The two-time Class A state champion Forrest Lady Rockets (28-1, 9-0) are in a dominating mode, making another solid run for a title as they won their 16th consecutive game on Senior Night Monday at Chapel Hill via a 10-0 victory over Moore County to clinch the District 9A crown. “Obviously that was our first short term goal and we are very pleased to get that,” Forrest coach Becky Cheatham said. “Now we want to win the district tournament, region tournament and make a run towards the sectionals and then the state.” more

After seven straight losses, the Marshall County Tigerettes bounced back with two consecutive home wins, beginning with a 10-0 win on Tuesday over CPA at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg where Marlee Woodward tossed her first career perfect game. Woodward struck out seven and got plenty of run support as the Tigerettes scored four runs in the third inning and six more in the fifth to put the game away. “It felt great, we had a solid defense and we hit the ball,” Woodward said. “As a pitcher, every game comes and goes and I was not thinking about it, I was playing every out.” more

Despite having a student enrollment hovering around 300 students, Cornersville is becoming a well-known stop for college recruiters every spring as the fourth player in just two years signed a scholarship on Tuesday. Kirsten Young, a standout pitcher and third baseman, signed to play softball for the next two seasons at Jackson State Community College in West Tennessee. "I chose Jackson State because it's a small community college like (Cornersville), pretty much," Young, who has only lost one game on the mound this season, stated. "I'm excited about meeting the new people and going away from home." more

Rear view mirror Monday, April 17 Baseball Marshall County at Cascade (Postponed) Coffee County at Forrest (Postponed) Cornersville at Santa Fe (Postponed) Softball Spring Hill 7, Marshall County 6 Cornersville 4, Culleoka 2 Tuesday, April 18 Baseball Cornersville 12, Santa Fe 0 (Game One) Cornersville 11, Santa Fe 0 (Game Two) Softball Columbia Academy 5, Cornersville 1 more

hursday, April 13 Marshall County at Loretto Columbia State Campus, Lawrenceburg Girls Marshall County 7, Loretto 0 Girls Singles Natalie Cook (MCHS) def. Cox, 8-0 Alexa Hooten (MCHS) def. Buttrum, 8-5 Annie Haynes (MCHS) def. McMasters, 8-1 McKenna Hunter (MCHS) def. Cummins, 8-2 Anna Claire Moses (MCHS) def. Potts, 8-4 Girls Doubles Cook/Hooten (MCHS) def. Buttram/McMasters, 8-2 Haynes/Hunter (MCHS) def. Cox/Potts, 8-8 (tiebreaker 7-3) more

The Marshall County Tigerettes entered Thursday night’s match-up with 3A Shelbyville Central in the grips of a four-game losing streak as they struggle for offense, having scored just five runs during the time span. While the offensive woes continued against the Golden Eaglettes, the Tigerettes defense remained solid by allowing a single run in a 1-0 pitching duel loss in Bedford County. Marlee Woodward turned in arguably her best pitching performance of the regular season by throwing a complete game with a game-high 23 first pitch strikes. Woodward struck out three and walked one batter, but a fifth inning run by Shelbyville was the difference in the ballgame. more

Coming off of two consecutive two-run losses to district leader Richland to start the week, the Cornersville Bulldogs went back to work for the third day in a row, hosting 2A Giles County on Wednesday night. And despite the Bobcats (10-9) coming into Cornersville with a red hot five-game winning streak that includes two wins over the same Richland squad by a 22-6 margin, the Bulldogs hung tough by coming back from a 10-2 deficit to lose a close 12-9 ballgame. "They've shown this all year," Bulldog coach Ben Putnam said. "They don't get down, they battle back. We've just got to quit putting ourselves in these holes." more

The injury riddled Marshall County Tigerettes hosted District 12AA rival Page Tuesday night at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg and the Lady Patriots overcame a home team comeback to win 5-2. “We did not hit the ball and left seven runners in scoring position,” MCHS coach Heather Denton said. “We need to score those runs and I think we are just not being aggressive at the plate.” “We just need some girls to step up and get some hits and make some plays for us.” more

Ethan Mealer is on a major tear on the mound as the Forrest freshman blanked Fayetteville Tuesday night to extend his scoreless streak to 19 innings and salvage a split for the Rockets in the season series. “It was great to see how the boys reacted to a loss Monday night,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. “The coaching staff was really pleased that they didn't hit a panic button and just got back to playing our team's game.” Mealer tossed seven innings of no-hit ball at MTCS last Tuesday in an extra inning 1-0 win by the Rockets and he backed it up with a stellar performance in the 10-0 run-rule win versus the Tigers. more

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina is located in Charleston, far away from Lewisburg where Jay Howard grew up playing and excelling in the three major sports of football, baseball and basketball. Howard decided that football was his best sport and became Marshall County’s High School’s all-time leading receiver, catching 211 passes for 28 career receiving touchdowns. Howard averaged 75.4 yards per game and 13.9 yards per grab and also had five rushing touchdown and two kickoff returns for scores. more

Friday, April 14 Baseball Mountain Valley Classic at Grundy County, Coalmont, TN Marshall County vs. Tullahoma, 5:45 p.m. Marshall County vs. Grundy County, 8 p.m. Summertown Tournament Forrest vs. Waverly, 4:30 p.m. Forrest vs. Summertown, 7 p.m. more

Forrest traveled to Moore County Thursday night to take on their toughest foe over the last several years and the Lady Rockets blasted the Raiderettes 13-0 in five innings for their 14th win in a row. It was the largest margin of victory for Forrest (26-1, 7-0) over Moore County (9-9, 6-2) since a 13-0 win on March 17, 2005 at Lynchburg. more

Wednesday, April 12 Baseball Giles County at Cornersville, 5 p.m. Softball Marshall County at Shelbyville, 5:30 p.m. more

Friday, April 7 MCHS at Columbia Central Woodland Park, Columbia The Marshall County Tigerettes tennis team is on roll, coming up with their third sweep in a row. In one week, the girl's team has played 18 singles matches and nine doubles matches, and have won all of them. Girls Singles Natalie Cook (MCHS) def. Willis, 8-1 Alexa Hooten (MCHS) def. Cain, 8-1 Annie Haynes (MCHS) def. Calahan, 8-0 McKenna Hunter (MCHS) def. Shuff, 8-2 Anna Claire Moses (MCHS) def. Burns, 8-2 Macey Pickle (MCHS) def. Rohling, 8-6 more

The Marshall County boys soccer team won just a total of four games during the 2016 season and needed until April 21 to win its first game. Coming into Thursday's contest against Lincoln County, the Tigers had a chance to win its fourth contest just seven games into the 2017 campaign after losing the championship of the Red Hawk Classic 3-1 to Hunters Lane (5-1) last weekend and a close 3-2 district loss to Giles County (3-6, 3-0) two days prior. The third time was not a charm as the Falcons jumped out to a 4-1 halftime lead, before the Tigers came roaring back to tie the contest at 5-5, but two late goals resulted in a 7-5 loss. more

The Forrest Rockets suffered their first District 9A loss since a 4-3 setback at Community on opening day as a determined Fayetteville (2-8, 2-7) squad marched into Chapel Hill and pulled off a convincing 4-1 upset win on Monday night. “Fayetteville did come to play,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. “They came out firing at the plate and scored three runs early.” “We just never could overcome the slow start that we had.” Tiger starting pitcher Jonathan Pigg shut down the Forrest offense, tossing 6.2 innings and giving up four hits, zero earned runs, striking out two and walking four Rocket batters in the contest. more

orrest entertained nearby Columbia Central for a non-conference matchup Thursday night at Chapel Hill and the Rockets gave the game away, committing eight errors in the field and grounding into three double plays in a 10-5 extra-inning loss. “It wasn’t one of our better nights in the field,” Forrest coach Bart Joyce said. “A baseball season is a long season and you’re going to have those nights, so we just got to bounce back on Monday and forget about this one.” The Rockets banged out 12 hits in the contest with Dustin Brashear leading the way with a 3-for-5 performance at the plate. more

The age old sports adage says it’s hard to beat the same team three times in one season and after the Lady Bulldogs beat the Richland Raiders by a combined 22-3 in two early season district games, the longtime rivals found themselves paired together for a third time in the second game of the Zion Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Just like the previous two meetings, the Lady Bulldogs were able to shut down the Raiders in the batter’s box and put down timely hits to beat Richland 7-1 to advance to the tournament finals versus the host, Zion Christian. "The keys to any win are hitting the ball," Cornersville coach Eric Crabtree said. "We've got great pitching, great hitting, and we've got a team full of players that want to be out there. When you put the bat on the ball, good things happen." more

The Cornersville Bulldogs (10-7) came into Friday night’s game against former district rival Moore County on a tear, winning its past three games by a combined score of 49-9, but they needed some last minute heroics from one of their senior leaders to edge past the Raiders in a 5-4 win. Cornersville took a 4-1 lead into the fourth inning before Moore County (4-9) slowly inched its way back to tie the game at 4-4 in the fifth, but starting pitcher Ben Taylor delivered a walk-off game winning double in the bottom of the seventh to give the Bulldogs its fifth win in a row. more

After beating Loretto in an early game and easily pulling past Richland in the afternoon, Cornersville faced Zion Christian in the championship game of the Zion Invitational Tournament following the then winless Eagles upset victories over Mount Pleasant and Giles County the previous day. The Lady Bulldogs and Eagles were scheduled for a regular season matchup earlier in the season, but the game was canceled after Zion could not field enough players to participate in the contest. more