The CCMS Lady Raiders with their runner-up trophy of the Rockvale Tip-Off Tournament following Saturday’s final. [Photo provided] The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball squared off against Oakland Middle on Saturday in the Rockvale Tip-Off Tournament finals.  A 4th quarter rally came up short by the Lady Raiders came up short against the taller Oakland squad.  Coffee County suffered their 1st loss of the year as they fell by a final score of 38 to 32.  Olivia Vinson of the CCMS Lady Raiders with her All-Tournament team medallion from the Rockvale Tip-Off Tournament following Saturday’s final. [Photo...

The Coffee County CHS Red Raider basketball team saw their first scrimmage action of the year on Saturday in a scrimmage playday event at Rockvale High School.  The Red Raiders went 1 and 2 on the day as they gained valuable experience in a trio of close games. The Red Raiders opened up with a 46 to 37 loss to Walker Valley.  Jaxon Vaughn was the leading scorer for Coffee County.  In the second game, Coffee County got a 50 to 45 win over Rockvale as Jaylon Wooten led the team in scoring.   Coffee County closed the day with...

Ryan Tannehill[Photo by Associated Press] The Titans pulled out an improbable win on Sunday over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Trailing late, Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to receiver Adam Humphries with 23 seconds left to give the Titans a 35-32 win. Defensive back Joshua Kalu blocked a would-be game-tying field goal by the Chiefs on the final play of the game and the Titans held on. Running back Derrick Henry finished the game with 188 yards for the Titans. The Titans fell down 10-0 early, but they battled back. And they kept battling...

The polarizing judge that is the shootout determined the Predators contest in San Jose on Saturday, as Nashville fell in the seventh round of the extra-time decider for a 2-1 final score. Preds goaltender Juuse Saros extended the shootout on four separate occasions as he denied multiple attempts to end the game and helped keep the event scoreless. But eventually, Timo Meier’s wrister ended the contest. The extra time loss gives Nashville a point in the standings, but puts their current road trip mark to a 1-1-1. “It was tight, really tight out there, both ways,” Preds Head Coach...

Ethan Hargrove of CCMS basketball[file photo] The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams traveled to Rutherford County on Thursday night for their 2nd night of competition in the Rockvale Tip-Off Tournament.  The Red Raiders got a win against Jim Satterfield of Trousdale County by a score of 42 to 25.  The Lady Raiders took care of business at the free throw line in a 34 to 24 win over Rockvale. In the boys’ game, the Red Raiders built a 12 point lead in the 1st half and rolled to the big win.  Jackson Shemwell and Ethan Hargrove finished as...

Alivia Reel of CHS basketball The Coffee County Central High School Lady Raider basketball team hosted Richard Hardy Memorial of South Pittsburg on Thursday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.   The Hawks accepted the invitation to scrimmage the Lady Raiders after Coffee County’s previous game with Marshall County had to be cancelled on Wednesday.  The Lady Raiders rolled to a 91 to 16 win. Coffee County scored at least 20 points in each quarter in the lopsided victory.  Thirteen different Lady Raiders scored on the night out of the fourteen who dressed out.   Youth was on display on...

The Colorado Avalanche scored six goals in the second period on their way to a 9-4 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in Denver. The result moves the Preds to 9-5-2 on the season and 1-1-0 at the halfway point of their four-game road trip. The Predators trailed the Avalanche by one goal through the game’s first 20 minutes, and the visitors took a 3-2 lead early in the second. But shortly after Nashville tallied twice in the middle frame, Colorado proceeded to score six goals in a span of eight minutes as the game unraveled. “We...