The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF ) announced that tickets to the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup have gone on sale to the general public. *Tickets to the matches at Allianz Field (Saint Paul, MN) and Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) will go on-sale at a later date. Sign-up at GoldCup.org to receive additional information. Tickets to the Gold Cup, which crowns the best national team in North, Central America and the Caribbean while celebrating soccer, sportsmanship and culture, are available by visiting www.GoldCup.org or calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. Fans can also contact their...

The Rockets and Lady Rockets of Westwood Middle School traveled to Wartrace on Tuesday night for a conference basketball doubleheader.  Taking on the always tough Champions of Cascade the Westwood teams fell in both matchups.  The Lady Rockets lost 32 to 28 while the Rockets fell 59 to 18. Trailing by only 3 points entering the 4th quarter, the Lady Rockets could not muster a field goal in the final 6 minutes.  Westwood was 3 of 6 from the free throw line but it was not enough to pull the upset.  The Lady Rockets were led in scoring by...

The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball teams hit the road on Tuesday night. Traveling to Sparta, the Raider teams got a rematch with the always tough White County teams. The Raider teams earned their second split in 2 meetings with the Warriors. The Lady Raiders won 35 to 19 while the Red Raiders fell 41 to 16. The Lady Raiders featured balanced scoring on the night led by Addi Sartain who had 9 points. Peyton Graham chipped in 8 points in the win. In the boys’ game, the Warriors jumped out to a double digit lead in...

The San Jose Sharks scored three goals in the final 8:20 of the third period to rally for a 5-4 win against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. Brent Burns had a goal and two assists, Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones made 25 saves for San Jose (5-3-1), which has won three straight. Viktor Arvidsson had two goals and an assist, and Juuse Saros made 27 saves for Nashville (7-2-0), which had won five straight. Brenden Dillon scored a shorthanded goal to cut it to 4-3 at 11:40 of the third...

The Coffee County CHS Red Raider golf team celebrated their record breaking 2018 season with their end of the year banquet on Monday night at The Mercantile Cafe.  All in attendance celebrated a year that saw the team finish 3rd in the state and compile a team record of 80 and 7.  The Red Raiders won their 2nd consecutive district and region titles in 2018 and made their 2nd straight state tournament. Coaches Mike Ray and Lucky Knott presided over the festivities as they handed out All-District trophies to Matthew Hale, Samuel Prater, Austin Farris and Josh Perry.  Samuel...

October 26th is going to be the 8th Annual Team Up to Tackle Breast Cancer event at the Coffee County CHS football game versus White County at 7 p.m.  The football team will be wearing pink jerseys.  All other participants of the night such as the cheerleaders, dance team members, and band members will also be sporting pink for the night. Fans are encouraged to participate by purchasing the t-shirt designed for the event.  Anyone wishing to purchase a shirt can contact any Coffee County CHS FBLA member or contact the high school at 931.723.5159.  Shirts are on sale...

Motlow State Community College men’s basketball team made history last year when it became the first program in Motlow’s 50 years of intercollegiate athletic competition to win back-to-back conference championships and advance to the national tournament two consecutive years. So what have you done lately? With the beginning of a new season comes new expectations. The championship trophies and All-American awards are stored safely in their cases. All starting players from the past two seasons, who won 53 games and multiple individual awards, are gone, most now playing at four-year schools. Yet Head Coach Arthur Latham has a couple...

The Coffee County Youth Bass Club was in action on Saturday at J. Percy Priest Lake.  Launching at Fate Sanders Marina, five boats of Red Raider anglers hit the water with the coldest temperatures of the season.  All 5 Raider boats ended up scoring fish on the day competing against the field of 135 region teams.   The junior division team of Delainee Driver and Grayson Mangrum competed but did not score a fish. The brother team of Branson and Dawson Wells led the way for the Raider fishers as they landed 4 fish weighing in at 9.85 pounds to...