The Motlow Lady Bucks equaled last season’s win total, both in the TCCAA conference and overall, by sweeping a pair of conference opponents on the road over the weekend. Motlow (4-0, 8-2) remains tied at the top of the TCCAA standings with Walters State (4-0, 9-2) after traveling to Cleveland Friday and beating Cleveland State 74-57, then heading to Chattanooga Saturday and edging Chattanooga State 62-53. The back-to-back wins were the final conference games until after the holiday break. Motlow will host Roane State Jan. 11. The Lady Bucks have more work to do before then though. They will...

A record-setting inaugural season continued for Nashville Soccer Club this week at the United Soccer League (USL) Winter Summit in Tampa, Fla. The league handed out its season-ending front office awards and Nashville SC, thanks it its incredible fans, took home three honors, tied for the most of any franchise, for season tickets, corporate sales trade revenue and total merchandise revenue. Nashville SC earned the season ticket award for having the most season ticket sales of any current USL team and for breaking the league’s inaugural season ticket record. By the end of the season, Nashville SC had more...

Hoping to offer more high profile and prestigious track meets at Carden-Jarrell Field, Coffee County CHS track coach Nathan Wanuch saw a need for electronic timing for his program.  Wanuch undertook a fundraising campaign to raise the $8,000 needed to purchase an electronic timing system that could be used by both the Cross Country and Track programs.  That campaign reached its goal on Tuesday thanks to a huge donation by First Bank of Manchester. Needing $8,000 for the Eagle Eye Fully Automatic Timing System and computer hardware, First Bank of Manchester presented a check for the final $5,000 needed...

The home team allowed a goal just 34 seconds into Tuesday’s game, but it was all positive from there. Three different Preds found the back of the net as Nashville defeated the Ottawa Senators by a 3-1 final at Bridgestone Arena. The result ends Nashville’s two-game skid and gives them their 20th win of the campaign. After a road trip to Western Canada didn’t go their way, the Preds returned home to face a Senators club also dealing with injury issues, and Nashville kept it simple to collect the satisfying victory. “We were disappointed in poor play on the...

The Nashville Sounds, in conjunction with the Texas Rangers, announced today at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Las Vegas that the two teams will play a spring training exhibition game at First Tennessee Park on Sunday, March 24 at 1:05 p.m. “This is another thrilling and historic day for the Nashville Sounds,” said General Manager Adam Nuse. “One of the biggest goals we established with our partnership with the Rangers was to bring a spring training exhibition game to First Tennessee Park and the city of Nashville. We can’t wait to work with the Rangers to showcase Major League...

Welcoming conference rival White County to the CCMS gym on Monday night, the Coffee County Middle School basketball teams squared off in a pair of hard fought games.  White County hit a last second shot to beat the Lady Raiders 28 to 26.  The Red Raiders saw a 4th quarter rally come up short in a 47 to 37 loss. In the girls’ game, Coffee Middle built a 12 to 4 lead in the first quarter to seize control of the pivotal contest.  But White County roared back as the Lady Raiders cooled off to tie the game at...

The Westwood Lady Rocket basketball team opened up Duck River Valley Conference tournament play on Monday night in Eagleville.  Taking on Middle Tennessee Christian, Westwood needed a win to keep their season alive in the single elimination tournament.  The Lady Rockets could not claim the upset as they fell to Middle Tennessee Christian 45 to 37. After falling behind in the first quarter, the Lady Rockets rallied to take a 7 point lead into intermission.  In the second half, MTCS chipped away at the lead in the 3rd period before exploding for 18 4th quarter points to take the...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League opened up the girls’ semifinal round of their postseason tournament on Monday night.  This pair of girls’ semifinal games set up the girls’ championship and consolation match ups which will be held on Saturday. In the first semifinal, Westwood scored 6 points in a 14 second stretch of the 3rd quarter to take a commanding lead over New Union.  That lead opened up a close and hard fought game as Westwood won by a final score of 31 to 10.  Jules Ferrell led Westwood in scoring with 15.  Audri Patton added 13 for...