Forrest hosted Westmoreland Friday night in a Class 2A state sectional contest at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill and they dominated the Lady Eagles in the circle and at the plate, posting a 10-0 six inning, run-rule win to qualify for the Spring Fling XXVI Spring Sports Championships, beginning on Tuesday at Murfreesboro. “It feels good, I have said it all year we have a great group of girls and have a great coaching staff,” Forrest coach Shelby Stinnett said. “It feels good because I have coached a lot of these girls since that first time, coach-pitch, especially that starting bunch, so it feels good to have them all on the field.” more

The Forrest Rockets (15-14-1) travelled to Nolensville (20-14) for the Region 6-AA Tournament title tilt Wednesday night with Forrest hoping to break a four-game losing streak to the Knights, but they were undone by strong pitching by the home team and costly errors to the tune of 8-2. The loss sends the Rockets on the road to face the Sycamore War Eagles in Cheatham County for Friday night’s state sectional round, needing a win to advance to the TSSAA Spring Fling XXVI Class AA Baseball Tournament in Murfreesboro next week. more

Revenge was sweet Wednesday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill as Forrest got payback on a Creek Wood Lady Red Hawks’ squad that knocked the Lady Rockets out of the postseason last year in a disappointing 6-5 home loss in the region tournament semifinals. “I just know last year, not going home with a good feeling was something they remembered,” Forrest coach Shelby Stinnett said. “We played them a lot in tournaments this year, so we knew a little bit of what they have and we felt pretty prepared coming in to this and what we were looking for.” more

The District 8-A Tournament runner-up Cornersville Bulldogs (24-6-1) made the trip to the Music City to take on District 7-A Tournament champion Grace Christian School-Franklin at Trevecca-Nazarene University’s Jackson Field on Monday night. The Bulldogs played hard, but the solid pitching by GCA’s Austin Kasick and a fit of wildness by Bulldog pitcher Graham Duke was the difference as GCA came away with a 6-2 victory that ended the Bulldogs’ season. On a cool and windy evening the first pitch was delivered for a strike to Bulldog leadoff hitter Cameron Whitaker. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets had won 23 straight games versus District 12-AA opponents coming in to Friday night’s district tournament title game at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill until the Giles County Lady Bobcats shocked Forrest 6-3. Unfortunately for Giles County, two wins was necessary to take the title back to Pulaski and the second game wasn’t even close as the Lady Rockets run-ruled the Lady Bobcats 17-2 in four innings of softball in the rain. more

For the second season in a row, the Forrest Rockets made the long trek to Creek Wood and beat the Red Hawks in the Region 6-AA semifinals to advance to the title game Wednesday night at Nolensville with the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. “Creek Wood is a very nice ballpark and it’s always fun to be playing in that elimination baseball,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. “It was a great atmosphere last night and our team came out firing on all cylinders.” more

The Region 6-AA Tournament semifinal lasted just three innings as the host Forrest Lady Rockets trounced Waverly 15-0 Monday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill to advance to the region final at home versus Creekwood tonight. “Coming off district we didn’t feel too good about it, so we really, really worked Sunday and today focusing on getting our sticks back going,” Forrest coach Shelby Stinnett said. “We know what we have and if they’ll just bring that every game, we are unstoppable.” more

The National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) is proud to announce the 2019 High School Academic All-Americans for the 2018-2019 school year. This marks the 26th year in which the NHSCA has honored those who triumph in and out of the classroom. more

The finals of the District 8-A Tournament found the Cornersville Bulldogs facing the Eagles of Eagleville High School. After suffering an 11-2 loss to the Eagles on Friday, the Bulldogs needed to beat the Eagles twice to claim the district title. more

The Cornersville Bulldogs, with a trip to the TSSAA Region 4-A baseball Tournament on the line, hosted the Moore County Raiders Tuesday in the District 8-A Tournament loser’s bracket final. The weather did its part with brilliant sunshine as the Bulldogs faced a must-win condition to continue their season. In the same scenario last season, the Raiders beat the Bulldogs 3-0, but things would be different this afternoon in Cornersville. more

After gutting out a 5-1 win over Giles County in the loser’s bracket final, the Forrest Rockets ran out of gas in the District 12-AA title game, falling to host Nolensville 9-2. “The second game didn’t quite turn out like we wanted it to, but the coaching staff is proud of how they fought and how they played,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. more

The Forrest Rockets were on the brink of elimination when they took on Giles County Tuesday night in the District 12-AA loser’s bracket final at Nolensville, but Chapel Hill ace Ethan Mealer took the mound and shutdown the Bobcats in a complete game, three-hit, 5-1 win. “They came out rolling and fought hard, it was a tight ballgame for several innings,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. “Mealer did a great job and kept us in a position to win the ballgame.” more

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The Forrest Lady Rockets (28-4) outscored their district opponents 120-17 during an undefeated 10-0 regular season and they continued the domination with a five-inning, 10-0 run-rule win over Murfreesboro Central Magnet School (MCM) in Friday night’s second round District 12-AA Tournament win at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill. “We definitely needed some momentum coming in, we played at the Coffee County Tournament last week against some high caliber teams in Baylor (5-1L) and Blackmon (6-3L), so coming in and getting our confidence back was a big step for us,” Forrest coach Shelby Stinnett said. more

The Forrest Rockets took it to the limit Monday night at Nolensville in the District 12-AA winner’s bracket, falling late in a 4-3 loss to the host Knights. The Rockets scored one run in each of the first three innings, but could not push anymore runners across home plate in the final four innings. The Rockets left nine runners on base in the contest while the Knights stranded five. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets took care of business Monday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill as they came away with a 9-2 win over Giles County to advance to the District 12-AA title game on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Forrest. Giles County hosts Nolensville tonight in the loser's bracket final. more