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CHS Baseball Wins Scrimmage at MTCS
The Coffee County CHS baseball team traveled to Murfreesboro on Saturday for a 10 inning scrimmage with Middle Tennessee Christian. Originally scheduled for Powers Field, the Red Raiders moved the matchup to protect a very wet outfield. The Raider bats pounded out 10 hits in a 13 to 5 drubbing of the Cougars. Coffee County got a pair of runs in each of the 1st 2 innings to jump out to a 4 to 0 lead. The Raiders tacked on 5 more in the 6th to put the contest out of reach. A.J. Rollman led Coffee County in hitting...
Bass Club Team Grabs 2nd Place Finish
Members of the Coffee County Youth Bass Club traveled to DeKalb County on Saturday to take part in the Tennessee Bass Nation Youth Series on Center Hill Lake. Competing against 121 boats, the Raider anglers fought muddy water, cold temps and windy conditions to land some nice fish. The team of Isaiah Owens and Garrett Davis had the biggest day for Coffee County. They landed 5 fish, weighing in at 15.93 pounds. The largest bass in that stringer weighed in at 4.45 pounds. That result was good enough for a 2nd place finish overall. Brandon Wells and Dawson Wells...
CCMS Soccer Ties North Franklin
The Red Raider soccer team of Coffee County Middle School traveled to Winchester on Saturday to take on North Franklin. This non-conference friendly was a make-up match from Saturday between conference foes. The Red Raiders battled to a 2 to 2 draw with the Gators. Javier Rodriguez scored both goals on the match for Coffee Middle. The 6th grader has 4 goals in his first 2 middle school matches on the year. The Raiders will return to the pitch on Monday for a 4:15 conference match with Warren County. That match will take place in...
Lady Raider Softball Gains Experience at Rutherford Playday on Saturday
The Lady Raider softball team of Coffee County CHS traveled to Murfreesboro on Saturday for 4 games in the Rutherford County scrimmage play day. Coffee County played 3 varsity and a JV game on the day with a pair of games at Oakland and a pair of games at Siegel. On the day, the Lady Raiders were 1 and 2 in varsity play and 0 and 1 in JV action. Coffee County got a convincing win over Wilson Central on Saturday afternoon at Siegel. After spotting the Lady Cats a 1st inning run, Coffee County scored 2 runs in...
CHS Soccer Get in a Pair of Scrimmages on Saturday
After losing out on hosting their scrimmage play day, the Central High School Red Raider soccer team traveled to Murfreesboro on Saturday for a pair of scrimmage games. Traveling to Central Magnet, the Red Raiders tangled with the Central Tigers and Warren County in a pair of 40 minute halves. Coffee County fought to a scoreless draw with Central before dropping a 1 to 0 decision to Warren County. Coffee County is set to close out the preseason with a scrimmage at Riverdale on Friday. That match will begin at 6:30 PM at Riverdale. Coffee County opens the regular...
Preds Match Franchise Record Winning Streak with OT Victory
What a trip. Ryan Ellis tied the game late and Filip Forsberg scored the winner in overtime as the Nashville Predators defeated the Colorado Avalanche by a 4-3 final on Sunday afternoon at Pepsi Center. The victory is Nashville’s eighth in a row, tying a franchise record for consecutive wins. It also gives the Preds a clean sweep of their four-game road trip, not to mention points in 12 consecutive outings away from Bridgestone Arena. Just as they did in the previous three contests of the trip, the Preds rallied as Ellis blasted home a shot with 1:06 to...
Fisher Scores in Return, Preds Come Back to Beat Canucks in Overtime
Mike Fisher hasn’t missed a beat. The 37-year-old forward scored in his return to action after initially walking away from the game of hockey in August. Fisher’s first of the year sparked the Preds as they erased a multiple-goal deficit to win in the third consecutive game for the first time in franchise history. After Fisher started the comeback late in the second period, Calle Jarnkrok completed it, scoring 43 seconds into overtime to give the visitors the win on on Friday night against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena. “It was fun getting back out there and getting...
Saturday Prep Schedule
First Light – CHS Bass Club at State Trail Tournament – Ragland Bottoms, Center Hill Lake 9:00 AM – CHS Claybusters at AIM Tournament – Big Springs, Christiana 9:30 AM – CHS Softball vs Forrest – Rutherford Playday at Oakland(Scrimmage) 11:00 AM – CHS Softball vs. Oakland – Rutherford Playday Oakland(Scrimmage) 12:00 PM – CCMS Boys’ Soccer at North Franklin 2:00 PM – CHS Softball vs. Wilson Central – Rutherford Playday Siegel(Scrimmage) 3:00 PM – CHS Baseball at MTCS(Scrimmage) 3:30 PM – CHS Softball Siegel – Rutherford Playday Siegel(Scrimmage) CHS Boys’ Soccer – Red Raider Jam Scrimmage Playday – CANCELLED...
