The Cascade Lady Champions invaded Forrest Friday night with the intention of upsetting the Lady Rockets and almost pulled it off before some late magic catapulted the Chapel Hill girls to a 61-58 double-overtime win. An elated Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean said after the win, "It's been a bumpy ride, but right now, the girls are buying into want we want to do and they are playing pretty good. If you think about it, we had graduated almost everyone who had played, so a lot of these kids have stepped up and played big minutes and big basketball. We have only won two district games by more than ten points twice, so they are getting tougher playing in close games and that will help us come tournament time." more

On Friday night, the Marshall County Tigers assured themselves of a home game in the first round of the District 12-AA tournament by defeating Page 62-45 on Homecoming at Dottie Kelso Gymnasium to complete the season sweep of the Patriots. Owning a six-game win streak over Page coming into Friday's contest, the Tigers (14-6, 10-3 District) had trouble shaking the Patriots (5-13, 5-6 District) early before using a late second quarter spurt to take a 27-20 lead into the break. more

The Associated Press boys Top 10 poll for Class AAA, Class AA, Class A and Division II. They are as follows (with first-place votes in parentheses, record, overall points and previous ranking): Class AAA 1. Southwind (18) 21-2 197 1 2. Ridgeway (1) 21-1 179 2 3. Science Hill (1) 23-2 147 3 4. Dyer County 24-1 138 4 5. Clarksville NE 22-2 1185 6. Hunters Lane 21-2 92 6 7. Karns 20-2 69 8 8. Melrose 18-7 49 7 9. Oak Ridge 19-3 45 9 10. Knoxville West 18-3 32 10 Others receiving 12 or more points: None. more

The Associated Press girls Top 10 poll for Class AAA, Class AA, Class A and Division II. They are as follows (with first-place votes in parentheses, record, overall points and previous ranking): Girls Class AAA 1. Riverdale (13) 20-3 177 1 2. Science Hill (5) 24-0 160 2 3. Clarksville (1) 26-0 147 3 4. Memphis Central 15-5 129 4 5. Bradley Central 23-1 118 5 6. Mt. Juliet 22-2 106 6 7. Memphis Overton 15-2 73 7 8. Morristown East 21-3 50 8 9. Oakland 19-3 24 9 10. Blackman 17-3 23 10 Others receiving 12 or more points: None. more

The round trip yellow bus ride to Murfreesboro was happy in both directions for the Forrest hoops squads on Tuesday as both the boys and girls came away with important late-season victories, kicked-off by the Lady Rockets coming out first and squeaking out a 63-61 win, while the Rockets avenged their lone league loss of the season with a tough four-point, 42-38 win over the Cougars... more

The Cornersville Bulldogs (2-17, 0-9 District) left it all on the court Tuesday night, but saw victory elude them once again, as they suffered a gut wrenching 48-46 loss to the Santa Fe Wildcats at home. Santa Fe (13-8, 6-4 District) had clobbered CHS 59-22 in their previous meeting on Dec. 16, but the Bulldogs put up a much tougher fight this time around and held a 34-33 lead late in the third quarter. more

On Tuesday night, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs cleared another hurdle in their quest to capture a fourth straight District 11-A regular season title when they defeated second place Santa Fe 44-35 at home to complete the season sweep of the Lady Wildcats. Having beaten Santa Fe 48-43 on Dec. 16, Cornersville held a 28-17 lead early in the third quarter before the Lady Wildcats (11-11, 6-4 District) rallied to slice the deficit to 31-28 with 6:00 left in the fourth period. more

Five Lewisburg Middle School basketball players received Area 2 Class AA All-Tournament honors. The Tigerettes' Front row from left, Makiya Morris and Zachuriya O'Neal were named to the girls team, while the Tigers', Back row from left, Jay Howard, Malek Sain, and Darius McKenzie were named to the boys team... more

Fomer Cornersville softball coach and current athletic director Spencer Mitchell was honored at halftime of the Lady Bulldogs' basketball game against Columbia Academy. Mitchell retired at the end of the last season and compiled a career record of 243-129-2 at Cornersville, while helping lead the Lady Bulldogs to three third place finishes in the Class A State tournament. more

For two quarters, the Marshall County Tigers played to the level of their young, but hungry District 12-AA opponent Summit Spartans before coming to life in a 49-34 win in Lewisburg Tuesday night. "Summit is an extremely talented team," said MCHS head coach Jason Tigert. "They are just young and you see that a lot of times in young teams where they play well in spurts. They are well-coached and talented and that is always a dangerous combination." more

The Marshall County Tigerettes took care of business Tuesday night, claiming a 55-36 coast-to-coast win over Summit at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg. "The coaching staff, we were a little worried we might overlook this game like the East Hickman game and come in and not take care of business," said MCHS head coach David Junkins. "But, I think the girls learned their lesson from the East Hickman game and came in and took care of their business tonight." more

Despite suffering a severe knee injury this past summer, Cornersville High School senior Makenzie Hopkins will get a chance to display her talents at the collegiate level after signing a letter of intent to play softball at Motlow State Community College on Tuesday morning in CHS' basketball gymnasium. A two-sport standout at Cornersville, Hopkins tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee this past June while playing in a summer camp with the Lady Bulldogs' basketball team. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets won one of two battles in the war for positioning in the upcoming District 9-A Tournament as they came from behind at Huntland Friday night to earn a 38-23 win before barely missing a chance at a big upset over second-ranked Moore County in Chapel Hill Saturday in a 63-48 loss. Forrest fell behind 11-4 in the first quarter versus Huntland before cutting the Lady Hornets' lead to five at the half, 20-15. more

Coming off a 35-23 defeat to Lewis County in the semifinals of the TMSAA Area 2 Class AA tournament two days earlier, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (8-10) had to settle for fourth place in the tourney after losing 28-16 at home to the Spring Hill Lady Generals in the consolation finals. LMS had won both regular season encounters against Spring Hill, but the Lady Generals confounded the Tigerettes with a 1-3-1 zone and built a 16-10 lead in the first half before outscoring Lewisburg 12-6 over the final two quarters to claim the third place plaque. more

Defeating Columbia Academy proved to be too tall of a task for the Cornersville Bulldogs (2-16, 0-8 District), as CA notched a 48-33 victory at CHS thanks to a strong performance by their frontcourt. Having defeated Cornersville 57-31 in their previous meeting on Dec. 13, Columbia Academy (8-12, 3-5 District) built a 31-18 lead in the first half before outscoring the Bulldogs 17-15 over the final two quarters to record their seventh straight win over CHS. more

Despite struggling offensively for much of the game, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs recorded their fifth straight victory on Friday night when they defeated District foe Columbia Academy 32-24 at home to complete the sweep of the regular season series. After beating CA 51-40 on Dec. 13, Cornersville (11-9, 7-1 District) held a 19-14 lead at halftime in Friday's contest before outscoring Columbia Academy 13-10 over the final two periods to claim the eight-point win. more

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (14-4) captured their fourth straight TMSAA Area 2 Class AA tournament title by defeating the E.O. Coffman Panthers 42-24 at home on Thursday night in the championship game. Having beaten E.O. Coffman handily twice during the regular season, the Tigers built a 23-10 lead in the first half despite getting off to a sluggish start, before outscoring the Panthers 19-14 over the final two quarters to cruise to the 18-point victory. more

The 2012 Cornersville Basketball Homecoming Court. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Freshman attendant Josie Gower, Sophomore attendant Haley Stacey, Junior attendant Sydney Brock, Senior attendant Laiken Spivey, Cornersville Homecoming Queen Kaylin Thomas, Senior attendant Ashley Warren, Junior attendant Mackenzie Spivey, Sophomore attendant Taylor Wolaver, Freshman attendant Scarlett King, (back row, left to right) Freshman escort David Looney, Sophomore escort Tyler Lowery, Junior escort Cody Blackburn, Senior escort Kaleb Rickles, Homecoming Queen escort Clay Dunivan, Cornersville Mr. ... more

The Marshall County Tigers trailed for much of the ballgame at Lewis County Friday night, before a fourth quarter rally put them over the top in a 53-48 win. "In the first half, they had more energy, they made plays, we weren't giving a good defensive effort, and they were beating us on the glass," said MCHS head coach Jason Tigert. "In the second half I thought we got the pace of play where we wanted, we did a better job rebounding and didn't settle as much and we were fortunate to come out with the win." more

The Marshall County Tigerettes (8-13, 7-4) earned a huge 60-58 road win Friday night in Hohenwald, thanks to an early first quarter 19-7 blitzkrieg that put the Lewis County Lady Panthers (9-7, 6-5) in a hole they would never completely dig out of. "We were really clicking there at the start," said MCHS head coach David Junkins. "We have started the last couple of games kind of hot and the girls knew what the game plan was and believed in it." more