Spook Clark never had a doubt that his Spookettes could do it, but even the veteran coach could not have imagined his courageous group's intestinal fortitude to withstand trailing most of the weekend, yet still mounting comeback after comeback to claim the Region 3 Title... more

Next year, the Little League will be celebrating their 60th year anniversary nationwide, cementing the belief of one man named Carl E. Stotz on a bright summer day in Williamsport, Pa. in 1939 that the three core Little League values of Character, Courage, and Loyalty, and the sheer fun of the game would spread throughout the United States into small towns like Lewisburg, Cornersville, and Chapel Hill, becoming a mainstay in American culture... more

United Telephone's Dane Leonard, sidelined for much of the Babe Ruth season with a concussion, learned a new pitch while recuperating and used it repeatedly to blank Marshall Medical 3-0 Tuesday night. Leonard struck out eleven batters, ten of them waving at his new nasty slider. ... more

WASHINGTON -- Republican Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker and other members of the Tennessee congressional delegation attended a luncheon in Washington, on June 24 in honor of the 2008 National Champion University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team, who will also be congratulated by President George W. Bush at the White House... more

DeShaun Greer, a mainstay on the Marshall County High School basketball team for the last three years is off to Bristol to attend King College after signing a scholarship last Thursday to play for Coach George Pitts and the Tornado. Greer, who had offers from Tusculum University and Emory & Henry College is being looked upon by Coach Pitts to be a force down in the low blocks with his great rebounding skills... more

Manager Mike Mills and his Marshall Medical squad took advantage of two early runs and a strong mound performance from J.B. Reese to outlast Nichirin of Tennessee, 3-1, to stay atop the standings in the Marshall County Babe Ruth League. After allowing just one hit in the top of first, J.B. ... more

Cornersville senior shortstop Tori Wolaver garnered yet another postseason honor recently when she was selected to play in the 3rd Annual Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star Series on June 26 at Western Kentucky University. The Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star Series pits the best high school softball players from Middle Tennessee against the top performers from the Senior Kentucky Prep Softball East-West All-Star Games. ... more

The Cornersville United Methodist Church honored the CHS Lady Bulldogs softball team for their third place finish in the 2008 Class A State Tournament by hosting a dinner for the players, parents, and coaches of the squad last Thursday night. Following the meal, CHS head coach Spencer Mitchell recapped the Lady Bulldogs' magical postseason run and was thankful for financial support that the communities of Cornersville and Lewisburg provided his team during the State Tournament... more

rising fuels costs, the TSSAA adopted a new realignment plan at its Board of Control meeting last Wednesday. The Z-Plan, which won by a slim 5-4 margin, will take effect affect in the 2009-2010 season. Football was the only sport definitively discussed and approved at the meeting, but softball, baseball, basketball and volleyball are expected to be approved under the same plan in August to ensure common district opponents in the five sports... more

The season did not end the way Lyssa Wiles and Jenna Branaman would have liked, they lost in the first round of the state tournament, but the Tigerette tennis duo were recognized for their great play during the season by The Tennessean this week with their selection to the All Mid-State second team... more

More than 120 golfers participated in the 12th Annual James R. Moon Columbia State Foundation Golf Classic, presented by Waste Management, Inc, at Saddle Creek Golf Course in Lewisburg on June 5. More than $15,000 was raised for scholarships for Marshall County students to attend Columbia State's Lewisburg Campus... more

The Marshall County Hawkeyes Rookie "A" trap team, competing for a state championship for the first time in the program's short two-year existence, outlasted teams from all over the Volunteer State to capture the 2008 Tennessee Scholastic Clay Shooting State Title at Nashville's Tennessee Clay Shooting Complex last weekend... more

The Marshall County Little League, plagued by May rain-outs, will have a full slate of games next week as the regular season winds down and make-up games are added into the already loaded schedule. There will be as many as 10 games a night being played on the fields at the Richard Cashion Complex as a June 18 deadline approaches for completion of all games. Closing ceremonies, originally scheduled for Monday, June 16, are now going to take place Thursday, June 19... more

Danika Hopkins has signed a scholarship to continue her basketball career at Dyersburg State Community College, making it a clean sweep for the graduating backcourt of the Class of 2008 at Marshall County High School. Nicknamed "The Glove" for her defensive prowess, Hopkins joins McKenna Moffett and Jessica McQueen at higher learning institutions next year, a testament to the dedication of the student athletes and coaching staff at MCHS to meld athletics and academia... more

The transition for the state champion Marshall County Tigerettes will be an easy one with the announcement Friday that long-time assistant Boyd West will take over the head coaching job for David Steely, who resigned last month for personal reasons... more

The 2008 TSSAA state champion Forrest Lady Rockets are looking for help in offsetting the $6,500 cost associated with the purchase of rings and jackets. Anyone wishing to make a donation can contact the following banks for approximately the next three weeks:... more