Matt Duchene[Photo by Getty Images] Five goals in a single period usually does the trick. Nashville’s offense exploded in the second stanza on Tuesday night in Detroit on their way to a 6-1 win over the Red Wings. The victory ends a two-game skid for the Predators, a perfect way to start their four-game road trip. Two of those tallies came off the stick of Matt Duchene, and Nashville’s leading goal-scorer, Nick Bonino, started the onslaught in the second with his eighth of the season to give the Preds their first five-goal period since November of 2014. “It was...

Connor Shemwell of CHS football The Coffee County Red Raider football team ended their season on Friday traveling to take on Riverdale.  Despite a strong defensive performance in the 2nd half, the Red Raiders were held scoreless on the night.  Riverdale blanked the Red Raiders 31 to 0.  Riverdale raced out to a 24 to 0 halftime lead including a 38 yard field goal on the last play of the 1st half.  Riverdale took the 2nd half kickoff and drove 60 yards on 12 plays to score a touchdown with 6 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.  After that...

Olivia Vinson of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams traveled to Winchester on Friday to tangle with conference rival North Franklin.  The Lady Raiders raced to a 47 to 14 win.  The Red Raiders won an 18 to 9 slugfest. The Lady Raiders held North scoreless in the 1st quarter as they built a 20 point halftime lead.   Coffee County held the Lady Gators to a pair of field goals in the game as they improved to 2 and 0 on the season.  The Lady Raiders were led in scoring by Taylor Anthony who had 15...

Story by MYFL President Lawrence Phillips The SMTYFA teams of MYFL traveled to Franklin County on Saturday to compete for spots in the SMTYFA championship games. The Division 1 (5-6-7 year olds) and the Division 3 (10-11-12 year olds) went into the contests as the #1 seeds and the Division 2 team (8-9 year olds) went in as the #2 seed. Division 1Manchester Red Raiders vs Fayetteville City Tigers. Avery Hodges and Kayleb Morris had two touchdowns each. Karson Wimley had a touchdown and an extra point. Macc Chappin also added an extra point. Braxson Wilder, Lawson Maychrzak, Lahne...

The Coffee County Youth Bass Club headed to Percy Priest Lake on Saturday for a region tournament.  147 high school division and 35 junior division teams blasted off from Fate Sanders boat ramp under cold and foggy conditions.  The Raider squad grabbed 3rd place finishes in both division under incredibly harsh conditions. In the junior division, the team of Kylan Mantooth and Jonathan Lewis was one of 5 boats to catch a fish.  Their 2.13 pound fish was just 0.98 pounds out of 1st place.  Saturday’s performance lifted the team to 8th place in the season standings after 4...

The prep swim season got underway on Friday night as the 3 local squads hosted Tullahoma and Grace Tutorial Homeschool. In team scores, the Coffee County Middle School swept their 2 matchups. The Westwood Middle School girls’ squad led the way as they captured 1 win and 1 loss in their 2 matches. The Coffee County CHS girls’ team won both of their matches, but an injury-plagued boys’ squad dropped both of their matchups. The Coffee County Middle squad was led in individual competition by: Brayden Kesling – 3rd place, 200 IM; 3rd place, 100 backstroke; Christian Bourn –...

The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball teams ended their season on Saturday in a tournament at West Tullahoma.  The girls were 2 and 0 on the day while the guys were 1 and 1.  The girls got wins over West Tullahoma by a score of 40 to 6 and over Warren County 33 to 10.  The girls finished the season with a record of 7 and 2.  The boys won their first game against Warren County 29 to 17.  Coffee County lost their final game by 12 points.  Alex Kilgore led the Raiders in scoring in both...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League was in action on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  All 16 teams were in action in 4 girls’ and 4 boys’ games.  In girls’ games, New Union caged Hillsboro 29 to 10; North Coffee charged past Deerfield 25 to 10; Westwood bounced East Coffee 31 to 19 and College Street grounded Hickerson 12 to 5.   In boys’ games, New Union bested Hillsboro 21 to 10; North Coffee doubled up Deerfield 28 to 14; Westwood blanked East Coffee 26 to 0 and College Street clawed Hickerson 39 to 2.  Saturday’s...