During a fundraising call-in show at WAXO radio and television last Thursday, host Troy Cashion got a big surprise when former Marshall County High School standout basketball player Marcus Haislip called in from Spain and offered to pay for the rings and jackets to commemorate the state championship just won by the Tigerettes on March 8... more

Summertown traveled to Chapel Hill for an afternoon game on Tuesday and brought the summer sun with them. The Forrest student body was let out early to lend support to their team and temperatures reached into the 70's for the battle between the Lady Rockets and the Lady Eagles... more

The stars were aligned in the heavens and on the court for the Marshall County High School Tigerettes as they captured the program's fourth state title Saturday with a gut wrenching 44-35 win over Milan at the TSSAA Farm Bureau Basketball Championships in Murfreesboro... more

The Marshall County Tigerettes are one away from capturing the gold ball and their fourth state title after a nail biting 45-43 win over McMinn Central Friday at the Farm Bureau Insurance Basketball Championships in Murfreesboro. Defense was the key to victory as NeNe McLean's steal with 3:37 left in the game sparked the MCHS win. McLean's steal fired up the squad as they finished off the Chargerettes to advance to today's state final versus Milan... more

The Clarkrange Lady Buffaloes and Jackson County Lady Blue Devils will meet in the Class A final Saturday after Clarkrange pulled out a 65-64 overtime victory over Bradford. Clarkrange trailed for most of the contest before outscoring Bradford 21-14 in the fourth period... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets lost 59-50 to the Wayne County Lady Wildcats Wednesday at the TSSAA Farm Bureau Insurance Basketball Championships, but what they leave behind is a legacy that will last forever. The Chapel Hill hardwood heroines compiled a four year record of 106-29, dominating District 9A, devastating Region 5A,and magically winning the 2005-2006 state championship... more

If the third time is a charm, the fourth must be the lucky clover for the Lady Rockets, who made it three in a row for region titles and who claimed their fourth victory this season over Middle Tennessee Christian School. With their nineteenth straight win, Forrest won the Region 5A championship game at Hillwood High School in Nashville, 51-42, to secure the home court advantage and a Saturday night sectional match-up versus Santa Fe in the state tournament situation... more

Next stop Murfreesboro. The Tigerette express continued to roll along Saturday night, March 1, as Marshall County defeated the Bolivar Lady Tigers, 62-41, in the Sectional round at Dottie Kelso Gymnasium to advance to the Class AA State Tournament for the second straight year... more

"They will find a way to get it done, they always do." Those were the prophetic words spoken by Forrest head coach Robby Reasonover to assistants Randy Tombs and Davy McClaran when the Lady Rockets trailed by six points at the end of the third quarter... more

If the third time is a charm, the fourth must be the lucky clover for the Lady Rockets who made it three in a row for region titles and their fourth victory this season over Middle Tennessee Christian School. With their nineteenth straight win, Forrest won the Region 5A championship game at Hillwood High School in Nashville 51-42 to secure the home court advantage and a Saturday night sectional match-up versus Santa Fe in a win and in the state tournament situation... more

The Cornersville Bulldogs were the last men's team standing in Marshall County in the post-season, reaching the semi-finals of the Region 6A Tournament before falling to Moore County 81-57 Tuesday night in Mt. Pleasant. The Dawgs, who finished the season at 15-15 played an inspired first half versus the number one-seeded Raiders, leading 23-19 after the first quarter and trailing by just two points, 39-37 at the half... more

Usually the more times you play an opponent during the season the harder it becomes to beat that team. That has not been the case for the Marshall County Tigerettes against Hickman County. MCHS whipped the Lady Bulldogs, 49-29, in the Region 5-AA championship game at Spring Hill High School to improve their record to 4-0 on the season against their District 10-AA rival... more

The Cornersville Bulldogs (15-14) recorded one of the biggest wins in the history of their program Saturday, defeating District 12-A regular season champ Summertown, 59-51, on the road in the first round of the Region 6-A tournament. After defeating Cornersville by 20 points at the beginning of the season, the Eagles (24-6) appeared headed towards another convincing victory early on. They held an 11-point advantage midway through the second quarter... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets are a lunch pail team, winning ugly or winning pretty, it does not matter to them. Monday night at Hillwood High School in the Region 5A semi-final versus Van Buren, Forrest won in a blow-out victory, 76-44, pushing their winning streak to 17 and sending them to the championship game tonight versus Middle Tennessee Christian at 7 p.m... more

Different day same result. Having trounced East Literature 52-19 in their lone encounter during the regular season, the Marshall County Tigerettes (27-4) once again had little trouble disposing of the Lady Eagles Monday night, as they rolled to a 58-30 victory in the semifinals of the Region 5-AA tournament... more

The Marshall County Tigers looked into a mirror Saturday night at David Lipscomb and did not like the reflection they saw. The entire season the Tigers have lived from beyond the three-point stripe, ironically they died by it as the Mustangs buried two early first quarter bombs and never let up, winning, 75-59, and eliminating MCHS from postseason play... more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs' season came to an end Friday night in Waynesboro when they dropped a 65-47 decision to a powerful Wayne County Lady Wildcat squad (27-5) in the first round of the Region 6-A tournament. Cornersville (17-12) hung tough early on and played the Lady Wildcats to a 22-22 tie in the first half. Wayne County, however, caught fire offensively in the second half and outscored the Lady Bulldogs 43-25 over the final two quarters to claim the 18-point victory... more

The Cornersville Bulldogs evened their season record at 14 with a hard-fought, come-from-behind 60-58 victory over Richland last week in Culleoka in the consolation game of the District 11A Tournament. It was a back-and-forth battle the entire game between the two squads, but some fourth-quarter heroics by Chuck Bassham and Jimmy Civils helped the Dawgs defeat the Raiders for the third time this season... more

The Jo Byrns team bus got lost on the way to Chapel Hill Friday night for their Region 5A opening round match-up versus Forrest, leaving the Lady Red Devils to scramble into the gym at the last minute. Maybe they were just not in a hurry to walk across the bed of hot coals called the Forrest Lady Rockets... more

The Marshall County Tigerettes (26-4) advanced to the semifinals of the Region 5-AA tournament by defeating the Christ Presbyterian Academy Lady Lions, 56-36, in the first round Friday night, Feb. 22, at Dottie Kelso Gymnasium. Although Marshall County hammered CPA, 65-24, last year in the opening round of the Region tournament, the Lady Lions showed some fight in Friday's contest and trailed by just a point early in the second quarter... more