The defending and three-time state champion Forrest Lady Rockets had their final tune-up before the start of the postseason Wednesday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill versus an upstart Eagleville squad coached by former Lady Rocket great Brianda (Elmore) Sanders. Sanders was an integral member of the 2006 Forrest team that won the school’s first state title and the Lady Eagles came in to Wednesday night’s contest with a 14-4 overall record and top-seeded in the District 8-A Tournament. more

It was senior night versus Cornersville at Chapel Hill on Friday and it turned out to be almost perfect as Forrest senior Justin Gillespie came within one out of pitching a perfect game in a 12-0 five-inning, run-rule win over the Bulldogs. “This group is special to me, I love these boys a lot,” Forrest coach Andy Burkett said. “After going through some of the stuff we went through last year (Covid-19) it was awesome to see them play a full season.” more

On a beautiful Friday Spring evening with the spotlight on MCHS’ nine seniors, the 3A Lincoln County Falcons travelled to Joe George Field in Lewisburg to take on the Marshall County Tigers in a non-district matchup. The Tigers scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning to overcome an early 3-0 deficit and then had to hold on as Lincoln County tied the score before MCHS pulled out a victory on a rarely seen obstruction call in the bottom of the seventh inning to win 5-4. The game itself was as good a baseball game as could be witnessed or as Tigers’ head coach Mike “Monk” Reese stated, “Nothing like fundamental baseball. We played a solid defensive game, our pitcher made them hit ground balls and we made the plays.” more

Murfreesboro Central Magnet 020 000 2-4 9 2 Marshall County 111 204 X-9 13 5 MCM: Jacey Geotzinger 2-for-3, Emmaline Whitt 2-for-4, Jasmyn Stanley 1-for-4, Hali Phillips 1-for-4, Abby Griffin 1-for-3, Caitlin Dodson 1-for-4, Emma Tellez 1-for-3. BB: Griffin, Geotzinger... more

The Shelbyville Central Eaglettes were hoping to avenge a Senior Night home loss inflicted by the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (13-11) two weeks ago when they rolled into Frog Bottom on Tuesday night for a non-district game. The Eaglettes used an eight-run seventh inning featuring Kaydence Rippy’s grand slam home run to overtake the Lady Bulldogs for a 10-6 victory. The Lady Dawgs led 6-2 entering the top of the seventh before Shelbyville rallied off Cornersville pitcher Carmen Ward, who had sailed through the Eaglettes’ batting order for six innings. more

The Community Vikings came calling to Joe George Field in Lewisburg to take on Marshall County Tigers on Monday evening in a District 12-AA baseball battle. With the regular season nearing completion and sharing the cellar in district standings with the Vikings, the Tigers saw the need to improve their position for the upcoming district tournament and they did exactly that as three runs in the first inning and four runs in the fourth produced an 8-1 victory for MCHS... more

The Forrest Rockets hosted their annual Lift-A-Thon at the Chapel Hill Lions Club Memorial Fieldhouse Friday night and it was a huge success as 65 high school and middle school players lifted iron in front of a packed house of supporters. “I thought the senior class showed out,” Forrest head coach Eli Stephenson said. “They set new personal records (PR) for themselves." more

Columbia State Community College head basketball coach Gwen Burton was all smiles last Friday morning at MCHS as the Tigerettes’ hoops duo of Dionna Crutcher and Karlye Wiser signed Letters of Intent to play basketball for the Lady Chargers next season. “I’m very happy with these two, Karlye and Dionna are going to be reunited with Hannah Davis who we signed last year as well, so we have a good nucleus with those three and we think they will be sixty percent of the scoring,” Burton said. “We know what we are going to get here at Marshall County because coach Steely is one of the great coaches in the Middle-Tennessee area.” more

The three-time state champion Forrest Lady Rockets showed their mettle on Senior Night Tuesday at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill as they gutted out a 2-1 win over Nolensville to avenge their lone District 12-AA loss of the season earlier in the season to the Lady Knights... more

Class AAA Mason Miller, Germantown Houston, Sr. Matthew Schneider, Siegel, Sr. Grant Slatten, White County, Sr. Johnathan Lawson, Germantown Houston, Sr. Amarr Knox, Bartlett, Jr. Davon Barnes, Collierville, Sr. Philip Dotson, Arlington, Jr. Grant Hurst, Cleveland, Sr... more

2020-21 TSWA Wrestling All-State teams BOYS Class A-AA 106 Ethan Uhorchuk, Signal Mountain, 8th grade Porter Finstad, Gibbs, Jr. Taylor Turner, Harpeth, Jr. Sam Frank, Fairview, Fr. 113 Caleb Uhorchuk, Signal Mountain, So. Leandre Danbey Jr., Greeneville, Jr... more

The Marshall County High School Tigers (1-5) hosted the Columbia Academy Bulldogs (3-1) on the pitch in Lewisburg in a non-district game on Tuesday evening. The Tigers struck first at the 17:30 mark of the first half as Juan Carlos Mejia sailed one into the Bulldog’s net to put MCHS up 1-0. In the second half Will Garrison scored for CA on a penalty kick and neither team scored again as the two squads plated to a draw. more

The Forrest Rockets took the pitch on the Lions Club Memorial Field in Chapel Monday night versus Cascade looking for their first win of the season. All signs were pointing to a win or at least a tie as the first 65 minutes were played to a 1-1 contest before the Champions went on a wild scoring barrage to win going away 7-1... more

The Cornersville Bulldogs played host to the Fayetteville City Tigers Monday afternoon in a District 8-A contest. The Bulldogs were attempting to extend a winning streak that twin wins over Culleoka last Thursday and Friday had produced, but the bats of Fayetteville proved far too much for the young Cornersville team as the Tigers exploded for seven runs in the first and second innings in a five-inning 20-1 run-rule win... more

GIRLS Division I Kailee Channell, Hardin County, Sr. Elizabeth Coutta, Smyrna, Jr. Bricey Caudill, Stewarts Creek, So. Kyleigh Husted, White House, Sr. Janna LaBuda, Bartlett, Sr. Division II Lucy Garry, St. Benedict, Sr. Jenna Hedgepath, Lipscomb Academy, So... more

GIRLS Class AAA Denae Fritz, Maryville, Sr. Acacia Hayes, Riverdale, Jr. Tessa Miller, Stone Memorial, Sr. Addie Grace Porter, Lebanon, Sr. Carmen Taylor, Arlington, Sr. Mallory Taylor, Collierville, Jr. Anna Muhonen, Bradley Central, Sr. Khamari Mitchell-Steen, Oak Ridge, Sr... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets have been beset with the injury bug the last few weeks, but they have plugged on. Forrest lost its first district game since April 27, 2016 at Moore County when they fell 12-2 at Nolensville on April 8. Since the loss to the Lady Knights, Forrest has reeled off four straight wins, including a 10-0 five-inning run-rule win over Marshall County Tuesday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill. “Definitely a big win for district play, but also a pride win,” Forrest coach Shelby Lightfoot said. “Anytime you play anyone in the county you want to come out on top.” more

An eighth-inning RBI double by Braden Bowyer and run scoring base hit by Justin Gillespie, plus some clutch relief work on the mound by Kain Moses and Max Kirby led the Rockets’ to a 7-6 extra-inning win on Monday night at Unionville. On Tuesday night at Chapel Hill, the Rockets didn’t need any late inning drama as the pounded out 12 more hits and got a combined shutout by freshman Preston Gentry and Moses on the mound in a 10-0 six-inning, run-rule win over the Vikings. “I think we kept the positive momentum we had from the previous night and really just rolled it into a combined effort Tuesday night,” Forrest coach Andy Burkett said. “I couldn't be more proud of our guys for the determination they had to get these two wins, especially knowing how much they meant to us in the long run of district tournament seeding.” more