Competing on their home course for the first time this year, the CHS golf team welcomed Shelbyville to Willowbrook on Tuesday.  The Raider linksters squared off with their visitors in a 9 hole match.  Coffee County captured the match win with a score of 162 outdistancing Shelbyville by 8 strokes. Austin Farris paced the Raiders with an even par score of 36.  Josh Perry fired a 2 over score of 38.  Freshman Logan Hale fired a 43 while senior brother Matthew Hale shot a 45.  The win improved Coffee County to 31 and 2. The Raiders will hit the...

Season tickets for the 2018 Coffee County Central High School Red Raider football season go on sale on Wednesday.  Tickets are $28 each and are good for all 5 regular season home games at Carden-Jarrell Field.  Tickets can be purchased in the CHS Main Office between the hours of 8 and 3.  You can contact Coffee County CHS at...

The Nashville Sounds topped the Sacramento River Cats, 4-2, Tuesday night and finished off a perfect 7-0 homestand in front of 8,412 fans at First Tennessee Park. The win extended Nashville’s winnings streak to a season-high nine games. Boog Powell and Steve Lombardozzi started the scoring right away in the first inning for Nashville. Powell singled to left and Lombardozzi walked to start the rally. Anthony Garcia put the first run on the board with a double down the left field line. Two batters later, Sheldon Neuse singled to right-center, bringing in Lombardozzi to give the Sounds an early...

Competing in their 3rd tournament of the year, the CHS golf team was in Cookeville on Monday for the Early Bird Invitational.  Hosted by Cookeville High, the Early Bird features several top teams from all over the mid-state area.  The Red Raiders outshot Tullahoma in a 2 hole playoff to capture 2nd place in the 15 team tournament.  Cookeville shot 295 to win the tournament beating Coffee County by 7 strokes. Samuel Prater led the way for the Raiders as he shot a 3 over par 73.  Austin Farris and Matthew Hale each shot a 74.  Josh Perry carded...

Former Coffee County CHS pitcher Davis Green has signed a letter of intent to attend Cumberland University on a baseball scholarship.  Green, a 2017 graduate of the Red Raider baseball team for coach David Martin, will attend the Lebanon, Tennessee university after a year away from the game of baseball.   Green was a standout pitcher for the Red Raiders in his junior and senior years but did not sign a college scholarship following graduation. After missing the game, Green began working out in Murfreesboro with pitching coach Tracy King.  Coach King helped Davis land a spot on the Mt....

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team welcomed Algood to CCMS on Monday for a preseason scrimmage.  The Lady Raiders, who open the regular season next Monday, were looking to get in some work before Saturday’s scrimmage play day.  Despite a good start and a strong finish, the Lady Raiders fell by a final score of 5 to 0. The Lady Raiders outshot Algood 4 to 2 in the opening 10 minutes with neither team getting on the scoreboard.  Algood scored off a deflection in the 14th minute and used that momentum to add 3 more goals in the...

The Nashville Sounds got five shutout innings from 20-year-old Jesus Luzardo to help extend their winning streak to eight games with a 6-0 win over the Sacramento River Cats Monday night at First Tennessee Park. In his Triple-A debut, Luzardo scattered eight hits, all singles, and struck out six. He threw 52 of his 76 pitches for strikes. The lefty received early run support in the first inning when Boog Powell, Steve Lombardozzi and Anthony Garcia collected base hits. Garcia’s line drive up the middle plated Lombardozzi to give the Sounds a 1-0 lead. Luzardo struck out the side...

The Coffee County Claybusters enjoyed their most successful performance ever in the annual AIM Grand Championship which concluded on Tuesday.  Four of the five squads competing placed in the national event held annually in Sparta, IL.  The Claybusters came home with an impressive three 1st place team finishes and a runner-up. The Junior Gold Division(18 to 22 year olds) captured a national title as they bested Dirty Mike & the Boys from Arkansas 970 to 968.  The Junior Gold team was led by Jordan Osborne who had rounds of 99 and 07 to score 196 out of 200 clays. ...