The Coffee County Claybusters traveled to Christiana on Saturday for their final shoot of the 2019 portion of their schedule.  With 4 teams competing, the Claybusters captured 3 team championships and 5 individual titles and 3 individual runner-up finishes.  The Claybusters Team #1 the Junior Division, A & B Class with the High Overall score of 469.  Team members were: Hayden Jacobs(who shot 96 clays out of a possible 100), Landon Meadows(94), Logan Meadows(94), Turcker Carlton(93) and Victoria Majors(92). Team #2 came in 2nd place in the Junior Division, C Class with a score of 417 which was 19...

Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators A playoff-like atmosphere brought the best out of the Predators. Juuse Saros was stellar, and Ryan Johansen tallied what proved to be the game-winner on the power play, as Nashville defeated the San Jose Sharks by a 3-1 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds five out of a possible six points to conclude both their current homestand and their season series against the Sharks. “It was a playoff game out there, it had that feel to it,” Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “It was hard fought,...

Derrick Henry [AP Photo/Mark Zaleski] Quarterbacks Jimmy Garoppolo (49ers), Ryan Tannehill (Titans) and Philip Rivers (Chargers), and running backs Aaron Jones (Packers), Derrick Henry (Titans) and Nick Chubb (Browns) are the nominees for FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week for Week 14, the NFL announced today. FedEx gives fans the opportunity to recognize top-performing quarterbacks and running backs through the FedEx Air & Ground Awards. Voting for this week’s nominees is open until Thursday at 3:00 p.m. ET at NFL.com/FedEx. Fans can also vote on Twitter using the NFL published polls. As part of FedEx’s continued...

Jenna Garretson of CHS basketball The Coffee County Central High School basketball teams traveled to Grundy County on Monday night.  The Lady Raiders got a runaway bounce back win as they stung Grundy County 66 to 31.  The Red Raiders got their 2nd straight easy win as they dumped the Yellow Jackets 70 to 35. The Lady Raiders jumped out to an early lead as they led 13 to 0 before Grundy County could score and 25 to 6 after 1 quarter.  Coffee County stretched the lead to 36 after 3 quarters to get a running clock for the...

Olivia Vinson of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams traveled to Winchester on Monday to take on South Franklin.  Both Raider teams needed road wins to grab the season sweep of the Trojans.  The Lady Raiders doubled up South 42 to 21 while the Red Raiders battled to a hard fought 35 to 18 win.  In the girls’ game, the Lady Raider defense held the Lady Trojans to 5 field goals in the 1st three periods as they built a 31 to 13 lead.  Coffee Middle shot 25 free throws in the tough physical game.  Olivia...

Princess Penaloza of Westwood basketball The Westwood basketball teams welcomed Dibrell to the Joel Vinson Gym on Monday night.  The Lady Rockets continued their conference dominance with a 43 to 17 win.  The Rockets bounced back from their first conference loss with a 38 to 6 victory. Despite missing 5 free throws in the first quarter, the Lady Rockets roared out to a 17 to 4 lead after 1 quarter.  Seven different Westwood girls scored in the game as the Lady Rockets improved to 10 and 0 on the season.  Princess Penaloza led the Lady Rockets as she netted...

Pictured with Kaylee at her signing are (front row left to right) : Emma Williams, grandmother; Emily Williams, sister; Tera Williams, mother; Kaylee Williams; Phillip Williams, father; Judy Johnson, grandmother. (Back row left to right): Jackie Williams, grandfather; Chesleigh Lee, Makos dry land coach; Becky Behrendorff, CHS swim coach; Shawn Daniels, Makos swim coach; James Johnson, grandfather.[Photo used with permission] Coffee County CHS swimmer Kaylee Williams has made her decision official to compete collegiately at Milligan College.  Williams signed her paperwork on Monday to join the Lady Buffalo swim team in a ceremony at CHS.  Milligan is located in...

Cardin Stump of CHS wrestling The Red Raider wrestling team competed in their first duals’ tournament of the year on Saturday.  Coffee County finished the day with a record of 1 and 2.  Coffee County got a win over Riverdale in opening round.  The Red Raiders dropped close decisions to Mt. Juliet and Lebanon.  In their 42 to 36 win over Riverdale, Coffee County got pinfall wins from Gavin Prater(at 145 pounds), Terreance Taylor(160) and Zachary Speagle(170).  Coffee County also got forfeit wins from Dalton Long(126), Jeremiah Wardell(106), Cardin Stump(285) and Christopher Speagle(220). In the 2nd round, the Red...