The Marshall County High School bowling teams traveled to the Spring Hill to take on the Raiders Monday at Columbia's Galaxy Lanes, splitting the matches with the Maury County school. The Tigerettes were more relaxed this week and had some great games. Junior Janiece Cathey bowled 160, 184, and 175 to win two of her points. Freshman Miranda Cheeves won all three of her points, rolling a 139, 150, and 162. Both girls are first year bowlers for head coach Robbie Giles... more

The final night of the prep football regular season comes down to a couple of frightful Halloween games that are in essence, first round playoff contests. The Forrest Rockets need to win, plain and simple to get in and it will be no easy task, traveling to Middle Tennessee Christian School as guests for the Cougars' first ever homecoming game... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- October 15, 2008 -- From October 20 to November 9, elementary school students in the Nashville and Bowling Green, Ky., area can submit a hand-drawn picture for the chance to bring Tennessee Titans defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch to their school. ... more

Forrest High School has made a name for itself in the state's athletic arenas, winning three state championships over the past three years, beginning with their first in 2006 when the Lady Rockets re-arranged the prep basketball map with their incredible journey, beating powerhouse Jackson County in overtime to bring the Gold Ball to Chapel Hill... more

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines' appearance at the Rec Center in Lewisburg Thursday night, representing the Limu Company turned out to be much more than a simple product pitch for the health drink firm, who struck their own gold when they signed the inspirational swimmer... more

The Marshall County Tigers (8-1, 5-1 Region) suffered their first loss of the season Friday night when defending Class 3A state champ David Lipscomb (9-0, 6-0 Region) defeated MCHS 38-14 at Preston Hopkins Field on the strength of a dominant second half performance... more

The Forrest Rockets did what needed to be done, beating Community 34-20 in a game that did not have any playoff implications attached to it, but there were plenty of reasons to win. Attaining a homecoming night victory is always important to the Rockets, and they did that... more

Roger "Jabber" Giles has served the Marshall County Babe Ruth League in many capacities over the last 34 years, starting out as many volunteers do, coaching his two sons, Heath and Robbie. The years of hard work and Giles' dedication to youth baseball were recently rewarded when he was named Tennessee State Commissioner of Babe Ruth Baseball on Oct.15 by Babe Ruth CEO Steve Tellefsen... more

The Forrest Rockets cannot overlook the Community Vikings this week and cannot let homecoming festivities in Chapel Hill dim their focus on their late season playoff run. The Rockets' (5-3, 4-3) big three-game losing streak win over Clarksville Academy last week was huge, buoyed by a big game on the ground from Levell Quezaire, Zack Ray, and Tyler Klaren and the infantry game plan should bode well versus Community (1-7, 1-6) this week... more

This is it. This is what everyone has been waiting for: No. 1 vs. No. 4, the battle for first place, and the battle of the undefeated. Home-field advantage for the first three rounds of the TSSAA playoffs and an easier road to the Blue Cross Clinic Bowl could be the ultimate reward for the winner... more

By Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer Forrest Middle School broke the seal on the 2008-2009 hoops season in Marshall County this week, starting with a split of games in Summertown on Monday, followed by a trip to Whitthorne Middle School to face the always athletic and tough squads from Columbia... more

With their two biggest tests of the season coming up, the Marshall County Tigers (8-0, 5-0 Region) passed another pop quiz Friday night when they defeated the Spring Hill Raiders 44-28 at Preston Hopkins Field. MCHS actually trailed 14-7 midway through the second quarter, but Spring Hill (1-7, 1-4 Region) gift wrapped a safety for the Tigers on a botched punt attempt that seemed to completely swing the momentum of the game and cut the deficit to 14-9... more

The Forrest Rockets played old fashioned smash mouth football Friday night in Clarksville, escaping with a hard fought 28-21 victory, keeping them in the thick of the Region 5/A playoff chase. Forrest amassed 466 yards on the ground on 46 carries, a testament to the great play by the offensive line... more

Middle Tennessee State University head basketball coach Rick Insell got his girl when Lauren March, senior post player from the defending state champion Marshall County High School Tigerettes and the 2007-2008 TSSAA State Tournament's Most Valuable Player verbally committed to Middle Tennessee State University Monday... more

By Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer Boyd West, head coach of the defending state champion Marshall County High School Tigerettes knows what it takes to repeat as state basketball champions and he has his squad prepared for the challenges ahead. West took over the head coaching duties from David Steely, who resigned shortly after the Tigerettes won the school's fourth state title last year in Murfreesboro, but he is no stranger to the program or the players... more

By Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer The Forrest Lady Rockets (5-5-1, 5-3-1)) traveled to Pulaski on Monday, ending the regular season with a 3-1 loss to Giles County (8-1-1, 7-1). The contest was good tune-up for the Lady Rockets, heading into the District 11A/AA Tournament, which begins Oct. 18. Forrest secured the fourth seed last week with their 4-1 win over Cascade and will host the Lady Champions in a first round match-up on Monday, Oct. 21 in Chapel Hill... more

Coaches, players, fans, pundits, and predictors like to talk about playing one game at a time and let the rest of what you cannot worry about, fall into place. Easy to say, but not always so easy to accept when the pressure is on to achieve the goal of capturing a coveted spot in the TSSAA football playoffs... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets' senior class had a mission Monday night in Chapel Hill, clinch home field for the first round of the District 11A/AA Tournament and play at least one more match on their home pitch. The mission was a success, coming in the form of a 4-1 win over the Cascade Lady Champions, the only team that could have spoiled the home cooking for the Lady Rockets... more

Anyone who plays the game knows that golf can be a humbling experience, but many life lessons can be learned in the process. How to deal with adversity in a manner that makes others proud of your demeanor when a ticking time bomb inside you is ready to explode outwardly and you learn to hold it inside and push forward to the end, for your school, for your family, and for yourself is hard... more

By Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer For the second consecutive Friday night, the Forrest Rockets suffered a heartbreaking loss in the waning moments when it seemed like they were poised to take a major step towards the TSSAA playoffs by defeating a ranked team and region rival... more