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Coffee County CHS Softball Falls to Lawrence County on Sunday
The Coffee County CHS softball welcomed Lawrence County to Terry Floyd Field on Sunday. Sunday was set aside as Senior Day as the six Lady Raiders were honored prior to the game. A poor defensive performance by Coffee County cost them a regular season district title as they fell to the visits Lady Cats 5 to 0. Six errors allowed Lawrence County plate 5 unearned runs in only Coffee County’s 2nd district loss of the season. Offensively, the Lady Raiders banged out 3 extra base hits but could not string together hits especially I clutch situations. Keri Munn, Gracie...

Coffee County Middle School Baseball Falls to Tullahoma on Saturday, Plays Again on Monday
After going unbeaten in 13 conference games this season, the Coffee County Middle School baseball team finally saw their streak come to an end on Saturday. Squaring off against Tullahoma in the winner’s bracket finals, the Red Raiders gave up 4 unearned runs as they fell 7 to 2. Tullahoma got on the board first in the top of the first inning when they pushed across an unearned run. The Wildcats added 3 more runs in the 3rd inning and stretched the advantage to 5 in the 4th inning. Starting pitcher Jacob Holder did not give up a hit...

Westwood Softball Plays For Conference Title on Saturday
The Westwood softball team is “heading to the ‘ship” as they captured a semifinal win on Friday night in the Duck River Valley postseason tournament. The Lady Rockets had to rally in the 5th inning to get the exciting win over Community. Westwood won by a final score of 7 to 5 at Dave King Park. The Rockets opened up strong as scored twice in the opening inning. Community rallied back to take a 4 to 2 lead in the second. Westwood tied the game by notching single runs in the 3rd and 4th innings before adding 2 in...

Coffee County Middle School Softball Dumps Tullahoma to Advance in CTC Tournament
The Coffee County Central Middle softball team opened play in the Central Tennessee Conference postseason tournament on Friday. Taking on Tullahoma, the Lady Raiders scored in every inning as they punched their ticket to the semifinals with a 14 to 2 win. The Lady Raiders jumped on Tullahoma for a pair of runs in the 1st inning only to see the Lady Cats tie the game in the 2nd. The Lady Raiders rallied back to score 4 runs in the 3rd to regain the momentum and shut down Tullahoma the rest of the way. Coffee Middle banged out 11...

Coffee County CHS Tennis Sends 10 to Saturday Semifinals
Ten members of the Coffee County Central High School tennis team got the necessary 2 wins to advance to Saturday’s semifinals of the District 8 tennis tournament on Friday. Three individuals qualified in the JV tournament. Seven varsity netters will represent Coffee County in the final 2 rounds on Saturday. In the JV boys’ division, Nathan Brown and Tyler Rigney each advance in singles play. Each won 3 matches to advance to the Final Four. In girls’ JV play, Maci Lawrence qualified for the semifinals as she rolled through her singles bracket to the Final Four. For the varsity...

Coffee County CHS Softball Splits Pair of Games in Coffee County Classic
An injured plagued and short-handed Coffee County Central High School softball team opened up play in their Coffee County Classic on Friday with a pair of games at Terry Floyd Field. The Lady Raiders were held to 2 hits in an 11 to 0 loss to Baylor in the opener. In the nightcap, the Lady Raiders bounced back to cruise to a 12 to 4 win. Against Baylor, The Lady Raiders got a single in the 2nd inning and a triple in the 4th inning for their 2 hits. Justus Turner had the single and Gracie Pippenger laced the...

Westwood Soccer Season Comes to Close with Semifinal Loss
The Westwood soccer team entered play on Friday night in the Central Tennessee Soccer Conference postseason tournament as the top seed. The Rockets were looking to punch their ticket to their 6th straight conference title game and their 5th straight conference championship. Cascade had other plans as they stunned the Rockets 2 to 1 to end Westwood’s season. Neither team was able to find the back to the net in a scoreless first half. Cascade broke the tie in the 38th minute to take a 1 nil lead before adding a second goal 2 minutes later. Westwood got on...

Westwood Tennis Splits with St. Andrews-Sewanee
The Westwood tennis team welcomed St. Andrews-Sewanee to Fred Deadman Park on Friday. The Lady Rockets kept their hot streak alive as they captured a 6 to 1 win. The Rockets fell to the Mountain Lions 6 to 1. The Lady Rockets swept the doubles play and got 4 wins in singles to capture the win. The team of Rylea McNamara and Ocean Sanfilipo won their match 6 to 2 while Anna Johnson and Nevaeh Frazier won to 6 to 0. In singles play, McNamara(6-0), Johnson(6-1), Sanfilipo(6-3 and Abby Gilday(via forfeit) captured wins. The lone win for the Rockets...