Stories from Sunday, January 8, 2017

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs learned an important lesson Tuesday night in its quest for its first district tournament championship in three years--don't take any opponent for granted. Coming into the contest with Culleoka the Lady 'Dawgs remained locked in second place in 11A with Mount Pleasant at one district loss and a critical matchup against first place Richland on Friday night which may have led to the slow start on Tuesday.

Marshall County High School's Cain McWilliams and Tre Crutcher, along with Forrest's Slayton Wild were recently named to the Tennessee Sportswriters Association's All-State football team. McWilliams, who played just one season in Lewisburg after transferring from Lincoln County High School was a finalist for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Class 4A Lineman of the Year Award.

Having lost the past four games by an average of 39.2 points per game, Cornersville felt it had a winnable game on Tuesday night against a Culleoka (5-9, 3-2) team the Bulldogs (2-9, 2-3) figure to be battling for fourth place in the district as the tournament rolls around. But taking the court missing four players that play big time minutes (two injured, one quit, one on vacation) Cornersville knew they would have to play a near perfect game to notch a win against the Warriors and the Bulldogs did for one half before going cold in second half and letting one slip away 61-52.