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Coffee County Competes in Girl’s Wrestling

Northeast (Girls) @ Coffee County High School (Girls) on 11/27/2018. Coffee County High School (Girls) ( CHS) 6.0 Northeast (Girls) ( NGI) 6.0 125: MaryAnne Walker ( CHS) over Essence White ( NGI) (Fall 3:23) 140: Terrilyn McCowan ( NGI) over Lyra Leftwich ( CHS) (Fall 0:26) Coffee County High School (Girls) @ Smyrna (Girls) on 11/27/2018. Smyrna (Girls) ( SGI) 6.0 Coffee County High School (Girls) ( CHS) 0.0 119: Katie Sandberg ( SGI) over Andrea Hickman ( CHS) (Fall...

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Coffee County Basketball Sweeps Nashville Central Christian

The Coffee County High School basketball teams hosted Nashville Central Christian on Tuesday night. Head Coach Joe Pat Cope said the Lady Raiders played a little sloppy in the first half, but still held a 39-20 lead at the break. The defensive pressure and many scoring opportunities for Coffee County helped the ladies outscore the Lady Warriors 19-0 in the 3rd quarter. The Lady Raiders went on to win their seventh game against no defeats, 64-25. Bella Vinson and Abby Morgan were high scorers with 14 each. Jacey Vaughn came off the bench to score 10 and was named...

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Rockets Win Two on the Road

Westwood basketball teams traveled to Liberty on Tuesday night for middle school round ball. The Lady Rockets controlled the game from start to finish. After grabbing a 10-1 lead after the 1st quarter, Westwood dominated the game for a 36-12 win. Anna Johnson led the balanced scoring with 10, followed by Joely Sain with 9 and Bryleigh Gray finished with 8. The Westwood boys also defeated Liberty by a final score of 25-19. 6th grader Jayden Carter led the scoring for Coach Will Pannell’s Rockets with 9 points. Brayden Dixon chipped with 8. Coach Pennell said he was very...

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Temple Baptist School Boys Pick Up Basketball Win

Manchester’s Temple Baptist School boys’ basketball team traveled to Calhoun Ga. On Tuesday and picked up a 53-39 win over Philadelphia Christian School. Coach Jeff Stewart got a combined 43 points from Cody Swayze (26) and Alex Golden (17) in the road...

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Preds Fall at Home

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and the Nashville Predators fell to the Colorado Avalanche by a 3-2 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result ends Nashville’s 11-game, regular-season win streak against the Avalanche and also sees their six-game home win streak come to a close. On a night that saw both teams trade chances – including 38 shots for the Preds – it was Colorado who simply got the extra shots to fall and earn two points in the divisional matchup. “There was looks both ways and they took one more,” Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “I...

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Titans Start Fast Finish Slow in Loss

Jim Wyatt SENIOR WRITER/EDITOR HOUSTON, Texas – Quarterback Marcus Mariota was nearly perfect on Monday night. Unfortunately, the Titans were not. And because of it, the Titans lost to the Texans 34-17 here at NRG Stadium. The Titans (5-6) are now three games behind the Texans (8-3) in the AFC South. Mariota started the game completing his first 19 passes, and he was 19-of-19 for 271 yards and two touchdowns at one point before throwing his first incompletion late in the game. Mariota finished the game 22-of-23 for 304 yards with a 147.7 passer rating. But Mariota was also...

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Coffee Middle Stops the Bite of the Gators

On Monday night Coffee County Middle School basketball teams hosted North Franklin County. The Lady Raiders held a one-point lead at the end of three quarters, 24-23. Coffee Middle battled the Gators to the final horn and pulled off an exciting 30-29 Lady Raider win. Coffee Middle was led by the outstanding play of Alivia Reel, who finished with 15 points and Chloe Gannon played strong for the Lady Raiders, adding 7 points. In the boy’s game, the Raiders jumped out to a 17-0 lead over North Franklin after the 1st quarter and increased the advantage to 20 points...

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Coffee County Lady Raiders Drop Covington, Run Record to 6 and 0

Coffee County Lady Raiders Drop Covington, Run Record to 6 and 0

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team returned to action on Saturday in the Mike Mitchell Thanksgiving Classic at the LEAD Academy in Nashville taking on Covington.  In a game that saw 51 free throws, Coffee County was a little better at the line in a 59 to 49 win.  The Lady Raiders were 10 of 12 in the 2nd half and 22 for 28 in the game to hold off a tough Covington squad.  Covington finished 15 of 23 at the charity stripe in the contest but only 5 of 9 in the second half. Coffee County was...

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