The Marshall County Tigers faltered at the Region 6A/AA Golf Tournament at Montgomery Bell Golf Course in Burns on Monday as MCHS finished in fifth place with a combined team score of 350. Christ Presbyterian Academy won their third consecutive region title and qualified for the state tournament, shooting a 294, a whopping 23 strokes clear of Nolensville (317). more

The Marshall County Tigerettes (5-7-2) have experienced its share of inconsistency during the 2016 soccer season, not having won more than two straight matches, but also not losing two games in a row. Tuesday night at Lewisburg offered more of the same for the Tigerettes by following a 3-1 win over Columbia's Middle Tennessee Crusaders last week with a hard fought 2-0 loss to Middle Tennessee Christian School (8-5-3). more

It's evolved into a very exciting season on the gridiron for the three Marshall County schools which have a combined 14-3 record on the year as Forrest (6-0, 3-0), Marshall County (5-1, 2-0) and Cornersville (3-2, 2-0) all hold its region standings' top spot. The undefeated and fifth-ranked Rockets stayed unblemished via a 43-7 pasting over visiting Cascade last week on Homecoming and now face its toughest test of the season when they host third-ranked Watertown (6-0, 3-0) at Murrey E. Holton Memorial Field in Chapel Hill Friday night. more

The Forrest Lady Rockets were unable to gain any momentum at the Region 5A/AA Golf Tournament at the Legacy Golf Course at Springfield, finishing with a three-player combined score of 210. more

After opening the season at 1-1, the FMS Rockets (5-1) have now won four in row, including a big 27-0 shutout win over Eagleville on Homecoming Thursday night at Chapel Hill. "I am very proud of the guys, we have had two good weeks of practice and they got time to get healed up," FMS coach Corey Searcy said. "I think we are turning the corner, they have worked extremely hard for us the past two weeks." Coming off a bye week, the Rockets played a clean game, tying the turnover battle 1-1 and had just two penalties for 10 yards. more

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigers have struggled this season to put together a complete ball game and the result has been a winless 2016 campaign, but LMS had a shot to remove the goose egg with one win E.A. Cox traveling to Preston Hopkins Field Thursday night for Homecoming. The two teams battled back and forth and the Tigers needed overtime plus a crucial stop on a two-point conversion to finally remove the proverbial monkey off its back and claim a 24-22 win over the Columbia squad. "I told the boys all year that we were a better team than what our record showed," LMS coach Elliot Cook said. "We can't change the past, just focus on this week and let's be 1-0 this week." more

Marshall County coach Thomas Osteen has made a point of putting together a grueling non-region schedule during his three-year tenure at Lewisburg and Friday was no exception as the Tigers traveled into the heart of downtown Nashville to take on perhaps the greatest turnaround story of the 2016 season in the undefeated Stratford Spartans (6-0). The Spartans, who lost 38-20 to Marshall County in 2015, were able to put together a plan that held the Tigers scoreless in the second half for the first time this season on the way to a stunning 28-21 victory in front of almost every media entity in the mid-state at the East Nashville school. more

After back-to-back losses to open the season, the Cornersville Bulldogs have turned into legitimate playoff contenders when they won their third region game in row Friday night, outlasting Mt. Pleasant 35-20 at Frog Bottom. "I was very proud for our football team to get the win against Mt. Pleasant. If I'm not mistaking, it has been 16 years since Cornersville defeated Mt. Pleasant in football," Cornersville coach Gerard Randolph said. "I thought our guys set the tone early and allowed us to build a nice lead. It was fun watching the guys execute and call on each other to make plays." more

There was no Homecoming distractions on the Murrey E. Holton Memorial Field Friday night as the Forrest Rockets came out strong and piled it on the Cascade Champions 43-7. "It always feels good to get a Homecoming win," Forrest coach Brent Johns said. "Two years in a row with an easy win like this, going into the second half knowing you have got it won is a good feeling." The fifth-ranked Rockets moved to 6-0 on the season with their third win in a row and six out of the last seven over the Wartrace squad. 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 September 26, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: 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 September 19, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets traveled to Murfreesboro on Tuesday for a District 9A/AA game with the Lady Cougars and after a full 80 minutes of action, the game ended in a 0-0 tie. "Obviously we would have loved to come away with a victory, especially in a district game, but we will take this tie and move forward," Forrest coach Nicole Pickle said. "I think the girls performed very well. We told them before the game they needed to come out on the offensive attack first and we did that." more

It should be a very exciting Week 6 as all three county schools have huge contests looming tonight with both Marshall County High School and Forrest looking to stay undefeated, while the Cornersville Bulldogs are looking for a signature win that would move the program forward and put them back on track to a return to the playoff picture. 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 September 19, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: more

he Marshall County Tigers golf team travelled to Lawrenceburg on Monday for the District 12A/AA tournament and came away with a third place finish, good enough to qualify for the Region 6A/AA tournament on Monday at Montgomery Bell Golf Course at Dickson. Davis George shot a two-over par 74 to garner fourth medalist honors. more

The District 9A/AA Golf Tournament did not turn out well for the Forrest Rockets Monday at Buford Ellington Golf Course inside Henry Horton State Park, but for the Lady Rockets, it did. The Lady Rockets, led by senior Dani Hoeft's round of 97 finished in third place and will compete at the Region 5A/AA Tournament at The Legacy at Springfield on Friday. more

The Tigerettes looked to remain in the upper echelon of District 12 A/AA on Thursday night when the Champions of Cascade (2-3, 2-1) made the trip to Lewisburg, but after playing neck and neck with the visitors in the first half, Marshall County surrendered four second half goals and suffered just its second loss in six games, 5-1. more

The last time Marshall County and Cornersville met on the soccer pitch, the Tigerettes set a school record for wins to open the season with seven in a row, but one year later the Lady Bulldogs (6-5) traveled to Lewisburg as winners of four of its last five games while the Tigerettes (4-5-2) looked to break a two-game winless streak. more

When Marshall County and Giles County meet up on Friday nights in the fall you can throw the record books out. Unlike last season when the Tigers traveled to Pulaski to play a struggling 0-3 Giles County squad, the 2016 version of the Bobcats came into Lewisburg with a 3-1 record including impressive wins over 5A Columbia and Lincoln County and the only blemish a five-point loss to 5A Shelbyville (4-1). more