The Lady Raider basketball team welcomed Grundy County to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Thursday night for a scrimmage.  The Lady Raiders jumped out to a 14 to 2 lead in the 1st quarter and coasted home for the win.  Coffee County won by a final score of 62 to 29. A tenacious Lady Raider full court press forced more than 16 turnovers in the game.  Coffee County also hit 6 three point baskets on the night and went to the free throw line 17 times in the contest.  Abby Morgan and Bella Vinson each finished the...

The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team opened their season on Thursday night in Cleveland, Tennessee at the Shenandoah Baptist Academy tournament.  A furious 4th quarter rally was not enough to get the win.  The Eagles fell 46 to 36 to Calvery out of Kingston , TN. Trailing 43 to 14 entering the final period, the Eagles erupted for 22 points led by Cody Swayze who had 15 points, including 7 free throws.  Swayze finished with 25 points.  Alex Gloden added 7 points and Mich Gloden scored 4. Temple will be back in action on Friday when they take...

Coffee County’s Katie Rutledge signed a scholarship on Wednesday at CHS to continue her softball career at the college level with Blue Mountain College.  The senior Lady Raider softball player has been one of the most decorated athletes for the Lady Raider program in the last 4 years.  Rutledge, a pitcher and outfielder, will join the Mississippi college next fall. Blue Mountain College is a private liberal arts college located in the northeastern Mississippi town of Blue Mountain not far from Tupelo.  Blue Mountain is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) playing in the Southern...

The Motlow State Lady Bucks ended their 2018 soccer season with an 8-0 loss to the nation’s sixth-ranked team, Lewis & Clark Community College, in the semifinals of the NJCAA Central District Tournament Thursday in Godfrey, Illinois. Motlow (12-5-2) advanced to the NJCAA tournament after winning the TCCAA/Region VII Tournament last week in Collierville. The Lady Bucks beat Southwest Tennessee 3-2 in the championship game, capping a season that also saw them win the TCCAA regular season championship. “It was a great experience to travel to Illinois and to witness what the upper level of Division I junior college...

Colton Sissons had a hat trick to help the Nashville Predators defeat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 at Pepsi Center on Wednesday. Sissons scored two goals in the first period, and completed his second regular-season NHL hat trick when he tipped in Kyle Turris’ shot on a power play with 3 seconds left in the second period to make it 3-1. Ryan Hartman made it 4-1 with an empty-net goal with 2:54 left in the third. Sissons, who had one goal in the first 14 games, has scored eight goals in 10 regular-season games against the Avalanche. “Everybody has a...

The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams hit the road to Rutherford County on Tuesday night.  Both Raider teams squared off against Oakland in the Rockvale tournament.  The Lady Raiders captured a 28 to 20 win while the Red Raiders fell by a final score of 45 to 20. The Lady Raiders held the Lady Patriots to 7 field goals in the game to grab their first win of the year.  Coffee Middle used a 10 point 3rd quarter to grind out the win.  Chloe Gannon led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 11 points.  Alivia Reel added 6 points...

The Coffee County Claybusters opened the 2018-2019 season with a bang on Saturday.  The Claybusters teams captured wins in all 3 classes in which they competed.  In the Sub-Junior Class, the Claybusters got a 1-2 sweep as they grabbed the top 2 finishes. Claybusters also won an individual championship and `three runner-up individual finishes. The Claybusters #1 team won the Junior Division A & B Class with a High Over All score of 466.  Scores for the individual team members were: Hayden Jacobs(with a score of 97 out of 100), Tucker Carlton(97), Cheyenne Martin(92), Alexius Stacey(91) and Victoria Majors(89)....

The Coffee County Central High School athletic department has announced the sale of basketball season passes.  Season passes are $40 per ticket and will get you into every Coffee County CHS regular season home game this season.   The season pass will get you a discount of one game and will not be good for the Hall of Champions games(November 16th and 17th), the Raider Christmas Tournament(December 20th thru 22nd) or any postseason games.  Tickets are on sale from 8 AM to 3 PM at the Central High School main office. The Lady Raiders will be at home on Thursday...