Stories from Friday, March 15, 2019

The Forrest Rockets hosted Middle Tennessee Christian School (MTCS) in their season opener Tuesday night and only managed one hit off two Cougar hurlers in a 3-0 loss. Blaize Sweeney had a lone single in the bottom of the third inning off JD McCracken, who picked up the win for MTCS. McCracken tossed three innings and struck out eight and walked one Forrest batter.

Tigers shut down Hume-Fogg in season opener Monday, March 11 Marshall County 541 20X X-12 13 0 Hume-Fogg 000 00X X-0 1 5 Marshall County: Austin Grubbs 3-for-3, Blake Moreland 2-for-3, Carson Cheek 2-for-2, Logan McKnight 2-for-2, Breen Peete 1-for-2, Bryson Whaley 1-for-2, Caleb Grooms 1-for-2, Cova Rowland 1-for-2...

After four years at the helm of the Rockets basketball team, head coach Randy Toombs turned in his resignation last week and Forrest hit the reset button with the hiring of 2011 alum Corey Bishop. “I just remember whenever I played all the way from my freshman to my senior year it was a mindset when we came in to the gym that the other team thought I don’t want to play against those guys because of their toughness, their resiliency, their effort, and determination on the defensive end and the rebounding scale,” Bishop said. “If we can established those things, we think we can get Forrest basketball back to being that team that is feared in this district.”