulldogs (4-4, 2-2 District) pounded out 11 hits and drew three walks against Santa Fe starting pitcher Baylee Hemphill and reliever Bailey Staggs to go along with three Lady Wildcat errors. more

The Forrest Rockets were in desperate need of a victory Monday night in Chapel Hill and they got it, defeating District 9-A foe Community 7-4. Community scored first off Forrest starter Zach Brewer, beginning with Quinn Frost being hit by a Brewer pitch with one out. more

On Monday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill, a focused and determined FMS Lady Rockets' squad was out for revenge versus a Community team that had upset them earlier in the season and they avenged their disappointment with a vengeance, blanking the Viqueens 8-0. Lainey Mays started in the circle for FMS and was a solid as can be, scattering just five hits, while striking out nine in the shutout victory. more

The FMS Rockets won their tenth game in row on Thursday night in Chapel Hill, taking out the Community Vikings 9-2. Rocket starting hurler Alex Brewer struck out 10 and walked two Unionville batters in four no-hit, shut-out innings before Ryan Yelensky came to the mound in the fifth and gave up two runs (one earned) on two hits, while striking four and walking one. After Brewer pitched a scoreless first inning, the Rockets struck three times in the home half of the inning and added two more runs in the bottom of the second to take a 5-0 lead on Community. more

The FMS Lady Rockets travelled to Mike Finley Memorial Field in Lewisburg for a Friday night fight with the LMS Tigerettes and came away with a hard fought 12-7 win. Forrest batted around in the top of the first inning, scoring five times on a pair of RBI hits by Piper Elmore and Cassie Whitworth, a run scoring fielder's choice by Dani Hoeft, and a Taylor Patin RBI when she was hit by pitch with the bases loaded. more

Since their 3-2 loss to Huntland on March 6, the FMS Rockets (10-1) have been rolling, winning nine straight games, including Monday night's 12-3 thrashing over Fayetteville. Forrest jumped on the Tigers early, putting up a five-spot in the first inning, starting with one out when Jacob Jones reached on an error and was knocked home on an Alex Brewer triple. more

On Wednesday afternoon at the Lewisburg Recreation Center, the youthful MCHS tennis team took on Battle Ground Academy (BGA) and after some tough matches in the Tigers' fifth event of the season, the boys fell 2-5, while the girls also lost 1-6 to the Wildcat netters. The only victory on the girls' side was turned in by senior Sarah Tietgens in one of the best matches of the event. Tietgens led early before going into a lull, but the high-charged Tietgens rallied back to win (9-7) over Grace Patton. more

After routing Fayetteville 12-2 the previous day, the Marshall County Tigers suffered their first loss of the season on the pitch when they dropped a 3-0 decision to defending District champ Page at home on Wednesday. The Patriots (5-0, 4-0 District) took control of the game in the first half and tallied a pair of goals in the first 40 minutes of play to take a 2-0 lead into the break before scoring on a penalty kick early in the second half. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs notched their second straight win by defeating District 11-A foe Mt. Pleasant 7-0 at home on Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore pitcher Taylor Wolaver went the distance in the circle for Cornersville to run her record to 3-0 on the season, allowing just two hits and a walk in seven scoreless innings of work while recording six strikeouts. Kayleigh Vandygriff and Ciara Cates both singled to account for both Lady Tiger hits. more

The Cornersville Bulldogs made easy work of District 11-A foe Hampshire earlier this week, as they recorded a pair of blowout victories over the Hawks to sweep the regular season series. CHS opened the week by defeating Hampshire 12-0 at home in five innings on Monday before going on the road and thumping the Hawks 11-0 in another mercy rule shortened contest on Tuesday. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes won their fifth game in a row Tuesday night with a 12-2 run-rule win over Lewis County at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg, gaining a small measure of revenge on the Lady Panthers, who eliminated MCHS last season from the District 12AA Tournament in Hohenwald. "They had our number the past couple of years and put us out last year," said MCHS head coach Holly Cook. "I thought this would be a good way to come in here and send a message to the rest of the district." more

The tables got turned Thursday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill when Moore County beat Forrest 7-1, shattering a nearly seven-year streak of unbeaten district games for the 2008 state champion Lady Rockets, dating back to April 26, 2005 when Cornersville beat FHS 9-6. During that streak, it was always Forrest that got the big hit at the crucial time of the game, made all the plays on defense, and when needed, mustered a comeback win. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets made a nice early season showing at the Chick-Fil-A Classic in Brentwood over the weekend, starting with consecutive Friday night victories over Houston High School (1-0) and Hendersonville (3-2). On Saturday morning, Forrest fell apart defensively, committing seven errors in a 3-0 loss to Baylor before coming back later in the day with an impressive 3-2 win over Lebanon in the first round of bracket play. In the quarterfinals, the Lady Rockets took on the four-time 3A state champion powerhouse Lady Owls from Ooltewah. The Lady Rockets led 4-2 in the second inning before the Lady Owls swooped back to clip Forrest 8-4 in the elimination round. more

On Monday night, at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill, Forrest displayed its depth, taking a 9-0 and 8-2 double header sweep over MTCS, who was playing their season opener. Cheatham said, "We are going to need that depth as we move deeper in to the season, you never know what is going to happen, Saturday was a perfect example of that." Senior Courtney Hollandsworth did not play due to illness and injured hurler Brooke Herron cheered from the dugout as her teammates picked her up, most notably her fellow senior Adrean Jordan and a pair of ultra-talented underclassmen in Sara Jordan and Katie Warrick. more