The old baseball axiom that good pitching beats good hitting was never more true than Friday night at Joe George Stadium in Lewisburg where a standing room only crowd witnessed a pitching duel between home town ace Seth Lintz and Bolivar Central's Will Irvin that will be talked about for years to come.. . . . . more

YSO Lewisburg presents Major League Soccer Camp Lewisburg AYSO Major League Soccer Camp will be held June 18-22 at Jones Field. Ages 7 and older will attend from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and two . . . . . . more

apuca@marshalltribune.com The Forrest Rockets used a four goal first half to beat the Marshall County Tigers 6-2 in the first round of the District 11A/AA soccer tournament Saturday on a soggy pitch in Chapel Hill. Forrest junior midfielder Aron Alcala, who scored two goals in the contest, said after the game, "It means a lot to beat Marshall County, they came close to beating us in the regular season, but we came together today and played our game."... more

by Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer apuca@marshalltribune.com Pride, home field advantage is the prize There could not have been a better scenario for high drama Tuesday night at Marshall County High School as arch-rivals Lewisburg and Giles County met on senior night to decide the 2007 regular season District 10-AA championship... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com The Columbia Academy Bulldogs (16-4, 8-2), winners of nine out of their last ten ballgames, loaded the big red school bus and came to Cornersville Friday afternoon with intentions of sweeping the regular season series and keeping a one game lead over Culleoka and Huntland in District 11-A... more

On Tuesday, April 17th, Marshall County High School hosted the Cascade Champions in a hard fought game that eventually ended in a 2-2 tie. It was apparent that both teams were looking for a win Tuesday night as both sets of goals were scored within a considerably short time span of each other... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com The Forrest Lady Rockets keep rolling along as they have now won nine games in a row going into the homestretch of the regular season. On Monday night, the girls from Chapel Hill beat AA Spring Hill 4-2 and proved that clinching the district title last week was just another stepping stone to their ultimate goal of moving on to the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro... more

By Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer For the second time this year, the Marshall County High School Tigerettes fell behind in a game versus the Loretto Lady Mustangs and mustered up a late rally to send the game into extra innings. Also for the second time this season, Loretto head Coach Bill Snider pulled his ace starter, freshman Caroline Ezell, from a game she was seemingly in control of and gave the Tigerettes a chance to come back... more

By Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer apuca@marshalltribune.com Forrest clinches District 9-A regular season title The Cascade Lady Champions came to Chapel Hill Thursday night with the intention of cutting Forrest's two game district lead in half with a victory, but instead ran into a team on mission and left trailing by three games after Forrest said no-no in more ways than one... more

By Anthony S. Puca Staff Writer apuca@marshalltribune.com The Forrest Rockets traveled to Marshall County High School on Thursday to take on the Tigers in an all important District 11 match-up and came way with a tough 2-1 victory. The Rockets (5-0-1) played shorthanded for the final 30 minutes of the second half after Morgan Abrigo was red carded and had to sit on the sidelines... more

Out of more than 20,000 people attempting to reach a state basketball event, a Marshall County girl has not only reached the state competition, she placed third. Brittany Umbles achieved such distinction on Feb. 3 during the Tennessee Elks Hoop Shoot, according to Kenneth Walker who's heralded the Lewisburg resident's accomplishment... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com The Forrest Rockets have been as cold as the weather in the mid-south the month of April, losing seven out their last eight games. The sun came out on Monday afternoon as temperatures reached more spring like levels and the Rocket's took in the warmth and bloomed just at the right time versus Community as they banged out eleven hits en-route to a convincing 8-2 victory... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com Morgan Abrigo, Forrest High School senior and four-year letterman was recently selected to the second team in the 152 pound weight class of the 2007 All Mid-State Wrestling team by the Tennessean. Abrigo had a 28-3 record during the season and competed in the TSSAA State Championships in Chattanooga, losing 12-9 in the quarterfinals to the eventual state runner-up Jarret Toney... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com Lewisburg Middle School is the only middle school in Marshall County with a tennis team and its players stand out here and statewide. "If you look around the state, there are not that many middle schools with tennis programs," LMS Principal Randy Hubbell explained recently... more

Staff Writer apuca@marshalltribune.com Forrest High School's Rocket Band of Blue's list of accomplishments continues to grow as the years go by and the success of the program has far reaching effects in the Chapel Hill school system as enrollment in the band swells... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com Cornersville principal Bob Edens was on hand Thursday to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the CMS Bulldog's inaugural season and head coach Mike Tatum's squad played the type of inspired ball they have displayed the entire season as they moved to a perfect "10" with a 10-3 victory over Highland Rim Middle School... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com Forrest Coach Babe Hardison was definitely not overjoyed by the performance of his squad versus Culleoka on Monday, but as they say in sports, any win is a good win. The Rockets took a commanding early lead and then had to hold on for the victory that put them 7-11 on the year and in a good position in third place at 4-2 in District 9-A... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com The Cornersville Middle School Bulldog baseball team is making their inaugural season a memorable one as they remain on an undefeated run. Head coach Mike Tatum and his middle school squad extended the streak to nine straight with a 12-1 victory over Riverside Christian Academy on Tuesday in Cornersville... more

apuca@marshalltribune.com The Marshall County High School Tigers and the Cornersville High School Bulldogs met in the second game of their season series at Preston Hopkins Field and the Tigers managed a late comeback for the sweep and moved to 12-5 on the season, while the loss dropped the Dawgs to 5-7... more

he LMS Tigerettes traveled to Chapel Hill on Friday to take on the FMS Lady Rockets in the season finale for both teams and the game took on new meaning when Tigerette center-fielder Sara Talley was injured in an unfortunate . . . . . more