The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association board will continue to hold its state basketball tournaments and the Spring Fling championships in Rutherford County for five more years. Spring Fling is held at locations across the county and the state basketball playoffs are at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. The Daily News Journal reports that Spring Fling brings in an estimated $3.5 million in tourism spending for the county while the basketball tournament leads to $3 million in tourism. Willowbrook Golf Club in Manchester will continue to host the TSSAA high school...

Saturday in Lebanon the Coffee Co. Raider varsity football team saw action against Lebanon in a jamboree. The Blue Devils were attempting to punt the ball out of their end zone but the snap was too high and the Raiders got a safety. The game would end up with Coffee County winning 2-0. The JV lost their game 24-18 but the Freshmen Raiders had a good night winning 12-6. The Raiders open the regular season on Friday at home against Shelbyville. Friday Night Thunder starts at 6pm and kickoff at 7pm on Thunder Radio. Pre-season look at the Raiders...

Brock Myers pitched five no-hit innings and Blake Osborne scored on a passed ball Friday to help Goodlettsville beat host Warner Robins, GA, 1-0 to advance to the Little League World Series. The Goodlettsville team, which won the Tennessee state championship, will become the first Tennessee team to play at the World Series at South Williamsport, PA, since...

The Tennessee Titanslost their 2012 preseason opener to the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday (August 11, 2012). The Seahawks scored ten points during the fourth quarter en route to a 27-17 victory. The Seahawks also had a 10-3 halftime lead. Titan backup running back Darius Reynaud scored on a 21-yard TD run midway through the third quarter, just sneaking his arm inside the pylon. He followed with an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown. Tennessee plays at Tampa Bay on...

The Coffee County Central Lady Raiders soccer team put on a good preseason showing as they defeated Marshall County (6-0), Franklin County (3-0), and Smith County (3-0) before falling to Shelbyville 2-1 to conclude the CHS play day recently. The Lady Raiders will begin the season by hosting St. Andrews-Sewanee at 7 p.m. August...

MTSU baseball associate head coach Jim McGuire has been promoted to the head coaching position, as announced on Thursday by Director of Athletics Chris Massaro and President Sidney A. McPhee. McGuire has spent the last 20 years serving alongside former head coach Steve Peterson, who retired on July 5 after 25 seasons at the helm. McGuire becomes just the third different Blue Raider coach since 1974, following John Stanford (1974-87) and Peterson (1988-2012). He is the 21st coach since the program began at MTSU in...

The Coffee County Middle School Red Raiders put the finishing touches on the preseason as they split a scrimmage with South Pittsburg and Lewisburg last week in Manchester. CCMS was defeated by Lewisburg three touchdowns to one, but rebounded and shutout South Pittsburg 2-0 in the final tune-ups before the season opener. The CCMS Red Raiders will begin the season on the road as they face Winfred Bryant at 6:30 p.m. tonight in...

The Westwood Middle School Rockets ended their preseason with the Blue team claiming a five touchdown to three victory over the White team Friday night in Manchester in the annual Blue-White game – and a 14-6 victory over Middle Tennessee Christian School at the Cascade Jamboree on Saturday night. The Rockets open the regular season by hosting Cascade Middle at 6:30 p.m....