Stories from Thursday, December 17, 2009

The war wages on for the Forrest Lady Rockets who executed a perfect blitzkrieg Monday night in Murfreesboro versus MTCS, burying the Lady Cougars from the start and then never letting them up in a convincing 62-46 win. The victory was the 15th straight for Forrest over MTCS, continuing a dominance dating back to 2003...

After ten years away from Moore County, Forrest head coach Jeremy Jean returned to his basketball roots Friday night, leading the Lady Rockets back to Lynchburg for the first time since taking over the helm at Chapel Hill in 2008. Jean was a member of Moore County's 1999 state championship basketball team. Jean, an all-state tournament team selection that season, poured in 25 points, including 6 treys for the Raiders in their 60-49 win over Cosby in the '99' title game...