Coffee County’s Bella Vinson picked up the first All-State award of her career on Monday.  Tim Lownsdale of The TN Report named the team in the absence of an Associated Press All-State team this year.  Vinson was the only selection from District 8AAA and was joined on the All-State team by Aislynn and Alasia Hayes of Riverdale as the only 3 selections from Region 4AAAA. The rising junior guard/forward led the Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team in scoring and was among the leaders in assists and rebounds as well this past season.  Bella was crowned the District 8AAA...

The Coffee County Central High School basketball teams released their 2019-2020 schedules on Monday.  The season is set to begin on November 22nd and 23rd with 2 days of Hall of Champions games at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The regular season is set to wrap up with a home game against Tullahoma on February 13th.  This year’s district tournament will take place at Lincoln County High School In addition the normal district opponents(Tullahoma, Shelbyville, Franklin County, Columbia, Lincoln County and Lawrence County), the upcoming schedule features the addition of some familiar non-district opponents from years past.  Coffee...

A big crowd turned out on Friday to see the CHS football team wrap up spring practice at the Raiders football practice field.  Coach Doug Greene was pleased with the crowd and the improvement through the spring session.  “I was pleased, I thought it went well and we were pleased with the crowd” said Greene.   “In fact, some of the people said they enjoyed being able to be that close and I know the kids enjoyed the atmosphere.” With 50+ kids dressed out, but his quarterbacks limited due to injury, Greene was able to implement many team situations.  The...

The Coffee County Claybusters traveled to Nashville on Saturday to take part in a 200 shot singles event at the Nashville Gun Club.  Seventeen different shooters took part in the events and once again, the Claybusters brought home an impressive array of titles. Logan Meadows won the overall event championship as he shot 197 out of 200.  Landon Meadows won the subjunior championship shooting 194 out of 200.  Colter Smith won the class A championship shooting 193 out of 200.  Additionally, Jacob Anderson shot his very first 25 straight. The Claybusters will return to the Nashville Gun Club on Saturday, June 1st...

Al White Ford/Lincoln, in conjunction with Ford Motor Company, hosted a Drive 4 Ur School Event to benefit the Coffee County Central High School softball team.  The event, which was held in March, earned $8,000 for the Lady Raiders.  A check was presented to the team at a ceremony in the Al White showroom on Monday. Coach Brandon McWhorter was appreciative of Al White’s help.  “We would like to thank Al White for their continued support of our community and sports programs. This is a great event that will help fund some needs in our program.” Al White Ford/Lincoln...

Three Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider track athletes qualified for the 2019 TMSAA State Track Meet which was held on Saturday.  Competing at Fontana Stadium at Austin Peay State University, Holli Hancock, Jaylen Case and Kaitlyn Davis represented the Lady Raiders in the event featuring the top 16 qualifiers in 13 different events from across the state.  At the end of the day, Holli Hancock came home with the only medal of the day as she captured 6th place in the shot put. Jaylen Case opened the day for the Lady Raiders in long jump.  Case got in 4...

Trace Bryant completed the 2 day, 10 event Decathlon on Friday at Fontana Stadium at Austin Peay State University.  Bryant is the first Coffee County Red Raider to qualify for the decathlon since 1997.  On Friday, Bryant matched the 1997 performance of Dustin Clark as each finished in finished in 9th place overall. After beginning the day in 12th place after the first 5 events, Bryant posted a time of 17.52 in the 110 high hurdles which was good enough for 10th place in the event which moved him to 10th place in the standings.  A 4th place finish in...

Many people say that fishing requires a lot of luck.  While good fishermen might have good luck on a good fishing day, bad luck can always ruin the day for every fisherman.  A damaged propeller on Saturday hindered the Coffee County Youth Bass Club team of Kylan Mantooth and Lance Marcrom as they fished Tims Ford in the Tennessee BASS Nation Junior State Championship. The M&M squad lost an ear off their propeller early Saturday morning hindering their mobility on a lake in which they have had success this season.  Nevertheless, the duo and their boat captain fought through...