Two Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball players were named to the All-Tournament team for the Region 3AAA volleyball tournament held in Cookeville last week. Hollie Moore and Kelsey Munn were recognized for their play in last Monday’s 3 set loss to Ooltewah. Moore and Munn, both juniors for Coffee County, led in assists and blacks respectively in that contest. They join 5 Lady Raider teammates who were named to the All District 6AAA team. Garnering 1st team honors for the Raiders were junior Haley Banks and senior Brooke Carter. Sydney Holmes, Kaitlyn Husted and Beth Kinzer were all named...

Coffee County fell to Soddy Daisy last night 7-3 (Oct. 23, 2012) in the Region 3-AAA soccer tournament. Katie Reid scored 2 goals and Sarah Monroe added one goal for the Lady...

Defending national champion Kentucky is the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference title. The Wildcats received 17 of the 24 first-place votes in balloting by a panel of media members despite losing six NBA draft picks, including national player of the year and No. 1 selection Anthony Davis. Kentucky went 38-2 last season and won all 16 SEC games, and coach John Calipari brought in a highly rated recruiting class. Florida was first on five ballots while Missouri and Tennessee got one first-place vote apiece. Missouri point guard Phil Pressey is preseason player of the year. His six...

Class 6A Record Pts Prv 1. Maryville (16) 9-0 179 1 2. Siegel 9-0 149 2 3. Whitehaven (1) 9-0 146 3 4. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett (2) 9-0 142 4 5. Science Hill 9-0 115 6 6. Mt. Juliet 8-1 90 7 7. Oak Ridge 8-1 78 10 8. Brentwood 8-1 47 5 9. Bearden 7-2 29 8 (tie) Sevier County 8-1 29 NR Class 5A Record Pts Prv 1. Beech (17) 9-0 186 1 2. Jackson Northside (1) 9-0 162 2 3. Lenoir City (1) 8-1 150 3 4. Powell 9-1 131 4 5. Knoxville West 7-2 108...

The Westwood boy’s basketball team traveled to Moore county Thursday night and left Lynchburg with a big victory 45-22. The Rockets came out strong and went up early and never looked back. The rockets were led by Stephen Sullivan with 15 points. Eight other Rockets added points to the total. Coach Pannell said about his team; “I am very proud of the boys tonight. We played well, played strong and we took care of little things. This was a very good win and an end to a good week. I am proud to be 2-1 at the end of...

Luckily for Zac Stacy, he won’t be remembered for his last carry on a record-setting day. Vanderbilt (3-4, 2-3) overcame a fourth-quarter fumble by its senior running back, who rushed for 169 yards and a go-ahead touchdown in a 17-13 victory over Auburn on Saturday. Stacy had 27 carries and became the school’s all-time rushing leader but lost the ball on his final rush, allowing the Tigers (1-6, 0-5 Southeastern Conference) to take over at their 32-yard line with 2:24 left. The Tigers could not score. Stacy set the record for career rushing yards during the game. He now...

Matt Hasselbeck hit Nate Washington for a 15-yard touchdown with 1:03 left in leading the Tennessee Titans to a 35-34 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. It was Hasselbeck’s 22nd career fourth-quarter comeback and second in consecutive weeks. It happened in a game in which running back Chris Johnson enjoyed a long awaited breakout performance with 195 yards rushing and two scores. The 3-4 Titans will host the Colts this Sunday at...