Page defeated the Marshall County Tigerettes (11-18) for the third time this season, as the top seeded Lady Patriots (23-3) beat MCHS 62-39 in the semifinals of the District 12-AA on Friday afternoon at East Hickman High School. Having won both regular season meetings against Marshall County by double digits, Page blew Friday's contest open early and used a 20-0 run to forge a 29-9 lead with 2:40 left in the second quarter before taking a 30-12 advantage into the break. more

semifinals the previous evening, the Marshall County Tigers (18-9) salvaged a third place finish in the District 12-AA tournament by defeating the Fairview Yellow Jackets 59-54 in overtime on Saturday night. MCHS had won both regular season encounters between the two teams by double digits, but Fairview (11-17) had Marshall County on the ropes in Saturday's contest and held a 48-44 lead with 3:35 left in the fourth quarter. more

In the biggest game of the year, the Forrest Rockets could not find their range from three-point land or at foul line and it cost them the District 9-A title, falling to host MTCS 49-42 in overtime. First-year Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs, who was named District 9-A Coach of the Year said after the contest, "We tried to stay on the positives in there after the game, because the good thing about basketball is as long as the ball is still bouncing, we still have a chance." more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (16-10) advanced to the District 11-A tournament championship game for the fourth straight year by thrashing tourney host Mt. Pleasant 54-31 in the semifinals on Thursday night to record their 11th straight victory over the Lady Tigers. Mt. Pleasant (13-13) had played CHS tough in their two meetings during the regular season, but the Lady Bulldogs put their foot on the Lady Tigers' neck early in Thursday's contest and built a 31-16 lead through the first two quarters of play. more

Forrest tenth-grader Cage Hargrove and junior Spencer McGuiggan had a taste of the big time Thursday in the TSSAA Division I State Wrestling Tournament at the Williamson County Expo Center in Franklin, but their thirst was not satisfied as they both were eliminated after losing their first two bouts. In round one, both Rocket grapplers were pinned by higher seeded opponents, but in the consolation round, Hargrove and McGuiggan turned in valiant efforts, going the three-round distance. more

The Forrest Middle School Lady Rockets started off the pre-season with bang over the weekend, sweeping four games at their Play Day in Chapel Hill. On Friday, FMS beat E.A. Cox 9-4 and shutout the Community Middle School Viqueens 2-0. more

On Wednesday night, the Cornersville Bulldogs saw their season come to an end when they were defeated 46-30 on the road by the second seeded Santa Fe Wildcats in the first round of the District 11-A tournament. After narrowly losing 48-46 to the Wildcats in their previous encounter on Jan. 24, the Bulldogs (2-22) nipped at Santa Fe's heels in the first half of Wednesday's contest and trailed just 18-17 at the break. more

Forrest dug a deep hole early in the District 9-A Tournament semifinals versus Cascade Tuesday night at MTCS, trailing by as many as thirteen points in the first half before a never-say-die attitude lifted the top-seeded Rockets to a dramatic 42-39 come from behind win over the Champions. The Rockets (23-7), move to Friday night's title game versus host MTCS (14-14), who beat second-seeded Community 58-49 in the second semifinal Tuesday night. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes (11-17) lived to fight another day after defeating the fourth seeded Lewis County Lady Panthers 51-47 on the road Tuesday night in the first round of the District 12-AA tournament. Having split a pair of tightly contested games with Lewis County (14-9) during the regular season, the fifth seeded Tigerettes controlled the first half of Tuesday's contest and led by as many as 13 points in the second quarter prior to taking a 32-25 advantage into the break. more

The Marshall County Tigers went coast-to-coast in a not so pretty 62-48 win over Page in the first round of the District 12-AA Tournament Wednesday night at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg, clinching a berth in the upcoming Region 6-AA, but first a date with archival Giles County looms in a Friday night district tournament semifinal at East Hickman. The Tigers have lost both meetings this year to the second-seeded Bobcats, and if they turn the ball over 31 times like they did versus the Patriots, it will be a road trip west for the Tigers next week. more

After turning in a record setting 2011 campaign, Marshall County High School senior tailback Trevor Irizarry became the fifth member of his class to receive a football scholarship this month when he signed a letter of intent to play at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas. Having played at Lawrence County High School the three previous years, Irizarry made a huge splash at MCHS as a senior and rushed for a single season school record 2,038 yards and 24 touchdowns while averaging a whopping 9.2 yards per carry. more

Class AAA Record Pts Prv 1. Ridgeway (17) 26-1 190 2 2. Southwind (1) 24-3 178 1 3. Science Hill (2) 26-2 155 3 4. Dyer County 27-1 137 4 5. Clarksville NE 26-2 127 5 6. Hunters Lane 24-2 101 6 7. Oak Ridge 23-3 66 8 8. Melrose 23-8 55 7 9. Knoxville West 22-3 50 9 10. Ooltewah 22-3 11 NR more

Final 2012 Poll: Associated Press Tennessee Girls Prep Basketball Rankings Associated Press Associated Press Tennessee Prep Basketball Rankings GIRLS Class AAA Record Pts Prv 1. Riverdale (12) 24-3 164 1 2. Science Hill (4) 29-0 158 2 3. Clarksville (2) 29-0 140 3 4. Bradley Central 27-1 113 5 5. Memphis Overton 20-2 101 7 6. Mt. Juliet 26-2 96 6 7. Memphis Central 19-6 80 4 8. Morristown East 23-4 45 9 9. Blackman 20-4 40 8 10. Tennessee 24-4 15 NR more

The Community Viqueens exorcised eight years' worth of pain Friday night at Middle Tennessee Christian School as they stunned the Forrest Lady Rockets 36-30 in the first round of the District 9-A Tournament. The Viqueens' win over Forrest broke a 19-game losing streak, dating back to Jan. 30, 2004, and the first round district tournament loss had not happened to the Lady Rockets since the 2001-2002 season when they were axed in round one by Huntland in Chapel Hill. more

The Forrest Rockets wasted no time disposing of a youthful Fayetteville squad in Saturday's District 9-A kick-off game at MTCS, orchestrating a devastating first-quarter blitzkrieg that carried them to a lopsided 67-27 win. Forrest head coach Wes Hobbs said after the game, "The guys executed the game plan perfect and they came out with a fire tonight from the start and that is what we wanted to see. We had our shooters make some big shots tonight, which helps a lot and it was just an all-around good win." more

Forrest wrestlers Cage Hargrove and Spencer McGuiggan endured a long, grueling Region 5 Tournament in McMinnville over the weekend to earn a berth in the TSAA Division I State Tournament, beginning at 3 p.m. on Thursday at the Williamson County Agricultural Exposition Arena in Franklin. Forrest head coach Josh Roberson said about the team's region tournament performance and the two qualifiers, "The region tournament went well overall, I wish we had a couple more to make that final match to go to state. But, to have the first two in five years to go is nice to finally have somebody going back and I am proud of both of these guys for putting the time and effort in to making it, and I proud of all the others for their effort." more

The Marshall County Tigerettes will have to go on the road in the first round of the upcoming District 12-AA tournament after traveling to Centerville and losing 55-39 to the Hickman County Lady Bulldogs in their regular season finale on Tuesday night. After defeating Hickman County 36-35 in their previous encounter on Jan. 6, the Tigerettes had a chance to finish as high as third in the District standings if they could knock off the Lady Bulldogs again on Tuesday and Lewis County lost one of their final two conference games this week. more

Having already locked up the third seed in the upcoming District 12-AA tournament, the Marshall County Tigers prepped for the playoffs by pounding the Hickman County Bulldogs 63-42 on the road in their regular season finale on Tuesday night. Hickman County (2-25, 1-14 District) had given MCHS fits in their previous encounter on Jan. 6 before eventually dropping a 58-53 decision to the Tigers. more

The Forrest Rockets, coming off a huge District 9-A title clinching win Friday night over Community, capped off the regular season slate with a 55-48 senior night victory over a scrappy Cornersville Bulldogs squad on Tuesday in Chapel Hill. It was win number 14 in a row for Forrest (21-7) over Cornersville (2-21), dating back to February 8, 2002. The Rockets may have been looking ahead to their district tournament opener versus Fayetteville (5-17) on Saturday at Middle Tennessee Christian School, or they may have been paying too much attention to getting Mark Pope his 1,000th point as the Bulldogs hung tough for much of the contest. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets tuned up for their District 9-A Tournament opener versus Community on Friday night with a solid 56-52 win over intra-county rival and District 11-A number one seeded Cornersville on senior night Tuesday in Chapel Hill. Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean said after the game, "They came out tonight and played hard from the get-go and took it at them. We played good offense and defense, and we didn't foul early. This is a good way going into the tournament, playing a four-quarter game." more