Stories from Friday, December 11, 2015

The Forrest Middle School girls capped off a big regular season Thursday night at Chapel Hill, beating Huntland 48-38. "We wanted to finish the season as best as we could and I think we finished pretty strong tonight," FMS coach David Junkins said. "We have come a long way from that first game, the regular season has been highly successful and we hope to carry that into the post-season. Our long term goal has always been to bring the "Duck" back to Chapel Hill."

Toy drive set up by former Forrest athlete in honor of late mother One of the most poignant moments in your life is when your Mom passes away, rattling your soul and leaving an empty space that can never be re-filled. For Chapel Hill native and former Forrest Rocket footballer and wrestler Jason Buchanan, that moment came on September 20, 2009 when his mom, Kathy Savage Williams passed away.

Shelbyville Central ran into a Marshall County team looking to prove to themselves that they were better than the team that lost big to Chattanooga Brainerd on Saturday and the Tigers proved that Saturday was a fluke, beating the 3A Golden Eagles 61-51. "I think we gave a little better effort, the kids tried tonight I felt like," MCHS coach Arnett Bodenhamer said. "We didn't capitalize on what we were trying to do. We've got to drive the ball more and we've got to be more aggressive on the glass."

MTCS pulls into lead in final quarter; Forrest looks toward tough Community It's going to be a catfight in District 9A this season and if it is anything like Tuesday night's game at Forrest, the ride will be a wild adventure to the finish. "The loss last night hurts, but it isn't the end of the season," FHS coach Jeremy said. "We are a work in progress right now. I think that we played well offensively for three quarters and played great defense for three and a half quarters."

Tuesday night in Lewisburg saw two of the most storied girls programs in Middle Tennessee mix it up on the Dottie Kelso memorial Gymnasium hardwood with Shelbyville Central taking down Marshall County 68-39. The Central Golden Eagles (3-4) have 12 state championships, six state runner-up finishes, and have produced six Miss Basketballs, while the Tigerettes (0-5) have taken home four gold balls, one runner-up finish, and one Miss Basketball.

Forrest desperately wanted a win and it was in their hands all night versus MTCS Tuesday at Chapel Hill, but it did not come to fruition for the Rockets, who fell 56-54 in overtime. Forrest led at the end of each of the first three quarters and increased its lead to the largest of the night in the fourth quarter until collapsing to let the Cougars tie the game and send it into overtime where they prevailed.

arshall County vs. Spring Hill Wednesday December, 9 MCHS 21 Spring Hill 6 (Boys) The Tigers accumulated 2951 total pins to Spring Hill's 2718 with high games from MCHS senior Hagen Holland (220), senior Bryce Wunderlin (191,188) and freshman Matthew Dorman, who rolled a 237 for high-game of the match.