With their season opener against Blackman fast approaching, the Marshall County Tigers baseball team tuned up for the 2012 campaign by taking on the Columbia Central Lions in a 10-inning scrimmage on Saturday afternoon at Joe George Field. After finishing second in the Class AAA State tournament last year, Columbia displayed impressive pitching depth on Saturday, as they defeated the Tigers 7-0 while six Lion hurlers limited MCHS to only three hits and four walks. more

Persistence paid off for the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes softball team on Thursday night, as they rallied to defeat the Spring Hill Lady Generals 16-12 on the road in their season opener. LMS appeared to be in dire straits midway through the contest and trailed 6-1 at the end of the third inning. The Tigerettes then saw their bats catch fire after that point, as they scored 15 runs over the next three frames to forge a 16-10 lead before staving off a late Spring Hill comeback attempt. more

The defending Mid-South Baseball Conference champions Forrest Middle School Rockets kicked off the 2012 season in style Thursday night in Chapel Hill as Alex Brewer and Ryan Yelensky combined on a five inning no-hitter in a 12-0 run-rule win over Westwood. "It was a great way to start the season," said FMS head coach Bart Joyce. "That was strong work from the mound from those two eighth-graders who are both great ball players." more

After a week of temperatures in the high 70's, followed by the violent weather on Friday in Middle Tennessee, the Columbia Play Day was moved to Sunday at Ridley Park and the players and fans were greeted with artic-like, wind chill temperatures that dipped below the freezing mark. The Forrest Lady Rockets lost all four games, with the first two by the closest of margins. Forrest began the day with a 6-5 loss to Dickson County and followed that with another one-run, 5-4 loss to Franklin County. more

After handily winning all of their games at last Saturday's Play Day in Chapel Hill, the Forrest Lady Rockets will travel to the newly opened Ridley Park in Columbia this Saturday where they will join the Marshall County Tigerettes for a full day's action on the softball diamond. The two intra-county squads will not play each other in their four contests that will last an hour and a half each. At 9 a.m. the Lady Rockets (22-7-1, 2011 season) will face 3A Dickson County (21-18-1), while MCHS (24-14) takes on Class-A Summertown (28-7-1). more

After defeating Westwood 11-1 in their season opener, the FMS Lady Rockets posted a 13-3 run rule win over intra-county rival Cornersville on Thursday at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill. "We started working hard from day one and we wanted this one bad," said FMS head coach Bunky Elmore. "But, we have a lot of work to do, the season is still young and we have to keep going and keep improving." more

After pummeling Fayetteville 11-1 in their season opener four days earlier, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (2-0) recorded their second straight lopsided victory on Tuesday by defeating the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs 14-1 on the road in five innings. Aided by a 10-run outburst in the third inning, Lewisburg finished with 11 hits and six walks against three Cornersville pitchers while the Bulldogs aided the Tiger cause by committing six errors. more

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs started the 2012 softball season with a bang, as they whipped the E.A. Cox Lady Cougars 7-0 at home on Tuesday afternoon. After losing all three meetings to the Lady Cougars last year, CMS held a 2-0 lead through the first four innings of play in Tuesday's contest before crossing home plate five times over the next two frames to pull away for the seven-run victory. more

My mother used to tell me things always come in threes and old Mom was right again as the Forrest Rockets took it to the limit Tuesday night in East Robertson before losing 57-51 to McEwen in the second round of the Region 5-A Tournament, marking the third year in a row the Rockets have been eliminated by the Warriors. "The guys played their guts out," said Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs. "I think everybody in the stands can be proud of, I know I am. I told them I would choose them to coach a million times. Both teams played hard and both teams played well." more

On Monday in Chapel Hill, the softball pipeline that runs from Columbia State Community College to Marshall County flowed again as Forrest softball staff ace Brooke Herron became the latest player to sign a Letter of Intent to join head coach Johnny Littrell and the Lady Chargers for the 2012-2013 season. "That pipeline is a beautiful thing," said Forrest head coach Becky Cheatham. "Hopefully we will have some more, maybe another one this year and in the future as well. That speaks well for our program that they think that much of us. They have a similar philosophy and our players do well there." more

The Marshall County Tigers (18-10) made their earliest exit from the playoffs in four years after dropping a hard fought 69-65 decision on the road to District 11-AA regular season champ Cheatham County in the first round of the Region 6-AA tournament on Saturday night. With the Cubs coming off a 49-42 upset loss to Harpeth in the finals of the District 11-AA tournament, the Tigers pounced on Cheatham County early and led by as many as 10 points in the second quarter prior to taking a 31-27 advantage into halftime. more

Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (17-11) out of the playoffs, as CHS lost 45-37 to the Lady Mustangs at home in the first round of the Region 6-A tournament. After falling 44-39 to Loretto in the Region tournament semifinals last season, Cornersville struggled offensively for much of Friday's contest and trailed 22-12 at halftime before the Lady Mustangs (15-15) opened up a 26-12 advantage early in the third quarter. more

way they played in their last loss to MTCS in the District 9-A final, but none more upset then Mark Pope, who quickly made amends for the entire team as he poured in a career high 33 points versus Jo Byrns Saturday night in Chapel Hill in a 72-51 Region 5-A Tournament opening round win. "I didn't want to shoot like that again," said Pope. "I have been in the gym the last couple of days working hard on my shot." more

The senior-laden Waverly Tigerettes doubled-up their namesakes from Marshall County 64-32 in the first round of the Region 6-AA Tournament in Humphreys County and showed why they have won three consecutive District 11-AA titles Friday night, displaying a steely brand of experienced basketball that wore down the youthful MCHS squad. MCHS head coach David Junkins tried to counter Waverly's experience by coming out and trying to hold the ball, but Waverly counter-punched with a pressure defense that led to nine first half turnovers by Lewisburg. more

Boys Region 5-A Saturday: 7 p.m. -- East Robertson (9-21) at MTCS (15-14); Community (21-7) at White House-Heritage (20-6); Cascade (12-14) at McEwen (26-1); Jo Byrns (13-11) at Forrest (23-8) At East Robertson Feb. 28: 6 p.m. -Forrest vs. McEwen. 7:30 p.m.-MTCS vs. White House Heritage. March 1: 7 p.m. -- Championship game. more

Nashville Christian School (NCS) senior Samuel Cooper recently signed a Letter of Intent to play football next season for the Austin Peay Governors in Clarksville. Sam Cooper is the son of Forrest High School graduate David Cooper (1976) and grandson of two Forrest graduates, Chapel Hill Mayor Carl Cooper (1950) and Beverly Cooper (1953). Cooper, a four-year letterman for the Eagles and 2011 District 10-A-AA Defensive MVP played on both sides of the ball for NCS as a lineman, recording 82 tackles in 2011, including 23 tackles for losses, while racking up more than 130 tackles for the Eagles in his career. more

After Brittany Umbles hit one-of-two free throws to make it 25-21, Santa Fe trimmed the deficit to 25-22 on a foul shot by Warf, before the Lady Bulldogs put together a 7-1 run on the strength of a McMasters trey and layups from Hopkins and Brittany Umbles to push their lead to 32-23 late in the third period. Following a three by Pack, which closed the gap to 32-26 at the end of the third quarter, Cornersville outscored the Lady Wildcats 8-4 through the first 6:25 of the fourth with the aid of a Hopkins layup and six free throws to open up a 40-30 advantage. more

Forrest High School Soft Ball Play Day Schedule

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On Friday night, the Marshall County Tigers (17-9) suffered their most lopsided loss in six years when they were thumped 71-39 by archrival Giles County in the semifinals of the District 12-AA tournament at East Hickman High School. After winning both regular season encounters between the two teams by nine and 14 points respectively, the second seeded Bobcats were firing on all cylinders in Friday's contest and built a 31-15 lead in the first half before outscoring MCHS 40-24 over the final two quarters to cruise to the 32-point victory. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes (11-19) finished fourth in the District 12-AA tournament after losing 55-39 to the Fairview Lady Yellow Jackets (22-5) in the consolation finals on Saturday afternoon at East Hickman High School. Although Fairview had narrowly defeated MCHS in their two regular season encounters, the Lady Yellow Jackets kept the Tigerettes at arm's length for the final three quarters of Saturday's contest. Fairview held a 28-20 lead at the break before outscoring Marshall County 27-19 in the second half to pull away for the 16-point victory. more