The Nashville Predators fell behind 2-0 in the first period and struggled to find their game against Arizona, as the Coyotes ultimately prevailed, 5-2, at Gila River Arena on Thursday night. Preds blueliner Dante Fabbro cut the deficit to 2-1 and Nick Bonino scored his third goal in four games, but Nashville never drew even with the Coyotes after Phil Kessel’s first of two tallies on the evening put Arizona up by a pair at 10:34 of the first. The result sees the Preds finish their three-game road trip with a single victory and their record moves to 4-3-0...

2019 Coffee County Elementary Basketball Schedule Coffee County’s Elementary Basketball League is set to begin its 47th season on Saturday.  The 8 team league, originally contested among Coffee County School System teams began in 1972 with 6 teams.  With the addition of the Manchester City School System elementary teams, the league features 8 boys’ teams and 8 girls’ team representing the 8 schools.   The league is hosted by the Coffee County Central High School basketball teams and games are played at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  This year’s games begin on Saturday, October 19th at 9 AM.  The...

The Westwood Middle School basketball teams invite the public to the Joel Vinson Gym on Thursday night for a pair of “Blue & White Games”.   The Rockets and Lady Rockets will each take part in an intersquad scrimmage in preparation for the upcoming season.  The girls’ game will get underway at 6:30 PM with the boys’ game to...

6:00 PM – WMS Basketball HOSTS Blue/White Scrimmage games 6:30 PM – CHS Soccer HOSTS Franklin County – District 8AAA Tournament Finals – 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast on Thunder...

Katie Cotten of CHS soccer Defending their regular season district title at home on Tuesday night, the Lady Raider soccer team of Coffee County CHS welcomed Shelbyville to the Raider Soccer Field.  Coffee County got a hat trick from freshman Katie Cotten and a pair of goals from senior Jenna Garretson to claim a 6 to 1 win.  After a pair of hard fought games in the regular season, Coffee County was expecting a physical contest.  In a match that saw a pair of penalty kicks awarded and 4 yellow cards assessed, the Lady Raiders were able to dictate...

Lexi Bryan of CHS volleyball Making their 8th straight appearance in the region tournament, the Coffee County volleyball team traveled to Siegel on Tuesday afternoon.  Matching up against District 7AAA runner-up Blackman in the semifinals, the Lady Raiders season came to a close in a straight set defeat.  Coffee County fell by set scores of 6-25, 19-25 and 10-25. The Lady Raiders were dominated at the net as they finished with only 12 kills against 12 hitting errors.  The exception to that trend was Lexi Bryan who finished with 5 kills and a block.  Keelie Hillis added 3 kills...

Ella Arnold of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball team hosted West Tullahoma on Tuesday night at the CCMS gym.  The Lady Raiders rolled to a 56 to 10 win.   The Red Raiders fell 31 to 10.  The Lady Raiders raced out to a 26 to 1 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.  Natalie Barnes hit 7 three point baskets in the game, including 4 in the 1st quarter, to finish with 27 points.  Ella Arnold added 14 points and Morgan Spears added 10.  Luke Campbell of CCMS basketball The Red Raiders...

Ryan Ellis[Photo courtesy of NHL.com] The house paid the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. The Preds scored four unanswered goals across the final two periods to top the Golden Knights, 5-2, at T-Mobile Arena. It’s the first road win of the season for the Preds – arguably something of a statement win for Nashville – and improves their record to 4-2-0. All four lines tallied on the evening for the Preds – and they got another power-play goal as well – in a bounce-back win after Saturday’s loss in Los Angeles, and it’s an especially satisfying victory in a...