Squaring off for the 2nd time this season, the Coffee County Middle School volleyball team matched up with Westwood on Tuesday afternoon.  Playing before a big crowd at the Joel Vinson Gym, Westwood was hosting their 3rd straight home match.  The match turned out to be an exciting one that went to 3 sets.  Westwood captured the win by set scores of 25-23, 17-25 and 15-9. Westwood was led at the net by Anna Johnson who finished with 4 kills.  Emma Kidder had 8 service aces while Abby Clark led the team in digs with 4.  Maddie Sullivan chipped...

The Lady Eagles of Temple Baptist Christian School made the short trip to Shelbyville on Tuesday night.  Temple took on Victory Baptist Academy in a JV/varsity volleyball doubleheader.  The JV team lost in 3 sets.  The varsity Lady Eagles won their match in 4 sets. Despite grabbing the win, the varsity Lady Eagles had to fight tooth and nail to capture their 6th win on the year.   Temple won by set scores of 25-27, 25-11, 25-23 and 25-17.  The JV team fell by set scores of 11-25, 26-24 and 5-15. Temple is now off until Thursday, September 13th when...

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team hit the road on Tuesday traveling to Fayetteville.  Squaring off against Riverside Christian in a non-district match, Coffee County fell in 4 sets.  The Lady Raiders lost by set scores of 21 – 25, 25-21, 22-25 and 13-25. Coffee County committed 27 unforced errors including 9 service errors.  Sarah West had an amazing 25 digs on the match and Gracie Pippenger added 10 but Riverside was able to win the long rallies.  Keri Munn had 8 kills and 4 service aces to lead the Lady Raiders in both categories.  Munn, Abigail Parker...

The Coffee County Middle School football team traveled to Winchester on Tuesday night for a conference tilt with South Franklin.  Coming off a 28 to 0 win last week over Harris, the Raiders tangled with the Trojans on South’s homecoming night.  South led from the very first play on their way to a 32 to 0 win over the Red Raiders. After receiving the opening kick, South scored on the first play from scrimmage on a run by the quarterback.  It was a back and forth battle throughout most of the 1st half before South added a 7 yard...

The Westwood soccer team welcomed Community to Dyer-Bouldin Field.  The young and inexperienced Lady Rockets could not get their offense on track as they fell by a final score of 6 nil.  The Viqueens scored 3 goals in each half as they held a 3 to 0 lead at intermission.  Westwood keeper Holland Willoughby did have 25 saves on the night. The Lady Rockets will travel to Winchester on Wednesday night as they will do battle with North Franklin.  That match gets underway at 5:30...

Interested in 2018-2019 Red Raider Swimming? Here’s what you need to know… 1. Tryouts will be held Friday, September 14th for NEW SWIMMERS only. Tryouts begin at 4pm at The Manchester Recreation Center indoor pool. The main criteria for making the team are as follows: demonstrate basic skill in the freestyle stroke and demonstrate the ability to complete 100 yards of freestyle non-stop swimming. Also, you need to demonstrate backstroke. Girls need a one piece swim suit and boys need jammers or swim trunks. All swimmers need to have a pair of swim goggles as well. All swimmers must have a signed and...

Cooper Goldby’s two-run double and BJ Boyd’s two-run triple keyed a late rally to help the Nashville Sounds to a 6-5 win Monday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. 7,782 fans watched the 2018 season finale and pushed the season attendance to over 600,000 for only the second time in the franchise’s 41-year history. Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Nick Martini started the rally with a one-out walk off Memphis reliever Andrew Morales. After Jorge Mateo struck out for the first out in the inning, Sean Murphy was hit by a pitch and Anthony Garcia singled...

Opening their 2018 region schedule at home on Friday night, the Coffee County CHS football team welcomed the #4 team in the state Blackman to Carden-Jarrell Field.  The visiting Blaze put the clamps on the Raider offense holding them below 100 yards of total offense as they won 42 to 0. Matthew Pittman, who missed the first 2 games of the year with an ankle injury, led the Raiders in yardage with 48 yards rushing on 8 carries.  Pittman also completed 1 pass for 7 yards as he was named the Crazy Daisies Player of the Game.  Andrew Mahaffey...