Coffee County Central High School sophomore Jacob Barlow will wrestle for third place in the state Saturday morning at the TSSAA State Wrestling meet. Wrestling in the 152-pound class, Barlow won his first two matches of the tournament and was one win shy of reaching the state title match, but lost 4-3. He bounced back and won an 8-3 decision over Charles McTorry of Nolensville for third place Saturday morning at the Williamson County Expo...

The Region 3-4A tournament is coming to Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium in Manchester. Coffee County will host tournament opening games Friday and Saturday night in the quarter-final round. Ticket prices have been set by TSSAA at $8 per adult and $4 for students. No season tickets, renaissance cards or employee passes will be accepted. Tickets are available at the gate. Lady Raiders play Friday The Coffee County Lady Raiders (no. 1 seed) will host Ooltewah, the no. 4 seed from District 5-4A in the region quarter-finals on Friday. This is an elimination game – the loser’s season comes...

TITANS ONLINE Bud Dupree spent last offseason rehabbing his torn ACL while gearing up for his first season on a new team. Following his initial season with the Titans, Dupree is looking forward to Year 2 in Tennessee, and finding ways to make even more of a splash. “This (2021) season reminds me of my second year in the league, when I had a sports hernia and missed like 10 games,” Dupree said of his 2016 season with the Steelers. “Battling through stuff … you get through it and the next year you come back strong. I have to...

The Coffee County wrestlers who qualified for the state tournament will head to to the Williamson County Expo Center Thursday to compete. For anyone wishing to attend, tickets are available for $12 at gofan.co or for $15 at the door. Red Raider Jacob Barlow, who won the section 152 pound division, will take on Ceron Campbell of Centennial in the opening round. Meanwhile, Nazario Flores will wrestle Zander Ward in the opening round of 170-pound class. Blayne Myers will hit the mat with Ryan Small of Summitt in the 285-pound class. Lady Raider Lyra Leftwich will take on Madelin...

Coffee County’s Red Raider basketball team now knows who it will host in the boys Region 3-4A quarter-finals Saturday night in Manchester. The Howard Hustlin’ Tigers lost to McMinn County in the District 5-4A consolation game, putting the Tigers fourth place in that district and sending them to play the Raiders in the region. Tip is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 in Manchester at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Tickets are available at the gate. Howard enters Saturday night with a record of 21-8 on the year, 9-3 in District 5-4A. The Tigers actually placed second during...

Westwood’s Rocket soccer team dominated at a playday over the weekend – with the varsity Rockets going 3-0, without giving up a single goal. The Rockets dropped Fayetteville 8-0, Liberty 6-0 and SAS 5-0 — all 30-minute shortened games. Goals were scored by Micah Anderson, Ismael Salazar, Junior Petatan, Joel Barrera-Ramirez, William Rogers, Farmer Rigsby, Aiden Walker, Joan Denda and Michael Vieras. The JV Rockets beat Liberty 2-1 before losing to SAS and Community. Mario Gonzales, Damieon Duncan and Skyler Brown scored goals for...

The picture is now clear for the upcoming girls basketball Region 3-4A tournament. The Coffee County Lady Raiders (no. 1 seed) will host Ooltewah, the no. 4 seed from District 5-4A in the region quarter-finals on Friday. This is an elimination game – the loser’s season comes to an end. Tip is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25 in Manchester at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Tickets are available at the gate. The Ooltewah Owls enter Friday night’s contest with a 15-14 record – having played in a tough district with Cleveland and Bradley Central. Walker Valley is...

It was a good weekend on the mats for the Coffee County Central wrestling team as four wrestlers have now qualified to go to the state tournament. The Raider boys had five guys wrestling in the Section two tournament and three have qualified to advance to the state – led by Jacob Barlow who took the championship in the 152 pound division. Nazario Flores placed fourth in 170 pounds and Blayne Myers took fourth in the 285 pound division. Red Raiders Jeremiah Wardell and Ian Walker also wrestled at the sectional but did not qualify to reach the state....