Come from behind at Huntland, crush Moore County at home The Forrest Rockets continue to play solid basketball as they swept an important weekend series, beginning with a 58-55 come from behind win at Huntland on Friday, before taking care of business on Saturday in Chapel Hill with a big 51-32 blowout win over Moore County. Forrest senior Zach Ray said after the Moore County game, "We were a little worried that we may not have the stamina tonight after a tough, physical game at Huntland, but we just came out and went hard and that's all you can do." more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through January 23, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:... more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through January 23, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:... more

he Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (8-9) were denied a spot in the finals of the TMSAA Area 2 Class AA tournament after losing 35-23 at home to the Lewis County Panthers in the semifinals on Tuesday night. Coming off a hard fought 33-30 win over Hickman County in the first round of the tourney three days earlier, the Lady Panthers steadily pulled away from LMS in Tuesday's contest and held a 19-12 lead at the break before outscoring Lewisburg 16-11 in the second half to take home the 12-point victory. more

After narrowly defeating Spring Hill twice during the regular season, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (13-4) had a surprisingly easy time with the Generals on Tuesday night, as they rolled to a 47-27 victory at home in the semifinals of the TMSAA Area 2 Class AA tournament. Spring Hill (12-10) had destroyed Lewis County 66-6 in the first round of the tournament three days earlier, but the Tigers controlled Tuesday's contest from the opening tip and built a 23-13 lead in the first half before outscoring the Generals 24-14 over the final two quarters to pull away for the 20-point victory. more

The Eagleville Lady Eagles came to Chapel Hill Tuesday night minus their leading scorer in Julia Adamowicz, who was out due to illness, and the Lady Rockets soon found out that a wounded animal is sometimes the toughest to defeat as they trailed at the end of every quarter, except the one that mattered in a come-from-behind 43-38 win. The first quarter started out very slow on both sides with Eagleville's Ashley Tidwell scoring the first four points of the game before Forrest finally got on the board at the 2:02 mark of the period on a Hannah Phifer basket. Eagleville was determined to win for their fallen star, scoring the next twelve points, while holding the Lady Rockets scoreless the remainder of the period with the big blow coming on a buzzer beating three-pointer by Nicole Duke to make it 16-2. more

Longtime hard-court rivalries are usually associated with proximity and that is certainly the case for Forrest and Eagleville with the latest District 9-A tilt played out on Tuesday in Chapel Hill with the Rockets coming out on top 68-57 in what turned out to be a rough and tumble ending. Forrest's Zach Horvath, who tied teammate Mark Pope with game-high scoring honors with 21 points in the contest, challenged the Eagles to stop his athletic game in the paint all night to no avail and in the final seconds of the ballgame, Horvath got tangled up near midcourt while being fouled and tempers began to flare, but the TSSAA referees took control before any incidents took place. more

On Tuesday night, the Marshall County Tigerettes (7-13, 6-4) extended their current winning streak to five games when they went on the road and defeated the East Hickman Lady Eagles 57-55 in double overtime. The Tigers, meanwhile, bounced back from a disappointing loss to Giles County by thrashing the Eagles 53-31 in the nightcap. Although the Tigerettes finished with a 20-11 edge in field goals, East Hickman stayed in the contest by hitting 30 of 38 free throws while Marshall County converted only 15-of-31 attempts from the charity stripe. more

As reported earlier, Lewisburg's Peyton Williams was selected to play in the Inaugural United States Marines Corps Junior Rank All-Academic game, presented by Russell Athletics at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz. on Jan. 3 and the standout Tiger 8th grader made the most of his experience, on and off the field. Williams' father Roger said about the experience, "Peyton made friends for life and gained the respect of the top recruits in the country. The trip was a great experience for everyone. Junior Rank, the Hyatt, and Chase Field was top notch." more

COLUMBIA, Tenn. - - A Lewisburg native who coached at Connelly and MCHS will be inducted into the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association Hall of Fame later this month. Louis Connor, athletic director for Columbia State Community College, will be inducted into the TCCAA Hall of Fame during a ceremony scheduled to take place between the two games scheduled for Jan. 27 at Columbia State. TCCAA Commissioner Jim Cigliano will formally induct Coach Connor. A native of Lewisburg, Conner is a graduate of Columbia State Community College and the University of North Alabama at Florence. more

ichland recorded their eighth straight victory against the Cornersville Bulldogs (2-15, 0-7) on Saturday night when they throttled CHS 67-25 in Lynnville. The Raiders (9-8, 4-3) dominated the game from the start and forged a 34-7 lead in the first half before outscoring Cornersville 33-18 over the final two quarters to cruise to the 42-point victory. more

n Thursday night, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs missed a golden opportunity to pick up their second win of the season when they lost 28-23 at home to the Richland Raiders. Having defeated Richland 35-21 earlier in the season, Cornersville held a 19-15 lead early in the fourth quarter of Thursday's contest, but things went awry for CMS after that point, as the Raiders outscored the Bulldogs 13-4 the rest of the way to escape with the five-point victory. Although Cornersville held a 3-0 edge in three-pointers, Richland finished with a 11-10 advantage in field goals thanks to a five-of-six shooting performance in the fourth quarter. more

he Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (10-8) completed the season sweep of Richland on Thursday night by grinding out a 14-9 victory over the Lady Raiders at home with the help of a strong effort from forward Carson Coble. After beating Richland 29-17 on Nov. 14, the Lady Bulldogs held a 6-4 lead at halftime on Thursday before outscoring the Lady Raiders 8-5 over the final two quarters to notch their third straight win. Aided by a six-of-10 shooting performance from Coble, Cornersville finished with a 7-4 edge in field goals and out-rebounded Richland 24-20 overall. more

fter winning eight out of their first nine games to start the season, the Marshall County Tigers have gone into a tailspin, losing five of seven, including a 55-41 defeat at the hands of archrival Giles County Saturday night in Lewisburg. An Aaron Hobbs driving bucket to the hoop on the Tigers' first possession gave MCHS their only lead of the ballgame at 2-0, and from there, it was pretty much a lackadaisical effort turned in by the Tigers as they suffered their second defeat to the Bobcats this season. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs gained sole possession of first place in the District 11-A standings on Saturday night by defeating fellow co-leader Richland 56-46 in Lynnville to avenge a 40-37 overtime loss to the Lady Raiders earlier in the season. After trailing by as many as nine points in the second quarter, Cornersville (10-9, 6-1) rallied to tie the game at 28-28 at halftime before seizing a 39-33 advantage in the third period. more

On Dec. 22, 2011, the Marshall County High School Tigerettes recorded the 1,000th win in their storied program with a victory over McGavock at the East Literature Christmas Classic when they defeated the Lady Raiders 55-44, and they have not lost since. The four-time TSSAA state champions (1972, 1976, 1980, 2008) won their third straight District 12-AA game since the milestone victory in Nashville with the latest win coming Saturday night at the Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg in a 59-43 coast-to-coast win over Giles County, improving their all-time win/loss record to 1003-386 since 1963. more

Two prep sporting events rescheduled more

The Forrest Lady Rockets survived a tough 67-61 battle Tuesday night in Bedford County over the Community Viqueens, extending their domination over the Unionville school to eighteen straight wins, dating back to January 30, 2004. However, it was not easy for the Lady Rockets, who could not shake the Viqueens the entire contest with the biggest Forrest lead coming at outset of the second quarter when they led by nine points at 15-6. more

The Forrest Rockets (13-6, 6-1) won their fifth game in a row Tuesday night and sixth in succession over Community, but it took overtime for the Rockets to prevail 76-70 over the ninth ranked Vikings (13-3, 6-1) in Unionville. "It got crazy at the end there, but our defense hung tough and we pulled it off," said Forrest senior Colby Anglin after the game. "It was back and forth, back and forth the whole game. It is the best feeling I have had all season." more

The Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs suffered their sixth straight setback on Monday night when they were defeated 35-13 at home by the South Lawrence Stallions. Having lost 42-24 to South Lawrence earlier in the season, the Bulldogs actually held a 7-4 lead at the end of the first quarter thanks to a Justin Singleton layup and a two free throws and a three-pointer from Ben Proctor. more