A disastrous 5th inning saw Warren County plate 6 runs on 2 hits to stun the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team 6 to 4 on Saturday at Powers Field.   After Hunter Courtoy held the Pioneers hitless thru 4 innings, Warren County used 2 hits, 3 walks, an error and 3 fielder’s choices to plate 6 runs in the 5th.  The inning erased a 3 to 0 Coffee County lead and swung momentum in the visitors’ direction. Coffee County got off to a great start as they plated 2 runs in the 1st inning and 1 more in the...

With the majority of their starters missing on Saturday due to the CHS Prom, the Lady Raider softball concluded play in the Lincoln County Border Battle.  Coffee County played 3 games on the day coming away with a 1 and 2 record.  Coffee County opened play on Saturday morning with a 7 to 4 walk-off loss to Page.  The Lady Raiders opened tournament play with a 4 to 2 win over Stewarts Creek before being eliminated by Hazel Green, Alabama. Despite 2 different leads for Coffee County against Page, the Lady Patriots hit a 3 run home run in...

The Nashville Predators advanced to the Western Conference Second Round with a 5-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 of the first round at Pepsi Center on Sunday. Pekka Rinne made 22 saves for the Predators, who will play the Winnipeg Jets in the second round. Viktor Arvidsson, Nick Bonino, Filip Forsberg, Austin Watson and Mattias Ekholm scored for Nashville. Andrew Hammond made 32 saves for Colorado. The Predators took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Ekholm and Watson. Colton Sissons passed across to Ekholm in the left face-off circle for a shot...

The Nashville Sounds were edged by the Omaha Storm Chasers 4-1 in Sunday’s matinee. The victory clinched the three-game series for Omaha. Nashville’s Frankie Montas and Omaha’s Clay Bucholz went toe-to-toe on the mound as they both cruised through the first five innings without allowing a run. Omaha finally broke the seal on the scoreless ball game in the sixth inning. After inducing a fly out to begin the inning, Montas yielded a single to Logan Moon and walked Ramon Torres before being pulled from the game. Bobby Wahl entered in relief and balked before throwing his first pitch,...

The Westwood Middle School soccer team punched their ticket to another conference championship on Friday night as they beat Riverside Christian 5 to 1 at Dyer-Bouldin Field.  Unbeaten in the regular season on conference play, the Rockets raced out to a 5 to 0 lead at the half and coasted to the win. John Martinez scored a pair of goals in that first half while Keiton Sherrill, Connor Cravens and Kevin Perigrino added goals.  Body Todd had 4 saves in net for Westwood. Westwood will take on St. Andrews on Saturday morning at 10 AM at Dyer-Bouldin Field in...

Trying to shake off a pair of subpar offensive performances, the Coffee County Central High School baseball team traveled to McMinnville on Friday for the first game of a 2 game non-district series.  The Red Raiders got their offense untracked as they banged out 15 hits in an 11 to 6 win over rival Warren County. Coffee County jumped on the Pioneers in the 1st inning as they used a walk and 2 hits to take a 2 to 0 lead.  Five hits led to 3 runs in the 3rd, but a 5 run 4th inning gave the Raiders...

Coffee County Middle School softball team hit the road on Friday to take on their hated rival Tullahoma.  The Lady Raiders sent 13 batters to the plate in the 1st inning to score 9 runs to jump out to a huge lead.  Coffee County ended up besting the Lady Cats 17 to 2 in 5 innings. The Lady Raiders banged out 8 hits in the first inning and took advantage of 3 errors by Tullahoma to build an early 9 to 0 lead.  Coffee County banged out 18 hits on the game.  Kiya Ferrell had 3 singles and a...