The Marshall County all-stars began day one of the Babe Ruth World Series with a 10-6 win over Angola, IN behind a big 11-hit attack and a stellar relief effort by Leah Hollingsworth in the circle, before shocking the hosts Santa Fe squad in a last inning come-from-behind 3-2 miracle victory to move to 2-0 in pool play. The story of tournament so far has been the outstanding play by Samantha King, who went 2-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in game one, plus the go-ahead base hit, but if that wasn't good enough, King crowned that effort with a complete game effort on the hill in game two and drove home all three of Marshall County's runs in the sixth inning on a two-out, bases juiced double. more

Oviedo, FL turned in an impressive power display on Thursday morning, as the South Florida state champs belted six homeruns en route to defeating tourney host Marshall County 16-4 in four innings at the Richard Cashion Sports Complex in the first round of the 11-year old Cal Ripken Southeast Regional tournament. Bolstered by an eight-run first inning, Oviedo finished with 12 hits and three walks against three Marshall County pitchers to go along with three hit batsmen and three MC errors. more

On Friday morning, Marshall County was knocked out of the 11-year old Cal Ripken Southeast Regional tournament when they were defeated 15-4 in four innings by East Tennessee state champ Bellevue in the first round of the loser's bracket at the Richard Cashion Sports Complex in Lewisburg. Aided by a 10-run first inning, Bellevue finished with 16 hits and four walks against two Marshall County pitchers while belting three homeruns. more

The Saddle Creek Men's Golf Association (MGA) held their club championship event this past weekend and Joe Liggett ran away with the title, finishing eight shots clear of second place. Liggett fired a three-under par 69 (30-39) in the first round on Saturday and followed that up with a solid five-under par 67 (32-35) in round two on Sunday for a 136 total. Defending champion Mike Tankersley shot an even par total of 74-70 for a second place finish. more

Sometimes dreams do come true, and for the 12U MCYBSL softball All-Stars, the journey of a lifetime begins this weekend as they embark for the Babe Ruth World Series in Alachua, Fla. "I get more nervous everyday," said head coach Danny Hollingsworth during a break at practice on Monday at Lewisburg Middle School. "Last week was OK down at Jackson, but it hit me this week and every day as it gets closer and closer, I get more nervous because I am afraid I am going to leave something out that we need to work on." more

Coming off a heart breaking 16-14 loss to Giles County the previous evening, the Marshall County Thunder earned a rematch with the tourney hosts by defeating Lawrence County 4-3 in the loser's bracket final on Monday night at Sam Davis Park to advance to the finals of the 14-year old Eastern Tennessee Babe Ruth State tournament. The Thunder held a 3-0 lead through the first four innings of play, but Lawrence County pushed across three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to knot the game at 3-3. more

Needing two wins to take home the 14-year old Eastern Tennessee Babe Ruth State tournament title, the Marshall County Thunder were unable to force a deciding game against Giles County, as they dropped an 8-3 decision to the tourney hosts in the championship round on Tuesday night at Sam Davis Park. Giles County narrowly defeated the Thunder 16-14 two days earlier in the third round of the tournament, but endured no nervous moments in Tuesday's contest and built a 7-1 lead through the first five innings of play before coasting to the five-run victory. more

Katie Chiles competed along with her teammates in the Young Champions National Cheer Competition in Indianapolis, Ind. Katie is part of an Elite Division 5 team under the coaching of Jeannine Rice. Katie's parents are Randy and Daphne Swain. more

The Marshall County 15U All-Stars were hoping for a re-match versus Lawrenceburg in the Babe Ruth state tournament finals in Lebanon, but Sparta ruined the plan, ousting head coach Bradley Maddox's squad 5-4 Monday night in a well-played game that went down to the wire. "These kids worked as hard as they could have possibly worked, I was proud of each and every one of them," said Maddox after the game. more

Cornersville's Cody Blackburn, who will be entering his senior year with the Bulldogs, took home MVP honors last weekend in Tullahoma for the Columbia Post 19 junior baseball squad that captured their fourth straight American Legion State title. Blackburn played first and third base for Post 19 and put up some impressive offensive numbers with a .615 batting average in the tournament, while driving in seven and scoring three times. more

Despite batting stifling heat the entire afternoon, Marshall County starting pitcher Stuart Warner kept his cool under pressure on Saturday, as he tossed a complete game shutout to lead the Thunder to an 8-0 victory over the Lebanon Lions in the first round of the 14-year old Eastern Tennessee Babe Ruth State tournament at Sam Davis Park in Pulaski. Effectively mixing his curveball with his fastball, Warner racked up nine strikeouts and yielded just one hit and four walks in seven innings of work en route to earning the win. more

On Saturday, the Marshall County Thunder assured themselves of a top three finish in the 14-year old Eastern Tennessee Babe Ruth State tournament by defeating Johnson City 8-2 in the second round of the tourney at Sam Davis Park in Pulaski. Aided by a strong outing from starting pitcher Preston Walters, Johnson City had Marshall County on the ropes late in the contest and held a 1-0 lead through the first five innings of play. more

The Marshall County Thunder turned in a valiant effort, but fell into the loser's bracket of the 14-year old Eastern Tennessee Babe Ruth State tournament on Sunday night when they dropped a hard fought 16-14 decision to tourney host Giles County at Sam Davis Park. Capitalizing on a slew of early mistakes by the Thunder, Giles County raced out to a 13-4 lead in the top of the second inning and appeared headed for an easy victory. After Marshall County whittled the deficit to 13-9 in the bottom of the second, Giles County tallied three runs in the top of the fourth to open up a 16-9 advantage. The Thunder then narrowed the gap to 16-11 in the fifth inning but saw a last ditch comeback attempt in the bottom of the seventh fall short en route to suffering their first loss of the tournament. more

After rain washed out opening round play in the state tournament on Thursday, the 15U Babe Ruth all-stars took a 4-1 win over Franklin County on Friday at Charles A. Askew Field in Lebanon. Marshall County followed that with a come from behind 14-6 blowout victory over Manchester in round two, before falling to nemesis Lawrenceburg 10-1 Sunday night. more

The Marshall County All-Stars advanced to the championship round of the 15-year old Babe Ruth District tournament by defeating Giles County 9-0 in the loser's bracket finals on Monday night in Columbia. Thanks to Monday's triumph, Marshall County also clinched a spot in the upcoming Babe Ruth State tournament, which will be held in Lebanon this weekend. more

Lawrence County pulled off a comeback for the ages on Tuesday night in Columbia, as they defeated Marshall County 15-14 in the finals of the 15-year old Babe Ruth District 8 tournament after rallying from an early 11-run deficit. Needing to defeat Lawrence County twice in order to take home the tournament championship, Marshall County held an 11-0 lead at the end of the third inning and appeared they would force a deciding game. more

The Marshall County 13U All-Stars run towards the state title was abruptly ended Monday night in Cookeville by the Franklin Stealth, who struck like a lightning bolt, turning a close game into a 14-2 blowout. Marshall County manager Mike Bailey said after the contest, "I think that first game took a lot of energy out of us. We used a lot of our pitching to get here and I think those extra innings wore us out." more

After winning five straight ballgames at the Babe Ruth 13U State Tournament in Cookeville, the Marshall County all-stars needed one more victory versus Manchester Monday night to claim a spot in the title game, and the contest turned out to be an instant classic as Marshall County came from behind to win 10-9 in eight innings. Heroes abounded for Mike Bailey's squad with Ben Taylor driving in the go-ahead run with two outs in the top of the eighth and Jay Howard, who had not pitched the entire tournament, coming in from the bullpen to garner the win on the mound. more

With rain postponing Saturday's games, the Marshall County Thunder fell into the loser's bracket of the 14-year old Babe Ruth District tournament on Sunday afternoon after dropping a hard fought 3-1 decision to Lawrence County in the second round of the tourney at Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Field. The Thunder held a 1-0 lead through the first three and a half innings of play, but Lawrence County scored twice in the bottom of the fourth to seize a 2-1 advantage before tacking on an insurance run in the sixth en route to advancing to the tournament championship game. more

Not much went wrong for the Marshall County Thunder on Friday the 13th, as they thumped Columbia 13-3 in six innings at Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Field in the first round of the 14-year old District Babe Ruth tournament. The two teams were locked in a 3-3 tie through the first four and a half innings of play, before the Thunder cashed in on a slew of late game defensive miscues by Columbia and crossed home plate 10 times over the next two frames to claim the mercy rule shortened victory. more