Stories from Friday, August 15, 2014

The FMS Rockets played back and forth scoring football for a quarter with Community before staving off the Viking invasion with a stiff defense and a punishing running attack to win their home opener 36-20 Thursday night in Chapel Hill. "We have got to tighten things up, we found some weaker points that we need to work on and we will work on that in practice this week," said FMS head Coach Bart Joyce. "It was a group effort all the way around, our boys stepped it up tonight hitting wise, we just have to put it all together for a game and see what happens."

After turning in a shaky performance in their last match against Franklin County and Fayetteville five days earlier, the Marshall County Tigers golf team righted the ship on Tuesday when they defeated the Spring Hill Raiders at Kings Creek Golf Club. Taking the four best rounds from six players, the Tigers (6-1) posted a team score of 150 after playing the par 33 front nine at Kings Creek, while Spring Hill finished with a 173.

After being washed off their home course at Henry Horton because of heavy rain on Monday, the Forrest golf squad traveled to Rockvale on Tuesday and was swept away by some good golf turned in by host Eagleville and Cascade. Cascade took first place in both boys' and girls' action, coming away with a wide 19-stroke win for the Wartrace boys, while the Lady Champions edged Eagleville by one stroke and were two better than the Lady Rockets.

n Monday afternoon, the Cornersville Bulldogs golf team picked up their first win of the season when they defeated the Mt. Pleasant Tigers in a rain shortened match at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. The two teams counted the results from only the first five holes after lightning and heavy rains forced the players off the course. Taking the top three rounds from each team, the Bulldogs posted a score of 76 to claim the victory, while Mt. Pleasant finished with a 103.