Finishing up a week of road games, the Coffee County CHS volleyball team visited Smyrna on Saturday to compete in the Stewarts Creek Invitational.  The Lady Raiders went 1 and 3 on the day in the tournament.  Coffee County captured a come from behind 2 set to 1 win over LaVergne. The Lady Raiders were led in kills on the weekend by Keri Munn who had 17.  Kiya Ferrell and Lexi Bryan each finished with 13 kills.  Abigail Layne led the team in aces with 8 while Ferrell added 6.  Amanda Mukai led the team in assists with 27...

The Westwood volleyball team closed out their inaugural season with a tournament in McMinnville on Saturday.  Fielding 2 teams for the one day tournament, the Lady Rockets played some of their best volleyball of the year against the strongest competition they have faced this season. Team #1 gained a pair of match splits and lost 3 matches.  Anna Johnson led the Lady Rockets at the net with 20 kills in 11 sets while collecting 8 blocks.  Maddie Sullivan had 37 assists and 18 digs while Emma Kidder had 8 aces and 16 digs.  Kaylynn Waterman added 11 digs and...

Hosting South Franklin on Friday afternoon in a makeup game, the Coffee County Middle School soccer team closed out their regular season.  The Lady Raiders got goals from Katie Cotton and Emma Rhoton as they fought to a 2 to 2 draw.  The Lady Raiders will take on North Franklin on Wednesday in Winchester for a conference tournament play-in game.  That match will kick off at 5...

Hitting the road to take on their arch-rival Minutemen of Franklin Road Christian School, the Temple Baptist Christian School volleyball team visited Murfreesboro on Saturday.  The Lady Eagles got off to a fast start as they won the first 2 sets.  Franklin Road rallied back to sweep the last 3 sets and grab the 3 to 2 victory.  Temple fell by set scores of 25-21, 25-17, 22-25, 13-25 and 11-15. After consistently stringing together points in the first 2 sets, the Lady Eagles opened the 3rd set with 5 straight side outs.  Temple could never get on a point...

Traveling to Winchester on Saturday, the Coffee County Youth Football League played a triple header at Franklin County.  The Raider teams came away with 2 wins in their 3 games on the day. The Division 1 Raiders were shut out in a 53 to 0 loss.  The Division 2 Raiders came home with a 27 to 13 victory.  The Division 3 team came out on top in a close game 27 to 21. The Raiders will return to the gridiron on Saturday when they travel to McMinnville to take on Warren County.  The tripleheader begins at 10 AM with...

What a gut-check win for quarterback Marcus Mariota, and the Tennessee Titans. The Titans beat the Jaguars 9-6 on Sunday on a day when Mariota stepped in, and the defense rose to the occasion. The Titans took a 9-6 lead with 4:06 left on a 28-yard field goal by kicker Ryan Succop, which capped off a 12-play, 65-yard drive engineered by Mariota. The defense played huge for the Titans. Blaine Gabbert once again started at quarterback for the Titans, but Mariota came in to replace him. Gabbert was knocked out of the game after a hit in the first...

Ryan Ellis tied the game late in the second period, but Tampa Bay broke through in the third to ultimately top the Nashville Predators, 5-2, on Saturday night in preseason action at Amalie Arena. Two empty-net tallies for the home team make the score look worse than it was, however. It was a game the Predators felt could have gone either way, and they say there was still plenty to like, all things considered. “The guys played hard tonight, and the result was unfortunate,” Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We fight back to 2-2, and we give up...

Wet conditions and sloppy turf impacted Saturday night’s 1-1 draw between Nashville SC and the Charleston Battery at First Tennessee Park. Needing a result, Nashville opened the scoring early as Tucker Hume scored a brilliant opener to give Nashville SC the lead. Charleston equalized in the 24th minute in what would be the final goal of the evening. Nashville SC earned its first-ever draw at First Tennessee Park against the Charleston Battery Saturday night. The 1-1 final score marked the eighth time Nashville SC has racked up points against one of the conference’s top four teams this season. Despite...