It’s awesome to be a part of a new, exciting, and groundbreaking experience. It’s even better when you are chosen to be the backbone of the endeavor and that’s what happened on Tuesday at Forrest when Lady Rocket soccer players Jasmine Runk, Johnetta Nelson, Rickee Gayle Carter, and Adriana Reyes became the first signees of the fledgling soccer program at Columbia State Community College that will begin play this fall. more

Marshall County High School junior Kadrion “KJ” Johnson won the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s 34th Annual Mr. Basketball Award Tuesday night, accepting the honor on the floor of the Murphy Center at Middle Tennessee State University. “I just give all the glory to God, I thank him so much” Johnson said. “I put in a lot of work in the off-season to get to this point and thank everybody who helped me through the way.” more

The Forrest Middle School Rockets traveled to Unionville Monday for the season opener and hammered the Vikings 16-0 in a five-inning, run-rule win. Kaine Moses and Riley Durbin combined for a no-hitter with Moses striking out eight and walking none and Durbin whiffed three Vikings and issued one free pass in the contest. FMS catcher Cason Warner led the offensive attack with a 2-for-3 and five RBI effort at the plate, including an inside the park homerun in the top of the fourth inning. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes’ rejuvenation was a great sight to see this season as the four-time state champions posted a solid 22-9 record and advanced to a TSSAA state sectional game for the first time in a decade. Although the Tigerettes lost 57-39 at Cheatham County Saturday night, Marshall County exceeded expectations this season and are well on the way of returning to past glories. more

Monday, March 5 Softball FMS at E.O. Coffman, 5 p.m. CMS at Bridgeforth, 5 p.m. Baseball FMS at Community, 4:30 p.m. CMS at Westwood, 6 p.m. E.A. Cox at LMS, 4:30 p.m. more

Scoreboard and Schedules Rear View Mirror Friday, February 23 Basketball Girls Region 4-A Grace Christian-Franklin 50, Cornersville 38 Eagleville 54, Merrol Hyde 10 Huntland 70, LEAD Academy 26 Moore County 93, RePublic 12 Region 6-AA Forrest 35, Creekwood 34... more

Class 2A Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s Mr. Basketball finalist KJ Johnson put on show for the packed house in the Region 6-AA semifinals at Nolensville Tuesday night, fighting off double and triple teams by the Knights’ defense to score a game-high 43 points, but it wasn’t enough in a season-ending 72-64 loss for Marshall County (22-10). “I told the guys after the game that I appreciated all their hard work and they left it all out there on the floor,” first-year Marshall County coach Lavon King said. “That’s all I can ask as a coach.” more

In just their second year in existence, the Nolensville Lady Knights (22-8) won the Region 6-AA Tournament championship with a 46-38 victory over Marshall County Wednesday night at home and are one win away from the state tournament as they host East Nashville Saturday night in a state sectional contest. “Our goal was to just go to sub-state this year and get into regionals and we have already passed that, so it’s a lot of relief that we got this far and I’m happy and excited,” District 12-AA regular season MVP and All-Region Tournament selection Grace Baird said. “We played East Nashville in a tournament and we lost and that was one of our worst games of the year, but we have a game plan for them and I think we can slow them down.” more

During the 2016-17 season when Grace Christian Academy-Franklin (11-15) and Cornersville (8-18) were paired in the same district, the two teams engaged in some lopsided battles with the Bulldogs winning the district opener by 20 points before losing at Grace by 22 points. The Bulldogs walloped the Lions by 19 points at Columbia State Community College in the district tournament opener to gain a region tournament berth. Grace Christian Academy (GCA) did not graduate a single player from that squad, while the Bulldogs graduated just two players. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs were excruciatingly close to a win over Eagleville in the third/fourth place game in the District 8-A Tournament at Cascade last week. The difference between a win and a loss in that district tournament was a huge factor for the region tournament as evidenced by Eagleville's easy 54-10 win in the opener versus Merrol Hyde. more

After a loss to a Nolensville squad that it had beaten just a week in a half prior, the MCHS Tigerettes (21-7) were given a seeming death sentence by way of a two and a half bus ride to Dover to take on a Stewart County (23-5) team that had lost just five times this season, with two coming against district champ Creek Wood and two coming against 3A squads Clarksville (21-9) and 10-AAA champ Henry County (25-6). By the end of Friday night, however, the depth and talent of District 12-AA was on full display as seeds one through four swept District 11-AA, including the Tigerettes’ 'dominance of Stewart County, outscoring the Lady Rebels in three out of the four quarters. more

Finality is never easy and it came crashing in Monday night for the Forrest Lady Rockets, who suffered a gut-wrenching 40-38 loss to host Nolensville in the Region 6-AA Tournament semifinal. “I told them in the locker room, they don’t want to hear it right now, but they had a really good year from where we started to where we ended, so they should be proud of themselves,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “They fought all night.” more

The last time the Marshall County Tigerettes played in a region tournament final game was in the 2007-2008 season when they won their fourth state championship. Current Marshall County coach David Steely guided the Tigerettes to that Gold Ball and then retired, but came back last year in hopes of leading the storied program back. On Monday night at Nolensville the Tigerettes made it, upsetting top-seeded Community 47-46 in the Region 6-AA tournament semifinals to earn a berth in the region title game versus the host Lady Knights (21-8), who outlasted Forrest 40-38 in the other semifinal matchup. more

Monday, February 26 Basketball Girls Region 4-A semifinals at Eagleville, 6 p.m. Eagleville vs. Moore County Grace Christian-Franklin vs. Huntland Region 6-AA semifinals at Nolensville, 6 p.m. Forrest vs. Nolensville Marshall County vs. Community Softball Eagleville at FMS, 4:30 p.m. Columbia Academy at CMS, 5 p.m. Spring Hill at LMS, 5 p.m. Baseball E.O. Coffman at LMS, 4:45 p.m. more

The Marshall County Tigers played with a keen determination, while displaying their versatility in Saturday night’s Region 6-AA Tournament opener via a 73-50 win over Lewis County at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg. Class 2A TSSAA Mr. Basketball finalist KJ Johnson was the main focus of the Panthers’ attention coming into the contest as they boxed him in, but the Tigers had a plan too and it worked to perfection. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets were staring down elimination Friday night at Creekwood in the opening round of the Region 6-AA Tournament before a fourth quarter comeback, capped off by a buzzer beating layup by freshman Laura Mealer gave Chapel Hill a 35-34 win. “We had two plays called, one for zone and one for man (defense) and either way, I thought we were going to score,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “It was an accumulation from all year long…they fight for each other, they play hard for each other and they made the big plays late in the game and executed really well.” more

Final Associated Press’ Top 10 Poll The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 20, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:... more

Scoreboard & Schedules Rear View Mirror Saturday, February 17 Basketball District 8-A at Cascade Boys District championship game Fayetteville 46, Cascade 26 Consolation game Eagleville 74, Cornersville 63 District 12-AA Tournament at Giles County High School... more

The Forrest Rocket wrestling team sent a school record eight grapplers to the TSSAA State Individual Wrestling Championships and seven of the eight earned medals, while the team turned in its best ever finish with second place behind Gibbs. “We knew it could happen,” Forrest coach Chris Slaughter said. “We watched all throughout the year and tried to make sure we got all our guys in the right spots and made sure we had the full lineup in to be able to pull them in and bring the numbers and it just kind of happened for us.” “It was no secret, these guys knew we were coming and I talked to the Pigeon Ford coach earlier today and he said we were right on the right road.” more

The Forrest Rockets have gone into a downward slide at the wrong time. After winning the regular season District 12-AA title, the Rockets have lost three straight games, including an 87-47 blowout loss to Nolensville in Monday night’s tournament consolation game at Pulaski. It was the largest margin in a loss since falling 79-40 to Larue County, Kentucky in the Smokey Mountain Christmas Classic at Gatlinburg last season. more