It’s been a long wait for the Raider baseball program to claim a district title. Coffee County Central needed to beat Franklin County twice Wednesday to win the first ever District 6-4A championship and the Raiders did just that, staving off a rally in game one for a 6-5 win and pulling away in game two for an 18-8 run-rule shortened win as both teams began running short of pitching late in the tournament. Game 1: Raiders 6, Rebels 5 Franklin County scored 2 in the bottom of the seventh and had the tying run on the way to...

Coffee County led 3-0 in the first inning and held it until the sixth – then the wheels came off. Warren County used a pair of walks, a double and two bloop singles to push 4 runs across the plate in the bottom of the sixth and beat the Coffee County Lady Raiders 4-3 in McMinnville Wednesday – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Coffee County needed to beat Warren County twice to win the district championship after losing to the Lady Pioneers last week in the winner’s bracket finals. Now the Lady Raiders will be the...

Down 4-2 and facing the end of their season, the Coffee County Central Red Raiders rallied for 7 runs in the 5th and added 4 in the 6th for good measure to dispatch of Warren County 13-5 in the loser’s bracket finals of the District 6-4A Tournament Tuesday night in Manchester. Coffee County managed the 13 runs on just 8 hits, thanks to 7 Warren County errors. But a win is a win, regardless. And with a small, 4-team district, that means the Raiders advance to the title round Wednesday and get an automatic spot in the Region 3-4A...

A small district makes for a fairly simple tournament layout. Win one and your in – and that’s exactly what the CHS Red Raider soccer team did Tuesday, dropping Franklin County 3-1 in the District 6-4A semi-finals to advance to the championship game. The Raiders got a goal early from freshman Manny Gonzales, who scored on a corner kick from Mike Arrunada. John Martinez added the next to goals on assists from Arrunada to put CHS up 3-0. The Raiders will play either Shelbyville or Warren County in the Championship at 7 p.m. Thursday. The win also puts the...

Five Central High School athletes qualified for the TSSAA State Track meet with their performance on Tuesday at the state sectional meet in Cookeville. Qualifying to the state for Coffee County were: the 4×800 relay team of Kailee Rossman, Elli Chumley, Patricia Barrera and Madison Rooker; Elli Chumley in shot put; Ethan Welch in discus throw and pole vault; Madison Rooker in pole vault. Welch placed third in pole vault with a height of 10-6 – just shy of 11-feet, which won the day. On the girls side of pole vault, Rooker placed second with a height of 7-6....

Coffee County softball is headed to the district championship. Kaitlyn Davis tossed six shutout innings and Jalyn Moran lifted a home run in the first as the Lady Raiders shutout visiting Shelbyville 8-0 Tuesday night in Manchester – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. The win for Coffee County puts the Lady Raiders in the District 6-4A championship Wednesday night in McMinnville at 6 p.m. The Lady Raiders will need to beat the Lady Pioneers twice to claim a district title. Both games (if necessary) will be Wednesday night. The district champion will host the Region 3-4A...

Coffee County Middle School Track & Field is sending one athlete to the TMSAA State Meet. Zander Gomez qualified for the state meet – he turned in a personal record distance of 18 feet, 2.75 inches in the long jump at the sectional to qualify. Gomez’s distance was good enough for fourth place. Brandon Brooks of Mill Creek took first place at 18 5.75. Zander Gomez – photo...

Coffee County Middle golf team put a beating on Harris at WillowBrook Golf Course Monday, May 9, winning 11 flags to 1. The team of Tallan Crosslin and Lucas Turner won 2 flags to 1. The remainder of CMS pairings won clean 3-0 sweeps: Cade Williams and Skylar Releford; Noah Costello and Luke Lowe; and Brayden Kesling and James Bradley. Tallan...