Stories from Thursday, June 1, 2006

What a year it has been for high school sports in Marshall County! First, the Class A State Champion Lady Rockets Basketball team recently received their rings after raising the first ever State Championship Trophy over Forrest School in Chapel Hill. ...

After opening their first State Tournament appearance by knocking off Lookout Valley 6-0, the Rockets set their sites on Huntingdon and unleashed their offensive weapons to roll into the Class A State Championship game. Ben Skelley held the Mustangs of Huntingdon to a single run in seven innings of work on the mound allowing 6 hits and 2 walks with 9 strikeouts...

The Tigerettes came in as defending Class AA State Champions but they ran into the defending Class A State Champs of Goodpasture who were making their first run in Class AA. After their tournament opening win over Haywood, 4-1, the Tigerettes faced a very good Greenbrier team who had just come off an extra-inning victory of perennial power Knoxville Gibbs. ...

The Lady Rockets put up a good fight in the Class A State Softball Tournament but they could not overcome the Christian Academies of Friendship and Trinity. The Lady Rockets got a big win over Friendship Christian, 2-0, to start things off but the win set them up against the eventual State Champions in 38-2 Trinity Christian Academy. ...