Stories from Tuesday, September 10, 2019

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through September 9, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:

The Marshall County Tigers played in a rare Thursday night contest at Tullahoma and the change did not bother them in the least as they destroyed the Wildcats 30-6 to exact some revenge from a pair of losses last season to Tullahoma, including a season-ending playoff loss. “We had to do stuff quicker this week, we didn’t quite get as many reps as we are used to in practice, so hats off to the kids for absorbing the game plan when we had less time to put it in,” MCHS coach Thomas Osteen said. “By no means did we play perfect, but I feel we controlled all three phases of the game tonight.”

Duck River Raceway Park Feature Results Saturday, September 7 Pure Stock 1. Trace Underwood 2. Kevin Whaley 3. Michael Giles 604 Crate Late Model 1. Jadon Frame 2. Brad Skinner 3. Jesse Lowe 4. Jeremy Holtzclaw 5. Steven Holcomb 6. Randy Gifford 7. Brock Hall...

The resurgent Forrest Rockets travelled to Eagleville Friday night to take on a longtime foe and they turned in a dominating performance via a 28-7 win to move to 3-0 on the season. The Rockets, who made an appearance this week in the Associated Press’ Top 10 Poll at number nine, outgained Eagleville 387-to-182 in total yardage. Forrest pounded the rock, rushing for 332 yards in the contest as they came in with a rough and tumble approach to start the game and never let up.

Bobby Glenn Smith, 67, of Cornersville, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Maury Regional. He was a native of Marshall County, the son of the late Claude Sr. and Ruth King Smith. He retired from Sanford and was a member of the Church of Christ. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Claude Smith, Jr. and Wayne Smith, and a sister, Betty Smith...

Jerry Levan Hodge, 74, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, at Maury Regional. He was a native of Marshall County, the son of the late Harold and Catherine Pinkston Hodge. He was retired from Huntsman and was a member of the Church of Christ...

The Cornersville faithful made the trek into Jack Daniels country at Lynchburg Friday night to the Moore County High School campus where the Bulldogs faced the Raiders. It was the opening game of Region 4A competition for both teams that saw the Bulldog defense stand tall, allowing just one Moore County touchdown in the game. Cornersville only scored one touchdown also, but a Jackson Williams 41-yard field goal with six seconds left in the game enabled the Dawgs to take down the Raiders 10-7.