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CCMS Tennis Splits with Tullahoma on Monday
The Coffee County Middle School tennis teams welcomed Tullahoma to the Raider Academy courts on Monday. The Lady Raiders swept their singles matches as they won 7 to 2. After splitting the singles matches, the Red Raiders ended up falling 4 to 3 to the Wildcats. Tied at 3 to 3 following the 6 boys’ singles matches, Coffee County fell in the only doubles contest 6 to 1. Winning in singles for the Raiders were: Jayden Brown(6-0), Connor Fox(6-0) and Leon Mayo(6-4). The Lady Raiders won all 7 of their singles matches. Getting wins for Coffee County were: Jayda...

Westwood and CCMS Golfers Fall at Willowbrook on Monday
The Coffee County and Westwood middle school golf teams played host to Harris and Liberty on Monday. Hosting the 9 holes, flag scoring match at Willowbrook, both the Rockets and Raiders dropped their matches. The Rockets fell 10 ½ to 1 ½ to Liberty while the Raiders dropped a 7 to 5 decision to Harris. The Red Raiders won 2 of the 4 head to head matchups as Logan Hale and Austin Dockrey captured 2.5 flags to the Eagles team which got a half flag. Kolby McCormick and Xavier Bartley won their match 2 flags to 1. The team...

Monday Prep Schedule
Monday Prep Schedule 4:00 PM – CCMS Tennis HOSTS Tullahoma 4:00 PM – CCMS Golf HOSTS Harris 4:00 PM – WMS Golf HOSTS Liberty 4:30 PM – CCMS Track HOSTS North, Harris, Warren 5:00 PM – CCMS Baseball HOSTS Lincoln Co 5:00 PM – CHS Baseball HOSTS...

Raider Track Teams Win Home Meet
The Coffee County Central High School track teams hosted Oakland and Warren County on Thursday in the Coffee County Relays. The Raider and Lady Raider harriers continued their home field dominance as they each won their respective meets. The Red Raiders outdistanced 2nd place Oakland 53 to 40. The Lady Raiders cruised to an 80 to 30 win. In the relays, Coffee County captured 1st place in both of the Distance Medley Relays. In the Sprint Medley Relay, the Red Raiders captured first place while the Lady Raiders finished behind the Oakland girls. In the traditional relays, the Red...

Forsberg Hat Trick Leads Preds to Victory in Regular-Season Finale
The most successful regular season in Predators history finished with one more exclamation point. Filip Forsberg recorded a hat trick as Nashville defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets by a 4-2 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The win adds to Nashville’s franchise-record totals on the season, giving them 53 victories and 117 points to close out the 2017-18 campaign – with the Presidents’ Trophy in the house. Prior to Saturday’s game, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly was on hand to present the trophy to the Preds for finishing the season with the League’s top record. As Predators Head...

Offense Falters, Sounds Lose to Baby Cakes
The Nashville Sounds’ offensive struggles continued in a 4-0 loss to the New Orleans Baby Cakes Sunday afternoon at Shrine on Airline. The Sounds have scored two runs over the last 28 innings of action. One night after collecting only five hits, the Sounds managed just two against a trio of New Orleans pitchers. Renato Nunez singled in the fourth and Steve Lombardozzi singled in the eighth. The Baby Cakes were in control from the start with runs in the first three innings. Jon Rodriguez’s RBI groundout gave New Orleans a 1-0 lead in the first. Nashville starter Eric...

Nashville SC Takes Down 1st Place Charlotte in Shutout Win
A windchill below 30 degrees couldn’t keep the Nashville SC (2-1-1) offense from heating up as the hosts dispatched the first-place team in the USL Eastern Conference, Charlotte Independence (2-1-1), 2-0 in the friendly confines of First Tennessee Park on Saturday night. Goals by youngsters Alan Winn and Ropapa Mensah and another shutout by keeper Matt Pickens started Nashville on its first winning streak. Using the almost 7,500 home fans to its advantage, Nashville started the first half on the front foot, dominating possession and chances early. In the 24’ minute, Winn struck with a left footed shot, perfectly...

Sounds Drop Another in New Orleans
The offense for the Nashville Sounds was silent for the second consecutive night and resulted in a 2-1 loss to the New Orleans Baby Cakes Saturday night. In a game that was delayed by rain for over 2.5 hours, both teams combined for only eight hits, but it was the Baby Cakes who improved to 2-1 with the one-run win. The game started in Nashville’s favor as the Sounds scored in the top of the first inning. Jorge Mateo started the game by coaxing a walk off Sandy Alcantara. The speedster promptly swiped second base and scored when Renato...