After a 2 and 1 start on Friday night in the Choo-Choo Classic, the Coffee County CHS volleyball team was winless on Saturday to finish the Chattanooga tournament with a record of 2 and 4.  The Lady Raiders annual trip to the tournament provides them competition against some of the best high school teams in East Tennessee and 2018 was no different. On Friday, Coffee County got wins over Signal Mountain and Lookout Valley while losing to Red Bank in a trio of games at Red Bank.  In the 3 set win against Signal Mountain, Coffee County got 21...

College Street Elementary School, in conjunction with the Manchester Parks and Recreation Department, hosted the Opening Elementary School Cross Country Meet on Thursday at the Manchester soccer fields.  More than 180 runners competed on the day representing 8 different schools.  From the Tullahoma School System, Farrar, East Lincoln and BelAire all took part in the meet.  From Manchester City School System, College Street and Westwood were represented.    From the Coffee County School System, Hickerson, North Coffee and Deerfield elementary schools all fielded runners. In the girls’ race, Lizzy Sharpton of Farrar Elementary was the race winner finishing in a...

The Westwood soccer team traveled to Fayetteville on Friday for their first Home match of the year.  The Lady Rockets improved on their effort from Tuesday but still suffered a shutout loss.  Trailing 1 nil at the half, the Lady Rockets fell to the Lady Tigers 3 to 0.  Keeper Holland Willoughby had 20 stops for Westwood.  Westwood is back in action on Tuesday when they welcome Community to Dyer-Bouldin Field.  Opening kick is set for 5:30...

Tennessee fell to No. 17 West Virginia, 40-14, to open the 2018 season Saturday in the Belk College Kickoff at Bank of America Stadium. The Volunteers now turn their focus to next Saturday’s home-opener against ETSU. Kickoff for that contest—which marks first-year UT head coach Jeremy Pruitt’s Neyland Stadium debut—is set for 3 p.m. CT (SEC Network). All-American West Virginia quarterback Will Grier led a high-powered Mountaineers offense that came to life in the second half—scoring 27 points over the final 30 minutes. Grier finished the game having completed 25 of 34 passes for 429 yards and five touchdowns....

Against a reeling opponent looking for its first win in eight weeks, Nashville SC couldn’t halt its road woes as it fell at Charlotte Independence 1-0 on Saturday night. Charlotte has now won just twice since June 2, both times beating Nashville SC on its home turf. For Nashville, the loss brings its road record to 2-6-6, as the expansion side has failed to win any of its last seven road games, scoring just two goals in those seven combined. ROAD SCORING WOES Being shut out on the road is unfortunately nothing new for Nashville SC as it has...

Adam Wainwright tossed five shutout innings to lead the Memphis Redbirds to an 8-1 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 9,956 fans at First Tennessee Park Saturday night. In his second Major League rehab start against the Sounds in less than a week, Wainwright scattered five hits, walked two and struck out seven in the winning effort. Wainwright was in a jam in the bottom of the fifth when Nashville loaded the bases against the veteran right-hander but he struck out Jorge Mateo to end the threat. Memphis grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third with five...

Hitting the road on Thursday night, the Coffee County CHS volleyball team traveled to Winchester.  Squaring off against their district rival Franklin County, the Lady Raiders were looking to capture their second straight district win.  The Lady Raiders dominated the Rebelettes winning in straight sets 25-19, 25-12 and 25-14. The Lady Raiders played perhaps their cleanest match of the year as they committed only 13 unforced errors on the night.  The combination of that along with 21 aces and 24 kills lifts the Lady Raiders district record to 3 and 1 as they improved to 6 and 3 overall....

Reaching the midpoint of the district schedule, the Coffee County Central High School soccer welcomed Shelbyville to the Raider Soccer Field on Thursday night.  Coffee County scored first and last, but it was not enough to avoid their 4th straight district draw.  The Lady Raiders and the Eaglettes settled for a draw at 2. Britny Hernandez got Coffee County on the board in the 10th minute as she punched a deflected shot by Allie Amado into a wide open Shelbyville net.  Shelbyville answered in the 13th and 26th minutes as they converted a pair of long through passes into...