There may be many fine walking horses in town for the big celebration in Bedford County this weekend, but there was a loose stallion in Chapel Hill Friday running wild on the gridiron at the 'Rock'. Forrest junior tailback Zach Ray broke out of the corral early, galloping with a fervor rarely seen in these parts. Forrest head coach Kyle Stacey said about Ray's outstanding performance, "He carried the ball well, he is our feature back. We are counting on him to do a lot. He kept going ahead, going ahead, and going ahead. The line did a good job of handling the situations up front. I remember certain plays where the line put some shutdown on some people." more

Former Columbia Central defensive coordinator Tom Turchetta has been charged with returning Marshall County High School to gridiron prominence on Wednesday when he was officially named the Tigers' … more

The Don Thomas era was a short one as football coach at Marshall County High School, lasting just three years after Thomas resigned his post Friday to go with former MCHS principal Jacob Sorrells to Lincoln County High School where Sorrells accepted the same position on Tuesday... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets finished the first decade of the 21st Century with a fifth place finish at the Blue Cross Spring Fling after a 3-0 loss to Trinity Christian Academy on Thursday in a loser's bracket game. TCA's Ellen Renfroe struck out ten Forrest hitters and held the Lady Rockets to one lone hit in the ballgame, an Adrean Jordan leadoff triple in the fifth inning... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets were in control and on their way to sitting in the cat bird's seat, leading South Fulton 2-0 in the fifth inning in the second round of the Blue Cross Spring Fling before the wheels fell off of their infield defense, sending last year's state runners-up down into the loser's bracket with a 5-2 loss. Forrest committed a total of seven errors in the ballgame. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets made it look a lot harder than it really was in the first round of the Blue Cross Spring Fling on Tuesday night, but they came away with a 4-1 win anyway over Friendship Christian. Forrest head coach Becky Cheatham said after the contest, "Maybe the nerves are behind us and we will do better tomorrow, but we have to do a better job of getting all those runners in. It is important to stay in the winner's bracket." more

There were a lot of sprains, bruises, and bandages along the way this season as the pundits and predictors jumped from the Forrest bandwagon, but in the end the true believers took the field and filled the stands Friday at Summertown in a Class-A sectional game and their faith was rewarded with a hard fought 4-3 win, earning the Lady Rockets their fifth straight Blue Cross Spring Fling bid... more

Softball Class-A, Forrest at Summertown, 5:30 p.m. Class-AA, Marshall Co. at Greenbrier, 5:00 p.m. (Saturday) more

The most successful season in the history of the MCHS boys' soccer program came to a close Tuesday night in a 6-0 loss at Fairview in the Region 6-A/AA tournament semifinal. The Tigers (10-2-1) finished as regular season District 11-A/AA champions, district tournament runners-up, and the region appearance was their first since 2001-2002... more

Forrest's Shelby Stinnett continued her post-season prowess Monday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill versus McEwen in the Region 5-A opener, tossing a complete game shutout and her teammates supported her with all the runs she needed, scoring five times. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes treated a capacity crowd to a thrilling come-from-behind 4-2 win over Creekwood in the opening round of the Region 6-AA tournament at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg on Monday afternoon under ominous skies. more

The Marshall County High School tennis program continued a nine-year run of sending at least one participant to the state tournament on Monday when Allison Adcock and Connor Kennedy claimed Region 5A-AA singles titles at Columbia Academy. more

Win and survive, anyway you can. "I hate for the game to end like that. Of course I'll take it and I think it was the right call," said Marshall County head coach Holly Cook after Brandie Jett was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, bringing home Morgan Moyers unimpeded from third base with the winning run in the District 12-AA Championship game in Lewisburg... more

Softball District 12-AA First round: Marshall Co. 10, Spring Hill 0; East Hickman 3, Page 2; Lewis Co. 1, Hickman Co. 0; Fairview 7, Giles Co. 6 Tuesday: Marshall Co. 2, East Hickman 0; Page 3, Spring Hill 2; Hickman Co. 7, Giles Co. 3; Lewis Co. 1, Fairview 0 Wednesday: Page 6, East Hickman 2; Hickman Co. 4, Fairview 3 Thursday: Lewis Co. 10, Hickman 0 Marshall Co. 1, Page 0 Friday: Championship; Lewis County at Marshall County 5:30 pm more

The Forrest Lady Rockets (24-4) added another title to their District 9-A dynasty Wednesday night in Wartrace, dominating host Cascade 6-0 in the district tournament title game. Forrest has now beaten the Lady Champions twenty-nine straight times since 2002... more

With a chance to play for the District 12-AA title and an automatic region tournament berth on the line, Marshall County freshman Morgan Moyers passed a senior-like exam, driving home fellow frosh Austyn Whaley from third base with the game's only run in the bottom of the eighth inning versus Page at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg... more

With a 2-0 win over East Hickman Tuesday night at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg, the Marshall County Tigerettes (30-8) are just one more victory away from winning a District 12-AA Tournament title they let slip away last year. MCHS head coach Holly Cook said after the game, "A win is a win. We didn't hit the ball like I wanted to and like we should have, but defensively we are playing great, so I think when we can punch a couple runs across and our defense is playing that way we will be ok."... more

Tigers win! Tigers win! Oh no, wait a minute! Did he catch that? Nobody will ever know if Giles County leftfielder Quenton Braden caught what might have been the greatest catch ever seen except Braden and four or five spectators outside of the left field fence at Joe George Field in Lewisburg. What would have been a season extending walk-off homerun by Marshall County's Koda Watkins turned into the miraculous second out of the bottom of the seventh inning for Giles County, who went on to win 8-6 in eight innings, ending the Tigers' season. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets scored five runs in the first inning versus host Cascade Monday night and it held up for a 5-1 win, giving head coach Becky Cheatham's top seeded squad the upper hand in the District 9-A Tournament. Cheatham said after the win, "We had a great first inning which is what we have been after. We are not communicating very well. We want a great first inning, great second inning and so forth. We got those five runs and we were satisfied."... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets took care of business Thursday night in the opening round of the District 9-A Tournament, dismantling Eagleville 10-0 in six innings. Just one night after being honored on Senior Night, Shelby Stinnett and Rachel Curtis once again displayed the post-season fire that has been the hallmark of their careers... more