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The Cornersville Bulldogs notched their second straight win Monday night by defeating District foe Moore County 2-1 in their impromptu home opener behind a gutsy performance from starting pitcher Lucas Laster. The game had originally been scheduled to be played at Lynchburg, but Moore County's field was still saturated from heavy rains over the weekend so the contest was moved to Cornersville...
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By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber, Staff Writer
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3/19/09
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The Marshall County High School tennis team is off to another great start this season, winning their first two matches in easy fashion. On Monday at the Lewisburg Recreation Center, MCHS won the season opener with the girls pitching a shutout over the Lady Lions 7-0 and the boys squad taking out Spring Hill 5-2...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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3/19/09
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The Marshall County Tigerette softball team is off and running to a great start, beginning with a masterful pitching performance from senior ace Mieke Wallace, who twirled a 3-0 no-hitter versus Hickman County last week. On Monday night at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg, the Tigerettes blended some of their young talent in with a bevy of returning starters in a 5-3 win over Columbia Central...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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3/19/09
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The LMS Tigerettes drew first blood in the inter-county rivalry home and home series with the FMS Lady Rockets, coming from behind with a five-run fifth inning to take a 6-3 win at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg Wednesday afternoon. Tigerette head coach Lee Perryman said, "It is always a tough game versus Chapel Hill. All the girls have played together and against each other for such a long time. We put some hits together today and came out on top."...
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Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer
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3/18/09
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Bolivar Central 71, Marshall County 44 was the final score of the Class AA sub-state game that ended the Tigers' season Monday night at Bolivar Central. Kedren Johnson turned in a game high 23 points in the effort, but it was the team's meager 2-23 from three-point land that sealed their fate...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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3/10/09
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With a couple of spins of the lottery basket Sunday afternoon at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Murfreesboro, the waiting was over and the brackets were set for the 2009 Farm Bureau Insurance Division I Class A girls state basketball tournament, beginning next week at the Murphy Center on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University...
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Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer
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3/7/09
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Lady Bulldogs Rally Past Collinwood to Advance to Region Final By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber Only the strong survive. Sarah King saved Cornersville's basketball season Monday night when she hit a short bank shot with four seconds left to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a dramatic 51-50 victory over the Collinwood Trojanettes at home in the second round of the Region 6-A tournament...
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By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber, Staff Writer
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3/5/09
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The Hume-Fogg Lady Knights (21-5) pulled off perhaps the biggest upset of the 2009 playoffs Monday night when they defeated the previously unbeaten Marshall County Tigerettes 49-48 in the semifinals of the Region 5-AA tournament at Spring Hill High School to knock MCHS out of postseason play...
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By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber, Staff Writer
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3/5/09
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The Forrest Lady Rockets took the business women like approach in the Region 5-A title game versus McEwen at Eagleville Wednesday night and played like they have been there before, dismantling the Warriorettes in easy fashion 65-43. The region title was the Lady Rockets' fourth in a row and a very important milestone in the scheme of making it four in a row to the 'Boro' next week for the Farm Bureau Insurance TSSAA Class A State Tournament...
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Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer
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3/4/09
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For the five senior players on the Forrest basketball team, four years of hard work and dedication to the program came to an abrupt end Saturday night in Chapel Hill as the Rockets free-fell to earth in a 63- 39 loss to Clarksville Academy. It was the second year in a row that the Cougars (24-5) have eliminated Forrest (12-18) in the first round of the Region 5-A Tournament...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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3/3/09
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After scratching and clawing to defeat Lewis County in the District championship game four days earlier, the Marshall County Tigerettes (30-0) encountered some easy prey in the first round of the Region 5-AA tournament on Friday, as they thrashed fourth seeded Ezell-Harding 69-27 at Dottie Kelso Gymnasium...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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3/3/09
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The Marshall County Tigers stuck to their guns Tuesday night at Spring Hill in the Region 5-AA semifinal versus Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA), displaying their long distance shooting prowess that has become the mantra of the Jason Tigert coaching era at MCHS, draining twelve long bombs in an exhilarating 96-77 win over the Lions...
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Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer
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3/3/09
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It was upset Monday around the mid-state as several top rated teams fell to upsets, but not for Forrest as the Lady Rockets took nothing for granted versus Community and then took no prisoners, crushing the Viqueens 57-25 to advance to the Region 5-A final versus McEwen, upset winners over MTCS...
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Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer
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3/2/09
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The eighth-ranked Marshall County Tigers were in the midst of a seven game winning streak leading up to the District 10-AA title game at Spring Hill Tuesday night versus the Page Patriots and had beaten Page twice already this season by an average margin of 12.5 points per game...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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2/26/09
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Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday coach West, happy birthday to you! That was the joyful song the Marshall County Tigerettes sang to their head coach Boyd West after coming from behind to knock off Lewis County 55-48 in the District 10-AA tournament title game at Spring Hill Monday night...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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2/26/09
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After winning the District 11-A regular season title, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (21-6) were denied the conference tournament crown Monday night, as they suffered an emotionally draining 78-73 double overtime loss to second seeded Moore County (18-12) at Richland High School...
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By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber, Staff Writer
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2/26/09
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The Cornersville Bulldogs (14-15) will be forced to take the path of greatest resistance in the first round of the Region 6-A tournament after dropping a 76-60 decision to Columbia Academy (16-13) in the consolation finals of the District 11-A tourney on Tuesday...
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By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber, Staff Writer
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2/26/09
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The Forrest Lady Rockets were not taking anything for granted versus East Robertson, winning in convincing style 67-41 in the first round of the Region 5-A Tournament in Chapel Hill. Forrest came out focused and ready to play ball from the opening tip in their first game in eight days and first at home since Jan. 27...
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Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer
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2/26/09
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The Forrest Rockets' improbable ride to the top of the District 9-A tournament was derailed Friday night as the host Eagleville Eagles cruised straight down the middle of the highway in a coast-to-coast 62-48, securing back- to- back titles for Eagles' head coach Joey Reed and his squad...
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By Anthony S. Puca, Staff Writer
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2/24/09
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The Marshall County Tigers (23-5) advanced to the District tournament championship game for the first time in five years by whipping arch rival Giles County 73-52 in the semifinals Friday night at Spring Hill High School. Although MCHS had swept the regular season series against the Bobcats, the Tigers had a tough time with Giles County (10-14) on both occasions and won the two contests by a combined 12 points...
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By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber, Staff Writer
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2/24/09
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