The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team will host their annual 2019 Eagles Invitational Classic basketball tournament this Friday and Saturday.  The Eagles will welcome 4 additional teams to the E.C. Bailey Gym at Temple Baptist Christian School for the 2 day tournament. Round robin pool play will begin at 1:45 on Friday afternoon and continue through an 8 PM game on Friday night.  Pool play will resume on Saturday morning beginning at 8:30 AM.  The consolation game is set for 2:15 PM with the championship set for 3:45 PM on Saturday afternoon.   Temple will play its pool games...

The Coffee County Middle School track has had a small change to their tryouts for the 2019 season.  Those boys wishing to try out for the Red Raider track team will try out on Tuesday.  Girls wishing to try out for the Lady Raider track team will try out on Wednesday.  Try outs will be held at 3:30 PM at Coffee County Middle School.  Prospective student/athletes will need to meet in the auxiliary gym after school.  Those students trying out will need to bring with them a CURRENT TSSAA Physical form.  That form can be found and printed out...

The Coffee County Red Raider wrestling team continued to enjoy their best season ever after a superb region tournament performance on Saturday.  Four Red Raiders punched their ticket to this week’s state tournament as they join Lady Raider Mary Anne Walker to compose the largest ever Coffee County contingent.  Chris Speagle, Jesse Hay-Smith, Rey Reyes and Brett Francis all tallied Top 4 finishes on Saturday in the Region 5 Tournament at Warren County. At 120 pounds, junior Brett Francis had to fight through the consolation bracket to capture 3rd place in the weight class.  After a getting a pin...

Four members of the Coffee County CHS swim team competed on Friday and Saturday in the Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association state meet.  The Raider swimmers got a pair of Top 20 finishes and 2 new personal bests in the 2 day event in Nashville. Jack Beachboard had the highest Raider finish as he captured a 13th place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke with a new personal best time of 59.44.  Beachboard also grabbed a 26th place finish in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.11. Kaylee Williams swam a personal best time of 1:08.75 in...

Viktor Arvidsson scored twice, and the Nashville Predators came back to salvage a point before they ultimately fell in overtime to the St. Louis Blues by a 5-4 final on Sunday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. It’s Nashville’s second loss to St. Louis in as many days with the Blues collecting all four of their possible points on the weekend set. Vladimir Tarasenko recorded a hat trick, including the winner just 16 seconds into OT, after the Preds potted three in the third entering the final 20 minutes with a two-goal deficit. As Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette stated after...

The week of training camp at IMG Academy ended on a high note for Nashville Soccer Club as it beat two-time defending USL Cup champions Louisville City FC 2-1. The win was hard earned as forward Alan Winn scored the game-winner in the 70’ minute and the defense stopped a late Louisville surge that included numerous late set pieces. 90’ in a Nutshell Nashville SC was on the back foot early as Louisville City forward Luke Spencer had two early chances to put the champs in front. Starting Nashville keeper Matt Pickens made saves on both including a point...

Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Johansen found the back of the net for Nashville, but it wasn’t enough as the Predators fell to the St. Louis Blues by a 3-2 final on Saturday afternoon at the Enterprise Center. The first half of the home-and-home set saw the Blues put forth a better effort than the Preds to start, and although Nashville made a push in the third, it couldn’t erase the game’s first 40 minutes. “Not good,” Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said of the game. “They were faster. We didn’t play the game fast enough, didn’t have enough attitude...

The Coffee County basketball teams traveled to Shelbyville on Thursday night in the final regular season games of the year.   The Lady Raiders completed their first unbeaten district season in 26 years with a 78 to 52 win over the Eaglettes.  The Red Raiders reached the 10 district win plateau with a 49 to 38 victory. The Lady Raiders started off red hot for the 3rd game in a row as they rolled out to a 20 to 11 lead after 1 quarter of play.  After leading by 20 at the half, Coffee County outscored Shelbyville 18 to 7...