Hosting Tullahoma on Senior Night, the Coffee County Red Raider soccer team closed out their regular season.  Competing for the Coffee Cup trophy sponsored by First Vision Bank, the Red Raiders came out and dominated possession in the physical contest.  The Raiders reclaimed the Coffee Cup with a 1 to 0 win. Coffee County got on the board early when Clinton Ferrell drove home a rebounded shot off the foot of Felix Salinas in the 15th minute.  The Raiders held that 1 – 0 advantage at the half.   Three yellow cards in the 2nd half marred the flow of...

The Coffee County CHS boys’ tennis team opened up team district tournament action on Tuesday at home.  Playing in 5 singles matches and a pair of doubles matches, the first team to 4 wins would advance to the district finals.  After a hard fought 4 to 3 decision in the regular season, Coffee County captured the first 4 singles matches to claim the win. As dominant as the sweep appears, it was a come-from-behind tiebreaker win by Jonathan Welch that clinched the team win.  Welch opened up trailing 3 love before rallying to take the match 9 to 8. ...

The Coffee County CHS baseball team hit the road on Tuesday for a battle with sectional foe Cookeville.  One night after stunning Riverdale, the Red Raider bats fell silent.  The Red Raiders fell by a final score of 11 to 1. The Raiders got on the board first in the top of the 1st inning as Hayden Skipper pulled the 3rd pitch of the game over the right field fence.  Cookeville tied the game in the bottom of the 1st inning with a home run of their own.   The Cavaliers added runs in each of the 5 innings as...

The Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School tennis teams squared off in a rivalry match on Tuesday at Fred Deadman Park.  In the girls’ match, the Lady Rockets dominated at the top of the lineup but Coffee Middle won 3 of the singles’ matches and the 2nd doubles match to grab a 4 to 3 win.  In boys’ action, the Red Raiders won all but one of the matches as they won 6 to 1. In girls’ play, Westwood’s Rylea McNamara(6 to 2)  and Anna Johnson(6-4) won their singles matches and teamed up for a 6 love...

The Coffee County CHS baseball team hit the road on Monday for a battle with region foe Riverdale.  A huge 4th inning by Coffee County lifted the Raiders to the win.  Coffee County won by a final score of 6 to 4. Trailing 2 to nothing entering the 4th inning, Coffee County sent 11 batters to the plate scoring 6 runs to take control of the contest.  The Raiders pieced together 5 hits, a pair of walks and a Riverdale error in the frame highlighted by a Harley Hinshaw double and a 2 RBI single from Owen Neel.   Coffee...

The quest for a CTC title came up one game short for the Coffee County Middle School baseball team on Monday.  Needing a pair of wins to force a winner-take-all final on Tuesday, the Red Raiders could only manage a split.  The Red Raiders raced past North Franklin in the semifinals 10 to 0 before falling to Tullahoma in the finals by a score of 6 to 2. In the semifinal matchup, the Red Raiders got the benefit of 10 walks including 4 in the first inning as the Raiders built a 3 to 0 lead.  Nolan Jernigan had...

The Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School golf teams squared off in a rivalry match on Monday at Willowbrook.  Competing head to head in 4 matches scored on the Junior PGA flag scoring system, each team was battled for 3 flags per 9 hole round.  At the end of the day, the Raiders dropped the Rockets 9 to 3. The Raider team of Zach Tidwell and Austin Dockery captured all 3 flags against the Rocket team of Araya Hughes and Marli Miller.  The Westwood team of Leah Kate Sullivan and Lyndsey Paschal split their match with the...