Jase Rice(left) and Jacob Garms(right) with their winning catch from Saturday The Coffee County Youth Bass Club returned to action for the spring portion of their schedule on Saturday morning to brutal weather conditions on Normandy Lake.  The high school anglers captured 5 of the top 20 places including the team of Jacob Garms and Jase Rice won the tournament.  The junior division team of Kylan Mantooth and Jonathan Lewis came in 6th place on the day.  Garms and Rice won the title as they landed a full stringer on 5 fish with a total of 16.94 pounds.  Their...

The Coffee County CHS baseball team got their first action on their home field on Saturday as they welcomed Grundy County to Powers Field for a 10 inning scrimmage.   The Coffee County pitchers struck out 23 Yellow Jacket batters on the day as the Raider defense needed only 7 defensive putouts.  The Red Raiders banged out 14 hits as they rolled to a 9 to 3 victory.  After surrendering a run in the 1st inning without giving up a hit, the Raiders captured the lead in the bottom of the 1st with a pair of singles and a pair...

Pekka Rinne Pekka Rinne made a season-high 38 saves and Kyle Turris scored the game-winner with less than three minutes to play, as the Nashville Predators defeated the St. Louis Blues, 2-1, on Sunday evening at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds a sweep of their home-and-home set – and the season series – against the defending Stanley Cup champion Blues. Perhaps more importantly, it’s Nashville’s first three-game winning streak since October, and the Preds are now currently just one point out of a Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. As many said in the Nashville locker...

Kyle Turris(#8) of the Predators celebrates with teammate Calle Jarnkrok [Photo courtesy of Nashville Predators] Kyle Turris had three points and Mikael Granlund tallied the game-winner in the third period, as the Predators began their weekend on a high note by topping the Blues, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon at Enterprise Center. The victory in a playoff-like atmosphere was Nashville’s third in as many chances against the defending Stanley Cup Champions, and the Predators will try to make it four wins when they host the Blues in Music City tomorrow, the second half of a crucial home-and-home set against their...

District 8AAA basketball coaches met on Friday morning and finalized the tournament brackets for next week’s District 8AAA basketball tournament. The Red Raiders and Lady Raiders will finish the year with the District 8AAA regular season district titles and will enter next week’s district tournament as the #1 seeded teams.  Both Coffee County teams will receive 1st round byes and advance to the tournament’s semifinal rounds.  The District 8AAA tournament will open on Saturday with a pair of play-in games.  The Red Raiders will open up tournament play on Thursday at Lincoln County at 6 PM.   The Lady Raiders...

Coffee County CHS senior basketball players and dance team members on Thursday night The Coffee County CHS basketball teams hosted Tullahoma on Thursday night in their final regular season home games of the year.  In a pair of Senior Night games befitting the bitter rivalry, the Raiders and Wildcats split the district doubleheader.  The Lady Raiders battled back from a 4th quarter deficit to capture a 37 to 32 win in overtime.  The Red Raiders saw Tullahoma hit 15 free throws in the 4th quarter to upset the Raiders 55 to 40.  In the girls’ game, the Lady Raiders...

Craig Smith of the Nashville Predators Craig Smith scored his first NHL hat trick in a 5-0 win for the Nashville Predators against the New York Islanders at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday. Juuse Saros made 31 saves for his second shutout and Rocco Grimaldi had one goal and one assist. The Predators (27-22-7) won for the first time in three games. The Islanders (33-17-6) had won their previous two games. They are 4-2-0 in their past six games. Smith gave the Predators a 1-0 lead 35 seconds into the first period. He stole the puck in the offensive zone...

Nashville Mayor John Cooper and Nashville Soccer Club lead owner John R. Ingram announced this morning that they have reached agreement on an amendment to the future Soccer Stadium to be built at the Fairgrounds Nashville. Under the terms of the revised deal, the team has agreed to fund 100 percent of stadium construction with private dollars through cash investment, stadium lease payments, and revenues generated at the stadium by attendees of events. The parties have agreed to a statement of principles including open space between the soccer stadium and the historic speedway. Metro has agreed to begin the...