Stories from Thursday, December 5, 2019

Coach of the Year- Thomas Osteen Assistant Coach of the Year- Danny Pickle Region Offensive MVP- Kel Greer Defensive MVP- Tez Allen Special Teams Player of the Year- Jon Estes 1st Team All-Region Selections OL- Terry Gulley OL- Omari Armstrong WR- Devon Wilson...

The Cornersville Bulldogs squared off against their longtime rival Richland Raiders at the Dwight Clark Gymnasium on Tuesday night. The Raiders took advantage of poor shooting and shoddy ball handling by Cornersville and scored a lopsided 75-22 victory over the winless Bulldogs. “It’s a long season and we’ll have a film session tomorrow and see if we can find some players who will battle,” Cornersville coach Peyton Newton said. “We didn’t respond well at the start of the game, so we will have to address that.” “We’ll see them (Richland) again in the Christmas Tournament at their place.” Richland controlled the opening tip and Raider Trey Luna scored the first two points of his 20-point effort for the night to put the Richland up 2-0.

Tuesday night’s opening game featured the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (1-2), who made the short journey over Highway 129 to take on the Richland Lady Raiders (1-3) in a contest of bitter rivals from the bygone District 11-A days. The Lady Raiders used a solid first half and a cold shooting, turnover plagued second half by the Lady Bulldogs to score a 59-25 victory...

Forrest and Cascade met on opening night at Chapel Hill with the Champions coming from behind late to secure a four-point win and the two squads met again Tuesday night at Wartrace. The result was another excruciating loss for Forrest as the Rockets had the lead again in the third quarter, only to see it slip away in a 72-62 setback. “We are so close, we are just itching the surface, but in my opinion we just can’t keep making silly mistakes at crucial times,” Forrest coach Corey Bishop said. “These guys are going to have to be able to come together and fix those mistakes and we are going to work as hard as ever to get that done.”

The Forrest Lady Rockets continued their early season hot streak as they travelled to Cascade Tuesday night and came up with an easy 49-23 win for their fourth win in a row and six out of seven to start the season. “It was a sloppy game and we talked about that at halftime and the girls knew it, but we defended well enough for the 49 points to be the winning score,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said.

2019 Marshall County High School graduate Marlee Woodward has experienced adversity in her quest to play college softball, but just like the pressure of throwing a good 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded, Woodward has overcome and now looks to thrive in her freshman season at Jackson State Community College...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill is making the most of his second time around as a starter in the NFL. And the Tennessee Titans are enjoying the ride. Since Tennessee made him the starter in mid-October, Tannehill is 5-1 and has helped the Titans (7-5) climb a game back of division leader Houston in the AFC South. He leads the NFL with his 113.9 passer rating and average of 9.10 yards per pass. Tannehill is second in completion percentage while connecting on 72.7% of his passes...

While Tom Brady and Drew Brees pursue Peyton Manning, Devlin Hodges is chasing Ed Rubbert. Say what? Manning's record of 539 touchdown passes could be broken by both Brady and Brees during the final month of the regular season. Brady has thrown 535 TD passes and Brees has 532...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts claimed kicker Chase McLaughlin off waivers amid Adam Vinatieri's continuing struggles. McLaughlin, a rookie from Illinois, has appeared in four games with the Los Angeles Chargers and three with San Francisco this seaoson. He's made 13 of 17 field goals and all 15 extra points...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has suspended Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings for the first half of the Volunteers' bowl game for what the league said was a flagrant personal foul late in a 28-10 victory over Vanderbilt. Commissioner Greg Sankey announced the suspension Wednesday...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee offensive tackle Marcus Tatum plans to play elsewhere as a graduate transfer next season. Tatum tweeted Wednesday that "I will always be a VFL (Vol For Life), but it is time for me to move on in my career and pursue different opportunities for myself as a person and as a player as a graduate transfer."...

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — As a player, Tiger Woods wasn't all that happy with his game Wednesday in the Hero World Challenge. As the Presidents Cup captain, he had reason to be pleased. U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland and Patrick Reed, who will be part of the U.S. team next week at Royal Melbourne, each managed a tough wind in the Bahamas to post a 6-under 66 and share the lead after the opening round of a tournament that felt more like a Presidents Cup tune-up...

Joyce Ann Fowler, 78, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, at her residence. She was a native of Maury County, the daughter of the late Luther Foster and Tiny Louise Waddy Harvey. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God...