The nightcap of Friday night’s District 8-A matchup featured the Raiders of Moore County and the Cornersville Bulldogs with both teams sitting at the bottom of the district standings with identical 0-2 records. Both have also lost to Cascade with Moore County also losing to Fayetteville and Cornersville losing to Eagleville. Overall, the Raiders sport a record of 3-16 and the Bulldogs are 6-6. This game was a thriller as Cornersville pulled out a 41-40 win. more

After a big win at Giles County to open district play, the Forrest Rockets stumbled at Nolensville Friday night as the Knights won in a blowout 69-37. “Wasn't much of a productive night for our guys,” Forrest coach Randy Toombs said. “Couldn't seem to get into the flow of the game and we didn't match baskets so it got us down early.” Sam Ford led the Rockets with 14 points and was the only Forrest player in double figures in the scoring column. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets knew it was going to be a tough task to beat Nolensville on its home floor and even more difficult without starting post player Sydney Hill, who was sidelined with an ankle injury. Hill, Forrest’s lone senior on the squad was expected to be back in the fold last night when the Lady Rockets travelled to Lewisburg. more

The Forrest Rockets entertained Fairview and Eagleville in a dual match at Chapel Hill Thursday night and came away with a split, falling to the Yellow Jackets 55-24 before coming up with a big 36-20 win over the Eagles. “It’s a good little rivalry we have with Eagleville and it was a good way to end the night with a win,” Forrest coach Chris Slaughter said. Forrest was up against the wall before the match even started versus Fairview, giving up 30 points via forfeits as they were unable to fill five weight classes. more

The Forest Lady Rockets trekked down highway 31A to Pulaski for the first game of District 12-AA play. The Lady Rockets came in to the game with an 11-5 record, while the Giles County Lady Bobcats had a 4-4 mark. With impressive wins over a Division II School, a 2A state champion, and a close loss to 3A powerhouse Oakland, the Lady Rockets went looking for a positive step in their quest for a district championship and they got off on the right footing with a 52-44 win. more

Like the Lady Rockets, the Forrest boys came to Pulaski looking for a victory to begin District 12-AA play. Forrest (5-12) and Giles County (3-9) on paper look well-matched and as things progressed they both proved this to be a correct assumption. In a game that featured fast and furious action, both teams gave the crowd a game that high school boys basketball is all about with the Rockets coming out on top 76-69. more

The Marshall County Tigers came into Tuesday night’s District 12-AA opener at Community with a 6-10 record, but came away with the most important mark, 1-0 in league play after recording a 70-65 come from behind win. “We will take what we can get right now, it is one game at a time, that is kind of the way we look at it,” MCHS coach Lavon King said. “Every game is going to be tough and as long as we come out of each game 1-0, I’ll take that.” more

Watch out for the Tigerettes! The Lewisburg girls travelled to Unionville Tuesday night for the District 12-AA opener for both ball clubs and they battled in a close contest for three quarters, before the Tigerettes erupted in a huge fourth quarter assault to win going away 52-37 and extend their winning streak to 10 games. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets finished their pre-district schedule with a solid 11-5 record, including a hard fought 43-27 win over Battle Ground Academy (BGA) Friday night at Chapel Hill. “The girls came out with a lot of energy and enthusiasm to play the game and that’s what we have to do to win,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “If we have that type of energy and unselfishness and looking for the next person to make the shot, than we can be pretty good.” more

The Marshall County Tigerettes made their first-ever region tournament appearance on Monday and ran into a buzz saw as the Blackman Lady Blaze rolled a three-game sweep over the Lewisburg girls. “I’m super proud of this team,” MCHS assistant coach Curtis Self said. “We have three seniors who have been here since they were freshmen.” “They have worked hard and they have been the ones who have been knocked out every year in the district, so they finally got here and I’m really proud of how hard they worked and it’s a great honor to be here and to be one of the four teams left in the region.” more

The Marshall County High School girls bowling team etched its mark in the history books on Thursday at the Tenn Pin Alley in Columbia when they reached the finals of the District 8 Bowling Tournament. “They are super excited, they have worked hard all year,” MCHS assistant coach Curtis Self said. “Last year they came in as the number-one seed and they just weren’t used to that spot and faltered in the second round against Lawrence County.” “This year they came back a lot more confident, a lot more ready for the experience, and they were just ready, they were there.” more

Since taking over the head coaching position at Forrest, one thing Jeremy Jean has not been scared to do is put together a challenging schedule before the Lady Rockets get into district play. 2018-19 has been no exception as the Lady Rockets beat DII powerhouse Baylor by 11, recent 2A state champion Martin Luther King by 10 points, and lost a two-point contest to 3A Oakland, one of the largest high schools in Tennessee. more

Following an opening round win over Scotts Hill at the Above the Rim Tournament at Hickman County High School, the MCHS Tigerettes returned the following day for a semifinal matchup against Lewis County, who had taken care of Harpeth the previous day. Although the final score of 45-32 in favor of Marshall County alludes to a semi-close ballgame, the Tigerettes dominated from the opening tip and emptied the bench early enough for the Lady Panthers to make the final score appear closer than the game really was. more

The last time Marshall County participated in the Above the Rim Christmas Tournament at Hickman County High School the Tigers lost a close contest to Ravenwood in the championship contest. The Tigers would face another 3A school with a championship berth on the line after taking out Harpeth in the opening round. more

The teams were selected following conversations with coaches statewide in each classification and the list is presented in Alphabetical order per position. more

On Thursday, December 20 the Marshall County High School wrestling team hosted intra-county rival Forrest at the Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg in a match won by the Rockets 42-18. The Tigers are back on the mats this year for the first time in almost a decade and a half and they are under the tutelage of two former Forrest grapplers in head coach Spenser McGuiggan and his brother Nicholas McGuiggan. “I didn’t think that hard about it being my old school,” Spenser McGuiggan said. “Coach (Chris) Slaughter has helped us out a lot, so mostly it was just another way of them helping us, that’s the kind of way I was thinking.” “It was a practice in front of our fans.” more

Class 1A OFFENSE QB – Warner Ashworth, Whitwell, Sr. QB – Bryce Hanley, Greenback, Sr. RB – Zyshon Alderson, Mt. Pleasant, Sr. RB – Dezmon Johnson, Lake County, Sr. WR – Keshawn Hudson, Mt. Pleasant, Jr. WR – Tanner Stewart, Whitwell, Sr. WR – Holden Willis, Greenback, Jr. OL – Derrell Bailey, Greenback (OL/DL), Jr. OL – CJ Coble, Cornersville, Sr. OL – Brayden Condra, Whitwell, Jr. OL – Chris Morris, Freedom Prep, Jr. OL – Reese Plemons, Greenback (OL/DL), Sr. ATH – Cameron Whitaker, Cornersville, Sr. K – Creed Ramsey, Greenback, Sr. DEFENSE DL – Dalton Goad, Clay County, So. DL – Jabron Hale, South Pittsburg, Sr. DL –Jace Kilgore, Whitwell, Jr. DL – Keith Sanders, Lookout Valley, Sr. LB – Campbell Puckett, Lake County, Jr. LB – Thundur Roberts, Whitwell, Sr. LB – Trenton Warren, Cornersville, Sr. LB – Jonathan Woodward, Coalfield, Sr. DB – Hunter Ensley, Huntingdon, Jr. DB – Hudson Petty, Whitwell, Sr. DB – Ronto Tipton, South Pittsburg, Jr. DB – Eli Woodard, Cornersville, Sr. ATH – Seth Riddle, Greenback, Sr. P – Alex Aguilar, KIPP, Jr. more

The Forrest Rockets’ wrestling team is coming off a successful 2017 season that produced one state title, two runners-up, plus one third, fourth, fifth, and sixth-place medalist at the TSSAA State Wrestling Tournament in February. Jeff Gross, Wesley McCoy, Cole Geeting, Austin Getting, Nick McClendon, Drew Carlisle, Bryton Spitzley, and Cody Donnelly were the eight at state last season as Gross led the way, capturing back-to-back state and region titles in 2017... more

After completing a sweep over Lewis County on Monday, the Forrest hoops teams travelled to Cascade where the tables got turned on Chapel Hill as they got swept at Wartrace. The Forrest Lady Rockets turned in their lowest point total of the season as a cold wave swept through their shooting in a 42-32 loss. Forrest led 18-15 at the half and held a one-point lead at the end of the third period before going ice cold from the field with the Lady Rockets’ lone fourth quarter points coming on a Carissa Curtis 3-pointer. more