The Titans lifted off for London on Thursday afternoon, and will arrive in the United Kingdom early Friday morning. Roughly 56 hours later, they’ll face the Los Angeles Chargers at Wembley Stadium. “I’m looking forward to it,” Titans defensive lineman Jurrell Casey said. “We want to go over there and show out, and show the UK folks that we have some good class and good football inside us.” The Titans have one mission across the pond. “The No.1 thing is this is a business trip,” safety Kevin Byard said. “It is not a vacation, and it’s not a situation...

Former Red Raider Alontae Taylor was originally recruited to Tennessee to play wide receiver. But during spring practices earlier this year, UT head coach Jeremy Pruitt elected to move Taylor from offense over to defense and try his hand at cornerback. Taylor almost exclusively played quarterback and wide receiver in his sterling career at Coffee County. Taylor took to his new position quickly and stayed there once fall camp began. Fast forward to the halfway point of the 2018 season, and Taylor has been one of the best cornerbacks in the country at limiting big plays just six games...

Sophomore Megan Blumhoefer scored the game’s only goal at the 61-minute mark and classmate Emily Bryant shut out the opposition as the Motlow Lady Bucks beat Southwest Tennessee 1-0 Friday evening in McMinnville. Motlow’s scheduled game Sunday against Andrew College (GA) was cancelled. With Friday’s victory, Motlow (5-0, 9-3-2) clinches the top seed in next week’s NJCAA Region VII Soccer Tournament, which begins Thursday, Oct. 25, at St. George’s High School in Collierville. Southwest Tennessee will be the No. 2 seed. The winner of the tournament will advance to the NJCAA Central District tournament. The Lady Bucks will travel...

The Westwood Middle School basketball teams opened their season on Tuesday night in Fayetteville. The Lady Rockets held off a late Lady Tiger rally to win 26 to 21.  The Rockets saw foul trouble stifle any chance at the upset win as they fell 36 to 18. Leading by 7 entering the 4th quarter, the Lady Rockets were able to hold off a frantic Fayetteville rally.  Anna Johnson led Westwood in scoring with 11 points.  Maddie Sullivan had 5 points, including 4 in the pivotal 4th quarter.  Bryleigh Gray and Joely Sain each added 4 points. Trailing by 9...

The Coffee County Middle School 6th Grade basketball hosted their first home games of the year on Tuesday night with a doubleheader against White County.  The Lady Raiders closed out the 1st quarter on an 11 to 1 run as they won 44 to 17.  The Red Raiders fell behind 22 to 2 in the first half as they fell 42 to 18. The Lady Raiders used a combination of effective full court pressure and exceptional ball movement to build a 32 to 7 halftime lead on the way to their 3rd win of the year.  Olivia Vinson was...

It’ll be a rematch. Due to results around the USL on Sunday, Nashville SC clinched the No. 8 seed in the USL Cup Playoffs and will travel to take on top-seeded FC Cincinnati in the first round on Saturday at 3 p.m. CST. It’ll be the second-consecutive meeting between the two clubs after they drew 3-3 this past Saturday at First Tennessee Park. The two teams have gotten quite familiar with one another this season with three regular season meetings, drawing all three times. Nashville SC has played FCC tough in all three games, drawing 0-0 in the first...

The College Street and Westwood Elementary cross country teams traveled to Chattanooga on Saturday for the Chattanooga Cross Country State Qualifier at Moccasin Bend. At the end of the day, the College Street boys’ team had a runner-up finish while the Lady Cougar runners finished in 4th place. With their performances, the Cougars qualified for the state meet scheduled for this Saturday. For Westwood, the boys garnered a 6th place team finish while the girls came home in 7th place overall. In the boys’ race the top local finisher was Jordan Thompson of College Street who ran the 1...