Hitting the road for a rare Saturday night non-district doubleheader, the Coffee County Central High School basketball teams visited Coalmont to take on Grundy County.  The Lady Raiders used a strong 2nd quarter to claim a 67 to 25 win.  The Red Raiders recovered from a slow start and held off a late rally to defeat the Yellow Jackets 59 to 54. Leading by 8 after 1 quarter, the Lady Raiders used their tenacious defense to outscore Grundy County 28 to 4 in the 2nd quarter and effectively put the game out of reach.  Coffee County was able to...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League crowned new champions on Saturday as they hosted the finals and consolation games at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  In a pair of exciting finals, New Union claimed the girls’ title while College Street won the boys’ title.  In the girls’ consolation, Hillsboro stopped East Coffee.  In the boys’ consolation, Hillsboro outlasted New Union. The Lady Rebels held a 23 to 15 with 4 seconds remaining in the 3rd period before a rebound and put back by North Coffee cut into the lead and set the stage for an exciting finish.  In...

The CHS Red Raider swim team broke team and individual records on Friday as they had their best regional performance in school history.  With 6 swimmers for Coffee County competing in the region meet, Coffee County got incredible performances from all the swimmers.  When the day was over, new school records were set for male and female swimmers by Jack Beachboard and Kaylee Williams respectively. Kaylee Williams set a new school record as she captured 12th place in the 100 yard breaststroke.  Williams covered the distance in 1:11.34.  Williams also set a new personal best in the 200 yard...

The Coffee County middle school swimmers competed on Saturday in the MTHSSA Region Championships on Saturday.  Kennedy Norman-Young, Taylor Wall, Aly Hutchings, Emily Williams and William Tobitt represented Coffee County swimming posting several personal bests and qualifying 3 swimmers for the finals.  In spite of the small numbers, the boys and girls team each placed 26th in he team standings out of 70 teams. Norman-Young, Wall, Hutchings and Williams teamed up to place 14th in the 400M freestyle relay and 16th in the 200 freestyle relay.   The 200 relay team broke their season record by 16 seconds and the...

Hitting the road to Tunnel Hill, Georgia, the Temple Baptist Christian School visited Dogwood Christian Academy on Friday.  The junior varsity claimed their 2nd win of the year 44 to 33.  The varsity Eagles fell 63 to 37. After falling behind 12 to 7 after 1 quarter, the JV Eagles roared back in the 2nd quarter to forge a 21 to 17 halftime lead.  Temple pulled away in the 2nd half to capture their second win on the season.  Mich Gloden led the Eagles in scoring with 20 points.  Alex Gloden added 10. The varsity Eagles saw Dogwood race...

After building a 5 point lead at the half, the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team punched their ticket for the CTC tournament finals on Friday.  Coffee Middle will advance to Saturday’s finals for the 5th straight season with Friday’s win.  The Lady Raiders took down rival West Tullahoma by a final score of 30 to 21. Coffee County used strong defensive pressure and 10 first half points from Marley Perry to take the 12 to 7 halftime lead.  The Lady Raiders scored the first 8 points of the 2nd half to build a 13 point lead...

Despite an injury to their leading scorer, and a poor shooting performance at the free throw line, the Coffee County Middle School Red Raiders pushed the favored North Gators to overtime on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the CTC Boys’ Basketball Tournament.  In the extra period, North was able to make the shots it needed to hold off the Red Raiders and end their season.  Coffee County fell by a final score of 28 to 24. Coffee County held North scoreless for a 10 minute stretch of the 2nd half as they built a 4 point lead in the...

The finals are set for the Coffee County Youth Basketball League on Saturday.  After Thursday night’s 4 semifinal games, the schedule for Saturday has now been set.  The elementary league will crown their season champions in a pair of championship games scheduled to begin at noon. In the girls’ semifinals on Thursday, New Union advanced to their 3rd straight finals with a 27 to 8 win over Hillsboro in the early game.  North Coffee dispatched East Coffee 33 to 16 in the late game of the semifinal session. In the boys’ semifinals, College Street manhandled New Union 35 to...