Center Mike Fisher has agreed to a 2-year contract extension with the Nashville Predators. General manager David Poile announced the $8.4 million deal at a fan event Monday night. Fisher was already under contract for the upcoming season with a $3 million salary and a salary-cap hit of $4.2...

Coffee County Central High School Athletic Director Richard Skipper announced Tuesday that Brent Whitlock will be the new head baseball coach at Coffee County High School. Whitlock was serving as an assistant at Riverdale. He played at Warren County and played college ball at Birmingham Southern. Whitlock replaces Chase Jones, who resigned Aug. 1 and became the new head baseball coach at Grundy County High...

The Coffee County girl’s volleyball team started their season last night with a match against Grundy County. After losing the first set 27-25 the Lady Raiders got it going winning 3 in a row 25-21, 25-21 and 25-13 for the win. The JV also won 25-18 and 16-25 and 15-5. Coffee Co. plays at the new Fayetteville high school today (Aug. 21,...

Yesterday (Aug. 20, 2012) at the Bear Trace golf course in Winchester the Coffee County Junior Varsity boy’s golf team took on the Franklin County JV and the Huntland varsity. The Raiders claimed a victory over Huntland 214-271 in the 9-hole match and Franklin County picked up 2 wins shooting 192. Hayden Proffitt had the low score for Coffee County with a...

The Tennessee Titans reportedly will start quarterback Jake Locker in their Sept. 9 season opener against the New England Patriots, according to The Tennessean. Locker went 4 of 11 for 21 yards in his first NFL start Friday night, a 30-7 win at Tampa Bay. Locker was the team’s No. 1 draft in 2011. The Titans host the Cardnials Thursday night on Thunder...

At one time during the 1st quarter of Friday’s football game Coffee County led Shelbyville 7-6 but after that the Eagles took over. The Coffee County Central High Red Raiders had a difficult stopping the high powered offence as they fell to the Golden Eagles 41-7 Friday night at Carden-Jarrell field in Manchester. Junior tailback Deangelo Rozier scored the Raider lone TD on a seven-yard touchdown scamper. David Morgan added the point after to give CHS a 7-6 lead with 3:41 remaining in the first quarter. Rozier finished the game with 27 carries for 114 yards. QB Peyton Meeker...

Chris Johnson ran for two touchdowns and Rob Bironas kicked three field goals as the Tennessee Titans capitalized on some early turnovers to earn a 30-7 preseason victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night. Tennessee second-year quarterback Jake Locker didn’t have an ideal outing in his first NFL start, completing 4 of 11 for 21 yards and an interception. The Titans play at home Thursday night at 7pm as the Arizona Cardinals and you’ll hear the game live on Thunder...

It their first home match of the year both Coffee County golf teams got wins, the boys picked up 3 wins and the girls got 2 wins yesterday. The Raider boys shot all time team low for 9-holes from the back tees with a 1-over 145. Earlier this week the team shot an all time low for 18 holes. Lincoln County shot 176, Cannon County 195 and Grundy County had a 236. Andy Stout shot an impressive 3-under 33, Kyle Johnson 1-under 35, Garrett Adams 1-over 37 and Matt Johnson had a 40. In girls play Coffee County shot...