It was a soggy and rainy Homecoming night at Spring Hill Friday night, but that didn't stop the fourth-ranked Marshall County Tigers, who started slow before running away with a 49-6 win over the Raiders. "As a coach, you are always worried about when you take two weeks off and how you will come out," Marshall County coach Thomas Osteen said about the early rust from the bye week. "We were a little rusty to start the game, but Spring Hill has a lot to do with that because they have good players on both sides of the ball." more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six 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 October 17, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:... more

The three gridiron squads in Marshall County have made this the most exciting football season in many years, sporting a combined 18-4 record with three weeks remaining in the regular season. The Forrest Rockets, who are off this week, are undefeated, ranked third in Class 2A and sit atop the Region 4 standings with very winnable road games at Eagleville and Jackson County to finish the regular season. more

Thursday, October 6 District 12A/AA Spring Hill 1, Marshall County 0 Monday, October 10 District 9A-AA White House 6, Forrest 1 District 11A/AA Columbia Academy 9, Cornersville 0 more

Class 4A School Record Pts Prv 1. Knoxville Catholic (13) 6-1 148 1 2. Greeneville (2) 7-0 136 2 3. Pearl-Cohn 6-1 116 3 4. Marshall County 6-1 100 5 5. Stone Memorial 8-0 88 6 6. Sullivan East 6-1 63 7 7. Haywood 6-1 53 4 8. Ridgeway 5-3 38 9 9. Fulton 4-3 23 NR 10. Maplewood 5-2 21 10 Others receiving 12 or more points: East Hamilton 18, Memphis East 14. more

Major playoff implications were on the line Friday night in southern Marshall County when two of Region 4-1A's biggest surprises went head-to-head when Summertown (7-1, 5-1) made the trip from Lawrence County to take on Cornersville (4-3, 4-1), who was riding its first four-game winning streak in over 20 years coming into the game. more

The FMS Rockets took care of their last roadblock in the way of back-to-back Duck River Valley Conference titles Thursday night at Moore County, shutting out the Raiders 37-0 in a dominating performance. "It was a total team win and great effort by our guys, FMS coach Corey Searcy said. "We had a great week of practice and we took care of business in Lynchburg. This team is fun to be around and I have enjoyed every day with them." more

There was no rust, no looking ahead and no competition for Forrest in Friday's senior night matchup at Murrey E. Holton Memorial Field versus East Robertson as the undefeated Rockets (8-0, 5-0) posted a 35-0 win shutout over the Cross Plains Indians (2-5, 1-3). "We had a bad week of practice, we didn't practice well Monday and Tuesday and then the injury bug hit on Tuesday," Forrest coach Brent Johns said. "The goal was to get a win and we did that." more

The Forrest Lady Rockets beat Fayetteville 8-0 in a District 9A/AA Tournament play-in game Wednesday night at Chapel Hill. Forrest (5-4-2) travel to White House High School for a first round game versus the Lady Blue Devils (11-5) on Monday at 7 p.m. The remainder of the District Tournament will move to Forrest. more

The Lady Dawgs looked to break a four-game losing streak Tuesday night, welcoming the Webb School Feet (1-9-3) to town on the heels of a tough 1-0 loss to inter county rival Forrest on Thursday. Despite going up 3-1 with just over 10 minutes left in the contest, the Feet stormed back to tie the game at 3-3 and Cornersville limped into the playoffs winless in six of its last seven contests. more

When the Forrest Rockets and Cornersville Bulldogs take to the home field gridirons tonight they will both be fighting to stay in first place in their respective regions with Chapel Hill hosting East Robertson and the Frog Bottom boys entertaining Summertown. The Marshall County Tigers (6-1, 3-0) are also in the top spot in Region 4A and have a bye this week before travelling to Spring Hill next week. more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six 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 October 3, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: Class 6A School Record Pts Prv 1. Maryville (14) 7-0 158 1 2. Oakland (1) 6-0 142 2 3. Whitehaven (1) 7-0 126 3 4. Bradley Central 6-0 115 4 5. Cordova 7-0 99 5 6. Franklin 5-1 79 7 7. Wilson Central 6-1 57 8 8. Mt. Juliet 5-2 45 9 9. Smyrna 5-2 29 6 10. Blackman 3-3 20 NR Others receiving 12 or more points: None. more

Football has long been touted as a team sport, but fans at any level of the game could appreciate the sheer dominance of two individuals on opposite sides of the field Thursday night when Bridgeforth Junior High School traveled to southern Marshall County to take on Cornersville Middle School. Eighth-grader Brady Calahan scored all four Bulldog touchdowns and finished with 260 yards rushing on 13 attempts for three rushing touchdowns on offense and led the defense with four and a half tackles, a sack, a tackle for loss, two interceptions with one returned 50 yards for a touchdown on the opening play of the second half. more

The FMS Rockets traveled to Liberty Thursday night to take on the winless Patriots and took care of business, coming away with an easy 38-6 win. "We knew tonight was one of those games, playing a Liberty team that didn't have a win to watch for the trick plays and we got some of that," FMS coach Corey Searcy said. "We just had to stay patient as a coach and as a team and take what they give you. It wasn't pretty, but we got a lot of kids to play tonight and that was our goal." more

The Lewisburg Middle School Cross Country team recently competed in the Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association Sectional Meet at Sulphur Springs in Smyrna and the first-year squad came away with some valuable learning experiences. "All four teams finished strong and despite the fact we did not qualify for state, I am quite pleased with how LMS performed," LMS coach Estelle Long said. "We were plagued with a couple of unfortunate issues. In the varsity race, Jessa Lancaster twisted her ankle early on, causing her to finish with a time that was off her average by nearly nine minutes." more

The Marshall County Tigers returned home to Preston Hopkins Field for Homecoming Friday night after losing its first game of the season against Stratford the previous week and despite Lawrence County's hopes of a letdown, the Tigers proved to be strong as ever with a 50-0 win over the Wildcats. "This was huge because it's a region win and our whole position at the end of the year is predicated on region games," Marshall County coach Thomas Osteen said. "We had a real bad taste in our mouth last week, we didn't play our best and I still think we have a ton of room for improvement, but I think you can tell we've improved from last week to this week." more

The Cornersville Bulldogs are on fire! Four consecutive region wins, including a 40-16 win over Huntland at Frog Bottom Friday night put the Cornersville (4-2, 4-0) squad in uncharted territory, holding down a tie with Columbia Academy (5-0, 5-0) for first place in Region 4A. "It feels so incredible to have our name mentioned as being tied with Columbia Academy for the top spot in the region," Cornersville coach Gerard Randolph said. "This team is hungry and they want to be successful each and every time that they step onto the football field. They enjoy playing the game of football with each other and they believe." more

Forrest legendary coach Murrey E. Holton would have been proud of the Rockets Friday night with the manner in which they secured their seventh consecutive win to start the season, outlasting Watertown 35-28 on the field named in his honor. "It feels great, it feels surreal to be honest with you," Forrest coach Brent Johns said. "I think it may take some time for this to sink in." more

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