The Coffee County elementary basketball league was back in action on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. With a full slate of 7 games, the league completed their 6th week of the season. The regular season concludes next Saturday. Girls’ Results Deerfield leveled Hillsboro – 22 to 5 North Coffee dumped College Street – 30 to 3 Westwood spilled East Coffee – 19 to 5 Boys’ Results Deerfield edged Hillsboro 29 to 27 College Street clipped North Coffee – 21 to 17 East Coffee held off Westwood – 18 to 15 New Union shot down Hickerson –...

The Tennessee Titans (5-5) play their second consecutive divisional road game this week, traveling to face the AFC South’s first-place Houston Texans (7-3) on Monday Night Football. Kickoff at NRG Stadium (capacity 71,795) is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. CST on Nov. 26. The Titans have won six of their last seven games on Monday Night Football, including a win in the only previous Monday night matchup with the Texans, a 20-17 final at Houston on Nov. 23, 2009. Three weeks ago (Nov. 5), the Titans beat the Cowboys on Monday night in Dallas by a final score of 28-14....

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team used a huge first half as they feasted in the opening game of the Mike Mitchell Thanksgiving Classic at the LEAD Academy in Nashville.  Taking on Hillwood High School out of Nashville, the Lady Raiders blasted the over-matched Lady Hilltoppers 90 to 10. Coffee County got off to a red hot start in the game as they opened up a 27 to 0 lead in the first quarter and pushed that to a 56 to 3 lead at the half.  Coffee County’s Abby Morgan hit her first eight 3 point shots in...

St. Louis struck early and often and the Nashville Predators fell to the Blues Friday night at Enterprise Center, 6-2. The result snapped Nashville’s three-game win streak as the Blues took the second half of the home-and-home set between the two. The Preds were three-for-three in their last trio at home, including a 4-1 win over the Blues on Wednesday, but Nashville is now 0-3-1 in their last four on the road. “There were things we did wrong from the start right to the end,” Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We made too many mistakes. That’s why we...

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball will hit the road on Friday morning to compete in the 2 day, Mike Mitchell Thanksgiving Classic at the LEAD Academy in Nashville.  The Lady Raiders will play at 11:30 on both Friday and Saturday.  On Friday, Coffee County will take on Hillwood and then take on Whites Creek on Saturday.  LEAD Academy is located at 1034 1st Ave South just off of Lafayette Street. Coach Joe Pat Cope will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about Friday’s game and give a scouting report for Saturday’s contest.  The Coffee...

That Thanksgiving turkey will taste even better now. Four different Predators scored and Pekka Rinne reached another milestone as Nashville defeated the St. Louis Blues by a 4-1 final on Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds a clean sweep of their three-game homestand and keeps them atop the NHL standings. Three of those who found the back of the net on Wednesday – Frederick Gaudreau, Austin Watson and Ryan Ellis – each got their first of the season, and then, there was the goaltender. Rinne made 28 saves to earn his 320th career victory to...

The Motlow Bucks opened Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) play with a pair of wins last weekend at Copperweld Arena on Motlow’s Moore County campus. Motlow (2-0, 3-3) beat Jackson State 90-80 Friday night before edging Columbia State 77-74 Saturday. The Bucks will travel to Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, Missouri, for the Thanksgiving holiday, facing State Fair Community College on Friday and the host school, ranked No. 11 in the nation in the preseason NJCAA poll, on Saturday. Motlow sophomore Joshua Greer and freshman Marcus Lacey each recorded double-doubles Friday night as the Bucks overcame a...