Stories from Monday, December 16, 2019

The Forrest Lady Rockets continued their torrid start this season as they made the short trek to Eagleville Friday night and came away with an easy 66-39 win for their sixth victory in a row. “We came out of the gate swinging tonight, any time your post player hits two threes in row, you know you’re going to have a good night offensively,” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “They came out at us and kept it close for a while, but we kept the game at the pace we wanted to play.”

Clarkrange coach is fourth all-time nationally in wins Here was Lamar Rogers, in the morning hours after a milestone win stamping his ongoing place in the history of Tennessee high school basketball, working on the farm with his son, Alvin, and helping herd along some goats back into the preferred area...

The Forrest Rockets were stuck in a four-game losing streak and the recipe for busting out was not a good one as they headed to Eagleville Friday night where they got blown out 74-42. Eagleville is coming off a 31-5 season in 2018-2019, losing in the state semifinals to the eventual Class A state champion Columbia Academy Bulldogs. “We can't afford to get down to a team that has three returning starters from a Final Four run last year,” first-year Forrest coach Corey Bishop said. “However, I thought in the second half we matched them play for play and outscored them.” “We could've easily let the game get away big time, but we continued to fight it out.”