The depth of strength in District 9A came to fruition Wednesday in a weather related makeup game at Huntland when the Lady Hornets easily handled Forrest 68-51. "I told them in the locker room that there are no excuses, we can name some moments in the game, but they just outplayed us," Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. The Lady Rockets, coming off a big win over third-ranked Moore County on Tuesday, were a step slow and off their game and it cost them a loss that sends the district standings into tiebreakers for first place. more

The Forrest Rockets picked up their first District 9A win of the season Tuesday night at Chapel Hill, beating the Moore County Raiders 68-61. "It's a very nice win in the district, hopefully we can have a good afternoon to follow up from last night," Forrest coach Randy Toombs said. All three of Forrest's district wins the last two seasons have come over Moore County. more

The Moore County Raiderettes came into Tuesday night's huge District 9A showdown at Forrest as the number three ranked team in Class A and winners of 11 out of the last 14 games versus the Lady Rockets, including two season ending wins since the 2012-2013 season. "I think it showed who we really are in our district and set the bar for us," Forrest's Kyleah Hengesbach said. "We practiced all week for this, we played to our full ability and we were ready." more

The Tigers jumped back into the District 12AA race versus Spring Hill and looked for some consistency on Tuesday after coming off an impressive third place finish in the Battle of Franklin Christmas Tournament Marshall County with a win over 3A Lebanon 12 days prior. The long break did not seem to bother the Tigers, who finished off the Raiders before the halftime buzzer sounded, giving Marshall County its first district win of the season at 77-34 before a brutal stretch of the schedule commences. more

It was the Cameron Johnson show at Lewisburg Thursday night as the EA Cox standout poured in 23 points for the Cougars, who won going away over Lewisburg Middle School 43-29. Johnson banged in five 3-pointers in the contest, including three treys and 13 points in the big 19-point decisive third quarter for the Cougars. Lewisburg held the lead twice early in the game at 4-2 on a Devontae Davis steal and score and then after the Cougars tied the game, Lamarion Price nailed a 3-pointer for the Tigers, making it 7-4. more

In the first game of twin bill Thursday night at the Shelton Gymnasium in Lewisburg, the LMS Tigerettes escaped with a wild 27-26 win over the EA Cox Lady Cougars. In the first half, both teams did not score many points as they shook off some holiday rust. Israel Hurt, who led all scorers in the contest with 13 points, scored the first three points of the game on a free throw and a bucket in the low post, but that would be all the scoring in the first quarter for the Tigerettes. more

Scoreboard Rear View Mirror Tuesday, January 3 Basketball Girls Summertown 63, Forrest 59 Cornersville 57, Culleoka 23 Boys Summertown 78, Forrest 44 Culleoka 61, Cornersville 52 Thursday, January 5 Basketball Girls LMS 27, EA Cox 26 Boys EA Cox 43, LMS 30... 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 9, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: more

Having lost the past four games by an average of 39.2 points per game, Cornersville felt it had a winnable game on Tuesday night against a Culleoka (5-9, 3-2) team the Bulldogs (2-9, 2-3) figure to be battling for fourth place in the district as the tournament rolls around. But taking the court missing four players that play big time minutes (two injured, one quit, one on vacation) Cornersville knew they would have to play a near perfect game to notch a win against the Warriors and the Bulldogs did for one half before going cold in second half and letting one slip away 61-52. more

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs learned an important lesson Tuesday night in its quest for its first district tournament championship in three years--don't take any opponent for granted. Coming into the contest with Culleoka the Lady 'Dawgs remained locked in second place in 11A with Mount Pleasant at one district loss and a critical matchup against first place Richland on Friday night which may have led to the slow start on Tuesday. more

Marshall County High School's Cain McWilliams and Tre Crutcher, along with Forrest's Slayton Wild were recently named to the Tennessee Sportswriters Association's All-State football team. McWilliams, who played just one season in Lewisburg after transferring from Lincoln County High School was a finalist for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Class 4A Lineman of the Year Award. more

The Tigers traveled to Franklin for the inaugural Battle of Franklin Tournament at Battle Ground Academy and faced a tough competitor in Christian Academy of Knoxville (CAK) in the first round of the winner take all tournament. CAK, who joined Marshall County in last season's 2A state tournament came into the contest with a 6-7 record and were looking for a signature win before heading back into the District 4AA schedule. more

After winning two district games by a total of 114 points, the Cornersville Bulldogs have fallen on hard times by losing two conference games by 94 points and the future looked gloomy when CHS (2-6) played Community (6-8) in the Richland Christmas Classic. From the start of the contest the Bulldogs looked outmatched, going down 30-7 before ultimately losing 62-45 to the Vikings. more

The Cornersville (5-4) Lady Bulldogs team entered the Richland Christmas Tournament winning four out of five games but the loss, a 14-point setback against district foe Mount Pleasant weighed heavily on the teams mind heading into the opening game against Spring Hill (0-9). "They don't have any wins, but you have to look at who they have played and they've played some quality competition," CHS coach Peyton Newton said. "So we knew we had to come in and we talked about it after Mount Pleasant, we had to be on our game, do our stuff." more

Forrest 66, Coffee County 18 160 Pounds: Wesley McCoy (Forrest) over (Coffee County), Forfeit, 6-0 170: Thomas Lawrence (Coffee County) over Austin Geeting (Forrest), Fall 2:59, 6-6 182: Bryton Spitzley (Forrest) over (Coffee County), Forfeit, 12-6 195: William Rorabaugh (Forrest) over (Coffee County), Forfeit), 18-6 220: Billy Clanton (Forrest) over Andrew Lawson (Coffee County), Fall 0:26, 24-6 more

Rear View Mirror Tuesday, January 3 Basketball Girls Summertown 63, Forrest 59 Cornersville 57, Culleoka 23 Boys Summertown 78, Forrest 44 Culleoka 61, Cornersville 52 Upcoming Thursday, January 5 Basketball Girls LMS 27, EA Cox 26 Boys EA Cox 43, LMS 30 more

Scoreboard Rear View Mirror Monday, January 19 Girls Basketball Forrest 57, Lincoln County 47 Marshall County 62, Culleoka 27 Boys Basketball Lincoln County 67, Forrest 36 Wednesday, December 21 Smoky Mountain Classic at Gatlinburg-Pittman more

Class 2A OFFENSE QB -- Darius Harper, Austin-East QB -- Seth Price, Watertown RB -- Caleb Johnson, MAHS RB -- Cordarrian Richardson, Trezevant WR -- Daisuan Whitfield, Waverly WR -- Kashif Warren Jr., Austin-East WR -- Dylan Street, Happy Valley OL -- Logan Campbell, Marion County OL -- Rusty Staats, Watertown OL -- Antonio Nelson, Trezevant OL -- Landon Morefield, Happy Valley OL -- Dylan Hiefnar, Meigs County ATH -- Montez Bradley, Waverly K -- Eduard Hakizimana, Austin-East more

Class 4A and 3A all-state prep football teams selected by the Tennessee Sportswriters Association. Class 4A OFFENSE QB -- Chase Cunningham, Knoxville Catholic QB -- Trey Mitchell, Knoxville Central RB -- Timothy Taylor, Memphis East RB -- Antwuan Branch, Kenwood... more

There is no doubt about the fact that the Tigerettes (4-6, 0-2) have come a long way in a short period of time under new coach David Steely. But just how far along were they was the question entering Friday night's game against perennial power Christ Presbyterian Academy (7-1, 2-0) at Dottie Kelso Memorial Gymnasium at Lewisburg. That question was answered emphatically as the Tigerettes held a lead almost the entire second half before losing on a CPA 3-pointer with under a minute left in the game for a 34-31 loss. more