The Marshall County Tigerettes picked up a much needed win on Monday, as they defeated the Montgomery Central Lady Indians 53-43 at the East Literature Holiday Classic in Nashville to snap a three-game losing streak. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets found out the hard way just how good the Wayne County Lady Wildcats are when they left Waynesboro with a stinging 61-38 loss Monday night at the Wayne County Christmas Tournament. "We didn't come to play," said Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean. "If it wasn't for Christina (Curtner) in the first half, we wouldn't have been in the game at all." more

TSWA All-State Football Teams CLASS 1A Coach of the Year: Vic Grider (South Pittsburg) Offense QB - Tyler Rice (Wayne County) QB - Jacob Tucker (Perry County) RB - Cody Woodmore (Gordonsville) RB - Frank Traughber (Jo Byrns) RB - Raquis Hale (South Pittsburg)... more

Forrest sophomore Mark Pope had an incredible freshman season last year, but has struggled early on this year until Monday night when he broke out of his shooting slump in a big way with a season high 26 points, including 6 three-pointers as the Rockets held on to beat the host Wildcats 51-48 at the Wayne County Christmas Classic. Forrest head coach Davy McClaran said after the game, "We all know what kind of player Pope can be when he gets hot. We have just been waiting eleven games for him to get there. It was nice to see him finally get in the rhythm and knock some down." more

Monday December 20 East Literature tournament Smyrna girls vs. DCA, 10 a.m.; Smyrna boys vs. DCA, 11:30 a.m.; East Ridge vs. East Literature girls, 1 p.m.; East Ridge vs. East Literature boys, 2:30 p.m.; Montgomery Central girls vs. Marshall Co., 4 p.m.; Montgomery Central vs. Warren Co. boys, 5:30 p.m.; Goodpasture girls vs. Hunters Lane, 7 p.m.; Goodpasture boys vs. Hunters Lane, 8:30 p.m... more

The FMS Forrest Rockets have one game left to play on the season and it will be for the Duck River Valley Conference title Saturday after they survived a 32-30 semifinal overtime win over Westwood, Manchester Thursday night in Chapel Hill. "This is why this conference was formed, so that these young athletes can get a taste of what it is like to be in a championship run," said FMS head coach Davy McClaran. more

The Duck River Valley Conference Middle School Basketball Tournament got underway in Chapel Hill Monday night with four opening round games. The undefeated MTCS Lady Cougars, the defending conference champions and number one seed started where they left off last year with an impressive 47-0 shutout win over eighth seeded Westwood, while number two seed Liberty eliminated seven seeded Eagleville 40-19. more

A pair of losses by Marshall County High School and host Forrest in the semifinals of the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament sets up the first match-up between the two county girls squads in a quarter century today in the consolation game at 4:00 p.m. in Chapel Hill... more

With a hot 3-0 start, the mindset of the Forrest Rockets is much different from last season when they limped out to a 0-6 start before settling down and making a late season run that culminated with a District 9A Tournament title. After beating Tullahoma 47-38 on the road Friday night, the Rockets made it two in a row over the Wildcats with a rough and tumble 49-44 win at the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament on Wednesday. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets moved to 2-1 on the young season after disposing of a gritty Santa Fe squad 79-57 Wednesday night in the first round of the Forrest Thanksgiving Classic. The Curtner twins, Anna and Christina, who scored 24 and 20 points in the ballgame respectively, led the way for Forrest in the backcourt... more

The Marshall County Tigers, coming off two tough losses to open the season at Bolivar were back in the friendly confines of Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium Tuesday night, playing in front of a packed house in Lewisburg and they took care of business, garnering their first win of the season in a coast-to-coast 61-48 victory over Columbia Central. "It's nice to get back in this environment and be able to play in front of such a great crowd, wow!" said MCHS head coach Jason Tigert. "Anytime we can get a 'W' over Columbia is good." more

(Harwell continued her heroics this morning, hitting a game winner at the buzzer as the Tigerettes beat Creekwood 38-37 in the first round of the Forrest Thanksgiving Tournament) more

The Cornersville Bulldogs (0-3) remain starved for a win, as they head into the Thanksgiving break with a 62-35 road loss at the hands of the Collinwood Trojans (3-0) on Tuesday night. After jumping out to a 21-point lead in the second quarter, the Trojans held a 39-22 advantage at the break before outscoring Cornersville 23-13 in the second half to cruise to their third victory of the season. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (2-1) fattened their win total Tuesday night by defeating Collinwood 56-48 on the road in their final game before Thanksgiving after fending off a frantic rally by the Trojanettes in the second half. Although the Lady Bulldogs had lost seven of the last 10 meetings between the two teams, Cornersville seemed unfazed by the hostile environment of Collinwood's gym in the first half and held a 30-19 lead at the break before opening up a 12-point advantage early in the third quarter. more

On Tuesday night, the 2010-2011 prep basketball season gets underway with a full slate of TSSAA Hall of Champion games. TSSAA Hall of Champions Benefit Basketball games have been played since its inception in 2001 and are played in order to raise money for the TSSAA Hall of Champions, while also allowing schools to play additional basketball games without counting them towards the number of games allowed on the regular season schedule. more

After scoring first, it looked as if the road woes that had plagued the Forrest Rockets this year would disappear, instead all the shortcomings that had sent them three hours away for a first round playoff game to Dresden resurfaced, sending head coach Kyle Stacey's team back to Chapel Hill, one and done for the second season in a row. "Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes, a major problem this year," said Stacey. "I told them before the game when you get to this level, you can't make crucial mistakes." Forrest finished with a record of 6-5 with all of their losses coming away from the "The Rock" and the Rockets are now an even 94-94 since 1993 and have not won a playoff game since the 7-6 win over Mt. Pleasant at home in 1992. more

At this time of year, prep football teams are thrilled to be playing and all three Marshall County squads made the big dance and will be in action, but the trio will be on the road for the first round of the TSSAA playoffs tonight. It could have been a much sweeter scenario for the Forrest Rockets, but a dismal 1-4 road record and losses in three out of their last five ballgames sends the 6-4 Rockets west to Dresden where they will face off with the 8-2 Lions... more

MCHS star will play for Vanderbilt Finally, the wait is over for Marshall County High School senior standout Kedren Johnson, who made his college commitment in front of his senior class to play basketball next year for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Johnson was heavily recruited by as many as ten different major college programs, but narrowed his choices down to Louisville, Florida, Alabama, and Vanderbilt by the Wednesday morning announcement at MCHS... more

After a crucial region overtime loss to Tullahoma in week two, the Columbia Central Lions took out their frustrations on the Marshall County Tigers, jumping on head coach Tom Turchetta's young squad early and often in a 42-17 pasting at Jim Cartwright Field in Columbia Friday night. more

It was too little, too late for the FMS Rockets Thursday night in Chapel Hill, as a torrid fourth quarter comeback was not enough to overcome their earlier mistakes in a 12-6 loss to Westwood Jr. High. FMS head coach Josh Roberson said after the game, "We were not ready to play. We have to re-think our pregame strategy before home games. Hopefully we can get some air conditioning in the field house and have them sit down there instead of splitting them up. Maybe do some board work and stuff and get them thinking on football." more