Rematch with Giles County, but this for state semifinal berth It seems like forever ago when Marshall County High School played Giles County and came away with a program-changing 26-7 win at Preston Hopkins Field in Lewisburg. Since that Sept. 16 battle, the Tigers have marched many miles, coming away with six wins in eight ballgames, including two blowout playoff wins versus Notre Dame and Sequoyah. Under the lights this week in Lewisburg, the two long-time archrivals meet again with a Class 4A state semifinal berth on the line. more

The Cornersville Bulldogs got off to a disappointing start to the 2011-12 basketball campaign, as they suffered a 59-38 loss to the Community Vikings at home on Tuesday night. Aided by some early Cornersville foul trouble, Community took charge of the game right from the start and forged a 17-4 lead in the first quarter. more

The FMS Forrest Rockets had payback on their mind in Unionville Thursday night after the Vikings handed FMS a lopsided 48-8 loss in Chapel Hill on October 18. The Rockets played some of their best ball of the season, leading for a little over three quarters before a fourth-quarter Viking surge sent FMS home as the losers 48-42. more

The FMS Lady Rockets (2-6) could not snap their losing streak Thursday at Unionville, dropping a 50-32 contest to the undefeated Viqueens (9-0). The defeat was the fourth in a row for Forrest, who is mired in seventh place in the Duck River Valley Conference standings. more

The Forrest Rockets' post-season dreams came to an abrupt, gut-cutting end Friday night in Parsons as Decatur County-Riverside shocked everyone in the stadium when Panther quarterback Luke Ward found Andrew Lamance on a 43-yard game winning touchdown strike with 9 seconds to go in the ballgame to eliminate Forrest 14-10. In the post-game interview, Forrest head Coach Kyle Stacey said, "This team has overcome so much this year with injuries, re-doing the line and all kind of things. They have accomplished a lot and I am very, very proud of them for that." more

On Thursday night, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs suffered their most lopsided loss of the season when they were defeated 53-5 at home by an athletic Bridgeforth Bobcat squad. Bridgeforth dominated from start to finish and built a 29-5 lead in the first half before outscoring CMS 24-0 over the final two quarters to roll to the 48-point victory. more

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (6-4) had their five-game winning streak snapped on Thursday night when they lost 27-18 at home to the Bridgeforth Lady Bobcats. Cornersville appeared to be in control of the game early on and led by as many as 10 points in the first half before taking a 13-5 advantage into the break. The momentum, though, shifted dramatically in the second half, as Bridgeforth outscored CMS 22-5 over the final two quarters to take home the nine-point victory. more

The Marshall County Tigers (9-3) advanced to the quarterfinals of the playoffs for the first time in nine years by defeating the Sequoyah Chiefs 31-6 at home on Friday night in the second round of the Class 4A bracket. MCHS had their way with Sequoyah (6-6) early on and scored on all four of their first half possessions to forge a 24-0 lead at the break. The Tigers then tacked on another touchdown late in the third quarter to open up a 31-0 advantage before coasting to the 25-point victory. more

After narrowly losing to Elkton in overtime six days earlier, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs (0-6) had a tougher time with the Elks on Monday night, as they dropped a 34-21 decision on the road. Aided by a strong defense and a dominant performance on the offensive glass, Elkton held a 13-7 lead at halftime before outscoring CMS 21-14 in the second half to claim the 13-point victory. more

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (5-3) rattled off their fourth straight win on Monday night when they traveled down to Giles County and defeated the Elkton Lady Elks 38-26. Having beaten Elkton 35-31 six days earlier in the Cornersville Athletic Club Booster tournament, the Lady Bulldogs built a 17-10 lead in the first half before outscoring the Lady Elks 21-16 over the final two quarters to pull away for the 12-point victory. more

Football playoff fever is still in the air, but on Saturday, all six county basketball squads will be in action as they take part in pre-season Play Days with Forrest being one of six host sites for the Riverdale Lady Warrior Play Day and in Cornersville, boys head coach Adrian Wilson will host his annual Bulldog Play Day. more

Tigerette fans got their money's worth Tuesday night as they watched head coach Chris Coleman's squad trail for much of the night versus Spring Hill before competing another fourth quarter comeback to win 28-26. "Close calls are our specialty right now," said Coleman. "It feels good though to come up on the winning end." more

seeded Marshall County Tigers (8-3) will once again enjoy some home cooking for Friday night's second round 4A playoff game versus the Sequoyah Chiefs (6-5), while the Forrest Rockets (8-3) take to the highway for a match-up versus the Decatur County-Riverside Panthers (4-6) in the 2A bracket. The Tigers (1984 state champions) are looking to advance past the second round for the first time since 2007 when they lost to David Lipscomb 32-13. more

The Houston County Fighting Irish knew what was coming in their 2A playoff opener Friday night, but could not stop the Forrest ground attack as the Rockets exploded with a whopping 457 rushing yards behind an attacking offensive line that paved the way for a 35-0 shutout win at the "Rock" in Chapel Hill. The win was the first playoff triumph for Forrest (8-3) since 1992 and sends the Rockets on the road, under the lights to Decatur County Riverside (4-7) for a second round, Friday night match-up. more

Coming off a 35-31 win over Elkton in the first round two days earlier, the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (3-3) advanced to the finals of the Cornersville Athletic Club Booster tournament by hammering the Culleoka Lady Warriors 35-11 in the semifinals on Thursday night. Having lost 27-26 to Culleoka earlier in the season, the Lady Bulldogs put Thursday's game out of reach early and built a 24-5 lead in the first half before outscoring the Lady Warriors 11-6 over the final two quarters to coast to the 24-point victory. more

On Saturday night, the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (4-3) captured their second straight Cornersville Athletic Booster Club tournament title by defeating Columbia Academy 26-13 in the championship game. CMS narrowly beat Columbia Academy 25-22 in their season opener on Oct. 20 and found themselves locked in a 9-9 tie with CA early in the third quarter of Saturday's contest. more

After dropping their season opener to Meridianville, the LMS Tigerettes rebounded in a big way, defeating archrival Whitthorne in a spirited, down to the wire 30-27 contest in Lewisburg. LMS's Makiya Morris turned in an outstanding performance, pouring in two-thirds of the Tigerettes' points in the game as she wove her way through traffic to the rack, pulled up in the lane for jumpers, stole the ball, ran the offense, and drilled two three-pointers. more

The LMS Tigers made up for the opening season loss to Meridianville by taking out their disappointment on their always-strong namesakes from Whitthorne with a big 52-39 win in Lewisburg Thursday night. Jay Howard's rebound and put-back opened up the scoring in the game for LMS, but Whitthorne's Sanchez Borkeen tied it up. more

Everything went according to plan for the Marshall County Tigers on Friday night, as they defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28-6 in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs at Preston Hopkins Field. Mixing in some timely play action passes with their usually potent running game, the Tigers built a 21-0 lead in the first half before opening up a 28-0 advantage early in the fourth quarter en route to claiming their eighth victory of the year. more

On Tuesday night, the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers were unable to pass a tough early season test, as they opened the 2011-12 basketball campaign with a 45-32 home loss to a perennially strong Meridianville, AL squad. After leading by as many as nine points early on, the Tigers held a 13-11 advantage at the end of the first quarter, but the Eagles dominated the next two periods of play with the help of their suffocating full court press and outscored LMS 30-11 during that span to open up a 41-24 cushion before cruising to the 13-point victory. more