Coffee Middle Schools football team is now 3-0 after picking up a 35-8 road win at South Franklin Tuesday night. The Raiders led 28-0 at halftime behind a pair of rushing touchdowns from quarterback Cole Pippenger and a pair of scores from Caiden Martin. CMS returns home to take on North at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. That game will be homecoming and will be broadcast live on Thunder...

The Central High School freshman Red Raiders picked up a little revenge over Tullahoma, dropping the Wildcats 27-26 Tuesday  night at Carden-Jarrell Field in Manchester. Coffee County led 27-14 midway through the third quarter after quarterback Jackson Shemwell bulled his way into the end zone from six yards out. After that, the Raider defense held on just enough. Tullahoma found the end zone with two minutes to play on a 52-yard rushing score on fourth down. But the Wildcats went for a two-point conversion and the lead and the Raider defense held strong, forcing an incomplete pass. Freshman quarterback...

Westwood Middle School dominated on the field Monday night. In a game that was postponed from last week, the Rocket football team continued its dominating work with a 32-0 shutout over Community on a rainy evening at Dyer-Bouldin Field. Westwood has outscored its opponents 90-14 through three games this season. The Rockets will be back in action at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 when they travel to Forrest. Meanwhile, the Lady Rocket soccer team picked up a 2-0 shutout win in a shortened game at MTCS on Monday. Soraida Barrera found the back of the net twice to put...

Rain and storms forced the postponement of the CHS football junior varsity and freshman games Monday. Both teams were set to host Tullahoma. The Freshman Raiders will make up their game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Carden-Jarrell Field. Full Tuesday prep schedule: 6 p.m.: Westwood Middle School soccer HOSTS White County 6 p.m. – CHS Freshman Football HOSTS Tullahoma 6:30 p.m. – CMS Football AT South Middle School 7 p.m. – CHS Soccer HOSTS Tullahoma (First National Bank Hometown Sports Series Broadcast on Thunder...

Austin Riley’s recent offensive progression has created reason to believe Atlanta may indeed have its first longstanding third baseman since Chipper Jones. OK, maybe it’s ridiculous to make this assessment based on a few weeks of production. But what Riley did over the final couple of weeks of August enhanced excitement for the Braves, who used their third baseman’s bases-loaded triple to claim a 6-3 win over the Red Sox on Monday night at Fenway Park. “That overall presence in the batter’s box, he looks like a confident hitter right now,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “There’s just an...

The Westwood Volleyball team picked up a pair of wins Friday night, beating Cascade 2-1 and 2-1 in a double-header at home. In the first match, Westwood dropped the first set 25-20, but rallied for 25-10 and 15-11 set wins and a 2-1 match win. Rylee Clark led the Rockets in service aces with five and Liza Freeze served up four. Clark also added a kill and four digs. Keena Sievers pitched in with three digs on the match. Westwood repeated the same pattern in the second match – dropping the first set 25-19 before rallying for wins of...

The Coffee County Middle and Central High School cross country teams had several standout performances at the Voyles Classic Saturday in Warren County. Sophie McInturff took first place overall in the middle school girls division, while Chloe Hensiek took sixth. Emmanuel Rodriguez placed first overall for middle school boys division. Meanwhile, Patricia Barrera and Kailee Rossman took third and fourth overall for high school girls, respectively. Jacob Rutledge placed first overall in high school boys and Garrett Masters ninth. Both the CHS boys and girls teams took second overall. Sophie McInturff took first place overall in the middle school...

Monday afternoon will be busy for area prep sports teams. At 4 p.m. the CHS golf team will be at WillowBrook to host Columbia in a district match. Meanwhile, the CHS JV football team will take on Tullahoma at 5 p.m. with he freshman team to follow against Tullahoma at 6:30 p.m. – both games at Carden-Jarrell Field in Manchester. Also, Westwood Rocket football will be at home against Community at 6:30 p.m. This is a makeup game from last...