The Forrest Rockets started the season with a 0-10 record, but played some very tough teams along the way to harden the squad and it paid off. Since a 60-49 loss at Summertown on December 8, the surprising Rockets have gone 12-4 with a stellar 7-2 District 12-AA mark, including a 73-48 rout over Community Tuesday night at Chapel Hill that essentially clinched the regular season district title with Marshall County’s loss to Nolensville. more

Marshall County junior K.J. Johnson was named one of the three finalists for the Class AA Mr. Basketball Award this morning by the TSSAA along with Jayden Lockett (East Nashville), and Jessie Walker (Brainerd). more

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 5, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:... more

After a tough loss at Marshall County on Friday night, the resilient Forrest Rockets bounced back with a 50-46 win over Perry County in Saturday night’s Homecoming matchup at Chapel Hill. “That was a great effort by the boys tonight,” Forrest coach Randy Toombs said. “Perry County ain’t no slouch, they will come in here and play you hard.” The Rockets just missed pulling off another comeback at Lewisburg Friday night and it was not easy getting back up for the struggling Vikings, who had lost five out of their last six games. more

It was a long wait, but the Forrest Lady Rockets got some measure of revenge in Saturday’s Homecoming game at Chapel Hill, beating Perry County 43-34 in a non-region matchup. “I thought we played well the whole game,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “We were a little flat coming out of the gate, but I think that is because we had two emotional games this week already.” more

The Marshall County Tigerettes held Forrest to eight first half points, but could not put the Lady Rockets away and it cost them in a tough 34-30 loss. “They never quit, they kept believing and kept plugging away,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “Before the game I told them, it’s gonna be packed and it shouldn’t have bothered us, but it did early.” Marshall County’s Kelsey Keiler, who led all scorers in the contest with 16 points, kicked off the game with a drive to the hoop and two Claire Woods’ free throws made it 4-0. more

The Marshall County Tigers got some sweet revenge Friday night, beating Forrest 79-68 at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium in Lewisburg. The win over the Rockets put the intra-county rivals in a dead heat atop the District 12-AA standings as both teams have lost to each other and to Murfreesboro Central Magnet, who sit in fourth place. The Tigers also made it five district wins in a row after going 1-2 in their first two. more

Following a huge 33-30 win at home over Eagleville on January 9 and a blowout victory over Fayetteville six days later, the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs found themselves sitting atop the District 8-A standings and debuting at #9 in the Class A Associated Press Top 10 poll. But coming into Tuesday night’s game against Moore County (19-5, 8-0), the Lady Bulldogs had lost three of four and faced the number one team in the district, who had just demolished Cornersville by 38 points six days prior. more

The Cornersville boys basketball squad has been the tale of two teams during the 2017-18 campaign coming into Tuesday night’s game versus Moore County (5-18, 3-4). The Bulldogs (4-14, 2-6) played second place Eagleville tough the entire contest but ultimately lost by nine points and followed that with another close loss to first place Fayetteville by 11 points. Cornersville followed those two close losses by giving last place Huntland its only District 8-A win of the year, while scoring a season-low 28 points and continued its decline with a three-point loss to Cascade, who the Bulldogs had beaten easily by 14 points to start district competition. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets’ only two District 12-AA losses this season have come at the hands of Nolensville with the first defeat by 15 points at Chapel Hill. In the second meeting on Tuesday night in Williamson County, Forest had a great chance to even the regular season series, but let it slip away in a gut wrenching 45-43 setback. The difference in the game was about four bad passes by the Lady Rockets that cost them dearly. more

Forrest’s Ryley McClaran shattered Corey Shankle’s single game scoring record of 40 points on Friday night in an 80-66 win at Giles County when he poured in 51 points versus the Bobcats. On Tuesday night at Nolensville, McClaran and his band of rockin Rockets turned in another dramatic performance, gutting out a 69-65 overtime win that had every twist and turn imaginable. more

The Marshall County Tigerettes traveled to Nolensville Thursday without Hannah Davis and had a hobbled Alli Hobbs, but still came within four points of beating the first-place Lady Knights in a tough 51-47 loss. “We had our chance with some adversity,” MCHS coach David Steely said. “It was a good game and I am proud of how we played with some tough situations, but you don’t get that chance very often and you have to win some of those games.” more

After a tough 76-65 loss at Forrest that began a five-game District 12-AA road trip, the Marshall County Tigers have reeled off four straight league wins, including a hard fought 73-72 victory at Nolensville Thursday night. “It was a tough Nolensville game and I knew coming in we would have some issues as far as their post players, they are very aggressive and attack the boards,” MCHS coach Lavon King said. “It was one of those things where we just tried to get a little bit here, a little bit there.” “I thought the second half defensively we stepped it up and got a lot of easy baskets off of steals and stuff and that’s to my guys, they really stepped it up when they had to.” more

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 January Girls Class AAA School Record Pts Prv 1. Riverdale (14) 22-1 1491 2. Bradley Central (1) 22-0 136 2 3. Cane Ridge 19-0 120 3 4. Morristown West 16-2 80 7 5. Stewarts Creek 17-3 76 4 6. Oak Ridge 17-4 67 8 7. East Hamilton 21-3 64 5 8. Dickson Co. 20-2 46 6 9. Daniel Boone 18-4 39 T10 10. Franklin 18-2 26 T10 Others receiving 12 or more points: None. Class AA more

The Marshall County Tigers needed every one of KJ Johnson’s 43 points to put away a scrappy Community squad Friday night at Unionville, 80-78. “They (Community) definitely were not going to go home easy,” MCHS coach Lavon King said. “It was one of those things where we still have to learn what that killer instinct is.” “It is one of those things where these kids are still learning, so by the time we get to the district tournament we should be good to go.” more

After a 41-31 win at longtime arch rival Giles County on Tuesday, the Marshall County Tigerettes got back on the yellow bus Friday for a trip to Unionville where they made it two District 12-AA wins a row via a 41-30 win over the Viqueens. “We were real solid in the first half,” MCHS coach David Steely said. “The second half wasn’t as bad as it looked because I wasn’t that interested in having to score because we were up fourteen.” more

There are eight schools classified in Region 6A-AA Dual Wrestling and only two of the teams had wrestlers to fill enough weight classes to compete at the Region Tournament Friday night at Nolensville, the host Knights and the Forrest Rockets. “We knew how we matched up with them, so mathematically we had it worked out,” Forrest coach Chris Slaughter said. “We took a gamble at the 120 and the 126 weight class and it would have paid off, but they took a gamble at 152 and got a win and the chips just fell the way they fell.” more

Forrest 69, Franklin County 6 126-pounds: Jeffrey Gross (Forrest), forfeit. 132: Hunter Pendley (Forrest) over Peyton Martin (Franklin Co.), (Fall 1:56), 6-0. 138: Carson Blackwell (Forrest) over Elijah Cowan (Franklin Co.). (Fall 4:25), 12-0. 145: Justin Leonard (Forrest) over Jordan Martin (Franklin Co.), (Fall 3:56), 18-0... more

Rear View Mirror Monday, January 22 Basketball Girls Forrest 42, Marshall County 26 Boys Forrest 76, Marshall County 65 Tuesday, January 23 Basketball Girls Marshall County 41, Giles County 31 Forrest 50 Murfreesboro Central Magnet 30 Cornersville 50, Cascade 41... more

They don’t make the headlines, their names are not in the box scores and they don’t make the all-star teams, but perhaps the most important individuals in high school sports are the contest officials. These individuals are so important that, in fact, there would be no organized competitive sports at the high school level without the men and women who officiate these contests every day across the country. more